I doubt it is a ad. We have stayed there about four or five times. We stayed in our fiver, then our Class A. We prefer Pigeon Forge. Anchor Down is nice and the staff is very friendly. The sites however are fairly close together with no shade and it is ALL black asphalt. We stayed in the main area our first time and it was so hot our dogs could not take the heat when going for a walk. We asked to move to the highest part which does have some pines. They moved us so we would be next to the dog park and plenty of grass but it was still very hot. The other times we stayed we made a point to not go in the summer months. If you don't mind the drive into P.Forge and wide open spaces are your thing try it. We would stay there again during cooler weather especially as a one or two night stay.