With Summer Celebration in full swing, it’s a bubble battle royale with kids choosing between the Foam Zone and the Gazillion Bubble Show at Dollywood You know you’ve reached a certain point in life when given the option of joining a summer foam and bubble party and your first thoughts are not of bubble-filled mayhem and a cooling, drenching rinse.
“Something Wild” author sees production of her work at Dollywood’s Imagination Playhouse Sitting in the front row of Dollywood’s newly update Imagination Playhouse – author Molly Ruttan put her hands to her face in what must have been a mixture of joy and wonder and astonishment. She watched as characters that had only lived in her illustrations, passed through the
Hulk Hogan is gone but the show goes on A row of flowers – mostly red and yellow – lined the walkway in an out of the way strip mall in Pigeon Forge Sunday. Above the flowers were windows filled larger than life photos of a larger-than-life man. Or maybe it was the larger-than-life man’s alter ego on display. Hulk
Try these can’t miss options when traveling to the “other” side of the Smokies I spend some time kicking around analogies for the East Tennessee – Western North Carolina tourism relationship. I noodled around the idea of a “Beaches” reference, the Bette Midler vehicle famous chiefly for launching the “Wind Beneath my Wings.” But I don’t think the idea that
Ways to beat the heat on your Smoky Mountain vacation East Tennessee was in the midst of one of the coolest springs and summers in recent memory until late June when someone kicked the thermostat up a couple of notches. We went from mild to wild in seemingly record time. It’s important to remember that when the temperature rises in
Tips from a local on the best way to enjoy the peaceful side of the Smokies A graduate of Heritage High School, I grew up a 20-minute drive from Townsend. Even then, known as the peaceful side of the Smokies. Except for me, it wasn’t terribly quiet. When I got my driver’s license and the freedom that came with it,
From the mountains to the attractions, how to have a great vacation with the littles Mountain coasters, ziplines, moonshine distilleries – so many of the new, hot attractions in the Smokies aren’t what you’d call toddler friendly. And while the Smokies are extremely family friendly, a lot of the things you can do are better built for kids five and
Things you can do to make your Smoky Mountain vacation unforgettable When I was a young man – somewhere around the Cretaceous period – I went on a school trip to Europe. It was 10 days in Holland, Belgium, Paris, and London. As it was in the ancient days, I didn’t have a cell phone camera with which to document
Safaris, zoos and more within an easy drive of the Smokies After decades of tourists driving hundreds of miles just to see them, it seems the animals of the Smoky Mountains have gotten a little divaish. Sure, it still seems easier to see bears in the wild than ever before. But there’s no guarantee. So, what do you do when
Things not to do at Goats on the Roof Pigeon Forge In Pigeon Forge where the competition for tourism dollars is fast and furious, you have to do something to stand out from the crowd. Does that mean develop a luchador mask-wearing Gorilla mascot to help sell Mexican-adjacent food at your new taco stand? Unfortunately, yes. Does it mean making