Our water park’s season runs from mid-May through Labor Day. Off-season work begins almost immediately to prepare Dollywood’s Splash Country for the next year. I’ve learned there’s a LOT of elbow grease that goes into maintaining a water park—especially when you consider the standards for all Dollywood properties! We pride ourselves on being the [...]
Sweet summertime. I know it’s technically not summer. Yet. It’s coming, though. And, to help usher in the hottest season of the year, Dollywood’s Splash Country opens this weekend! With such a big year for The Dollywood Company, you know all our properties are kicking it into high gear. Our water park has big [...]
So, we did a thing here at Dollywood today, or rather Dolly did. She opened a little land called Wildwood Grove. Have you heard of it? And really, as I’m sure many of you know, it’s not a little land at all. Years of planning, months of hard work and $37 million later, Dolly [...]
I get to hang out with this fun team at Dollywood’s Splash Country. It’s a perk of the job. These folks work hard year-round to give our guests the best possible pool day memories. They love guest feedback because it helps them make plans with you in mind. What they accomplish in the off-season [...]
As we get closer to opening Wildwood Grove in May, we hope to share more and more peeks behind the curtain of this new land. When we invited the media to join us for a construction tour, Wildwood Grove’s Creative Director, Patrick Brennan, shared stories of how the details are coming together. And, when [...]
Despite the extremely wet weather, Wildwood Grove construction is on track for its scheduled May opening! I’ve said it before, but because it’s such a big deal, I’ll emphasize it again: this new land is the park’s largest expansion since Dollywood opened. Here and there we have given you a peek behind the curtain of [...]
When it comes to Dollywood’s largest expansion – Wildwood Grove – you might expect that I would be most excited about the 11 new experiences or the increased amount of space that the area is going to provide to the families who visit Dollywood every year. I am, however, most excited about the expansion [...]
There is nothing like the anticipation and pure exhilaration of a really tall drop tower. You climb steadily up and up as the world falls below you and your vista of the park becomes wider and clearer you feel free. The anticipation is amazing and contagious as everyone is waiting for the payoff, stomachs [...]
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