I would not recommend this campground to anyone. We checked in today went to the store and came…read morehome to a completely flooded campsite. I cannot walk to my camper door without walking through 6 inches of water, much less sit outside and enjoy an evening of camping with my kids and dogs. I called to talk to the front desk and they said it will recede. Seriously? None of the sites around us have standing water. This site has a drainage issues and it needs to be fixed before someone else has to suffer through staying here. Do not stay on site 82. Update. The pool is nothing like pictured. It looks to be like 20 years old with no maintenance ever. The lazy river has about 5 tubes available to use and it's 95 degrees in there. The gym was closed due to air conditioning issues There is no dog wash anymore even though it shows it on the map. We tried to ask for more stone on our site and they ignored our request. They never even sent maintenance by. Do not stay at this sun outdoors. This is the worse campground I have stayed at in a long time.

The campground is nice in some ways and aggravating in others…read more The sites seem to be wide. Plenty of room between you and your neighbors. Full hookup is great with no problems. Plenty of water pressure. On to the negative- I've not seen any one of authority come through and enforce rules. No security. We're dog owners and our pups stay on a leash and remain quiet. If you don't mind dogs barking everywhere then this is your place. The gravel sites need to be cleaned up. I think I have found our fire ring over in the weeds. A lot of trash all over our site. The pool area was nice, but this is too big of a campground for one pool area. Very crowded and plenty of adults at the pool using vulgar language around our kiddos. There could also be more benches in the play area for us parents who actually supervise our children. In conclusion, we like our spot. It is very trashy. Buts of garbage everywhere. The fire-pit ring is thrown off in the weeds. A lot could be done to make this place nicer. Straighten up the gravel sites. Spray down the weeds growing though the gravel. Fill in the mud holes from people's driving though the grass. This will be our one and only trip to this campground. Updated** Another example- Our last day, there were some adults at the pool. The conversation told us, these people aren't even staying here. They live up the interstate and come just to swim all day. If we had some kind of staff to check on things, this place would be much nicer and better for the paying campers. A positive is there are a lot of children and it's nice to hear them outdoors and playing.

Lake Song cabin was infested with bed bugs. Pest control confirmed the bed bugs. The infested sofa…read morewas replaced. Management did not follow up on my bites or offer any discount.

Our second stay with Volunteer Cabins at Hikers Ridge and it was just as good as the first time…read more Will return again. Check in was just as smooth as the first time and staff was just as nice. Cabin clean and had pretty much everything we needed.

Buddy Bear is no "Buddy" to smaller-sized travel trailers…read more I recently stayed 3 nights (Dec 27 - Dec 30) at Buddy Bear RV Campground and was very disappointed with what transpired. I booked my stay from their webpage and received a confirmation email on December 15th for Site #4 which is the one I reserved. Site #4 is a premium site according to the website and it costs a bit more than a regular site. My fiancée and I wanted to stay along the river and at the time that was the only site available along the river. The day I arrived for my stay, Dec 27th, I received an email at 12:37 PM, So around check-in time, stating I was moved to site #21 which is a regular site and not along the river. It is also not large enough for a travel trailer and the towing vehicle to park in. I asked the manager lady why I was moved to a different site and was met with the following responses: "We try to put smaller campers in the smaller sites and save the bigger ones for potential larger campers to rent out." "It's a very common thing, we've been doing this for 30 years and you guys are new campers you'll see." "Park your vehicle over behind the dumpsters if it won't fit at your new smaller site." "The river is still close by as it's just across the street." "You should lock in the site if you want it that bad but it will cost extra." (There isn't an option on the website to Lock-In a site) Someone was already residing in site #4 upon my arrival, I can only conclude they extended their stay and the managers or owners didn't want to move them and figured it would be easier to move me. When we asked for a refund of the difference between the premium site and the regular site I was informed there were no refunds. I also asked to be moved to a different site along the river as there were 5 available at the time of my arrival. The site's 5/7/9/10/11 were all available still and along the river. I was informed that they were all booked up for the holidays and there was nowhere else to put me. Once we kept asking for the refund difference, ONLY THEN, did a premium site magically become available for use. Site #18 is not by the river but at least a large spot for my travel camper and tow vehicle. They had to inform the tenant on site #17 to move his extra vehicles from the site so I could use it. To be clear, they were going to put me in a smaller site, and not give me a refund of the difference before telling someone else to move their extra vehicles from a site they weren't paying for. At the end of the day, I stayed in a "premium site" although it wasn't near the river like I wanted. But we are at least even financially. The morning I was packing up my travel trailer to depart, DEC 30, I took another lap around and wouldn't you know, Premium Site #9 along the river was never booked or used from the moment I showed up until the moment I left. This means they lied about being "completely booked up for the Holidays" We will never be staying here again. My Mother and her Husband won't be, my fiancée and her family won't be either, nor will some of my Army buddies when we take group trips in our campers. From now on we will be staying at Ripplin Waters, it's $57.50 a night there or $60 during holidays so also more budget-friendly! They have over 150 sites with more than 40 along the river. Best of all THEY WON'T MOVE YOU TO ANOTHER SITE OR DISCRIMINATE BASED ON THE SIZE OF YOUR CAMPER.

I think the name has changed to Buddy Bear and currently they are short staffed so everything like…read morecheck in is done virtual and with a code for the gate. I enjoyed this campground because it's by the river, small, quiet, and away from all the chaos of pigeon forge. However it's close enough to get to amenities and tourist areas if desired.

We stayed here for a Ripken tournament and it's a prime location only about 12 minutes from the…read morecomplex. We stayed in a cabin that had a private pool with a large group and staff was so accommodating. Jack from the matienance crew was exceptional and was so timely on anything we needed. The cabins were spacious and in our team cabin, each bedroom had its own bathroom. Staff were friendly and made this an enjoyable stay for us. Highly recommend especially if attending with a large group.

Went for a quick weekend away in the mist of the summer. The location was conveniently located to…read moreso many local attentions. Parking was ample. The retreat itself was clean, well light, and clear signage. For what we got, we felt it was priced appropriately. Overall, the amenities and location were fabulous. We'd definitely recommend the location.

We camped here 3 nights in April, Very happy with it…read more Laundry facilities are really clean, There are several showers with full bathrooms in main building. Very friendly staff. They delivered fire wood to campsite. There is a nice river a few hundred feet from your camp site. Pretty fast Wi-Fi and it's pretty close to run back to Marysville from camp site. Good road back towards Pigeon Forge & Gatlinburg from here. Lots of good restaurants on this side of mountain, without having to deal with the traffic on other side of mountain. Would come back here anytime. They will store your camper for $70 a month in back of site & bring to your rented site on next visit. You couldn't pull a camper back & forth under $70. They also have a few cabins on the River...

Joy in the office was Great! Bathhouse was nice and clean. Water hot and refreshing. They have tent…read moreand RV spots. We will definitely be back!!!

Stayed at "all about the view" and it was beautiful!! The cabin was extremely clean. The hot tub…read morewas great and also very clean. Our hot water didn't work when we first got there and they sent someone right away to fix it. We had 9 people staying here and we had plenty of room to spread out but also had enough space to all hang out and eat dinner together. The only complaint I would have (just to be picky) is that the parking area was VERY small. We could only fit 2.5 vehicles. This cabin sleeps 14 so that doesn't quite work if you have multiple cars. Everything else about this place was perfect and I would 100% stay here again.

Go here hot tub not working Tools next day that the maintenance came out hot tub still not…read moreworking. Hole in deck wood Kitchen table very wobbly almost fell over Maintain man just stated trying to keep hot tub going till owners buy new one. Jest just don't work

I could tell you a tale of woe. Like as we were leaving we had a flood in the RV and couldn't use…read morethe water. But I told Dave to call Big Meadow and see if they had a RV Mobile technician to recommend. It was our second stop and Christina in the office gave us Tom's number. So this morning Tom fixed the leak and we could finally have water again. We've been here many times and are delighted to have a spot on the Little River. There's a rafting company right next door and it's fun to watch the people come down the river. There is a cement patio and a dog park for Freckles. She was very anxious driving through Atlanta with all the traffic and big trucks all around us. But the beauty and calmness of this campground can make anyone relax. We look forward to enjoying the Smokey Mountains and Cades Cove our favorite.

We have been camping all over the country and this was the first campground that we were not unable…read moreto park or truck in the RV spot with our RV. At $500 for 4 nights in the off season, one would have expected enough room for our truck and 29' RV to fit on the spot. The pads are also very small, only enough room for a couple of chairs by the RV. The picknick table was on the gravel. Not enough room to put out our carpet without being on the gravel.

Came here with the girls and it was so fun! So much stuff to choose from! Kids loved it and the…read moredumplings and squishy toys there.. Loved Loved the Christian and Christmas music! Love this establishment!

I'm not sure what happened with the last person's review but we had a complete opposite experience…read more The chalet was clean and we didn't notice anything that needed repair. We had a blast in the game room and the pool table was awesome. While sitting in the hot tub we had an amazing view of the smokies. We even saw a bear walking down the street. All in all the chalet spacious, clean, modern, well equipped, and comfy. I would highly recommend.