The Smoky Mountains activities remind me of different places. While anticipating the aerial tramway ride, I reflected upon my ride experience in Tahoe. When I told my family about the alpine slide ride, I explained that I rode one in Austria. When I described a Zorb ride, I reminded them that a cousin rolled in one in Rotorua, New Zealand. Connecting everything to some exotic place then became a joke as my husband smirked "oh, yes, I did that in Switerland" to every activity.
You don't need to fly over the ocean to try out these new adventures. Just drive to the Smoky Mountains. At Ober Gatlinburg, you can ride the alpine slide down the mountain on a wheeled cart. It's a blast! This was the most fun ride at the park. As you ascend the mountain on your chairlift, you can watch riders go down screaming and laughing with joy. Jump off the chairlift and get in your own cart. As an employee explained physics - weight and gravity help. If you are racing down the track with your competitive son, you finally have the advantage (-:
WHO: big kids & adults; 6 & under ride free with adult (due to chairlift with no seat belt, I wouldn't recommend this for little kids)
WHAT: two 1,800 foot concrete slides
WHERE: Ober Gatlinburg, take the ariel tramway (see my story)
how much - $7 ticket or buy an all day Ober Gatlinburg package
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