Dollywood

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Is Dollywood the Busiest Park in America?

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.

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Is Aunt Granny’s Worth it: An honest Review 

Does Dollywood’s All-you-care-to-eat family-style restaurant live up to the hype? I’ve had a standoff-ish relationship with Dollywood’s signature dining experience. Yet, it is ranked by USA Today as a Top 10 theme park restaurant in the country. It’s not because I don’t like it. I get why USA Today ranked it so, though I might quibble slightly. I have a

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How To Know What Roller Coasters are Safe To Ride at Dollywood

Dollywood’s Ride Accessibility Center helps guests make informed decisions on what to ride There was a time that I didn’t worry about things like roller coaster g-force. As far as I was concerned, the roller coaster warnings – with the legal mumbo jumbo – were strictly for other people. There was a time, in fact, when my only concern about

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Mystery Solved – NightFlight Expedition Opening at Dollywood in 2026

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

The Perfect Day At Dollywood

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

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Talking Fury, Hidden Hollow Aviation (NightFlight Expedition) and Working With Dolly

Inside our exclusive with Dollywood President Eugene Naughton After 13 years as Vice President of In Park Services and Worldwide Strategy for Six Flags, Eugene Naughton joined the Dollywood team in November of 2019 as VP of Dollywood Parks Operations. A year and a month later, he was named President of the Dollywood Company. In that role the affable Naughton

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Dining Don’ts at Dollywood 

Avoid these common dining mistakes at America’s favorite theme park In March, at the annual, season-opening celebration with passholders and members of the press, Dolly Parton was joined by Eugene Naughton, Dollywood president, for a scripted “conversation” about the upcoming 40th anniversary season. How do I know it was scripted? Instead of shelling out for one of those politician teleprompter

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Back and Blazing: Iconic Dollywood Ride Is Open Again

What’s new, what’s different and what’s better on Blazing Fury For most of the country, Independence Day was a chance to light up the nighttime sky with a cascade of colorful fireworks. But at Dollywood – and for the first time in the 2025 season – the ‘fire was in the hole.’  That’s right, Dollywood President Eugene Naughton – joined

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Dining at the Dollywood Theme Park

Ranking the best places to eat when you’re visiting America’s favorite theme park How you tackle Dollywood’s many dining options depends somewhat on what you want to achieve on your park day. Are you marching up and down the various hills and hollers? Then you’re gonna wanna carb up a little. Beware the quick sugar fixes brought on by places

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Dolly’s Dream Worked – The Dollywood Documentary

Dollywood debuts a documentary 40 years in the making Somehow, it’s a story that has been undersold. In the early 80s, Dolly Parton was certainly a multimedia icon. But she also had a vision on a scale only matched by Walt Disney. She dreamed of building a theme park in the Smokies, near her hometown. A place much, as Disneyland’s