Dollywood today announced plans for its largest expansion in the park’s history: Wildwood Grove, an entire new area of the park with 11 new rides and attractions. At a price of $37 million, Wildwood Grove represents the largest capital investment...
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Ranking The Top 20 New For 2023 Roller Coasters in the United States
With the 2023 Roller Coaster season coming to a close, we rank the top 20 roller coasters that opened in the United States this year.
Continue reading...Golden Ticket Awards 2023 List of Winners
Industry professionals from across the nation and beyond gathered at Dollywood today to enjoy the 25th annual Golden Ticket Awards ceremony and talk about best practices in the theme park and amusement industry. Started in 1998, the Golden Ticket Awards...
Continue reading...The Most Illus-TREE-ous Theme Park Trees
What has a bark but doesn’t bite? What drinks but not from a glass? What do you see at nearly every amusement park yet never discuss unless they’re missing? Why, the answer is trees, of course! We know we’re going...
Continue reading...What’s New and Different at Dollywood in 2022
Last month, I kicked off my 2022 coaster season in the best way possible — with a trip to Dollywood. While there are no new rides or attractions opening at Dollywood in 2022, there were still plenty of updates and...
Continue reading...Dollywood 2022 Project Updates
Dollywood recently shared an update with us on the current status of all their ongoing improvement projects for the 2022 season. “As the stature of Dollywood—and our area in general—continues to increase, our guests’ expectations elevate also,” said Eugene Naughton,...
Continue reading...Back at Dollywood for Smoky Mountain Christmas 2021
Last weekend, I traveled to Dollywood for my annual visit to the park’s award-winning Smoky Mountain Christmas event. Each year, the park is blanketed in over 5 million lights and decorations as far as the eye can see. I hadn’t...
Continue reading...Dollywood Smoky Mountain Christmas and Coasterfest 2020
Last month, the Southeast Region chapter of the American Coaster Enthusiasts (ACE) held its annual Smoky Mountain Coasterfest event at Dollywood, which coincided with the second weekend of the park’s popular Smoky Mountain Christmas event. Needless to say, it was...
Continue reading...Harvest Festival Showcases the Beauty of Dollywood
Throughout the majority of the year, Dollywood is arguably the most beautiful theme park in the country. But when the leaves turn color, the temperature begins dropping, and autumn descends on the Smoky Mountains the Harvest Festival just takes the...
Continue reading...15 to 15: Our 15 Most Memorable First Ride Events
We continue the lead-up to Coaster101’s 15th birthday by reminiscing about the most memorable media previews or other coaster-related events we’ve attended. We’ve been very fortunate to have been invited to media previews for some of the best new roller...
Continue reading...Coaster101’s 2019 Year in Review
Where did the time go? It’s that time of year again — 2019 is coming to a close and the calendar is turning to 2019. Every year we take a look back and reflect on the past year. 2019 was...
Continue reading...Our Most Anticipated 2019 Roller Coasters Opening in North America
2018 was a great season for new roller coasters. But the season has come to an end and now we turn our attention on the new year and the new crop of roller coasters and thrill rides. Which ones are...
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