Pigeon Forge Hotels Next to the Island. In just one year, the Island of Pigeon Forge has become Pigeon Forges town square. Our hotel is just one block away from the Island; we are now an affordable hotel near the Island.
In fact, 48 of the 50 busiest days of the year were during the summer, with August 7 coming in at No. 1 (file that away under Things to Remember for Next Summer), with 2,909,670 scheduled seats.
The Day Before Thanksgiving. When it comes to the single busiest travel day of the year, Orbitz still crowned Thanksgiving Eve number one. The Department of Transportation found that Thanksgiving is the busiest long-distance travel day overall, but 91 percent of that travel is actually by automobile.