Be very careful of Vista Suite Pigeon Forge before you get scammed.
We booked this hotel for a two day birthday vacation. We came to the hotel on time. When we come to the front desk to check in, we were told there was no room available by the front desk staff, a either Indian or Pakistan with heavy accent. He tried to introduce us a cheap motel nearby. I disagreed since my payment was for a 3-star hotel price. He printed out a refund receipt (there was no such transaction in my credit card account, so this is totally fake). Also this refund amount is much less than what I paid online. So I questioned about it. He said I needed to ask Expedia for a full refund. I asked again for the reason why he did not keep our reservation, and he then asked us to leave the building and said this was private property. We had no choice and had to call police. Police officers could not do anything about it, but provided me a police report.
It had been 11:30pm after we came out of Vista Suites Pigeon Forge. My special-need kid started vomiting inside the car at this time. We finally settled at 1:30am in Knoxville. This has totally ruined our birthday vacation.
We tried to get refund from Expedia, but Expedia told us that we could not get refund since Vista Suites did not want to approve it. Vista Suites Pigeon Forge gave away that room to someone at a higher price, and then also took our payment from Expedia for that room. Stay away from this hotel.