LazerPort Fun Center

LazerPort's go-kart track is 50 feet high with a 40-foot drop, and yeah, it's as intense as it sounds. We took our teenagers last month and they rode it three times in a row. The laser tag arenas are huge — 7,000 square feet each, which means you're not bumping into other players constantly like at some places.

The arcade is where we ended up spending way too much money, but the bonus deals actually help if you're planning to stay a while. Put in $100 and you get $160 total to play with, which beats feeding singles into machines all day. Our kids gravitated toward the newer games while Shandi and I got nostalgic over Pac-Man.

One thing though — call ahead to check hours. We've seen conflicting info online about whether they close at 8pm or midnight on weekdays, and nothing's worse than showing up to locked doors with disappointed kids.

The blacklight mini-golf is the only indoor glow course in Pigeon Forge, which makes it worth doing even if mini-golf isn't usually your thing. It's $13.99 per person, but kids five and under play free. The ice cream shop inside is convenient when you need a break, though we usually just grab something quick and keep playing.

Most families spend about two hours here, but we stretched it to three because the kids kept wanting "one more game" in the arcade. It's all indoors, so it's great for those random afternoon thunderstorms that roll through the mountains.