The Crawl

The Smokies Finally Got Their Own Version of Nashville's Broadway, and It's on Wheels

The Crawl didn't set out to build another distillery tour, it set out to fix the boring part: the ride between stops. Guests climb aboard a private 17-seat bus with wraparound seating and a sound system built for singing along, and by the time it pulls up to the first of up to five hand-picked distilleries along the Smokies Parkway, the night is already moving. A Spirit Guide keeps the stories and the energy going between every stop, the distillery partners get briefed ahead of time on who's celebrating and why, and groups walk away saying the ride itself was the best part of the trip. It's the only party bus of its kind in Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, and bachelor and bachelorette parties have already made it the go-to way to see the Smokies.