Lightning Rod ®

Dollywood

Historical wait times (09-10-2026)

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Ride statistics

Current wait time Closed
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Average wait time by year (all time)

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Year Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
2018 28 56
2019 27 54
2020 40 71
2021 47 97
2022 35 72
2023 42 87
2024 19 38
2025 25 48
2026 24 47

Average wait time by month (all time)

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Month Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
Jan 31 59
Mar 42 76
Apr 31 62
May 30 64
Jun 35 73
Jul 36 74
Aug 25 49
Sep 15 29
Oct 29 55
Nov 30 57
Dec 31 61

Average wait time by day (all time)

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Day Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
Sun 28 54
Mon 29 61
Tue 31 63
Wed 30 61
Thu 28 58
Fri 29 59
Sat 39 74

Top 10 longest wait times (all time)

Average wait time by hour (all time)

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Hour Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
9 14 19
10 34 45
11 46 55
12 45 54
13 38 47
14 34 42
15 33 40
16 31 38
17 28 35
18 25 31
19 21 27
20 18 23
21 18 21
22 11 14

Average wait time by week of year (all time)

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Average wait time by event (all time)

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Average daily wait time histogram (all time)

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Maximum daily wait time histogram (all time)

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Availability during park operating hours (last 7 days)

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