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
- 1Dollywood Express Train Depot~60 min typical wait
- 2FireChaser Express ®~35 min typical wait up to 51 min at peak
- 3Smoky Mountain River Rampage~30 min typical wait up to 45 min at peak
- 4Lightning Rod ®~26 min typical wait up to 41 min at peak
- 5Mystery Mine ®~25 min typical wait up to 38 min at peak
- 6Big Bear Mountain~24 min typical wait up to 35 min at peak
- 7Dragonflier~22 min typical wait up to 36 min at peak
- 8Thunderhead ®~20 min typical wait up to 39 min at peak
- 9Wild Eagle ®~17 min typical wait up to 26 min at peak
- 10Shooting Star~16 min typical wait up to 23 min at peak
- 11Rockin' Roadway~15 min typical wait up to 26 min at peak
- 12Sky Rider~14 min typical wait up to 22 min at peak
- 13Tennessee Tornado~14 min typical wait up to 19 min at peak
- 14Blazing Fury~13 min typical wait up to 16 min at peak
- 15Whistle Punk Chaser®~13 min typical wait up to 18 min at peak
- 16Black Bear Trail~12 min typical wait up to 16 min at peak
- 17Lucky Ducky~12 min typical wait
- 18Daredevil Falls~10 min typical wait up to 14 min at peak
- 19Treetop Tower~10 min typical wait up to 18 min at peak
- 20Barnstormer~9 min typical wait up to 11 min at peak
- 21Demolition Derby~9 min typical wait up to 13 min at peak
- 22The Mad Mockingbird~9 min typical wait up to 16 min at peak
- 23The Scrambler~9 min typical wait up to 11 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 12 min at peak
- 26Lumberjack Lifts~8 min typical wait up to 11 min at peak
- 27Great Tree Swing~7 min typical wait up to 13 min at peak
- 28Lemon Twist~7 min typical wait up to 32 min at peak
- 29Village Carousel~7 min typical wait up to 16 min at peak
- 30The Waltzing Swinger~7 min typical wait up to 15 min at peak
- 31Busy Bees~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.