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
32 rides ranked · longest typical queue first
- 1FireChaser Express ®~27 min typical wait up to 46 min at peak
- 2Smoky Mountain River Rampage~25 min typical wait up to 33 min at peak
- 3Thunderhead ®~22 min typical wait up to 38 min at peak
- 4Big Bear Mountain~21 min typical wait up to 29 min at peak
- 5Firehouse Fun Yard~20 min typical wait up to 20 min at peak
- 6Mystery Mine ®~19 min typical wait up to 32 min at peak
- 7Dragonflier~18 min typical wait up to 35 min at peak
- 8Lightning Rod ®~18 min typical wait up to 31 min at peak
- 9Wild Eagle ®~16 min typical wait up to 21 min at peak
- 10Blazing Fury~14 min typical wait up to 15 min at peak
- 11Shooting Star~12 min typical wait up to 16 min at peak
- 12Daredevil Falls~11 min typical wait up to 13 min at peak
- 13Sky Rider~11 min typical wait up to 14 min at peak
- 14Whistle Punk Chaser®~11 min typical wait up to 20 min at peak
- 15Barnstormer~10 min typical wait up to 10 min at peak
- 16Black Bear Trail~10 min typical wait up to 15 min at peak
- 17The Mad Mockingbird~10 min typical wait up to 16 min at peak
- 18Rockin' Roadway~10 min typical wait up to 17 min at peak
- 19Tennessee Tornado~10 min typical wait up to 13 min at peak
- 20The Amazing Flying Elephants~9 min typical wait up to 13 min at peak
- 21Drop Line®~9 min typical wait up to 10 min at peak
- 22The Scrambler~9 min typical wait up to 33 min at peak
- 23Treetop Tower~9 min typical wait up to 13 min at peak
- 24Busy Bees~8 min typical wait up to 10 min at peak
- 25Demolition Derby~8 min typical wait up to 10 min at peak
- 26Lumberjack Lifts~8 min typical wait up to 11 min at peak
- 27Lemon Twist~7 min typical wait up to 13 min at peak
- 28Village Carousel~7 min typical wait up to 10 min at peak
- 29Great Tree Swing~6 min typical wait up to 9 min at peak
- 30The Waltzing Swinger~6 min typical wait up to 8 min at peak
- 31Lucky Ducky~5 min typical wait
- 32Piggy Parade~5 min typical wait
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.