Dollywood Review Pigeon Forge, Tennessee - Best Theme Park in America?

Subscribe for more theme park content. Dollywood is a major theme park resort partially owned by Dolly Parton. I went recently, and I think it might be the best theme park in the United States, possibly the world. What makes this place so special? Let's analyze the roller coasters, rides, food, and more to find out! All footage in the video is my own. Feel free to use it in your video if you wish. I would appreciate being given credit, but it is not a necessity. dollywood is a theme park that is jointly owned by herschend family entertainment and country singer-songwriter dolly parton through her entertainment company, dolly parton productions. it is located in the knoxville metropolitan area in pigeon forge, tennessee, near the gateway to the great smoky mountains. hosting nearly 3 million guests in a typical season from mid-march to the christmas holidays, dollywood is the biggest ticketed tourist attraction in tennessee. it has won many international awards. in addition to standard amusement park thrill rides, dollywood features traditional crafts, food, and music of the smoky mountain area. the park hosts a number of concerts and musical events each year, including appearances by dolly parton and her family as well as other national and local musical acts. the theme park is the anchor of parton's 150-acre (61 ha) dollywood amusement destination, which also includes the 35-acre (14 ha) sister water park dollywood's splash country, the 20-acre (8.1 ha) dollywood's dreammore resort and spa, and the 5-acre (2.0 ha) dolly parton's stampede dinner attraction. dollywood roller coasters dollywood rides adventures in imagination the dolly parton experience (coming in 2024) dolly's home-on-wheels (the attraction is currently closed but the bus in still stored somewhere meaning it could return) dreamsong theater country fair attraction added manufacturer description amazing flying elephants 2005 zamperla elephant-themed kids ride busy bees 2005 i.e. park bee-themed kids ride dizzy disk 2005 zamperla disk-o ride demolition derby bumper cars lemon twist 2005 technical park tea cups ride lucky ducky 2005 i.e. park duck-themed kids ride piggy parade 2005 zamperla pig-themed kids jumping ride scrambler 1993 eli bridge company spinning scrambler ride shooting star 2005 kids drop tower sky rider 2005 chance rides elevating spinning ride waltzing swinger 2005 sartori elevated spinning ride craftsman's valley attraction added manufacturer description blazing fury 1978 built in house indoor roller coaster with dark ride elements daredevil falls 1998 hopkins rides log flume that can seat two across tennessee tornado 1999 arrow dynamics multi-looping roller coaster calico falls schoolhouse eagle mountain sanctuary robert f. thomas chapel owens farm attraction added manufacturer description barnstormer 2011 s&s worldwide screamin swing ride pig pen granny's garden li'l pilot's playground jukebox junction attraction added manufacturer description lightning rod 2016 rocky mountain construction launched steel roller coaster rockin' roadway 1995 chance rides car ride pines theater rivertown junction attraction added manufacturer description smoky mountain river rampage 1986 barr engineering rapids ride tennessee mountain home back porch theater showstreet friendship gardens dollywood celebrity theater showstreet palace theater timber canyon attraction added manufacturer description drop line 2017 funtime inc. drop tower lumberjack lifts 2006 heege tower ride mystery mine 2007 gerstlauer euro-fighter roller coaster thunderhead 2004 great coasters international wooden roller coaster whistle punk chaser 2017 zamperla family gravity coaster the village attraction added manufacturer description dollywood express 1961 baldwin locomotive works train ride village carousel 1998 chance carousel heartsong theater wilderness pass attraction added manufacturer description firechaser express 2014 gerstlauer family roller coaster with two launches and a lift hill wild eagle 2012 bolliger & mabillard wing roller coaster wildwood grove attraction added big bear mountain 2023 family launched coaster black bear trail 2019 dragonflier frogs and fireflies great tree swing mad mockingbird treetop tower hidden hollow-a soft-play area wildwood tree wildwood creek defunct 1903 antique dentzel carousel country fair falls - opened in 1969 and closed in 2004 flooded mine (closed in 1997) scamper (previously operated at cedar point, operated from 1970-77) the balloon race the butter churn (a trabant) removed at the end of 1986 thunder express timber tower imagination cinema adventure mountain - opened in 2010 and closed in 2012 inventor's mansion river battle swingamajig wonder wheel the rainmaker cloud grabber mountain slidewinder (ride closed in 2019) sideshow spin (formerly veggietales sideshow spin) - opened in 2005 and closed in 2016 southern gospel museum and hall of fame chasing rainbows