🌸 Flower & Food Festival, 2024
In 2024, FireChaser Express ® had the longest average wait at Dollywood, at 28 minutes, followed by Dragonflier (21 minutes) and Mystery Mine ® (18 minutes). 25 of the 32 rides have an average wait of 15 minutes or less.
| Ride | Overall average wait time, mins |
|---|---|
| FireChaser Express ® | 28 |
| Dragonflier | 21 |
| Mystery Mine ® | 18 |
| Smoky Mountain River Rampage | 18 |
| Piggy Parade | 17 |
| Tennessee Tornado | 17 |
| Black Bear Trail | 16 |
| Big Bear Mountain | 15 |
| Lightning Rod ® | 14 |
| Thunderhead ® | 13 |
| Wild Eagle ® | 13 |
| Daredevil Falls | 11 |
| Rockin' Roadway | 11 |
| Shooting Star | 11 |
| Sky Rider | 11 |
| The Amazing Flying Elephants | 10 |
| The Mad Mockingbird | 10 |
| The Waltzing Swinger | 10 |
| Blazing Fury | 9 |
| Lemon Twist | 9 |
| The Scrambler | 9 |
| Treetop Tower | 9 |
| Whistle Punk Chaser® | 9 |
| Demolition Derby | 8 |
| Barnstormer | 7 |
| Busy Bees | 7 |
| Drop Line® | 7 |
| Frogs & Fireflies | 6 |
| Great Tree Swing | 6 |
| Lucky Ducky | 6 |
| Lumberjack Lifts | 6 |
| Village Carousel | 5 |
In 2024, FireChaser Express ® saw the longest peak waits at Dollywood, with its daily maximum averaging 53 minutes, ahead of Dragonflier (41 minutes) and Mystery Mine ® (33 minutes).
| Ride | Average maximum wait time, mins |
|---|---|
| FireChaser Express ® | 53 |
| Dragonflier | 41 |
| Mystery Mine ® | 33 |
| Black Bear Trail | 32 |
| Lightning Rod ® | 32 |
| Smoky Mountain River Rampage | 32 |
| Tennessee Tornado | 32 |
| Thunderhead ® | 30 |
| Big Bear Mountain | 29 |
| Wild Eagle ® | 27 |
| Rockin' Roadway | 23 |
| The Mad Mockingbird | 19 |
| Piggy Parade | 18 |
| Shooting Star | 17 |
| Daredevil Falls | 16 |
| Blazing Fury | 15 |
| Lemon Twist | 15 |
| Sky Rider | 15 |
| Whistle Punk Chaser® | 15 |
| The Amazing Flying Elephants | 14 |
| Treetop Tower | 14 |
| The Scrambler | 13 |
| The Waltzing Swinger | 13 |
| Barnstormer | 11 |
| Demolition Derby | 11 |
| Drop Line® | 11 |
| Busy Bees | 10 |
| Frogs & Fireflies | 10 |
| Great Tree Swing | 9 |
| Lumberjack Lifts | 9 |
| Lucky Ducky | 6 |
| Village Carousel | 5 |
| Month | Average crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| Jan | — |
| Feb | — |
| Mar | — |
| Apr | — |
| May | 34 |
| Jun | 44 |
| Jul | — |
| Aug | — |
| Sep | — |
| Oct | — |
| Nov | — |
| Dec | — |
In 2024, Tuesday was the quietest day of the week at Dollywood, averaging 23% compared with 57% on Saturday. On average, weekdays are 7 percentage points quieter than weekends.
| Day | Average crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| Sun | 26 |
| Mon | 49 |
| Tue | 23 |
| Wed | 26 |
| Thu | 33 |
| Fri | 42 |
| Sat | 57 |
| Day | Crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| May 11, 2024 | 89 |
| June 08, 2024 | 76 |
| May 10, 2024 | 72 |
| May 26, 2024 | 64 |
| June 03, 2024 | 61 |
| June 07, 2024 | 59 |
| May 13, 2024 | 58 |
| June 01, 2024 | 55 |
| May 16, 2024 | 50 |
| May 17, 2024 | 44 |
| Day | Crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| June 02, 2024 | 8 |
| May 14, 2024 | 8 |
| May 21, 2024 | 9 |
| May 19, 2024 | 15 |
| May 12, 2024 | 15 |
| May 07, 2024 | 15 |
| May 24, 2024 | 17 |
| May 08, 2024 | 18 |
| May 31, 2024 | 20 |
| May 23, 2024 | 20 |