Lightning Rod

Dollywood

Historical queue times (2026-01-14)

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Ride statistics

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Average queue time by month (2025)

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Month Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Jan 23 49
Mar 46 85
Apr 30 62
May 27 50
Jun 26 52
Jul 22 48
Aug 16 33
Sep 7 9
Oct 27 50
Nov 23 40
Dec 30 51

Average queue time by day (2025)

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Day Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Sun 21 40
Mon 24 45
Tue 22 45
Wed 23 45
Thu 23 44
Fri 26 52
Sat 34 61

Top 10 longest queues (2025)

Day Queue time, mins
November 08, 2025 150
March 25, 2025 150
October 12, 2025 135
December 26, 2025 130
March 19, 2025 125
December 28, 2025 120
December 27, 2025 120
November 24, 2025 120
April 14, 2025 120
April 05, 2025 120

Average queue time by hour (2025)

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Hour Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
10 23 31
11 32 40
12 35 42
13 32 38
14 29 35
15 29 34
16 26 31
17 24 28
18 21 26
19 17 22
20 12 16
21 9 11

Average queue time by week of year (2025)

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Average queue time by event (2025)

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Event Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
💕 I Will Always Love You Music Festival 38 74
🌸 Flower & Food Festival 26 51
😎 Smoky Mountain Summer Celebration 24 51
🎄 Smoky Mountain Christmas 26 46
🌾 Harvest Festival 22 39
🎸 Rock The Smokies 10 25
🎵 BBQ and Bluegrass Festival — —
🎉 Festival of Nations — —