Lightning Rod ®

Dollywood

Historical wait times (08-17-2026)

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Ride statistics

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Average wait time by year (🎄 Smoky Mountain Christmas, all time)

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Year Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
2018 29 55
2019 29 56
2020 23 49
2021 45 96
2022 34 68
2023 55 80
2024 24 42
2025 26 46
2026 31 56

Average wait time by month (🎄 Smoky Mountain Christmas, all time)

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Month Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
Jan 31 59
Nov 30 56
Dec 31 61

Average wait time by day (🎄 Smoky Mountain Christmas, all time)

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Day Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
Sun 32 63
Mon 31 58
Tue 31 59
Wed 24 47
Thu 19 40
Fri 29 56
Sat 41 77

Top 10 longest wait times (🎄 Smoky Mountain Christmas, all time)

Average wait time by hour (🎄 Smoky Mountain Christmas, all time)

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Hour Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
10 7 10
11 37 49
12 45 53
13 46 55
14 41 49
15 39 47
16 38 44
17 36 43
18 30 39
19 23 29
20 18 23
21 24 30

Average wait time by week of year (🎄 Smoky Mountain Christmas, all time)

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