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XI Fest 2016 will be Thurs-Sat, Oct. 20-22


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XI Fest 2016 will be at Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg, TN with activities from Thursday evening through Saturday evening, Oct. 20-22. Since I live nearby, Rugger has asked me to coordinate.
 
You will want to arrive Thursday daytime and depart Sunday. Or, spend the week - this area is family oriented and a great place for a vacation. We will be investigating room rates and will determine an official XI motel/hotel but you may wish to book a cabin for the week.
 
The premier event will of course be Saturday evening's XI Bash And Crawl, where we'll have dinner, booze and chat, with no doubt various of you crawling back to your rooms at some point early Sunday.
 
Several official XI events will be planned Friday and Saturday and if there are any among the hundreds that you'll find in a Google search, please recommend them on this thread. Rugger will be doing a separate thread on attendees.
 
Don't miss this one. We plan to make it the best XI Fest yet!
 
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so give the info on where to stay

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so give the info on where to stay

 

"We will be investigating room rates and will determine an official XI motel/hotel but you may wish to book a cabin for the week."

 

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check out Trivago. There are some great rates listed, so if you could, please find out which of the cheapest ones is the nicest. And, where exactly is the party to be? If I decide to go, I don't what to be 10 miles away. What cabins are you referring to? That sounds neat.

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Unfortunately that is the weekend of our regional band competition so we can't make it. Sucks because it is so close. Can we possibly set a date for Niagara Falls so I can trade our timeshare so we can attend that one? I know, I'm lots of trouble, lol.

 

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I'm interested to see how we work out the logistics for people to get to it.

Those driving not a big deal, but those flying in, well the airport is far and I can't imagine someone wanting to run back and forth doing 3-6 hour drives to shuttle us fools, and a taxi/buss or uber are probably all expensive too...

 

Will need to see how many of us can sync up on arrival date/times to see if we can rent something or pool in on a ride.

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I can likely make it this time!!!! I'll bring hearing protection if Wildthing is coming lol

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Good choice for those east of the Mississippi! I'm from Michigan, but have went with the family our "Spring Break" there 10 of the last 15 years. There are many things to do in the area, but first thing to do is decide the central location, Gatlinburg or Pigeon Forge. Gatlinburg has the Mountain feel, with a cable car up a ski mountain (yes, belive it or not) - it's at the start of the Smokies between Tenn and Carolina. Pigeon Forge is more touristy, based around Dolly Parton! Many, many cabin rentals of all sizesnear both cities and, of course hotels (we always do the cabins, Aunt bugs has many kind of between the towns). May be late for whitewater (colder), but have some nice ziplines (Climbworks!), shooting ranges (Buds, north of PF in Sevierville - but there are others), the Aquarium (Gatlin) is quite nice, if rainy. Lots of good restaurants and the Ole Smoky Moonshine, where you can sample about 15 - 20 flavors of shine! Checkout the areas attractions, there are many and yes, I beleive a Casino somewhere in the area. Think I might make the Fest again!!

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wooo hoooo damn im a going to make this one just got to get the dates nailed down on my end :)

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Good choice for those east of the Mississippi! I'm from Michigan, but have went with the family our "Spring Break" there 10 of the last 15 years. There are many things to do in the area, but first thing to do is decide the central location, Gatlinburg or Pigeon Forge. Gatlinburg has the Mountain feel, with a cable car up a ski mountain (yes, belive it or not) - it's at the start of the Smokies between Tenn and Carolina. Pigeon Forge is more touristy, based around Dolly Parton! Many, many cabin rentals of all sizesnear both cities and, of course hotels (we always do the cabins, Aunt bugs has many kind of between the towns). May be late for whitewater (colder), but have some nice ziplines (Climbworks!), shooting ranges (Buds, north of PF in Sevierville - but there are others), the Aquarium (Gatlin) is quite nice, if rainy. Lots of good restaurants and the Ole Smoky Moonshine, where you can sample about 15 - 20 flavors of shine! Checkout the areas attractions, there are many and yes, I beleive a Casino somewhere in the area. Think I might make the Fest again!!

 

   Thanks Laszlo. That's my opinion as well. I'm looking at Gatlinburg for the motel and Sat. night beer bash. Gatlinburg's main drag is one attraction after another after another and everything will be within walking distance. Have you been to the Smoky Mountain Brewery? Looking at that as a strong possibility for Sat. night.

 

   To All: Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge are both tourist towns loaded with attractions and about 8 miles apart. There is cheap public transportation back and forth and to Dollywood. What there IS NOT is any cheap way to get from the Knoxville airport to this area. It's about 40 miles and a taxi is $65 and up. The best way is to simply rent a car at the airport.

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Pretty sure me and Tenneal are going to drive there.So we will have to listen to driving music.

 

 

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I've been going there my whole life. We always stay in cabins. We find that it's actually cheaper and much nicer. They rent blocks of cabins to groups as well as large lodge style cabins that sleep a bunch of people. There is so much to do there and it's one of my favorite places. I'm so glad it was chosen this year.

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   If you're familiar with Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg and would like to help with finding where we'll stay and party, please have at it and post your recommendations here.

 

   We want the motel to be somewhat close to where we'll wine and dine Saturday night so folks can walk back and forth without have to drive (you do NOT want to get a DUI in Tennessee.) And it would be useful if we can walk to most of the attractions - here's an attractions map:

 

http://www.attractions-gatlinburg.com/public/maps/attractions_map/index.cfm

 

  We need to make a final determination soon so folks can reserve. For all motels we might consider, you need to check with them to see if they will have a block of rooms available for the specified dates; 23 said they'd like to come and we may have more, so figure around 30 rooms.

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Must be a go cart event!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Best thing we have done in past >Xi< Fests

 

 

http://xtremeracingcenterpigeonforge.com/xtreme-racing-center/our-xtreme-karts/

 

http://fasttrackspigeonforge.com/pigeon-forge-go-karts-tracks/

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I'm interested to see how we work out the logistics for people to get to it.

Those driving not a big deal, but those flying in, well the airport is far and I can't imagine someone wanting to run back and forth doing 3-6 hour drives to shuttle us fools, and a taxi/buss or uber are probably all expensive too...

 

Will need to see how many of us can sync up on arrival date/times to see if we can rent something or pool in on a ride.

Murdered...I'll pick you up at the Nashville airport Thursday Morning...How you act determines if you ride in the truck or in the back...

 

Harry...Thanks for your efforts, be sure and ask for group rates

 

One more thing...All Foxi members must bring a wheelbarrow so they can take XI members back to their rooms...

 

aj

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Pretty sure me and Tenneal are going to drive there.So we will have to listen to driving music.

 

 

I bet it will be more like this....

 

 

lmbo

 

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looks like mrs qball and I will be attending this year as well, driving of course. The wife got reservations for a room at Mountain view in Pigeon Forge. I told her to wait but you know how them damn woman can be no offense Murda....

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I told her to wait but you know how them damn woman can be no offense Murda....

 

fuq u!!! sounds like maybe you're the women and she has on the pants and calls the shots! hah

 

But yea, I'm ready to book something myself just to be done but waiting to see where everyone ends up. Last year I ended up in a different hotel and it sucked having to do extra walking to meet up with everyone lol. Even more so when drunk trying to get back...

 

Maybe i'll just sleep in the back of @ 's truck with those 28 women he said he's bringing us all so I get first dibs!

well not you, you got a ball and chain...

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I'll be trying to make this one for sure

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I'll be trying to make this one for sure

You better,and don't forget Mike.

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i am going to try to make this one, hopefully

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I'm hoping to make it but due to life changes I will have to wait a bit to figure it out.Life sucks sometimes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeHaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaW!

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A great hotel to check out is the mainstay in pigeon forge it is really nice and it is right in the middle of pigeon forge me and the family stay there everytime we go there 

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We have nailed down the Smoky Mountain Brewery in Gatlinburg for the Fest 2016 Booze & Crawl: http://tinyurl.com/h3rhveg

 

Now checking ratings and getting group rates for motels in the immediate area. October is the busiest month of the year in Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge and so room rates are the highest. Nonetheless, we've negotiated some good prices including $100 a night at a four-star. Hope to announce the motel by next week. There will be a primary motel where we'll have 25 rooms available and possibly more if you get reservations in soon, and, a secondary where we'll also have negotiated lower rates for those who wish to wait until later in the year to reserve.

 

Stay tuned; more to come!!!

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