Thunderhead

Dollywood

Historical queue times (2026-01-14)

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Ride statistics

Coordinates (OSM) 35.797, -83.531

Average queue time by year (all time)

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Year Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
2018 12 25
2019 12 27
2020 17 33
2021 16 34
2022 16 34
2023 18 37
2024 18 36
2025 21 42
2026 34 63

Average queue time by month (all time)

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Month Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Jan 23 42
Mar 23 42
Apr 19 37
May 14 31
Jun 16 37
Jul 16 39
Aug 13 28
Sep 11 21
Oct 18 33
Nov 19 37
Dec 19 35

Average queue time by day (all time)

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Day Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Sun 14 29
Mon 17 33
Tue 19 42
Wed 17 34
Thu 15 31
Fri 15 31
Sat 19 41

Top 10 longest queues (all time)

Day Queue time, mins
September 19, 2021 180
July 30, 2021 180
November 15, 2020 180
August 02, 2020 180
October 05, 2019 180
August 17, 2019 180
July 14, 2019 180
June 22, 2019 180
November 17, 2018 180
November 16, 2018 180

Average queue time by hour (all time)

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Hour Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
10 22 28
11 26 32
12 25 31
13 20 26
14 18 23
15 18 23
16 19 23
17 17 21
18 15 20
19 14 18
20 13 17
21 8 10

Average queue time by week of year (all time)

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Average queue time by event (all time)

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Event Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
🎸 Rock The Smokies 28 50
💕 I Will Always Love You Music Festival 22 45
🎉 Festival of Nations 20 40
🎟️ Passholder Preview Day 32 40
😎 Smoky Mountain Summer Celebration 16 39
🌸 Flower & Food Festival 16 36
🎄 Smoky Mountain Christmas 19 36
🎵 BBQ and Bluegrass Festival 14 32
🌾 Harvest Festival 16 29

Average daily queue time histogram (all time)

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Maximum daily queue time histogram (all time)

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Availability during park operating hours (last 7 days)

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