Wilderness at the Smokies

Wilderness at Smokies is definitely a fun place for teens and tweens. It is located right outside of Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. The pools are great and have a lot of cool water slides like Storm Chaser which is a tube slide where you go in a slide that dumps you into a funnel. Another cool slide is the Vortex which is a body slide where you stand on a trap door which opens and drops you into a clear tube that even has a loop. Watch out though, a lot of people get stuck in the slide; read the warnings and directions carefully before you go!  The regular pools and the wave pool are fun too. The new attractions at Wilderness at the Smokies are perfect for teens and tweens. The new attraction is called the Adventure which is amazing. The forest has a great arcade, a mini golf course which is in the dark and the course glows and they also have a rope course on the ceiling which is amazing. There's a laser tag course which is also glow in the dark, and finally the Vault, a laser maze which I did 1,000 times. Though the activities are fun at the Wilderness the rooms aren't. The rooms are very dark and a little worn. There was a mysterious wet spot on one of the beds and my room's location was right near the entrance to the water park, so it was very noisy all day. I would give it 3 1/2 stars.