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Hi Everyone,
Dollywood has released information related to the Harvest Festival, including the Tasting Pass and their festival menu. The Harvest Festival starts on Monday, September 9th and runs thru October 28th.
Dollywood remains open daily throughout the Harvest Festival, operating from 10am to 9pm. The planned closures following the festival strongly suggest that the park is gearing up for the transition to Smoky Mountain Christmas, which begins on November 1st.
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Let's dig into some more details.
🟠Harvest Festival Menu Items - Beverages, Savory Bites & Desserts
🟡Beverages
🟡Savory Bites
Click on any picture to enlarge - These are from the Dollywood Website, Check it out HERE.
🟠Tasting Pass Options
Don't forget to use your Gold & Diamond Pass for a discount.
This tasting pass is the same as all the other passes before it. You get to chose any five items from the Harvest Festival Menu. You don't have to use them all in one visit. You can share a pass - they could make for a great date night meal!
🟠What's Up Around The Park? Artisans, Craftspeople, Music, Food, Photo Spots, Pumpkin Spice and everything nice!
Relive the magic of last year's harvest festival through these photos of our fun activities. Get excited for what we have in store for 2024!
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| My Night At Dollywood 2023 |
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🟠Rides - All of the rides should be in operation. Daredevil Falls usually closes at dusk, while Smoky Mountain Rampage usually closes with the park. The last day of the season for the two water rides, in the recent past, has been the end of the Harvest Festival, So, October 28, 2024.
Dollywood does have Weather Guidelines that they follow for inclement weather and temperatures, and Smoky Mountain Weather can throw some curveballs. Read my blog post about Dollywood's Weather Guidelines HERE.
🟠VIP Tour
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🟠Photo Opportunities
This was written and published by Wes Ramey for the dollywood blog in 2023, but it looks as though it was removed perhaps. Anyhow, it's still great info in my opinion, for photo opps for your socials.
My family loves to take photos when we visit, and there’s a colorful photo op right when we enter the park called Harvest Sky. We can’t wait to stand beneath the thousands of vibrant, shimmering leaves swaying in the breeze along Showstreet. Then we’ll definitely have to stand in front of the colossal pumpkins—last year’s pumpkins ranged in weight from 800 to 1500 lbs. each and came from growers across the East Coast. We also love stopping by and seeing all the visiting artisans to see what amazing handmade wares they have brought with them, with many of them demonstrating their skills and techniques while creating one-of-a-kind treasures that we can purchase to take home with us to relive our time at Dollywood this fall whenever we want.
🟠Music
According to dollywood.com....
Music fills the fall air as dozens of talented artists perform daily across the streets and stages of Dollywood. Listen for bluegrass, country and southern gospel acts paired with the Smokies' spectacular fall foliage and crisp autumn breezes for an engaging and enchanting way to experience an authentic mountain fall. Don't miss a minute of the music—download the Dollywood app to see the latest showtimes.
Here are Some of the many names I see and recognize immediately:
- Suzy Bogguss
- TG Sheppard
- Cruz and Billy Conterras
- Gloryway
- Mandy Barnett
- The Young Fables
- Mike Snodgrass
- Rhonda Vincent
- Leroy Parnell
- Fiddling Leona with JP (video here)
- And many, many more!
⭐Check out Dollywood's Website for the latest information about Special Harvest Entertainment. HERE.
🟠Dollywood App
🟠Special Offers
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Check out my previous videos from Dollywood's Harvest festival to get a preview of all the fun you can expect.
🔵Blog Posts with other Helpful Trip Planning information
- Getting To Dollywood by Plane
- Hotels with High Ratings in Pigeon Forge. I have created a spreadsheet that incorporates ratings from different reliable sources, and ranked hotels in the area. I've listed out columns for things like indoor pools, hot tubs and more on the spreadsheet. Very helpful if you, or someone in your group is looking for a specific amenity.
- Top Breakfast Restaurants in Pigeon Forge. I have created a list of the best Breakfast restaurants in Pigeon Forge using ratings from various reliable sources, and ranked them in my blog post.
- 30 Great Places to Eat In Pigeon Forge that are open after 2pm! A list of highly rated establishments that are open past 2pm.
- Guide To Mountain Coasters - A look at all the types of mountain coasters in Sevier County.
- Dollywood's 2024 Operating Calendar
- 8 Things to do at Dollywood if you don't care for rides - There's a lot to do!
- Pigeon Forge Trolley Info You'll Want to Know!
- Trip Advisors Top 10 Budget Friendly Hotels in Pigeon Forge.
- Tons of YouTube videos - I have so many YouTube videos of Dollywood including every festival and lots of general park updates as well as many Big Bear Mountain footage.
- Check out my 2023 End of Year Recap to see all of my Dollywood videos from 2023.
- Check out my 2022 End of Year Recap to see all of my Dollywood videos from 2022.
Good luck with the planning process and ask any questions you may have in the comments below. I'll do my best to answer or point you in the right direction.
