Is a Nashville comedian ready to challenge Dolly for celebrity theme park dominance? The announcement seemed like a bit. Comedian Nate Bargatze – generally considered one of the best touring comedians in the country – is working to build a theme park near his hometown of Nashville. If you know Bargatze’s work – a mostly dry with filled with self-deprecation
Planning your 2026 trip to the Smokies? Here are the dates you need to know The leaves are mostly on the ground. The ones that are left in the tree are dead and barely hanging on. Except when the snow falls, the mountains themselves are varying shades of brown. Here we are, staring the winter doldrums in the face. What
The Dollywood theme park attendance in numbers Consistently ranked among the best park in America by the Golden Ticket Awards, Dollywood has over the course of its 40 seasons risen to be a player on the national scene. Dollywood has made the transition from a chintzy regional theme park to one of the best amusement/theme parks in the United States.
2025 was Dollywood’s 40th anniversary, but 2026 is going to surpass it When it comes to milestones, we like certain numbers better than others. You’ll get a better turnout at the 20th reunion that you will the 19th or the 21st. We’ll celebrate the 25th anniversary of a favorite movie or album but when the 27th comes around? Nobody cares.
TN native lists tips for navigating Dollywood’s Christmas festival Dollywood at Christmastime brings together the very best of the holiday season – music, food, millions of Christmas lights and even jolly people. Honestly, visiting Dollywood to see the lights is one of my favorite holiday family traditions. This year, Dollywood’s Smoky Mountain Christmas event (presented by Humana), runs from Nov.
Dollywood’s Smoky Mountain Christmas event is a favorite for Dolly Parton, who enjoys bringing families together for a magical holiday celebration each year. The Dollywood crew traditionally works behind the scenes beginning mid-June, stringing lights on days when the park is closed, overnights and early mornings. The park usually closes for about a week after the Great Pumpkin LumiNights and
The Smoky Mountains’ amusement park cleans up (again) at Golden Ticket Awards If I’m being honest, I never really understood just how many amusement/theme parks there were in the United States. Growing up in the Midwest before moving to the mountains, I was well aware of places like King’s Island, Cedar Point and Six Flags. I knew about smaller parks
Dollywood’s Biggest Secret Has Just Been Revealed It’s Christmas in September, but Dollywood guests and theme park aficionados around the world will have to wait until 2026 to open the present. That’s when NightFlight Expedition – Dollywood’s longer rumored, teased and hinted at new attraction will open for the world to experience. For quite some time now, we’ve known something
How to plan the perfect day at Dollywood? Let’s start with three seemingly contradictory thoughts. First, perfection is our goal. Perfection is not attainable. However, any day at Dollywood is perfect. When we first conceive of a theme park vacation – or a theme park day as part of our vacation – we must first recognize that there will be
Dolly Parton to announce details behind Hidden Hollow Aviation After months of speculation, guessing games, and flat-out rumor mongering, the answers are nigh. On Wednesday, Sept. 17 at 11 a.m. one of the more impressively kept theme park secrets in recent memory will finally be revealed. Not only that, but Dolly Parton is the one who’ll do the revealing. Last