🌾 Harvest Festival, 2021
In 2021, Lightning Rod ® had the longest average wait at Dollywood, at 33 minutes, followed by FireChaser Express ® (32 minutes) and Tennessee Tornado (23 minutes). 20 of the 27 rides have an average wait of 15 minutes or less.
| Ride | Overall average wait time, mins |
|---|---|
| Lightning Rod ® | 33 |
| FireChaser Express ® | 32 |
| Tennessee Tornado | 23 |
| Dragonflier | 22 |
| Mystery Mine ® | 22 |
| Blazing Fury | 19 |
| Rockin' Roadway | 17 |
| Sky Rider | 15 |
| Wild Eagle ® | 15 |
| Thunderhead ® | 14 |
| Treetop Tower | 14 |
| Shooting Star | 12 |
| Black Bear Trail | 11 |
| The Amazing Flying Elephants | 11 |
| Barnstormer | 10 |
| Whistle Punk Chaser® | 10 |
| Demolition Derby | 9 |
| Drop Line® | 9 |
| Lemon Twist | 8 |
| The Waltzing Swinger | 8 |
| Piggy Parade | 7 |
| The Mad Mockingbird | 7 |
| Frogs & Fireflies | 6 |
| Lucky Ducky | 6 |
| Lumberjack Lifts | 6 |
| Village Carousel | 6 |
| Busy Bees | 5 |
In 2021, Lightning Rod ® saw the longest peak waits at Dollywood, with its daily maximum averaging 80 minutes, ahead of FireChaser Express ® (53 minutes) and Tennessee Tornado (43 minutes).
| Ride | Average maximum wait time, mins |
|---|---|
| Lightning Rod ® | 80 |
| FireChaser Express ® | 53 |
| Tennessee Tornado | 43 |
| Dragonflier | 39 |
| Blazing Fury | 37 |
| Mystery Mine ® | 37 |
| Rockin' Roadway | 33 |
| Wild Eagle ® | 25 |
| Drop Line® | 24 |
| Sky Rider | 24 |
| Thunderhead ® | 24 |
| Barnstormer | 23 |
| The Amazing Flying Elephants | 22 |
| Whistle Punk Chaser® | 22 |
| Black Bear Trail | 18 |
| Shooting Star | 17 |
| Treetop Tower | 15 |
| Demolition Derby | 12 |
| Lemon Twist | 12 |
| The Waltzing Swinger | 10 |
| Village Carousel | 9 |
| Frogs & Fireflies | 8 |
| Lucky Ducky | 8 |
| Lumberjack Lifts | 8 |
| Piggy Parade | 8 |
| The Mad Mockingbird | 8 |
| Busy Bees | 6 |
| Month | Average crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| Jan | — |
| Feb | — |
| Mar | — |
| Apr | — |
| May | — |
| Jun | — |
| Jul | — |
| Aug | — |
| Sep | 32 |
| Oct | 53 |
| Nov | — |
| Dec | — |
In 2021, Thursday was the quietest day of the week at Dollywood, averaging 31% compared with 71% on Saturday. On average, weekdays are 25 percentage points quieter than weekends.
| Day | Average crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| Sun | 60 |
| Mon | 50 |
| Tue | — |
| Wed | 42 |
| Thu | 31 |
| Fri | 39 |
| Sat | 71 |
| Day | Crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| October 10, 2021 | 98 |
| October 13, 2021 | 97 |
| October 11, 2021 | 96 |
| October 09, 2021 | 96 |
| October 15, 2021 | 92 |
| October 14, 2021 | 91 |
| October 23, 2021 | 89 |
| October 16, 2021 | 81 |
| October 24, 2021 | 79 |
| September 25, 2021 | 75 |
| Day | Crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| October 29, 2021 | 3 |
| October 25, 2021 | 5 |
| October 28, 2021 | 6 |
| October 21, 2021 | 9 |
| September 30, 2021 | 12 |
| October 30, 2021 | 13 |
| September 29, 2021 | 16 |
| September 27, 2021 | 17 |
| October 03, 2021 | 17 |
| October 01, 2021 | 18 |