August 19th - 6:00 AM
Gatlinburg is the gateway community for Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the most visited national park in America. With three park entrances right in town, Gatlinburg serves as a basecamp for many of the 14 million park visitors each year. For more than 7 decades, the little mountain town of 4,000 residents has welcomed millions of Park visitors with warm Appalachian hospitality. Folks come from all over the world come for vacations, outdoor adventures, family fun and memory-making. Surrounded on three sides by the natural beauty of the Great Smoky Mountains, Gatlinburg is one of America’s great mountain resort destinations boasting accommodations of every kind, dozens of local and national restaurants and attractions galore. Gatlinburg prides itself on its walkability amidst mountain heritage and the arts, crafts and shops that reflect that tradition.
Learn more about Gatlinburg at https://www.gatlinburg.com/
This trip will include an overnight hotel stay, so be sure you pack accordingly, but as light as you can as we have limited space in the vans. Please only pack a bag small enough to fit under the seats. Anything bigger and you will need to hold it during the drive.
DATE: AUGUST 19- AUGUST 20
ITEMS REQUIRED:
Kings Island ID Card
Most current paystub from Dayforce. Must be printed or pulled up in the app, screenshots are not accepted.
Please be on time to check-in. If you are not on time and the vans have departed, you will not be attending the trip, and a refund will not be given.
CHECK-IN: 5:45 am, in front of the REC center
** ITINERARY **
AUGUST 19
Depart KI Housing- 6:00 am
Arrive at Dollywood- 11:00 am
Depart Dollywood- 6:00 pm (going to the hotel)
AUGUST 20
Depart from hotel- 10:00 am
Arrive at KI Housing- 9:00 pm
CONDUCT NOTICE
Proper conduct is always expected. If you are more than 30 minutes late for any return shuttle or are reported to have been disruptive at any location, you may be barred from attending any further dorm trips, including local shopping trips. If you violate state or local laws while attending dorm-sponsored trips, you may be subject to immediate termination from employment and removal from associate housing.
Program dates: 8/19/2026 06:00 - 8/20/2026 21:00
Ticket price: $53.00