Best Rides at Dollywood
The headline rides, ranked by typical wait time
These are the most popular rides at Dollywood, ordered by how long people typically queue for them. A longer typical wait is a good proxy for the must-do, headline attractions. Tap any ride for its live wait time, busiest hours and reliability.
Top rides by typical wait
31 rides ranked · longest typical queue first
- 1Dollywood Express Train Depot~60 min typical wait
- 2FireChaser Express ®~39 min typical wait up to 56 min at peak
- 3Smoky Mountain River Rampage~34 min typical wait up to 47 min at peak
- 4Lightning Rod ®~27 min typical wait up to 39 min at peak
- 5Lucky Ducky~27 min typical wait
- 6Mystery Mine ®~27 min typical wait up to 43 min at peak
- 7Big Bear Mountain~25 min typical wait up to 36 min at peak
- 8Dragonflier~24 min typical wait up to 39 min at peak
- 9Thunderhead ®~21 min typical wait up to 43 min at peak
- 10Wild Eagle ®~18 min typical wait up to 26 min at peak
- 11Rockin' Roadway~17 min typical wait up to 30 min at peak
- 12Shooting Star~16 min typical wait up to 21 min at peak
- 13Blazing Fury~14 min typical wait up to 17 min at peak
- 14Tennessee Tornado~14 min typical wait up to 22 min at peak
- 15Black Bear Trail~13 min typical wait up to 17 min at peak
- 16Sky Rider~13 min typical wait up to 18 min at peak
- 17Whistle Punk Chaser®~13 min typical wait up to 20 min at peak
- 18Daredevil Falls~12 min typical wait up to 14 min at peak
- 19The Mad Mockingbird~11 min typical wait up to 16 min at peak
- 20Barnstormer~9 min typical wait up to 14 min at peak
- 21Demolition Derby~9 min typical wait up to 13 min at peak
- 22The Scrambler~9 min typical wait up to 11 min at peak
- 23Treetop Tower~9 min typical wait up to 15 min at peak
- 24The Amazing Flying Elephants~8 min typical wait up to 12 min at peak
- 25Drop Line®~8 min typical wait up to 13 min at peak
- 26Lemon Twist~8 min typical wait up to 19 min at peak
- 27Lumberjack Lifts~8 min typical wait up to 10 min at peak
- 28Great Tree Swing~7 min typical wait up to 10 min at peak
- 29Village Carousel~7 min typical wait up to 16 min at peak
- 30Busy Bees~6 min typical wait
- 31The Waltzing Swinger~6 min typical wait up to 13 min at peak
Ranking is by each ride's typical wait time, which we use as a popularity proxy - the rides people queue longest for tend to be the headline attractions. It isn't an editorial "best" score.