🎉 Festival of Nations, 2019
In 2019, FireChaser Express ® had the longest average wait at Dollywood, at 37 minutes, followed by Lightning Rod ® (37 minutes) and Mystery Mine ® (20 minutes). 3 of the 12 rides have an average wait of 15 minutes or less.
| Ride | Overall average wait time, mins |
|---|---|
| FireChaser Express ® | 37 |
| Lightning Rod ® | 37 |
| Mystery Mine ® | 20 |
| Tennessee Tornado | 20 |
| Thunderhead ® | 20 |
| Blazing Fury | 19 |
| Rockin' Roadway | 19 |
| Smoky Mountain River Rampage | 17 |
| Wild Eagle ® | 17 |
| Barnstormer | 14 |
| Daredevil Falls | 9 |
| Drop Line® | 9 |
In 2019, Lightning Rod ® saw the longest peak waits at Dollywood, with its daily maximum averaging 63 minutes, ahead of FireChaser Express ® (57 minutes) and Tennessee Tornado (40 minutes).
| Ride | Average maximum wait time, mins |
|---|---|
| Lightning Rod ® | 63 |
| FireChaser Express ® | 57 |
| Tennessee Tornado | 40 |
| Thunderhead ® | 40 |
| Rockin' Roadway | 32 |
| Blazing Fury | 30 |
| Mystery Mine ® | 29 |
| Wild Eagle ® | 28 |
| Barnstormer | 26 |
| Smoky Mountain River Rampage | 26 |
| Daredevil Falls | 15 |
| Drop Line® | 13 |
| Month | Average crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| Jan | — |
| Feb | — |
| Mar | 68 |
| Apr | 41 |
| May | — |
| Jun | — |
| Jul | — |
| Aug | — |
| Sep | — |
| Oct | — |
| Nov | — |
| Dec | — |
In 2019, Sunday was the quietest day of the week at Dollywood, averaging 35% compared with 92% on Saturday. On average, weekdays are 13 percentage points quieter than weekends.
| Day | Average crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| Sun | 35 |
| Mon | 35 |
| Tue | — |
| Wed | 72 |
| Thu | 50 |
| Fri | 47 |
| Sat | 92 |
| Day | Crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| March 30, 2019 | 98 |
| April 06, 2019 | 97 |
| March 28, 2019 | 93 |
| March 20, 2019 | 92 |
| April 03, 2019 | 92 |
| March 27, 2019 | 91 |
| March 23, 2019 | 91 |
| March 24, 2019 | 87 |
| April 13, 2019 | 87 |
| March 16, 2019 | 87 |
| Day | Crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| March 25, 2019 | 1 |
| April 08, 2019 | 2 |
| April 14, 2019 | 5 |
| April 11, 2019 | 9 |
| April 10, 2019 | 13 |
| March 31, 2019 | 14 |
| April 12, 2019 | 15 |
| March 21, 2019 | 20 |
| April 05, 2019 | 22 |
| April 07, 2019 | 24 |