Thunderhead

Dollywood

Historical wait times (01-24-2025)

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Ride statistics

Coordinates (OSM) 35.797, -83.531

Average wait time by year (all time)

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Year Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
2018 12 25
2019 12 27
2020 17 33
2021 16 34
2022 16 34
2023 18 37
2024 18 36
2025 19 32

Average wait time by month (all time)

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Month Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
Jan 19 35
Mar 23 42
Apr 18 34
May 13 28
Jun 15 35
Jul 15 38
Aug 12 27
Sep 11 22
Oct 17 32
Nov 20 38
Dec 19 34

Average wait time by day (all time)

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Day Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
Sun 13 28
Mon 16 32
Tue 19 42
Wed 17 33
Thu 14 29
Fri 14 29
Sat 18 39

Top 10 longest wait times (all time)

Day Wait time, mins
September 19, 2021 180
July 30, 2021 180
November 15, 2020 180
August 02, 2020 180
October 05, 2019 180
August 17, 2019 180
July 14, 2019 180
June 22, 2019 180
November 17, 2018 180
November 16, 2018 180

Average wait time by hour (all time)

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Hour Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
10 20 27
11 25 30
12 24 30
13 19 24
14 18 22
15 18 22
16 18 22
17 17 21
18 15 19
19 14 18
20 12 17
21 8 9

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
🎉 Festival of Nations 20 40
😎 Smoky Mountain Summer Celebration 15 37
🎄 Smoky Mountain Christmas 19 36
🌸 Flower & Food Festival 14 32
🎵 BBQ and Bluegrass Festival 14 32
🌾 Harvest Festival 15 28

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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