Lightning Rod

Dollywood

Historical wait times (08-23-2025)

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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 49 99
2022 36 73
2023 42 87
2024 19 38
2025 27 54

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 46 82
Apr 32 63
May 32 67
Jun 36 75
Jul 38 78
Aug 27 54
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 29 57
Mon 31 65
Tue 36 71
Wed 33 66
Thu 29 61
Fri 30 62
Sat 40 77

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
10 37 49
11 49 58
12 47 56
13 40 49
14 36 44
15 35 42
16 33 40
17 29 37
18 26 33
19 22 28
20 19 24
21 20 22

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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