Dollywood

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Dollywood
One of the park's landmarks.

One of the park's landmarks.

place Pigeon Forge , Tennessee
opening 1961/1986 under today's name
Visitors 2.4 million 
staff 2500 (in summer)
Website www.dollywood.com
Dollywood (USA)
Dollywood
Dollywood
Location of the park

Coordinates: 35 ° 48 '20 "  N , 83 ° 31' 44"  W.

Dollywood is an amusement park in the American town of Pigeon Forge in the state of Tennessee . It was visited by around 2.4 million people annually until it was not reopened due to the corona pandemic.

history

After the park was founded as Rebel Railroad in 1961 , it underwent a number of name changes before it was given its current name in 1986 with Dollywood . It was named after the new co-owner, the singer Dolly Parton .

Attractions and park construction

Dollywood is divided into ten different subject areas. Highlights include the Thunderhead wooden roller coaster from the manufacturer Great Coasters International (2004) and the Mystery Mine steel roller coaster from the German company Gerstlauer Amusement Rides (2007). In 2014, the park opened a family roller coaster with two kills with the Fire Chaser Express. The track is 740 meters long and 24 meters high. The first wooden roller coaster with a catapult launch has been in Dollywood since 2016. It's called the Lightning Rod and was built by Rocky Mountain Construction .

Awards

  • In 2010 the park received the Applause Award , the biennial award for the best park in the world.
  • At the Golden Ticket Awards, Dollywood received several awards in various categories, for example in 2012 as “Friendliest Park” and Wild Eagle as “Best New Ride”.

Web links

Commons : Dollywood  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Terry Morrow: Dollywood to send guests soaring on Wild Eagle ride. (Knoxville.de) January 25, 2012, accessed September 27, 2012 (English).
  2. ↑ Coronavirus update.
  3. ↑ http://airtimers.com/dollywood-feiert-schienenschluss/0020760/
  4. ↑ First wooden roller coaster with catapult launch announced: “Lightning Rod” opens in 2016 in Dollywood. In: Parkerlebnis - Freizeitpark-Magazin. Retrieved October 29, 2016 .
  5. ↑ The Golden Ticket Awards 2012. In: The Golden Ticket Awards 2012. January 8, 2014, accessed April 27, 2020 (American English).