🌾 Harvest Festival, 2024
In 2024, FireChaser Express ® had the longest average wait at Dollywood, at 27 minutes, followed by Dragonflier (23 minutes) and Big Bear Mountain (22 minutes). 21 of the 33 rides have an average wait of 15 minutes or less.
| Ride | Overall average wait time, mins |
|---|---|
| FireChaser Express ® | 27 |
| Dragonflier | 23 |
| Big Bear Mountain | 22 |
| Mystery Mine ® | 22 |
| Smoky Mountain River Rampage | 21 |
| Tennessee Tornado | 21 |
| Lightning Rod ® | 19 |
| Wild Eagle ® | 19 |
| Rockin' Roadway | 18 |
| Sky Rider | 16 |
| The Waltzing Swinger | 16 |
| Thunderhead ® | 16 |
| Demolition Derby | 14 |
| Shooting Star | 14 |
| The Scrambler | 14 |
| Treetop Tower | 14 |
| Black Bear Trail | 13 |
| Blazing Fury | 13 |
| The Amazing Flying Elephants | 13 |
| The Mad Mockingbird | 12 |
| Barnstormer | 11 |
| Drop Line® | 11 |
| Whistle Punk Chaser® | 11 |
| Great Tree Swing | 10 |
| Lemon Twist | 10 |
| Village Carousel | 9 |
| Frogs & Fireflies | 8 |
| Lumberjack Lifts | 8 |
| Daredevil Falls | 7 |
| Busy Bees | 6 |
| Firehouse Fun Yard | 5 |
| Lucky Ducky | 5 |
| Piggy Parade | 5 |
In 2024, FireChaser Express ® saw the longest peak waits at Dollywood, with its daily maximum averaging 46 minutes, ahead of Smoky Mountain River Rampage (39 minutes) and Dragonflier (37 minutes).
| Ride | Average maximum wait time, mins |
|---|---|
| FireChaser Express ® | 46 |
| Smoky Mountain River Rampage | 39 |
| Dragonflier | 37 |
| Lightning Rod ® | 36 |
| Tennessee Tornado | 36 |
| Big Bear Mountain | 35 |
| Rockin' Roadway | 34 |
| Mystery Mine ® | 33 |
| Wild Eagle ® | 31 |
| Thunderhead ® | 29 |
| Sky Rider | 22 |
| Blazing Fury | 21 |
| Treetop Tower | 21 |
| Black Bear Trail | 20 |
| Demolition Derby | 20 |
| Shooting Star | 20 |
| The Waltzing Swinger | 20 |
| The Mad Mockingbird | 19 |
| The Scrambler | 19 |
| Whistle Punk Chaser® | 19 |
| Barnstormer | 18 |
| Drop Line® | 17 |
| Great Tree Swing | 17 |
| The Amazing Flying Elephants | 17 |
| Lumberjack Lifts | 16 |
| Lemon Twist | 13 |
| Frogs & Fireflies | 12 |
| Village Carousel | 11 |
| Daredevil Falls | 10 |
| Firehouse Fun Yard | 8 |
| Busy Bees | 6 |
| Lucky Ducky | 5 |
| Piggy Parade | 5 |
| Month | Average crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| Jan | — |
| Feb | — |
| Mar | — |
| Apr | — |
| May | — |
| Jun | — |
| Jul | — |
| Aug | — |
| Sep | 25 |
| Oct | 64 |
| Nov | — |
| Dec | — |
In 2024, Monday was the quietest day of the week at Dollywood, averaging 34% compared with 72% on Saturday. On average, weekdays are 20 percentage points quieter than weekends.
| Day | Average crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| Sun | 51 |
| Mon | 34 |
| Tue | 42 |
| Wed | 42 |
| Thu | 43 |
| Fri | 45 |
| Sat | 72 |
| Day | Crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| September 25, 2024 | 99 |
| October 12, 2024 | 99 |
| October 10, 2024 | 98 |
| October 13, 2024 | 98 |
| October 11, 2024 | 96 |
| October 14, 2024 | 96 |
| October 09, 2024 | 95 |
| October 08, 2024 | 94 |
| October 17, 2024 | 92 |
| October 19, 2024 | 91 |
| Day | Crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| September 12, 2024 | 1 |
| September 29, 2024 | 3 |
| September 11, 2024 | 4 |
| September 09, 2024 | 7 |
| October 01, 2024 | 8 |
| September 19, 2024 | 8 |
| September 13, 2024 | 9 |
| September 16, 2024 | 9 |
| September 15, 2024 | 11 |
| September 24, 2024 | 11 |