Anyone who wants to go to the Dragon who has no reservation is pretty much in "You are too late, must suck to be you " status.

Well, NOT SO FAST - there is this website: www.airbnb.com

Click, put in "Fontana Dam, NC" and "October 5 to 8" and see what you get. THere are just a FEW options left, within a few miles of the lodge. (Two weeks ago, there were five times as many).