The city of Pigeon Forge is running a contest, the Taking Vacation Back Sweepstakes. The promotion is offering a helping hand to families in need plus a vacation this summer to the city.
People may nominate a deserving family by submitting an essay which is voted on by visitors to the web site. Currently, visitors to the web site may vote on submitted essays to determine the winners for the month of June. They will begin accepting nominations for July on the first of the month.
For further information and contest rules visit mypigeonforge.com.
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Taking Vacation Back Sweepstakes
Saturday, June 19th, 2010Road Repairs Scheduled in National Park
Friday, February 26th, 2010The Great Smoky Mountain National Park will be closing certain roads this spring for much needed repairs. These repairs will affect some of the parks most popular areas.
The Cades Cove Loop Road near Townsend, is slated for repaving from March 1 through May 21. Due to the fact the road has not been repaved in over thirty years, it will need to be totally closed down as it will require total reconstruction.
Clingmans Dome Road, which normally opens April 1st, will be kept closed until around May 29th. Along with road repairs, new public facilities are being installed at the parking area at Clingmans Dome.
The Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail is also scheduled to be closed till May 29th. The popular 5 mile scenic loop is in Gatlinburg.
Weather conditions will play an important factor in getting these three projects completed on time. This winter and last fall have been extremely wet causing rock slides along certain roads and making for wet working conditions. We will report any announced delays in scheduled opening dates here on our blog and also on our Twitter page.
Penguins Coming to the Smokies
Friday, January 8th, 2010Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies announced Thursday an expansion that will include a habitat for about 20 African penguins. The new multimillion dollar exhibit is scheduled to open in mid-March and is located at the site of the former Veranda Restaurant.
The black footed African penguins average about 2 feet in height and weigh around 5 to 9 pounds. The African penguins, with shorter feathers than the Antarctic penguin, are from a warm climate that will allow for them to be displayed in an indoor-outdoor facility.
Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies, located in downtown Gatlinburg, was named the top aquarium in the nation last year by Trip Advisor, the online travel website.
Open Restaurants in the Smokies Christmas Day
Thursday, December 24th, 2009As more and more people spend their Christmas in the Smokies, the number 1 question is: What restaurants will be open Christmas Day? Thanks to our local Chambers of Commerce and The Mountain Press, we have the following list.
Sevierville
· Applewood
· Ball’s Supper Table
· Longhorn Steak House
· Moe’s Southwest Grill
Gatlinburg
· Bear Creek Grill (4PM)
· Blaine’s (2PM)
· Eleanor’s Restaurant
· Hard Rock Café
· Howards
· Legends by Max
· Linberger’s
· McDonalds
· Papa John’s
· Park grill
· Park vista
· Peddler
· Ripley’s Aquarium restaurant
· Smoky’s Sports Pub
· The Lodge at Buckberry Creek
Pigeon Forge
· Buddy’s Bar-B-Que
· Calhouns
· Corky’s
· Denny’s
· Flapjacks
· Golden Corral
· Happy Days Diner
· Hardee’s
· Kinkaku
· La Carreta
· Louie’s Grill
· Mama’s Farmhouse
· No Way Jose
· Papa John’s
· Shoney’s (Dixie Stampede location)
· Star Buffet Chinese
· TGI Friday’s
· Thai Thani, Oishi
· Wood Grill Buffet
We would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a prosperous and healthy New Year from The Resort at Governor’s Crossing.
A Chance to Win Bristol Speedway NASCAR Tickets
Thursday, July 30th, 2009Dixie Stampede is having a sweepstakes drawing for a Pigeon Forge Getaway & a Bristol Motor Speedway Racing Experience. Among the prizes the winner will receive are two tickets to Dixie Stampede, two tickets to Dollywood, two tickets to the Food City 250 on Aug. 21, 2009 two tickets to the Sharpee 500 on August 22, 2009.
Entries close July 31, 2009. Click here for details.
John Anderson in Concert
Monday, July 6th, 2009Country Music recording artist John Anderson will be in concert at Country Tonite Theatre in Pigeon Forge July 10th. Tickets are available by calling 800-792-4308 or may be purchased at the Country Tonite Theatre box office.
Memorial Day Weekend Forecast
Thursday, May 21st, 2009The Resort still has a few units available for this Memorial Day weekend. With much lower gas prices locally compared to last year and a decent weather forecast calling for clear skies on Friday and Saturday with just a chance of thunderstorms on Sunday afternoon with daytime temperatures in the low 80’s, this will be an ideal weekend to visit the Great Smoky Mountains. With all the rain we have seen the last two weeks and some very cool night time temperatures the mountains are extremely clear at this time allowing for great views of the . Notice how clear the mountains show up in these photos that were taken on 5/20/2009.
Mountain view in Cades Cove
Little River Road between Gatlinburg and Townsend
A Chance to win Dollywood Tickets
Monday, May 11th, 2009Our friends at Screamscape.com, The Ultimate Guide to Theme Parks, is holding a drawing for an opportunity to win 2 free tickets to Dollywood. Entering the drawing is easy, just send in the answers to one of their daily trivia questions on the Screamscape.com web site.
Good Luck
Dolly Parade and Bloomin’BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
Monday, May 4th, 2009Now that May is finally here, its time to turn up the fun in the Smokies and the next two weekends should be jammed packed.
The 2009 Dolly Parton Homecoming Parade will be held this coming Friday, May 8th, at 6 P.M. on the main parkway in Pigeon Forge. This year’s parade has special meaning to Dolly, the parade grand marshal, as she is an official ambassador of the 75th anniversary of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park . The parade is one of six Pigeon Forge special events the park has included into its anniversary celebration.
Sevierville’s annual Bloomin’BBQ & Bluegrass Festival will be held May 15 & 16 and Smoky Mountain Resorts is offering a special Rocky’s BBQ package for The Resort at Governors Crossing for stays May 12th-17th. Rocky’s BBQ Package includes a 2-night stay at The Resort, a stuffed Rocky the Bear, and a bottle of Rocky’s Smoky Mountain BBQ Sauce. For further information or to reserve this package call 800-497-5749.
Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
Welcome to the new Governorscrossing.net web site and blog
Monday, April 13th, 2009We would like to welcome you to our new blog and the new Governorscrossing.net. We hope every one enjoys our new website and finds it very useful and informative. At this time we would like to thank Tim & Joni Allinson and their staff at Tri-Point Teleproductions, Inc. and MotionCamVideos.com. They have worked very hard on getting this project completed and introduced many new ideas to us in building our new site.
With our new blog we hope to keep you informed on news and events from the Smoky Mountains plus the Sevierville, Pigeon Forge, and Gatlinburg areas that may be of interest to you. Also we will be able to keep you informed of last minute happenings and specials at The Resort at Governors Crossing. This will allow you to access this information when you want it. We will continue to send out our news letters via email to those who wish to receive it.
