Dollywood’s newest Christmas show doesn’t take place on a stage. Wonderful Christmas is an animated production that happens on a 50-ft. Christmas tree in the Plaza at Wilderness Pass. This is not simply lights synced to music. It is a programmable LED light show that tells a story through images. Storyline As with everything [...]
Long lines at Dollywood aren’t always for our world-class attractions. We have some of the best talent on the planet performing in theaters at our great park—which, as you can imagine, draws big crowds. Namely, we expect to see long lines during our Harvest and Smoky Mountain Christmas festivals. These celebrations are stacked with [...]
Dollywood is known in the industry for best-of-the-best entertainment. When it comes to our award-winning shows, Dreamland Drive-In is top of mind: it has an original script with an incredibly-talented cast and live band. But, what makes it so special that it continues to be a Dollywood centerpiece for more than a decade? We go [...]
Dolly’s Nights of Many Colors has become the sound of summer. This 10-minute fireworks show caps off every night with pizazz during Dollywood’s Summer Celebration. I had the opportunity to watch a couple of the pyrotechnics set up one afternoon and learned how it all comes together. I wanted to share with you to [...]
Have you ever seen a dancer in an electro-luminescent suit or a pixel LED suit? The answer is no, because it’s brand new technology iLuminate is debuting in their latest show. And, Dollywood guests will be the first to see it! You may remember iLuminate as finalists on America’s Got Talent. Their creator, Miral [...]
Call it a perk of the job—I got to sit in on the dress rehearsal for DRUMLine LIVE this afternoon. Oh my goodness. Get ready to get on your feet! What a fun show! You may be geeking out if you ever played in the marching band—or maybe, you’re a fan of the movies. [...]
For some reason, I’ve been writing about trash a lot lately, literally. Check out this previous post and you’ll see what I mean. For today’s blog about trash, I wanted to talk about a new performance group that will visit in May, but as talented as they are, it’s their instruments that may catch [...]
I am often asked what it is like at Dollywood when the boss is in town. By boss I mean, of course, Dolly Parton. Dolly is the Dreamer in Chief for Dollywood, a company she owns with Herschend Family Entertainment and her partners Jack and Sherry Herschend and Pete and JoDee Herschend. Dolly comes [...]
Do you like Dollywood’s entertainment? I figured you’d say yes. Dollywood is home to the best theme park entertainment in the world—it’s true, we’ve won the Golden Ticket award for best shows nine consecutive times. However, this year we’re really pulling out all the stops for our “Season of Showstoppers.” In fact, it’s the [...]
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post written by Dollywood’s Entertainment Manager, Roger White. While some folks think winter at Dollywood is a time to take a break, relax and reflect, it is actually quite the opposite – especially for Dollywood’s Entertainment Auditions Team. Dollywood show producers are charged with the prospect of trying [...]
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