Shooting Star wait times
Shooting Star at Dollywood averages 9 minutes. It is shortest at 2pm and worst at 6pm. It has run 97% of the park's opening hours recently.
Shooting Star queue times, day by day
Shooting Star over recent weeks
Typical waits from this ride's own recorded readings
Shooting Star has averaged about 9 minutes of queue across its recorded readings, peaking around 16 minutes, with the longest queues near 6pm, and the shortest near 2pm. Pick a date below to see that day minute by minute.
Shooting Star queue times by hour
Average wait by hour
Across the last 28 days · minutes
Shooting Star peaks at 2pm with 9 minutes, and is at its shortest at 9am with 0. Riding it at the right hour saves 9 minutes on a single ride.
Best time to ride Shooting Star
Best time to ride
Shooting Star averages 0 minutes at 9am against 9 at the 2pm peak - 9 minutes for turning up at the right hour. The longest queue it has ever held is 30 minutes.
Shooting Star by day of the week
Average wait by day
12 days with a recorded queue
- Mon10m
- Tue23m
- Wed3m
- Thu10m
- Fri4m
- Sat9m
- Sun8m
Wednesday is the quietest day for Shooting Star, at 3 minutes against 23 on Tuesday.
Does Shooting Star break down?
Uptime and closures
97% of opening hours · 12 days recorded
↑ improvingRunning 97% of the minutes Dollywood was open, across the last 12 recorded days.
Last 12 days uptime
- 100%
- 93%
- 100%
- 100%
- 100%
- 99%
- 97%
- 76%
- 100%
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- 100%
Shooting Star ran 97% of Dollywood's opening hours across 12 recorded days, and is improving. It ran without a recorded stop on Friday 11 Sept.
Longest Shooting Star queues on record
Peaks in the last 14 days
Every one a real date · tap through to that day
- 1Tuesday 8 Sept30m
- 2Saturday 29 Aug15m
- 3Sunday 6 Sept15m
- 4Monday 7 Sept15m
- 5Monday 31 Aug10m
- 6Friday 4 Sept10m
- 7Thursday 10 Sept10m
- 8Sunday 30 Aug5m
The worst queue recorded for Shooting Star was 30 minutes on Tuesday 8 Sept.
Shooting Star through the year
All-time average by month
From this ride's own recorded readings · minutes
Queue times are the figures Dollywood publishes for this ride, recorded every few minutes through the park's own opening hours. The hourly pattern is this ride's own last 28 days; the day-by-day rail is its last 14 days. Uptime is the share of the park's operating minutes the ride was running.
About Shooting Star
Shooting Star is one of 31 rides tracked at Dollywood, 14th longest of 31 by usual wait. It queues about 9 minutes on a typical day, shorter than the 11-minute park average.
Shooting Star has averaged about 9 minutes of wait over recent weeks, and is typically busiest around 6pm and quietest around 2pm. Over the last two weeks it has been open around 97% of the park's operating hours. It's typically quietest on Wednesdays and busiest on Tuesdays.
Frequently asked
What's the current wait time for Shooting Star?
The live wait time for Shooting Star at Dollywood is shown at the top of this page and refreshed directly from the park's own ride system. Check live Shooting Star wait times.
Is Shooting Star open right now?
The live status badge at the top of this page shows whether Shooting Star is open or closed right now - it updates automatically from Dollywood's own ride system. Over the last couple of weeks, Shooting Star has been open around 97% of Dollywood's operating hours. You can also see the live status of every ride at Dollywood.
What's the best time of day to ride Shooting Star?
Based on historical wait time data, Shooting Star is typically quietest around 2pm. For most rides the queue is shortest in the first hour after the park opens and the last hour before it closes, with midday through mid-afternoon the busiest window.
What is the best day to ride Shooting Star?
Shooting Star is usually quietest on Wednesdays, and busiest on Tuesdays based on recent weeks - visit on a Wednesday for shorter waits.
How long is the line for Shooting Star usually?
Over recent weeks, Shooting Star has averaged about 9 minutes, with lines usually longest around 6pm. Wait times usually build through the morning, peak from midday to mid-afternoon, then ease off before close. Weekends and school holidays run noticeably longer than quiet weekdays. This page shows today's live wait time, the day's average, hourly breakdowns and the full history of peak lines for Shooting Star at Dollywood.
Is Shooting Star often closed or broken down?
Over the last two weeks, Shooting Star has been running about 97% of the time. We track Shooting Star's uptime and downtime automatically - see the "Reliability" and "Downtime History" panels on this page for its full record over the last 30 days, including any current closures and how long they've lasted.
Where can I find Shooting Star at Dollywood?
Shooting Star is at Dollywood - see the park map and full ride list for its exact location. The Dollywood page also shows which rides nearby have the shortest lines right now.
Can I get wait time alerts for Shooting Star?
Yes - create a free alert and we'll notify you when Shooting Star's wait time drops below your chosen threshold (for example, "tell me when Shooting Star is under 20 minutes"). Great for timing your sprint from across the park.