After visiting the new but incomplete entertainment center in Pigeon Forge known as The Island, I wrote about the Top Five Things To Do there at the time. After going back more than a year-and-a-half later, it was exciting to...
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Dollywood Celebrating 30 Seasons in 2015
Dollywood is celebrating its 30th anniversary season in 2015 by honoring its past while “unveiling a new project designed to enrich the award-winning theme park for years to come.” Yesterday, park officials announced investment details for 2015, including plans for a...
Continue reading...2014 Golden Ticket Award Winners
Over the weekend, Amusement Today announced the winners of its prestigious 2014 Golden Ticket Awards, which were presented annually to the “Best of the Best” in the amusement industry for the 17th consecutive year. The results came from an international poll presented...
Continue reading...Dollywood Covered in Blanket of Snow
Artificial snow isn’t needed for Dollywood’s Smoky Mountain Christmas event today. The region was covered in a blanket of snow, forcing the park to delayed its opening. Some beautiful pictures of the snowfall were posted on the park’s Facebook page. I shared...
Continue reading...Golden Ticket 2013 Winners
Amusement Today revealed the recipients of the 2013 Golden Ticket Awards yesterday at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. While the list of winners contains many familiar names, some new-for-2013 attractions were recognized. The entire park and ride winner list is copied...
Continue reading...Golden Ticket 2012 Award Winners
Amusement Today announced today the winners of the 15th-annual Golden Ticket Awards. The annual awards are presented to the “Best of the Best” within the amusement industry. This year’s awards were hosted at Dollywood, which just so happened to walk...
Continue reading...2010 Golden Ticket Awards Results
The results are in for the 2010 Golden Ticket Awards! View the press release below to see who this year’s winners are! “ARLINGTON, Texas, Sept. 11, 2010 – The envelope, please … and the Golden Ticket Award goes to …...
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Amusement Today has released this year’s winners of the Golden Ticket awards. Not too many surprises, except I was thrown of by “Bizarro” being on the list… No worries though, it’s still the same ride. Some things never change, which...
Continue reading...Dollywood Prepares for Harvest Festival and Great Pumpkin LumiNights 2019
Fall is here, which means that Dollywood’s Harvest Festival and Great Pumpkin LumiNights events are just around the corner, kicking off this Friday, September 27, 2019. The park is packed with fall fun for all ages — there are no...
Continue reading...Coaster101’s 2017 Year in Review
Where did the time go? It’s that time of year again — 2017 has come to a close and now it’s 2018! Every year we take a look back and reflect on the past year. Each member of the Coaster101 team...
Continue reading...Review: 230-Foot-Tall Drop Line at Dollywood
Drop Line at Dollywood is now open! The park’s new 230-foot-tall drop tower officially opened to the public yesterday. The tower stands tall over the Timber Canyon section of the park. It can even be seen from some section of the...
Continue reading...What’s New at Dollywood in 2017?
I decided to make this past Saturday at Dollywood the kickoff to my 2017 roller coaster-riding season. And as I expected, Dolly did not disappoint. Foolishly (April Fools Day pun intended), I made the assumption that the park opened at...
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