Just what we were looking for!
At the Norma Dan they have kept the old 'mom and pop' section that started it all. They have the new section attached to the lobby, it is the modern 3 story type hotel. You share pools, breakfast with both parts.
And the pools...they have an indoor for winter and an outdoor for summer...fantastic.
I really like parking just outside door of my room, as a true Motel.
They are directly across street from Dixie Stampede...about the best location possible.
Turn right as you leave, and your in Gatlinburg in 8 minutes, the Smoky Mountains Park in 15 minutes if you take the bypass around Gatlinburg.... but we always enjoyed the drive thru town, even if slow.
Everything you want in a trip to the mountains is near this motel/hotel.
We had two queen size in our non-smoking room, fridge, coffee maker, and a extra sink outside of bathroom...very handy each morning.
Bathroom heater was nice to have, and they gave us lots of towels....deep tub and tile walls.
Breakfast was a few steps away from this part of motel, waffels, fresh coffee, milk, orange juice, bagels, toast, cereal, hot chocolate...just right to start each day.
Nice lobby with a fire place and coffee waiting at any time.
They clean about 10am which was good for us.
Once we closed the door...we never heard anyone, except in morning when others would start their cars...was good to have, as this kept us from oversleeping.

Best value for your money. Clean rooms and housekeeping was always early so by the time you return from being gone, the room was cleaned. It's also a plus to see it American owned and run. The continential breakfast was just basic, but always well stocked and fresh. Was very pleased with this stay and will return next time back to Pigeon Forge.

We had went to Bristol for the truck race, paid twice as much for a room at Johnson City the night before. That room was horrible, this room less price three times better room. Loved the balconies, we will stay again. Hope to get a room for our winter trip with our grandkids in December

This hotel is very nice looking from the outside. The interior hallways are wallpapered? Seriously. I didn't think they MADE wallpaper anymore. No big deal. The TV's are from about the same era...sometime from the '80s. Still, I can deal. The beds were OK...not great. No clock in our room, but our kids room had one and the door still uses a key! Again, I can handle all this stuff. What I could NOT handle was the cockroach crawling on the TV the 2nd morning I woke up! Thankfully, we were leaving that day. Had it been any earlier, I would have been out of there.

Also, they had a choice of 2 cereals at their continental breakfast...but no milk! Where is the sense in that? And the other reviewer was right, the internet was terrible.