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Dollywood Christmas Parade of Many Colors

Posted: Nov 16 , 2016

Dollywood has been awarded for hosting the best Christmas festival in the nation year-after-year. One visit to their incredible Smoky Mountain Christmas festival reveals why! The twinkle of millions of lights, gorgeous decorations, amazing shows, areas for children, etc all work together to provide a magical holiday experience that cannot be found anywhere else in the nation. In 2016, the Smoky Mountain Christmas festival at Dollywood is better than ever with the addition of the brand new Parade of Many Colors!

Dollywood Lightning Rod Roller Coaster

Posted: Jun 30 , 2016

Since the beginning of the year, we’ve been sharing rumors and news of Dollywood’s new ride for 2016 in our very detailed article…and we now have an official announcement which confirms a lot of the tips we’ve leaked along the way! Dollywood has announced the world’s first launched wooden roller coaster coming in Spring 2016! It will also be the world’s fastest roller coaster topping out at 73mph! The new coaster will be called Lightning Rod and themed after “a tricked out 1950s-era hot rod”. It will be located in Jukebox Junction next to Rockin’ Roadway and will be Dollywood’s largest investment in a single ride at a cost of around $22 million! This is definitely going to be one of the most anticipated roller coasters in the world for 2016 with numerous exciting elements…let’s go over the details!

Dollywood DreamMore Resort

Posted: Mar 01 , 2015

ANNOUNCEMENT UPDATE: Dollywood is making 30 big announcements throughout 2015…to see what has been announced so far, click here!

Best Thing to Eat at Dollywood

Posted: May 12 , 2014

Dollywood recently ran a poll for people to vote on their favorite thing to eat at Dollywood with the finalized choices being apple pie, cinnamon bread, specialty apples, and kettle korn. First off, all of these treats are incredibly delicious and extremely popular! However, there could only be one king of treats to be voted the absolute best thing to eat at Dollywood. After hundreds of votes, the winner was the extremely tasty, fresh-baked cinnamon bread from Dollywood’s Grist Mill! Read below to see what makes this cinnamon bread the best thing to eat at Dollywood.

dollywood firechaser express roller coaster

Dollywood Reveals New FireChaser Express Roller Coaster

Posted: Mar 08 , 2013

It is said that no one ever forgets their first roller coaster…well, Dollywood will soon be the place where numerous children will ride their first roller coaster when the new family-friendly FireChaser Express opens March 22, 2014. It will have a height requirement of just 39 inches making giving young ones a chance to ride their first “big coaster”!

Dollywood Featured on The Bachelorette

Posted: May 23 , 2012

The popular ABC television show “The Bachelorette” will feature Dollywood on Monday, May 28 at 8:00 p.m. ET! Season 8’s Bachelorette, Emily Maynard, chose to to take her last individual date of the week to Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, TN saying that it is one of her favorite places. So Emily and race car driver Arie Luyendyk, Jr. boarded a private jet and set off for Dollywood where they had the entire park to themselves for the day to ride all the rides, play games and have a ball…who wouldn’t want that?