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Showing posts with label Dollywood. Show all posts

Thursday, October 16, 2025

🟡🚌New Grayline One-Day Bus Tour from Downtown Nashville to Dollywood and back🚌🟡




Hi Everyone,
It recently came to my attention that Grey Line Bus Tours offers a Nashville-to-Dollywood-Nashville one-day trip available for around $200.  

I can't find a daily schedule of events but based off of driving Knoxville to Nashville and back for over 30 years, I can make a good guesstimate.

7am - Depart Downtown Nashville - Central Time
10-11am - Arrive at Dollywood - Eastern Time
7pm - Depart Dollywood - Eastern Time
9:30-10:15 - Arrive Downtown Nashville - Central Time

For the time zones, in my head I have to tell myself that it takes me 2 hours on the clock to get to my parents' house in Nashville from Knoxville, and it takes 4 hours on the clock to get home to Knoxville, coming from Nashville.  Over the past several years the travel time has crept upwards.

At this moment I'm looking at availability for the rest of October and it's pretty limited, so this tour seems like it is already a popular option.  I know that it can be a daunting experience for the Nashville tourists who want to visit Dollywood.  You may have to rent a car, drive over 400 miles round trip, factor in a time change, book a hotel, eat, buy park tickets, park at the park.... it's a lot to do to make it happen.  If you are coming here from overseas, then it compounds all of that work...so, this idea seems to me like it should have happened decades ago. 

This is what you'll see when you head to their website.  Click the image to make it larger.  In the bottom left, I selected one adult and one child.  The cost is $416 after 'fees' are added.  



I looked around for some first-hand experience reviews but came up short.  If anyone has an experience to share, please let me know about it in the comments section.   Apparently, the busses are outfitted with Wi-fi....so, there's that.  I kind of wonder if it stops at the Bucee's in Crossville, which kind of halfway in between the two?

Here is the website where you can book your trip, if you desire.  Begin with selecting a date and then click on the times that are available - which is 7am.  It will then take you to the ticket purchase page.  Good Luck!

Something else to note, in my blog post about the upcoming Dollywood hotel , SongTeller, off of Broadway in Nashville, I mentioned that the hotel would likely have day long excursions to the park.  I'm imagining that the Gray Line Service will become part of the SongTeller Hotel's service.  Makes a lot of sense to me for them to outsource this service to a tour bus company.

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Friday, October 3, 2025

🟡🟢2026 Dollywood Season Pass Information - RENEWALS AND NEW PASSES🟢🟡


Hi Everyone,
Dollywood has released information about Renewals for existing pass holders, as well as information for new Season Pass Sales for 2026.  Renewals are currently available with all of these benefits and prices until October 12th.  New Pass Sales begin October 13th, 2025.  If you purchase a new pass, you can visit Dollywood for the rest of 2025...Harvest Festival and Smoky Mountain Christmas.  

As we get closer to opening day in 2026, Dollywood will occasionally have a few types of offers, like Black Friday, Cyber Monday, so when those happen I will post those updates at the bottom of this article - so check back from time to time if you're holding out for a deal.  You probably will not find a better deal down the road, than what they are currently offering.  Something to keep in mind.

Dollywood is currently selling 2025 Season Passes that expire January 2026, so PAY ATTENTION to what you are purchasing.  On October 13th, they will just sell the 2026 pass.

RENEWALS!
This is a scan of what I received in the mail.  
Click Here to Renew at dollywood.com...and more info.




NEW PASSHOLDERS


I REPEAT....  New Passes - Sales begin October 13th, 2025.    Dollywood is currently selling 2025 Season Passes that expire January 2026, so PAY ATTENTION to what you are purchasing.  On October 13th, they will just sell the 2026 pass.

Who is this for?
Brand new Season Passholders who did not have a season pass in 2025.

All of this information comes from Dollywood.com's 2026 Season Pass Page, which you can find right HERE.  Make sure you log in to your Dollywood account before getting started with purchases.

Dollywood is promoting advanced rides for pass holders before it opens to the public!

PRICING





Comparisons of Resorts/2 Park Pass that includes Splash Country & Dollywood only pass options


Dollywood Park, below





FOR INFORMATION ABOUT DOLLYWOOD'S 2026 50 MILLION DOLLAR - RECORD BREAKING ATTRACTION, NIGHTFLIGHT EXPEDITION - CLICK THE LINK TO READ MY BLOG POST WITH TONS OF DETAILS, VIDEOS AND MORE.  CLICK HERE.

FAQ'S for ONLINE PAYMENTS - FOR ANSWERS, CLICK HERE




These benefits seem pretty consistent with last year's offerings with the additional bonus perk of riding NightFlight Expedition before the general public. 


What pass are you going to get for 2025?  Let me know in the comments.

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Wednesday, September 17, 2025

🔴🔴Night Flight - DOLLYWOOD'S NEW INDOOR ADVENTURE RIDE FOR 2026🔴🔴

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...


Video



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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🔷KnoxNews/USA Today...Click Here

🔷WATE-TV - ABC Affiliate in Knoxville - Click Here

🔷WVLT-TV - CBS Affiliate in Knoxville - Click Here

🔷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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Thursday, September 11, 2025

🪁🪁Photo Trip Report/Vlogs/Blog -Dollywood's Summer Celebration for 2025🪁🪁

Hi Everyone!

This article includes all of my visit to the Summer Celebration Festival AND A Photo Trip Report that includes some of the pics from my visit.  I want to try and include a Photo Trip report in my blog for every visit this season!

You can see my latest Trip Reports below....


Let's start with the videos, and below that the Photo Trip Report!

Here are the videos in chronological order....

If you're curious about Dollywood's Next Huge Ride - This is It!!

Check out my blog post with all the details that I think I know.  Haha - my guess was not correct, so Dollywood did once again keep it a mystery for a long time....which is pretty difficult to accomplish anymore.  An official announcement is set to take place on September 17th at 11am.  I plan to have a fresh blog post with details later in the day on the 17th - Stay Tuned!!

https://whatsupatdollywood.blogspot.com/2025/04/dollywoods-project-2026-what-is-it.html








Trip Report 

PHOTOS FROM PART ONE


it was over 95' and humid, but still FUN!


















7/29/25



7/29/25

Did You Know?





PHOTOS FROM PART TWO



Watch my Sky of Many Colors standalone video - Click Here


A few penny presses have popped up around the park.  This one is at Butterfly Strings in Rivertown Junction.  Another one is outside of the Sweet Shoppe on Showstreet...there are other ones in the park that i haven't discovered yet. CLICK HERE - LINK IN VIDEO


Who gave that lady a license??

Click Here - to watch the Full Show!





PHOTOS FROM PART THREE





Watch the Full Show here - Click Here

Craftsman's Valley is one of the prettiest areas in the park.



Blazing Fury has reopened after lengthy downtime.


Unfortunately, this also means no Dance Party & Drone/Fireworks video for 2025.







And with that, we've reached the end of The Summer Celebration multi-video series from What's Up At Dollywood.  I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did!

Do it!

Thanks for Watching!


🔸🔸VIDEOS FROM SUMMER CELEBRATION 2025🔸🔸
🔸HIDDEN HOLLOW AVIATION PROGRESS UPDATE, JULY 29TH - https://youtu.be/6tOPUIfhOUU?si=0DzjxZfe-eUyFEDB 🔸DOLLYWOOD’S A CAPPELLA FUSION, FULL SHOW - https://youtu.be/dIeG7igycPU?si=FjYt-pcp5C3VvOU4 🔸DOLLYWOOD’S SMOKY MOUNTAIN STRING BAND, FULL SHOW - https://youtu.be/p2WJkp5mNe8?si=6NgmK0RFF9KB6k31 🔸DOLLYWOOD’S SKY OF MANY COLORS, ZEN MOMENT/ASMR - https://youtu.be/OXup_gjFNyE?si=IMfkr3Hz6mVltIvv 🔸SUMMER CELEBRATION PART 1 - https://youtu.be/HGnxXq3n-LQ?si=v04qkbeOZ58rMshI

🔸SUMMER CELEBRATION PART 2 - https://youtu.be/XN0f62LzxaY

🔸SUMMER CELEBRATION PART 3 - https://youtu.be/31zJ-Z6lr_M



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🟡🚌New Grayline One-Day Bus Tour from Downtown Nashville to Dollywood and back🚌🟡

Hi Everyone, It recently came to my attention that Grey Line Bus Tours offers a Nashville-to-Dollywood-Nashville one-day trip available for ...