Wednesday, September 17, 2025

πŸ”΄πŸ”΄Night Flight - DOLLYWOOD'S NEW INDOOR ADVENTURE RIDE FOR 2026πŸ”΄πŸ”΄

Hi Everyone,
Today is the big day that we learn all the details about Hidden Hollow Aviation NightFlight Expedition!  We've all been waiting for months and months.  We've been teased to death, Dollywood managed to keep this secret pretty tight to their chests....which is difficult to do.  

All of this information comes from the great folks at Dollywood...


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What is it?










Where is it?  

Here's some images I've used in previous content...
  1. The large teal rectangle is where the building is in Wildwood Grove.  Earlier this summer, I super-imposed Blazing Fury over the construction area to compare the size of the two rides.  It appears as though NightFlight Expedition is almost TWICE as large as Blazing Fury.   
  2. The 2nd image is the most up-to-date satellite map image that I could find...so it's more up to date.  Note that it does include the large earth mound below the building - and that mound is featured in the latest Video Teaser from Dollywood, so it appears to be connected in some type of way.  It's to the immediate right of the yellow-unrelated-arrow.
  3. The Third image is a screengrab of the earthen mound from the teaser video.
  4. The Fourth image is a wider view of the NightFlight Expedition site and rest of the park.


a Wider View of NightFlight Expedition - formerly known as Hidden Hollow Aviation - inside Dollywood





What kind of ride is this?

It is an indoor hybrid roller coaster and water ride.  It's not exactly the first of it's kind.  Mission Bermuda (See video below) opened in France earlier in 2025.  Please note that NightFlight Expedition will not look anything like M.B.  NightFlight Expedition will be utilizing much of the same EQUIPMENT.  NightFlight Expedition will be entirely indoors and will feature ''flight'' and a lake, and some river rapids, using over 500k gallons of water!  Pretty Cool!

Here's Mission Bermudes Video.  Again, NightFlight Expedition will use the same EQUIPMENT.  The ride experiences will of course be different at Dollywood.  We may see new things on NightFlight Expedition that we're not seeing here, so this is exciting!

Will I get wet?  

Maybe a little bit - a few drops and some mist perhaps, but you won't be dripping wet at the end of the ride.

Additional Media Coverage from September 17, 2025

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πŸ”·KnoxNews/USA Today...Click Here

πŸ”·WATE-TV - ABC Affiliate in Knoxville - Click Here

πŸ”·WVLT-TV - CBS Affiliate in Knoxville - Click Here

πŸ”·WBIR-TV - NBC Affilate in Knoxville - Click Here (more details in this article compared to others)

I will continue to add to this post as new information becomes available to me!

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