Dollywood will celebrate its 35th season with the inaugural Flower & Food Festival, the park announced today. The park is touting the new-for-2020 Flower & Food Festival as a “vibrant new event that adds another touch of dazzling color to...
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Rare Tennessee Tornado Construction Photos
Tennessee Tornado is celebrating its 20th birthday this year, and to commemorate the milestone season, we’re sharing rare photos of the Dollywood coaster under construction. Dollywood announced Tennessee Tornado in June of 1998. At a cost of $8 million, the...
Continue reading...19 for ’99: Tennessee Tornado at Dollywood
Welcome to another entry in our “19 for ’99” series where we’re showcasing 19 roller coasters that opened in 1999. Today, we take a “spin” on Dollywood’s Tennessee Tornado, the triple-looping steel roller coaster and one of the final creations...
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...Climbing to the Top of Thunderhead at Dollywood
Dollywood’s annual Thrills in the Hills event invites coaster enthusiasts and Dollywood super fans to a two-day showcase of the park with perks such as extra ride time on select rides, behind-the-scenes tours, good food and much more. This year,...
Continue reading...Wildwood Grove Opens at Dollywood
Years in the making, Wildwood Grove at Dollywood is now open! With a price tag of $37 million, it marks the park’s largest capital investment since it opened in 1986, and it’s the first new area added to the park...
Continue reading...Five Changes You’ll See at Dollywood in 2019
Wildwood Grove is obviously the flagship addition to Dollywood in 2019, but there are some smaller changes at the park that you won’t see advertised on a billboard. Below are five changes found at Dollywood in 2019 (so far). 1....
Continue reading...Wildwood Grove Dollywood Construction Update March 2019
Dollywood officially opened for the 2019 season this past weekend. At a kickoff media event on Friday, Dolly Parton herself announced that Wildwood Grove, the park’s largest expansion to date, will open on May 10, 2019. On Saturday, I was...
Continue reading...15 Fun Roller Coasters Under 35 MPH
Tachophobia, the fear of speed, is the abnormal, often unwarranted fear of doing something too fast. While the most common reasons for being too scared to ride a roller coaster might be due to height or inversions, fear of speed...
Continue reading...Dragonflier Track Complete at Wildwood Grove
Yesterday was the last day of Dollywood’s 2018 operating season (hooray for bonus days in January!). This means that our view of Wildwood Grove construction progress will be limited to what the park shares with us until it reopens for...
Continue reading...Blazing Fury Behind the Scenes, Lights On at Dollywood
Recently, I took a behind-the-scenes, lights-on tour of Dollywood’s Blazing Fury indoor roller coaster. Walking the track of this quirky ride has been near the top of my roller-coaster bucket list ever since I first rode it in 2001. Warning:...
Continue reading...Wildwood Grove at Dollywood Takes Shape as Construction Continues
Attendees of the annual Smoky Mountain Coaster Fest (organized by the American Coaster Enthusiasts Southeast Region) were treated to the first-ever public tour of the Wildwood Grove construction site. Dollywood’s Pete Owens, Vice President of Marketing and Public Relations, walked...
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