The Bellagio, The Grand Floridian, Caesar’s Palace, Hotel Bel-Air… these are the names you hear when talking about iconic American hotels. But would you believe that the hotel you SHOULD be discussing is in Nashville, Tennessee? Join WDW Pro and John Golf, both of whom can’t believe how amazing it is, as they review The Opryland Hotel!
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Never been to either. So this is interesting to me.
Man, I just spent a long weekend in Nashville for New Years, stayed at a nice hotel, but wish I'd seen this first!
Wow that looks interesting though cant see if it is better then the bellagio but it is always great to learn something new that’s out there in different places.
We call it the "Big Giant Hotel," next to the "Big Giant Mall." And it is great, especially on a cold Midwestern day. In the past, you could park free at the edge of the mall parking lot, and walk a short distance to the Opryland Hotel back entrance. Now, they have security at times at that entrance.
By the way, the Opryland theme park is missed around here. It was small, but well-maintained, and employed a lot of musicians.
A well-researched and presented topic, I wish you all success in your channel
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Been there twice. Killer quality.
Our family just got back from there for a Christmas trip. Like many families we were looking for other things to do now that Disney has become WOKE. We could not believe how massive this hotel was and we had a great time.
Stayed at Opryland a number of times, three times for conferences and twice for pleasure. Very big but very nice hotel. Plus you can peak into the WSM-AM studios when they are broadcasting from Opryland.
I never had the opportunity to visit Opryland, USA. When I was very young, I would see commercials for the amusement park and hotel complex on The Nashville Network. By the time that I was old enough to make it to Nashville, the park had closed (1997) and was redeveloped into the Opry Mills shopping centre. Years later, in university, I had researched the Opryland Hotel for an architecture project. The hotel and its three expansions were designed by Earl Swensson, an architect who was local to Nashville. The Opryland Hotel was his most "creative" endevour and is definitely on par with what is expected of Walt Disney Imagineering. In the video, a Florida location was mentioned. The Palms Resort in Kissimmee is a similar concept to the Opryland, but its various atria and hotel rooms are themed to Florida geography. Hopefully, you'll eventually get around to covering The Palms in a future video. The re-addition of a theme park was also suggested in the video. Coincidentally, the G company had partnered with Dollywood to develop a new water park and winter park to supplement their entertainment offerings. Unfortunately, that plan fell through when the G company sold their hotel brand to Marriott who now operates the G company's four hotel properties on their behalf. The water park that you guys weren't able to visit at Opryland is what they went ahead with post-Dollywood. It's obviously of a smaller scale than what was originally envisioned across the freeway with the proposed winter park, but there is indeed so much potential for the "plussing" of this entertainment complex. Far too much land is wasted on surface parking lots.
Thanks for the video Pro.
They have a lot of those amenities at West Edmonton Mall! It even has an amusement park inside!
WDW Pro, The Opryland Hotel is great and arboretum is just fantastic
This video is really good, I grew up in Nashville
So i am not one for traveling much but that just means when i do i like to make sure the experince i have counts and often you get the better experince going off the beaten path.
So if you are going to be highlighting more things that are not so readily talked about but potentially worth while then i can defiantly get behind these kind of videos and other simular things.
The comments seem to support not just the experince you have described but that it was well researched and i will always appreicate that when finding out about new things.
Very interesting video.
I enjoy watching this type of video. Honestly its nice to see the hotels actually in use. I also like watching the history of abandoned hotels (etc.)
The hotel looks like a really nice place to visit. The atrium is very impressive!
lol Pro, a couple of months ago I was looking at various parking lots and thinking add in multi story parking and a theme park. I even researched how long a temporary two height lot would take (60 days for 200 cars if memory serves) to add space while you build a more permanent structure. I don't own a carpark to convert or know anyone who does.
Edit = I can't spell.
I live in Tennessee woo represent!😁😂
Hmm, what does he mean? (googles Opryland Hotel) ….oohhhhhhh. hahaha
There is also a Gaylord Texan in Grapevine, TX. Just a few miles from DFW International Airport. It's right on Lake Grapevine. It's pretty impressive as well.