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Dollywood
1020 Dollywood Ln
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee 37863
Unique as its namesake Dolly Parton, Dollywood theme park is a one-of-a-kind Smoky Mountain Family Adventure! Spanning 125 acres and nestled in the lush foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, near Gatlinburg.
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»» Amusement Places & Arcades (5)Unique as its namesake Dolly Parton, Dollywood theme park is a one-of-a-kind Smoky Mountain Family Adventure! Spanning 125 acres and nestled in the lush foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, near Gatlinburg, Dollywood is one of the most popular family vacation destinations.
Enjoy thrill to spectacular Dollywood amusement park rides including the award-winning wooden roller coaster The Thunderhead™-the wildest ride in the woods. The family vacation fun at Dollywood features kiddie rides and 10 new family attractions in our expanded Country Fair area. Dollywood's live entertainment showcases the best in country, bluegrass, mountain and gospel music with more than a dozen stage shows. Master craftsmen demonstrate centuries-old crafts including blacksmithing, glass blowing and wood carving.
Dollywood is also home to five of the South's largest festivals-Festival of Nations, KidsFestsm, the new Bluegrass & BBQ, National Harvest & Music Celebration and Smoky Mountain Christmas. No matter what time of year you visit, Dollywood offers something special for every member of the family!
River Battle - Coming in 2008!
A battle is brewing in Dollywood’s Timber Canyon area as work begins on River Battle, the theme park’s new water adventure ride set to open in 2008.
The $5 million River Battle is a themed water raft ride equipped with powerful soaker guns. Nine rafts, each with room for eight passengers, follow a 500-foot channel. As the rafts navigate the waters, the battle begins as passengers, each armed with a soaker gun, take aim at each other and more than 100 targets along the way, including large-scale “talking animals”—beavers, skunks, otters, bears and more. Some of the targets shoot back while others display a variety of special effects, creating surprises at every turn and ensuring that no two rides are ever exactly the same. River Battle also engages park guests along the ride’s banks. While rafters are soaking each other in raft-to-raft sparring, they also can “shoot” observers along the way in “raft-to-shore” fun. In the park’s ongoing effort to provide opportunities to bring families closer, River Battle is yet another ride addition that allows parents and children to ride together.Photo Gallery
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Smokey Mountain Christmas FestivalReviews
Feeding a duck at DollywoodMill inside DollywoodBi - 11/14/2007 18:57:59
daisyferret1 from Delaware
Dollywood is a smaller themepark located in Pigeon Forge, TN in the heart of the Smokies. I used to visit here about once a year when I was little. As an adult, I have been back a few times, most recently this September 2007.
Dollywood is a nice family oriented themepark. It has a little bit of something for everyone of all ages. They have a couple thrill rides and then they have several smaller rides. In addition to the rides Dollywood also has craft demonstrations, shows, and etc. You can watch a blacksmith at work, glass blowing, candles being made, candy being made, lye soap being made and glass figurines being hand sculpted. Or you can take in one of Dollywood's free live shows. In addition to the free shows, Dollywood often has shows in the Theatre for a small fee. My grandmother really used to love the free shows outdoors. She would sit at the shows all day while us kids rode the rides. Dollywood also has a nice area where you can feed ducks and feed the fish over by Rivertown Junction. I always stop and buy some food for the ducks. Kids love this. Dollywood also has a nice Bald Eagle sanctuary and show. For a break, you can hop on board the Dollywood Express..the train that travels through the park. I like to do this about halfway through my day. It gives me a few minutes to relax and also a chance to view the park from a different angle (maybe even see something I missed). The train is also a nice ride for kids, seniors, and those who dont particularly care for the thrill rides.
Now for the Coaster style rides: The thunderhead is the only wooden rollercoaster at Dollywood. It is a really good ride. It is fast and has some great turns and a nice drop in the beginning. It doesnt really bang or jerk you around like some wooden coasters. I would consider this one of the top wooden coasters Ive been on. The Tennessee Tornado is the only true steel coaster that Dollywood has. It has a few loops, but no major drops. It is a pretty smooth ride. The Blazing Fury is supposed to be a "coaster", but to me it is just a quicker moving train ride in the dark. It doesnt have any major turns or drops. For the most part the track is flat and it moves slowly through the dark and scenes from a mining community town that is burning. At the end it has a very small drop where the coaster goes into water to create a small splash and you get slightly wet. The Mystery Mine is the newest "coaster" type ride. It moves pretty slow also. It does have a steep drop in the beginning. This ride does jerk you around a little. The neatest part about this ride is that the coaster will rotate so that you are laying on your back and the cart is being pulled straight up into the air on 2 separate occasions. I was not that impressed with this ride, especially for all the hype.
The smaller rides: Dollywood has several smaller rides. They have a scrambler, carousel, demolition derby and sky rider. They also have a dizzy disk and lemon twist if you like to go in circles. You will find most of the kiddie rides in the Country Fair area.
Water Rides: Dollywood has a rapids and one of the large boat flumes. You will get pretty wet on both. They also have the slidewinder that is kind of like a flume ride.
Dollywood has many food vendors just as most amusement parks do. They are kind of high priced and the food isnt that great. I do like Granny Ogle's Ham and Beans and I would consider this the best bet there.
The park is located in the mountains, so as you can imagine the park is not level. The paths do have some areas where it is on an incline/grade. Keep this in mind and where your sneakers.
All in all, I would say Dollywood is a nice family park. It doesnt have a lot of one particular thing. So if you are looking for a park loaded with thrill rides and coasters, this isnt it. But if you are looking for a park that has a little bit for everyone--Dollywood is a good choice. I do think it is a nice park, but I feel it is becoming overpriced. This year (2007) admission was almost $50 per person. I think I will visit like once every 3 years. The park doesnt seem to change that much overtime and it is just too expensive to go every year (especially since I am really into coasters & they only have 2).
Tip: Instead of paying to park at the lot on site, Park offsite and ride the Fun Time trolley to Dollywood. This will save you a few bucks.
A Review from a 10 Year Season Passholder ngachick2 from Chatsworth
Yes I enjoy Dollywood! And yes, it will cost you some money to get in. But one thing in our favor is that a lot of money goes right back into the park in the form of new attractions. In just the last few years we have gained Mystery Mine, Thunderhead, the new and improved country fair area, and timber tower. Check out the dollywood site for information on the new water ride attraction coming in 2008.
For one who looks, it is also possible to save some money at Dollywood. If you are planning to spend more than one day in the park, it makes perfect sense to buy not only a season pass, but for at least one member of your party to purchase a GOLD season pass. Why gold? Gold passes give the passholder free parking, and 20% off of food and merchandise inside the park. Currently a one day pass is 47.95, a gold pass is 106.00. If you drive to the park 2 days, you have already saved 7.00 per day for parking.
If you are not staying 2 days, then it's worth a stop at Walgreens or a local convenience store to see if the Coca Cola cans have a current discount on Dollywood admission. Discounts usually appear around the beginning of the season, April and May although they could appear other times as well. Many times these discounts are around 5.00 per person and good for the whole party, making that 50 cent coke purchase worth the savings.
Once inside the park, you can purchase a drink mug for about 7.00 that you can get refilled as many times as you like for around 1.50. If you ever plan to go back, hang onto that mug! I have a mug that is now 12 years old that they continue to fill for the same low price!
While they say that you cannot bring food or drinks into the park, security is not checking things out anymore. So pack some granola and a bottle of water if you wish.......the crystal lite to go packets and a water fountain are great if you are a very frugal person.
Dollywood always has something going on, from kids fest to festival of nations to the harvest celebration to christmas in the smokies. If you are looking for a less crowded time, weekdays are your best bet but if it has to be the weekend, check their events calendar and try to schedule your visit in a window between the festivals!
An average park in a beautiful location. kidamadeus from Georgia
Our family (2 adults, 2 teenage boys) spent the day at Dollywood on 10/09/2007. During our stay, Dollywood featured numerous the craftsman fair as well as the performance of numerous gospel groups as additional seasonal entertainment which were enjoyable. We found the park to be clean and nicely laid out, although some areas could use a new coat of paint or a little updating. The Dollywood Railroad was a bit disappointing as the only thing that we really saw (aside from a couple of old building facades) was a large construction area for a new ride to be completed in 2008. There are a couple of decent coasters, but most of the rides are of the basic amusement park flavor, merry-go-rounds, tilt-o-whirl, bumper cars, etc. For us, the best ride was the wooden coaster...the worst was the motion simulator which was very jerky (compared to other motion simulators) and generally not very interesting. There is also an attraction called Dolly's Attic which is an interesting museum dealing with the life of Dolly Parton.
While I wouldn't rate this park as bad, there just isn't enough here to make us want to come back...however, if you approach this park as being more of a southern version of a Renaissance Faire or a crafts fair with a few rides, than it may have better appeal.
Nowhere near being in the same league as five-star parks Disney, Universal, or even four-star parks like Six Flags, Wild Adventures, etc. I would rate this as a three-star park, and then add an additional 1/2 star for the shopping, food, and the nice employees.
We went on a military discount, so it was worth the price that we paid.
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