Gateway to Nature's beauty Rm 12

The Christmas lights at The Bridges in Waynesboro TN are beautiful. It screams National Lampoon Christmas. Lights are strung from every possible angle. From the tractor ride in to the Ice Cave and the Natural Bridge, you eyes are assaulted with the beauty of twinkle lights and wonders of Christmas. Young adults are running everywhere dressed as elf's, snowmen, and other Christmas characters. They have no clue what they are suppose to be doing or where anything is located, but they are jolly while doing it. You are encouraged to buy the extra they have available. Train ride to candy candy lane and Santa workshop for children. The workshop was cute, but trying to keep a two year old and four year from covering their self in paint and markers in a dimly lit metal car port roof was not as enjoyable or cute. Would have been easier if done where they could have taken off their thick winter coats. Warning to everyone: don't purchase a train ticket. It's ALWAYS broke down. 2 years in a row now! And you can forget about a refund. It's like pulling teeth. But you can still visit candy cane lane. Just walk to a certain building and hike up a very very steep hill covered in loose gravel and no hand rope. The view from the top is majestic, you can see the whole resort lite up for Christmas. I was too out of breath to snap a picture. It was either picture or breathing. I choose breathing. Stay there at your own risk, or if you want to kill your partner. Was told that the resort had a swimming pool, a sauna , and several other amenities, but I don't know. Was not given a tour, a map, or any other general information when I arrived. They assumed my guest or his parents would know where everything was (long story, but this was MY first time at resort. MY name only on everything, I was the paying guest not my guest or his parents). Trying to get into the room was a nightmare. The key pads are touch sensitive. Cold hands and electronic locks are not friends. After several attempts and key pads telling us low battery several times, you are in the room! Don't bother telling the manager Vicky about the key pad. She is going to tell you it didn't do that. It shouldn't do that because she wasn't alerted. Then wants to know if it's okay to go into our room to change the battery. The Toilet bowl will rock you to sleep as you sit on it. The rug placed in front of it will not give you any traction to help keep your ass on the damn thing since it slides like melting butter on warm toast. But don't worry, the neighbors behind you can score you on your dismount since there is a window right next to toilet where they can see straight down on you. Speaking of the bathroom, don't reach for the exhaust fan to help get steam out, there ain't one. Instead, over head you have a popcorn ceiling going thru male pattern baldness. You are one hot shower away from a ride in the bandaid box. After taking a very hot shower (awesome hot water when it finally arrived) in a shower big enough for a small camper, do NOT step on the bath mat provided. TRUST ME, it hurts. It's pretty, it's decorative, it's soft, it's slicker then wet ice . Two bruised elbow and a nice new tattoo of the shower lip on my back. Don't worry, you can call someone. They provided you numbers because there is no one on staff after dark. But I think those number are just to report the accident since you have to sign a waiver before staying or visiting that if you get hurt by any means on the property, it your fault, not theirs. This includes the death trap bath rugs from Sam's club. Come to think of it, did I sign a waiver to stay or sign over my life insurance? Btw, I did email them about the accident, wanted to have everything in writing, told them I had pictures of everything if they had any questions. Still ain't heard back on that one. Guess it's somewhere with my refund. Btw, my refund is where they charged me more for the room by not adding in their Christmas discount and 7 train rides. I spoke personally with Manager Vicky about all of these the night of our stay. Now the three S's are done (shit, shower,shave; in my case 4 S's, Slip), let's get to bed. Need a cup of coffee before bed, great!! They provide a small coffee pot, coffee, but NO freaking cups!! Did I mention the office is in the general store which is closed at night. Since you are required to pay a guest channel fee of 8 bucks, settle in to enjoy watching the Roku live channel network!! There is all the other streaming apps on the TV, but it requires you to sign in. I am assuming with your own account due to I wasn't given any account info. There wasn't even a wifi password. This place is a digital pirate dream! After fighting with the heater (which the filter hadn't been clean in what looks like months), the ceiling fan that sounds like a small aircraft taking off (didn't matter on the speed), and turning the lamp off across the room, you can finally crawl into bed. The pillows are like sleeping on a flat rock. Thin and cold. Double them over and you get something that resembles a not flat rock but still thin and cold. The nightstand will hum you to sleep. Since it's the mini fridge and microwave. Not in a case or cabinet.Just right next to the bed in all its nakedness and glory. Too bad the door didn't swing the other way, that way I wouldn't have had to get up out of the bed to get anything out of the fridge or use the microwave. With the hum of kitchen appliances by my head, the thin shapeless pillow cradling my pounding head, the mattress reminding me of all the spots I introduced to the shower and bathroom floor, me and my guest still didn't get a good night. We laid awake wondering why there was a huge TV cabinet on the other side of the room but yet the TV was mounted to the wall next to the heater. And why there was a dehumidifier in the closet yet we could smell a lite odor of mildew. In the morning, you can stroll the grounds at your leisure. The landscape is beautiful, the ice covered bridges, trash left on the ground from the night before, baby Jesus statues left all over the place where you can find them. We found two, but we were not looking for them. We came there to relax, not find Jesus. No one is there to stop you wandering You are only policed by signs if you choose to read them. Until the morning shift arrives, you are alone with the other guests of the resort. I just hope they are as honest and nice as you. (We are located in an area that has little to no cellphone coverage. You are dependent upon a land line or resort free wifi with limited range). No vending machine area, no coffee, no ice. It's like staying at summer camp with no adults present and all the counselors are off in the woods getting stoned. If you stay during an event, apparently parking is different. You are not allowed to park at the resort. You have to park in the general admission area with everyone else. Then ride the tractor or bus down. They don't tell you how you are supposed to get back to your car in the morning. If you ask a parking attendant, they will tell you to hand over your keys and someone will drive it down. (The "parking lot" is a whole different story. Nashville rush hour is better organized and safer. The parking attendant we had the great fortune of talking to wasn't old enough to understand SIZE DOES MATTER) You message the manager on duty, she will tell you that you have to wait till 9 am and someone will drive you back to it. We caught the last tractor out at 9 pm and drove one of our cars down to the resort. At 9 pm they have already turned off all the heaters, no one is managing the ticket booth, you are left there standing in the drizzle under an unlit heater praying that the tractor is coming back or you can catch a ride with an employee on their way out. If I choose to stay there again (which is highly doubtful), I would know to carry my survival gear and to pack like I was going to summer camp in the early 80s. This is NOT a resort. This is NOT a cozy little hotel in the middle of nowhere. This is a place where Generation X comes to relive camp nightmares. I am too old for this shit. Update: Just received an email saying my refund has been sent my way for my over charge and train tickets. Did I mention that we checked in at 3 pm and at 4 pm we got an email saying they were going to hold 150 bucks until they made sure we didn't steal the microwave. I was very lucky that their pending charge didn't put me in the hole. I escaped the over-draft by 15 bucks! That was a shock out of nowhere. It was taken off yesterday.

Beautiful property and very nice room!! Enjoyed our stay!!

This was the cleanest room I've ever stayed in!

Great staff. Delicious meals at Alpine restaurant. I loved the stay at the Bridges. Completely recharged my mind and body. Beautiful surroundings.

It is a beautiful place to stay. The staff was super nice and the restaurant had great food the pool was nice and we love the creek and the caves it just so peaceful here