>>> OUR INNER DAYS DRIVSERIES
CONTINUES WITH THE BUSINESS OF
PIGEON FORGE.
IT HAS BEEN NEARLY A YEAR SINCE
WILDFIRES BURNED THOUSANDS OF
ACRES IN SEVIER COUNTY
TENNESSEE BUT YET PIGEON FORGE
HAS BOUNCED BACK AND IS OPEN
FOR BUSINESS.
TO SEE ALL THERE IS TO DO IN
THE AREA WE SENT OUR KID
REPORTED TO THE AREA TO CHECK
OUT FLORIDA >> TYPICALLY I AM
THE ONE SHARING ALL THE COOL
PLACES THAT ARE IN A DAYS DRIVE
BUT TODAY I'M GOING TO SWITCH
IT UP A LITTLE BIT AND HAVE MY
DAUGHTER, LYDIA, TAKE YOU
AROUND PIGEON FORGE FOR A
CHANGE.
YOU UP FOR IT?
>> LET'S GO.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> HI I'M LYDIA AND I AM HERE
AT THE FORTUNE I AM TALKING TO
MICHELLE.
IS THIS A NEW HOTEL?
>> IT IS, LYDIA, WE HAVE ONLY
BEEN OPEN SINCE DECEMBER.
WE HAVE 178 ROOMS AND SUITES
AND ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT
STYLES FOR FAMILIES.
WE HAVE ROOMS WITH DOUBLE
DOUBLE QUEEN SPENDS AND SLEEPER
SOFAS WE EVEN HAVE TWO BEDROOMS
ALL THE FAMILY CAN COME AND
STAY TOGETHE
>> HOW LONG HAS DOLLYWOOD BEEN
AROUND?
>> DOLLYWOOD HAS BEEN AROUND
SINCE 1986 THAT IS WHEN DOLLY
STARTED APPEARING DOLLY PARTON,
THE FAMOUS COUNTRY SINGER.
WE HAVE AROUND 2.5 MILLION
VISITORS COME TO SEE US EVERY
YEAR.
NEW THIS YEAR WE HAVE A COUPLE
NEW RIDES THE WE HAVE A NEW
FESTIVAL WHICH WE ARE IN RIGHT
NOW CALLED GREAT PUMPKIN LIMIT
NINES AND YOU WILL SEE
THOUSANDS OF PUMPKINS JUST LIKE
THIS GIANT PUMPKIN SPIDER
BEHIND UALL THROUGH THE
CANYON AREA AND AT NIGHTTIME
WHEN IT GETS DARK ALL THE
COLORS COME OUT AND IT IS
REALLY COOL AND FAMILIES ARE
LOVING IT.
>> I MET THE GLASS SHOP WITH
CHRIS.
CHRIS, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN
WORKING WITH GLASS?>> EITHER
WORKING WITH GLASS FOR ABOUT 20
YEARS.
ALMOST 5 YEARS HERE AT
DOLLYWOOD.
THE PUMPKIN WE MADE
, I THINK IT
TOOK ABOUT 4.5 MINUTES, BUT WE
HAD TO TRAIN REALLY HARD TO
MAKE IT
>> I'M HEREWITH TERRY.
TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS
PLACE.
>> THIS IS WHERE DOLLYWOOD
MAKES THEIR FAMOUS CINNAMON
BREAD.
WE SELL ANYWHERE FROM 800 TO
1500 LOAVES A DAY ON A SLOW DAY
SO WE ARE VERY BUS
>> HOW LONG DOES THE BREAD HAVE
TO TAKE TO MAKE?
>> WHAT WE DO IS WE CRUISE THE
BREAD.
WE CUT THE BREAD ONCE IT IS
PERUSED AND WE PUT THE NOTCHES
IN IT AND WE TAG IT WITH ALL
THE GOOD STUFF, CINNAMON AND
SUGAR AND THEN WE BAKE IT FOR
32 MINUTES.
>> LYDIA, E READY TO GO?
>> NOT YET.
I'M HERE AT THE OLD MILL
RESTAURANT WITH CHUCK.
CHUCK, TELL ME ABOUTHE OLD
MILL
RESTAURANT.
>> THE OLD MILL RESTAURANT IS
RIGHT BEHIND US NAMED AFTER THE
OLD MILL WHICH YOU CAN SEE
WHERE THE WATERWHEEL TURNS .
WE HAVE TONS OF REALLY GOOD
OLD-FASHIONED FOOD.>> WHAT IS
FOR THE KIDS TO EAT?
>> YOU LIKE CANDY, DON'T YOU?
DO YOU LIKE ICE CREAM?
WALL, WE GOT BOTH AND WE MAKE
BOTH.
I LIKE TO WORK AT THE OLD MILL
BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF
HISTORY HERE
THE MILL WAS BUILT IN 1830S AND
WE TRY TO KEEP IT AS
OLD-FASHIONED AND AS REAL AS WE
CAN SO THERE IS A LOT OF
HISTORY HERE AND THIS IS
PROBABLY THE BEST JOB IN PIGEON
FORGE.
>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME ON
MY TRIP TO PIGEON FORGE.
I HOPE YOU GUYS ENJOYED IT.
>> WE HAD SUCH A BLAST AND WE
WANT TO THANK EVERYONE THERE
FOR THE HOSPITALITY.
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