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Hi Everyone,
Dollywood has released information related to the Smoky Mountain Christmas Festival. I've got menus, operating calendar and more below. Smoky Mountain Christmas starts on Friday, November 1st and runs thru January 5th, 2025.
Dollywood is open daily throughout the Festival Except for Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas. Dollywood's schedule through the festival is 11am to 9pm. Dollywood closes on New Years Eve at 9pm, so no midnight celebration at the park. However, the resorts have celebrated in the past with a prix fix event. I'll keep my eyes peeled for it and report it back here if I do.
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Let's dig into some more details.
🟠Christmas Festival Menu Items - Beverages, Savory Bites & Desserts
🟡Beverages
🟡Savory Bites
🟡Desserts, mmmm desserts
Click on any picture to enlarge - These are from the Dollywood Website, Check it out HERE.
🟠Country Fair Buffet Menu-Christmas Buffet
🟠Tasting Pass Options
Don't forget to use your Gold & Diamond Pass for a discount.
This tasting pass operates the same way as all the other passes before it. You get to choose any five items from the Christmas 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?
Relive the magic of last year's Smoky Mountain Christmas festival through these videos of our fun activities. Get excited for what we have in store for 2024!
Christmas Drone Show - Watch my 2023 Drone Show Video Below
🟠Rides - Weather Permitting, All of the rides should be in operation, except for the two water rides which have closed for the season.
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.
🟠Park Map for Smoky Mountain Christmas - PDF Click Here
🟠VIP Tour
🟠Photo Opportunities
This was written and published by Wes Ramey for the dollywood blog in 2023 but, it's still great info in my opinion, for photo opportunities, entertainment, everything!
Read it HERE
The spirit of Christmas shines merry and bright during our Smoky Mountain Christmas festival presented by Humana during this special season, with the event beginning on Nov. 4 and ho ho ho-ing all the way through Jan. 6, 2024! The 15-time winner for Best Theme Park Christmas Event boasts more than 6 million shining, shimmering lights throughout the park, but the newest ones will fly above the park each evening as part of a stunning holiday drone show - Joyful. Our summer drone show has been one of my family’s favorite nighttime experiences for the last several years, so we are really looking forward to this sparkly new sight during the holiday season.
Read the rest at the link above.
🟠Music / Entertainment / Performances / Meet N Greet
More Information Coming Soon.
You Can Check the Daily Schedule at this link - new links are posted here each week. Click Here.
Here's the Schedule for Week One
Pro Tip: Notice how they use an orange font in the showtimes above? If you would like to see every single show, then plan your day according to those orange showtimes.
Shows/Performances...
- Heidi Parton's Christmas to Remember is new this year.
- Appalachian Christmas is the Smoky Mountain String Band's Christmas Show, if you weren't aware.
- Looks to me like all of the other shows are returning from last year.
Other Cool Stuff...
- Snow in the Grove is new this year. Everyday beginning at 6pm, then every half hour with the last one at 8:30pm.
- Merry & Bright FIREWORKS Show is new this year. It takes place in Wildwood Creek on Fridays and Saturdays at 8:45pm. This show replaces the Joyful Drone and Fireworks Christmas Show from last year. See my video of the 2023 Joyful Show HERE.
- Always popular Santa's List returns to The Village. It's everyday from 11am to 8pm in the Heartsong Theater.
- Wings of America (Bird Show) moves to Saturdays Only with a special holiday themed show.
- The Dolly Parton Experience will have some Christmas related items throughout the various exhibits, as I understand it.
⭐Check out Dollywood's Website for the latest information about Special Smoky Mountain Christmas Entertainment. HERE.
🟠Dollywood App
🟠Special Offers
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| Note that the $82 offer ends on 11/24/24. |
🟠Season Passes
Read my article about Season Passes that, if you purchase a 2025 pass now, will include admission to this Smoky Mountain Christmas Festival. Read that HERE
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Check out my previous videos from Dollywood's Smoky Mountain Christmas to get a preview of all the fun you can expect.
🔵Blog Posts with other Helpful Trip Planning information
- Getting To Dollywood by Plane
- Dollywood Menus for 2024
- 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.
