🌾 Harvest Festival, 2018
In 2018, Lightning Rod ® had the longest average wait at Dollywood, at 21 minutes, followed by FireChaser Express ® (18 minutes) and Mystery Mine ® (16 minutes). 8 of the 12 rides have an average wait of 15 minutes or less.
| Ride | Overall average wait time, mins |
|---|---|
| Lightning Rod ® | 21 |
| FireChaser Express ® | 18 |
| Mystery Mine ® | 16 |
| Tennessee Tornado | 16 |
| Smoky Mountain River Rampage | 14 |
| Blazing Fury | 11 |
| Rockin' Roadway | 11 |
| Barnstormer | 10 |
| Daredevil Falls | 10 |
| Thunderhead ® | 9 |
| Wild Eagle ® | 9 |
| Drop Line® | 6 |
In 2018, Lightning Rod ® saw the longest peak waits at Dollywood, with its daily maximum averaging 38 minutes, ahead of Mystery Mine ® (31 minutes) and FireChaser Express ® (30 minutes).
| Ride | Average maximum wait time, mins |
|---|---|
| Lightning Rod ® | 38 |
| Mystery Mine ® | 31 |
| FireChaser Express ® | 30 |
| Tennessee Tornado | 29 |
| Blazing Fury | 24 |
| Smoky Mountain River Rampage | 23 |
| Barnstormer | 20 |
| Daredevil Falls | 18 |
| Rockin' Roadway | 18 |
| Wild Eagle ® | 18 |
| Thunderhead ® | 15 |
| Drop Line® | 10 |
| Month | Average crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| Jan | — |
| Feb | — |
| Mar | — |
| Apr | — |
| May | — |
| Jun | — |
| Jul | — |
| Aug | — |
| Sep | 20 |
| Oct | 25 |
| Nov | 45 |
| Dec | — |
In 2018, Wednesday was the quietest day of the week at Dollywood, averaging 9% compared with 59% on Saturday. On average, weekdays are 24 percentage points quieter than weekends.
| Day | Average crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| Sun | 26 |
| Mon | 16 |
| Tue | 19 |
| Wed | 9 |
| Thu | 23 |
| Fri | 28 |
| Sat | 59 |
| Day | Crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| October 12, 2018 | 92 |
| October 13, 2018 | 88 |
| October 09, 2018 | 84 |
| October 06, 2018 | 82 |
| November 01, 2018 | 81 |
| October 07, 2018 | 74 |
| October 20, 2018 | 59 |
| October 08, 2018 | 58 |
| September 29, 2018 | 51 |
| November 03, 2018 | 51 |
| Day | Crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| October 31, 2018 | 0 |
| October 29, 2018 | 0 |
| October 16, 2018 | 0 |
| October 26, 2018 | 0 |
| October 30, 2018 | 0 |
| October 25, 2018 | 1 |
| October 24, 2018 | 1 |
| October 03, 2018 | 1 |
| October 01, 2018 | 1 |
| November 02, 2018 | 2 |