Dollywood’s annual Harvest Festival will kick off on Friday, September 24 and run through October 30. Favorite events include the family-friendly Great Pumpkin LumiNights. The Great Pumpkin LumiNight provides family-friendly harvesttime events and memories of guests. Families can stroll through displays in Dollywood’s Timber Canyon, Wilderness Pass, and upper Craftsman’s Valley areas. The festival will
On Thursday, an esteemed Tennessee park won more awards than any other park during the Golden Ticket Awards virtual ceremony. Dollywood, a famed park known for its theme park rides, music and water attractions, won four Golden Ticket Awards and earned finalist placement in several categories. >> READ COMPLETE ARTICLE
Flames tore through the Great Smoky Mountains, killing at least three people, scorching hundreds of homes and businesses and sending more than 14,000 fleeing from the resort towns of Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge. Tourists and residents scrambled Monday night and early Tuesday to outrun the blaze, which was pushed from the Great Smoky Mountains National
A mandatory evacuation order was issued for downtown Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge residents and guests located in the areas between traffic light 8 and the Spur are under mandatory evacuation after TEMA issued a Level 3 State of Emergency with 30 structures on fire in Gatlinburg. The National Guard was mobilized to Sevier County. Dollywood,
Wilderness Wildlife Week celebrates all things wild and wonderful in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. In its 24th year, this free event features eight days of hikes, seminars, performances and family-friendly fun designed to highlight the natural, cultural and historical landscape of the park and region. >> Read Complete Article
Entertainment legend Dolly Parton announced plans for $300 million in capital investments in The Dollywood Company over the next 10 years. The investment includes new attractions, resorts and the creation of more than 2,500 jobs. Construction is under way on the new FireChaser Express rollercoaster, opening in March 2014 at Dollywood. To mark the company’s
In what was promoted as the biggest news in Dollywood history, Dolly Parton Wednesday announced a $300 million investment in the entertainment complex. About half of that will go toward a 300-room resort hotel, called Dollywood’s DreamMore Resort. It will open in summer 2015 on 100 acres near the water park Dollywood’s Splash Country. The
“They always say you can’t go home again,” says 64-year-old country music icon Dolly Parton, who skedaddled to the bright lights of Nashville from her sharecropper family’s two-room cabin on the Little Pigeon River the day after her high school graduation. “Well,” adds the self-proclaimed Backwoods Barbie, “I’ve certainly proved that wrong.” >> Read Complete
One of the most amazing stories told about the sinking of the RMSTitanic involves bandmaster Wallace Hartley. Survivors said he lead the band to play music as the famed ship sank in 1912. Hartley’s violin survived the sinking and is now exclusively on display in America at the Titanic Museum Attractions starting with Pigeon Forge, before being
TheGreatSmokies.net: Where is Angler’s Creek located at? Angler’s Creek: We are located in The Shops of Pigeon Forge by the Belz Mall, suite #9 right next to Eddie Baur. (151 E. Wears Valley Rd., Suite 9) TGS: Can you give everyone an overview of ACO and what all they can expect to find in your
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