Dollywood shutdown their Lightning Rod roller coaster for the remainder of the 2020 season in order for Rocky Mountain Construction, the ride manufacturer, to make necessary changes to the attraction. The ride has suffered from reliability issues since opening in 2016. Click the headline for more information
Read More...Dollywood welcomed guests back to the park with the inaugural Flower & Food Festival, featuring colossal plant sculptures in displays celebrating the spirit of the Smoky Mountains. Social distancing requirements are also in place, including face masks and prior reservations to limit capacity. Click the headline for more information
Read More...Dolly Parton officially opened Wildwood Grove, the largest expansion in Dollywood theme park history. Featuring eight new attractions and a cost of $37 million, Wildwood Grove is Dollywood’s largest capital investment ever and is the first new area added to the park since Wilderness Pass in 2008. Click the headline for more information
Read More...After 32 years of operation, Dollywood’s Mountain Slidewinder has closed to make room for an unknown new attraction. Considered by many to be the best water attraction in the park, Mountain Slidewinder was a water tobaggan ride that sent guests on an action packed journey through the woods culminating in a 60 foot (18m) drop out of a tunnel. Click the headline for more information
Read More...Dolly Parton presided over the announcement of Wildwood Grove, the largest expansion to ever open at Dollywood in its 32 year history. Featuring 11 attractions that will debut in 2019, the expansion includes Dragonflier, a Vekoma clone of the Orkanen suspended coaster at Fårup Sommerland in Denmark! Click the headline for more information plus lots of photos and videos
Read More...Huge tracts of land are being cleared in Dollywood, the largest amusement park in Tennessee. Forest has been cut down and the terrain leveled in a substantial area in the center of the park, on a hill which has not previously been developed. Dollywood has not issued a press release yet, and it is believed that developments will not be ready until after the 2018 season. Click the headline for more information
Read More...High winds and extreme drought conditions sparked wildfires in the Great Smoky Mountains surrounding Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, but Dollywood theme park, its Splash Country water park and DreamMore Resort were spared any damage.
Overnight staff evacuated families staying in 50 of the resort’s rooms and 19 of the park’s Smoky Mountain Cabins, some of which were damaged or destroyed by the fires.
A man suffered a broken arm after extending it outside the Alpine Coaster car during the ride and was transported to a local hospital. Source
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