Dollywood’s shows and entertainment offerings are my favorite part of the park. There’s so much music, dancing, and great performance to see and hear that you can spend a whole day being entertained and not ride a single ride. If you don’t have all day, or you just can’t figure out what’s best for [...]

When you come to Dollywood during Smoky Mountain Christmas, there are so many things to see and do—the seven holiday shows to enjoy, four million Christmas lights to see, and seasonal food items to taste—but before leaving, you MUST see the Parade of Many Colors. It will be a highlight of your visit. As a [...]

Last week, Dollywood hosted media at the park for a sneak peek of this year’s Smoky Mountain Christmas as well a preview of exciting things that will be happening in 2018! As a Dollywood Insider, I got to attend the sneak peek and the event did not disappoint: seeing the Christmas lights, taste-tasting a [...]

It should come as no surprise that a main theme at Dollywood during the Great Pumpkin LumiNights is in fact – pumpkins! Plain, carved or as part of a massive sculpture, you can find them everywhere throughout Timber Canyon and Wilderness Pass during the Harvest Festival. In keeping with that theme, Dollywood invited artists [...]

Did you know if a hawk could read, it could read a newspaper headline from a half a mile away? Or that a pair of barn owls can eat 2,500 mice in a single year? These are just two of the fun facts you’ll learn at the Birds Of Prey show at Dollywood. On [...]

Summer at Dollywood means storybooks come to life on stage at the Little Engine Playhouse, located in the Heartsong Theater (near the Village Carousel). If you have young children who receive Imagination Library books in the mail each month, this is a show not to be missed. Each one is short, just 20 minutes [...]

How does someone get into “the bubble business”? What solution makes good at-home bubbles? Is there anything that makes bubbles float higher? These are just a few of the questions I asked Deni Yang—host of Gazillion Bubble Show—at Dollywood. I got behind the scenes access to find out! Watch this video to get an [...]

Dolly’s Nights of Many Colors After a fun-filled day of shows and rides at Dollywood, you must see the nightly summertime fireworks (now – Aug. 6). Dollywood is a large park and the sky is a great canvas for viewing the colorful display. The show is synchronized to music featuring “Paint Your Dreams Across [...]

I have a theme park confession that may be a little surprising: I can’t ride roller coasters. What? Can’t ride coasters. Why? My old friend Mr. Motion Sickness shows up and it’s no Lightning Rod for Morgan. So what does someone who can’t ride most theme park rides do at a theme park? At [...]

Mother Africa is the show-stopping headliner at Dollywood during Festival of Nations (now through April 9). The acts are pretty impressive, but, I wondered—does it look harder than it really is to pull off the acrobatics? To find out, I got a chance to try one of the balancing acts myself. Watch the video [...]