My wife and I tried Sunday, but the traffic coming in from the Cleveland side was horrendous, dead stopped about 3 miles out of town, we turned around and found a nice place to eat on the river in Cleveland. I ride up to Helen frequently and even during Oktokerfest it wasn't this bad
We rode up Friday, set up camp at Cherokee camp grounds just outside of town. Hung out in Helen Saturday. Rode up through Cherokee, Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge Sunday. Packed up and came home Monday.