Pigeon Forge is a huge tourist area. Dollywood is there, tons of stage shows. A pancake house every 500 ft.(I have no idea why)
They have Ripleys Museums, Wonderworks, a Thomas Kinkaid Museum(I enjoyed it, its not commercial but more of a venue for his paintings). THe next town over is Gatlinberg that has a downtown that everyone walks around and has a ton of shops and street entertainment, it also has a ski-lift and snow at the top of the mountain(and an icerink!), and massive ferris wheel(expensive to ride, yeesh), a Margueritaville with its own hotel within stumbling distance....its a tourist paradise. One thing I noticed quick when I moved to east Tennesse is that it sports are massive here, especially kids and college. Why? There is nothing else to do. You hunt, fish, or sport. Thats it.
So this area is kinda a getaway for people in the southeast, very popular.
I enjoy going down there once a year, especially during Christmas when everything is decorated. Lights everywhere. Last December I went to a stage show that was a hillbilly comedy, singing, and talent thing while you ate dinner(was delicious, I gave the whole thing 5 stars). While I was eating the stage rolled back under the actors feet revealing a pool and they did a water show. I was stunned.
So when you are driving down the main strip in Pigeon Forge you just see all this stuff trying to reach out and grab your attention. Sorta like Vegas or International Drive in Orlando. So you just kinda expect the weird. The Titanic thing I never got...we all think its odd and a bit out of place here. However you never really get a chance to fully form that thought because right next to it is this:
an upside down building next to a building that looks like the Titanic. Weird is a bit commonplace in Pigeon Forge.
