Lightning Rod

Dollywood

Historical wait times (01-23-2025)

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Ride statistics

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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 49 99
2022 36 73
2023 42 87
2024 19 38
2025 23 49

Average wait time by month (all time)

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Month Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
Jan 28 54
Mar 47 82
Apr 32 64
May 32 70
Jun 37 79
Jul 41 83
Aug 29 57
Sep 16 33
Oct 30 56
Nov 33 63
Dec 31 63

Average wait time by day (all time)

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Day Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
Sun 30 59
Mon 32 67
Tue 37 73
Wed 33 67
Thu 29 61
Fri 31 62
Sat 41 79

Top 10 longest wait times (all time)

Day Wait time, mins
March 30, 2021 200
October 02, 2023 180
June 28, 2023 180
June 24, 2023 180
June 23, 2023 180
June 17, 2023 180
June 14, 2023 180
June 13, 2023 180
May 17, 2023 180
May 13, 2023 180

Average wait time by hour (all time)

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Hour Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
10 39 51
11 50 60
12 48 58
13 41 51
14 37 45
15 35 43
16 34 41
17 30 38
18 27 34
19 23 29
20 20 26
21 21 24

Average wait time by week of year (all time)

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Average wait time by event (all time)

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Event Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
😎 Smoky Mountain Summer Celebration 39 80
🌸 Flower & Food Festival 36 77
🎄 Smoky Mountain Christmas 32 63
🎉 Festival of Nations 37 63
🎵 BBQ and Bluegrass Festival 28 58
🌾 Harvest Festival 26 50

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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