Showing posts with label Dollywood Videos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dollywood Videos. Show all posts

Monday, December 30, 2024

🌟🥳A What's Up At Dollywood Year In Review for 2024 🥳🌟


Hi Everyone,

It's time for my THIRD Year In Review for What's Up at Dollywood - the blog, the vlog, Facebook Page, Insta (sorta) and the YouTube Channel! 🥳

A huge shoutout to all of you who tune in each day - you're the reason I do what I do! Whether you're glued to my videos, devouring my blog posts, or hanging out on Facebook, your support means the world.

From Know-it-all to Superfan: A Year of Deepening East Tennessee Adventures

Launching this channel, blog, and Facebook page has been an incredible journey through East Tennessee, and I'm so grateful for every single one of you on this adventure with me. Sharing my passion for this region with you all continues to be the driving force behind what I do.

And of course, keeping up with Dolly Parton is always a thrilling challenge! Her creativity and dedication are truly inspiring. I'm constantly amazed by her ability to entertain, inspire, and give back to the world.

So, get ready for another year of incredible East Tennessee adventures! In 2025, expect deeper dives into the heart of our region, uncovering more treasures, and bringing you the latest and greatest Dolly Parton updates.

Let's dive into the year of W.U.A.D. videos from 2024!  Ready to explore?



🟥Here is Part One of Dollywood's Opening Day for 2024, check that out below...



🟥Here is Part Two of Dollywood's Opening Day for 2024, check that out below...

🟥Dolly Parton Experience


🟥The Dolly Parton Parade at Dollywood on Opening Day 2024

🟥Lightning Rod's brand-new Chain Lift, in action on Opening Day 2024
🟥The Dolly Parton Experience, Progress Update at Dollywood on Opening Day 2024
🟥The Country Fair Area at Dollywood on Opening Day 2024
🟥Jukebox Junction at Dollywood on Opening Day 2024
🟥The Dolly Parton Sing-A-Long at Dollywood on Opening Day 2024
🟥Fiddling Leona with JP - full show - at Dollywood on Opening Day 2024
🟥Dragonflier's 5th Birthday Short 2024
🟥The Smoky Mountain Rampage ride at Dollywood 
🟥The Dolly Parton Experience - Just A Taste - at Dollywood on Opening Day 2024
🟥Exploring Dollywood's Spectacular Flower & Food Festival - Part 1


🟥Exploring Dollywood's Spectacular Flower & Food Festival - Part 2
🟥Let's Trolley to Dollywood!, A Fun and Easy Guide
🟥Big Bear Mountain off-ride Footage


🟥Exploring Dollywood's Emporium - a Merchandise Wonderland
🟥Happy National Roller Coaster Day - Dollywood Edition
🟥Exploring Dollywood's Summer Celebration - Part 1
🟥Exploring Dollywood's Summer Celebration - Part 2 - Dance Party with the Drone & Fireworks Show
🟥Harvest Festival Performance by Jessica Horton
🟥Harvest Festival - Shop Tour:  Smoky Creek Leather & Hat Co. in Craftsman's Valley

🟥Harvest Festival Park Tour Part One
🟥Grist Mill, minute of Zen



🟥Harvest Festival Park Tour Part Two
🟥Harvest Festival Park Tour Part Three
🟥Harvest Festival Shop Tour: Dolly's Fan Shop - new for 2024
🟥Harvest Festival Shop Tour: Blown Glass Shop
🟥Harvest Festival Shop Tour: Emporium
🟥Big Bear Mountain Reopened After Extended Downtime, December 2024


Coming Soon, SMOKY MOUNTAIN CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL!
 I will post those videos here once they're completed.


Outside of the subject of Dollywood, I published a few other videos in 2024.  

🟩 This was Cumberland Falls, Kentucky, a few days after Hurricane Helene passed through the region.
🟩 This is Pigeon Forge Snow, the areas only indoor snow tubing attraction, that I am aware of.

🟩 Justin Timberlake, "Rocky Top"
🟩 Justin Timberlake, "Suit & Tie"

🟩 Justin Timberlake, "Flame"

🟩 Justin Timberlake, "Say Something"
🟩 A Snowy December Morning - local webcam footage compilation




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Wednesday, December 18, 2024

🍁🍂Dollywood's Harvest Festival 2024 Video Extravaganza 🍂🍁

Hi Everyone, 
As I write this we are in peak-Christmas season, just a few days out from the big day and I am wrapping up my videos from Dollywood's Harvest Festival.   I had several videos from this festival and it's nice to have them all in one place to easily share them with you all.  Of course they are all on my Dollywood Playlist on YouTube, but here they are all bundled up together.






Smoky Creek Leather & Hat Co, in Craftsman's Valley

Blown Glass Shop - Harvest Highlights





Emporium - Harvest Highlights



Dolly's Fan Shop





🔵Blog Posts with other Helpful Trip Planning information





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Thursday, November 28, 2024

🦃🦃Happy Thanksgiving From What's Up At Dollywood! 🦃🦃



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I hope you enjoy this Dolly at Dollywood Thanksgiving Special from 1987, as much as I do every year.  Feels like a wayback machine trip.



I hope everyone has a fantastic Thanksgiving!  Thank you all for your continued support with What's Up At Dollywood as it continues to grow. 


Dolly, as far as I know, is not going to be at the Dallas Cowboys football game this year, sadly.  But you can re-live that show in its full glory below, through Youtube.

You may have to click a link to watch on YT itself, due to the NFL media rules.

Here's Dolly all the way back in March of this year, 2024 in the Opening Day Dolly Parade at Dollywood.


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Friday, November 1, 2024

🟢🔴🟢🔴 Dollywood's Smoky Mountain Christmas 2024 - Tasting Pass Menus, Info and More!🟢🔴🟢🔴

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. LINK TO NYE at the Dollywood Resorts - Click Here for info.  You'll see there is one event at each resort and they're unique - so check that out.

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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 Two.

Pro Tip:  Notice how Dollywood uses 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

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

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.


#Dollywood #DollywoodTripPlanning #PigeonForgeTennessee #TennesseeTourism #vlog #blog #pigeonforgeattractions











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Monday, September 9, 2024

🎃 Dollywood's Harvest Festival 2024 - Tasting Pass, Park Info + More! 👻

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.  
Source Link (dw..com)


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Let's dig into some more details.

🟠Harvest 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





🟠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!
🟠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
Learn More at dollywood.com, click here.


🟠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

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.


#Dollywood #DollywoodTripPlanning #PigeonForgeTennessee #TennesseeTourism #vlog #blog #pigeonforgeattractions

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Wednesday, July 24, 2024

🌺🌻New Videos - Flower and Food Festival 2024🌸🪷

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Hi Everyone, hope your summer is well.  It sure is flying by, it seems.  I was able to get my awesome day at the Flower and Food Festival videos published.  There's Two Parts, one and two.  Check them out below!





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Thursday, June 13, 2024

🎂Happy Birthday to Lightning Rod! You're 8 Years Old Now!🎂

Hi Everyone,
Today is Lightning Rod's 8th Birthday!  Lightning Rod has been, in its own cute way, the 'problem child' of Dollywood.  

Emerging from Rocky Mountain Coasters as the inaugural wooden coaster equipped with an LSM lift hill launch, Lightning Rod has thrilled riders with an experience unique to itself. 

Spanning 3,800 feet, with a drop of 165 feet, a top speed of 73 mph, and a G-force of 3.5, you're at the pinnacle of many roller coaster enthusiasts' lists!

Nearly every amazing roller coaster attracts many fans, and more than a few have been quick to point out differences and changes.  I love these comparison videos of Lightning Rods changes over its eight years of life.  




Lightning Rod has had a lot of modifications to it.  The biggest of course is switch from the LSM launch to a traditional chain lift at the end of the 2023 season.  It opened up on day one of Dollywood's 2024 season, a testament to Dollywood's desire to have more uptime for this ride.  You can see my video of LR that day below.


My feelings about it...I think its a win win.  So far this year it has had very little downtime, which was a huge objective for Dollywood.  I also liked that I was able to look around and take in a great view while going up the lift...where previously I would white knuckle the launch.  Many will disagree and there's nothing wrong with that.  I still feel like all the ejector air is still there in all its glory.  For me, the key to enjoying LR is being positive my pockets are completely empty.  I have seen stuff in my pockets that I was so certain were secure, float in front of my face on the quad down, which was not a good feeling at all...so, I need empty pockets so I can relax, lol.   A friend I was with lost car keys on it one time - nightmare!  The storage cubbies in the station hold larger items like backpacks and big purses, as well as smaller items for hats, glasses, phones - use them.

After the 2020 season, Dollywood decided to replace over half of the track with the more durable Ibox Track. Originally constructed with Timber Topper Track, consisting of six layers of lumber and a metal topper, the new sections are now entirely steel, providing a long-term solution. A picture from Wikipedia distinctly illustrates the differences between the two track styles.



Dollywood has an excellent coaster on its hands and in my opinion, they've made many improvements that lead me to believe it's going to be with us for a long time.  So happy 8th birthday LR, and it looks like you're going from problem child to a golden child. 😊

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🍰Happy 79th Birthday, Dolly Parton!🍰

Hi Everyone, Today is a great day for Dollywood and Dolly Parton Fans!  It is Dolly Parton’s 79th Birthday and without her, none of what...