Lightning Rod ®

Dollywood

Historical wait times (06-18-2026)

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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 48 98
2022 36 73
2023 42 87
2024 19 38
2025 25 48
2026 26 51

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 43 78
Apr 31 62
May 30 64
Jun 35 73
Jul 38 77
Aug 27 53
Sep 15 30
Oct 29 55
Nov 30 58
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 55
Mon 30 62
Tue 32 64
Wed 31 63
Thu 28 59
Fri 30 60
Sat 39 75

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 35 46
11 47 56
12 45 54
13 39 48
14 35 43
15 34 41
16 32 39
17 29 36
18 25 32
19 22 27
20 19 24
21 19 22
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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