🌸 Flower & Food Festival, 2025
In 2025, FireChaser Express ® had the longest average wait at Dollywood, at 40 minutes, followed by Tennessee Tornado (33 minutes) and Mystery Mine ® (30 minutes). 23 of the 32 rides have an average wait of 15 minutes or less.
| Ride | Overall average wait time, mins |
|---|---|
| FireChaser Express ® | 40 |
| Tennessee Tornado | 33 |
| Mystery Mine ® | 30 |
| Big Bear Mountain | 28 |
| Dragonflier | 28 |
| Lightning Rod ® | 26 |
| Smoky Mountain River Rampage | 24 |
| Thunderhead ® | 24 |
| Wild Eagle ® | 23 |
| Black Bear Trail | 15 |
| Rockin' Roadway | 15 |
| The Mad Mockingbird | 15 |
| Sky Rider | 14 |
| Drop Line® | 13 |
| Shooting Star | 12 |
| Treetop Tower | 12 |
| Whistle Punk Chaser® | 12 |
| Daredevil Falls | 11 |
| The Amazing Flying Elephants | 11 |
| The Scrambler | 11 |
| Barnstormer | 9 |
| Demolition Derby | 9 |
| Great Tree Swing | 9 |
| Hidden Hollow | 8 |
| Lemon Twist | 8 |
| The Waltzing Swinger | 8 |
| Busy Bees | 7 |
| Frogs & Fireflies | 7 |
| Lumberjack Lifts | 7 |
| Village Carousel | 7 |
| Lucky Ducky | 6 |
| Piggy Parade | 5 |
In 2025, FireChaser Express ® saw the longest peak waits at Dollywood, with its daily maximum averaging 65 minutes, ahead of Dragonflier (53 minutes) and Tennessee Tornado (53 minutes).
| Ride | Average maximum wait time, mins |
|---|---|
| FireChaser Express ® | 65 |
| Dragonflier | 53 |
| Tennessee Tornado | 53 |
| Lightning Rod ® | 51 |
| Mystery Mine ® | 51 |
| Thunderhead ® | 49 |
| Big Bear Mountain | 48 |
| Smoky Mountain River Rampage | 46 |
| Wild Eagle ® | 44 |
| Rockin' Roadway | 35 |
| The Mad Mockingbird | 29 |
| Black Bear Trail | 28 |
| Drop Line® | 25 |
| Whistle Punk Chaser® | 25 |
| Treetop Tower | 22 |
| Sky Rider | 19 |
| Shooting Star | 18 |
| Barnstormer | 17 |
| Daredevil Falls | 17 |
| Demolition Derby | 16 |
| Great Tree Swing | 15 |
| The Amazing Flying Elephants | 15 |
| The Scrambler | 15 |
| Frogs & Fireflies | 13 |
| Lemon Twist | 12 |
| Lumberjack Lifts | 12 |
| The Waltzing Swinger | 11 |
| Village Carousel | 9 |
| Busy Bees | 8 |
| Hidden Hollow | 8 |
| Lucky Ducky | 7 |
| Piggy Parade | 5 |
| Month | Average crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| Jan | — |
| Feb | — |
| Mar | — |
| Apr | 72 |
| May | 60 |
| Jun | 51 |
| Jul | — |
| Aug | — |
| Sep | — |
| Oct | — |
| Nov | — |
| Dec | — |
In 2025, Tuesday was the quietest day of the week at Dollywood, averaging 41% compared with 81% on Saturday. On average, weekdays are 7 percentage points quieter than weekends.
| Day | Average crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| Sun | 46 |
| Mon | 55 |
| Tue | 41 |
| Wed | 63 |
| Thu | 57 |
| Fri | 67 |
| Sat | 81 |
| Day | Crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| April 18, 2025 | 95 |
| April 27, 2025 | 95 |
| May 10, 2025 | 94 |
| May 24, 2025 | 90 |
| April 26, 2025 | 89 |
| May 16, 2025 | 87 |
| May 14, 2025 | 86 |
| May 17, 2025 | 86 |
| April 23, 2025 | 85 |
| May 03, 2025 | 84 |
| Day | Crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| May 30, 2025 | 17 |
| June 01, 2025 | 27 |
| April 28, 2025 | 28 |
| May 20, 2025 | 28 |
| May 12, 2025 | 29 |
| May 18, 2025 | 30 |
| June 08, 2025 | 33 |
| May 04, 2025 | 35 |
| May 26, 2025 | 36 |
| May 27, 2025 | 36 |