by jimmiemac02 » Thu Dec 19, 2013 11:44 pm
I went to Dollywood yesterday and took a few pictures so I decided to make a trip report. This is my first one so any comments or critiques would be greatly appreciated. Anyway, Fire Chaser Express looks wonderful. There is lots of track in place and they were working to put track in place while I was there. Although they do not have the track completed yet, it looked like about 50% of it was in place.
As for Smokey Mountain Christmas, the park looked great! I didn't think A Christmas Carol was that great, but I guess the Holograms were cool. All the other Christmas shows I had seen before and were great as always. As for Dolly's new family show, I thought it was a great update from the Kinfolks show that was there before it was.
Part 1:
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- On our way to Dollywood we always pass the Bush's Baked Beans plant, they make good beans
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- Construction on the new Dream More Resort
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- Construction on the new Dream More Resort
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- We made it
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- I think we're in the right place...
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- Super long line here, fortunately we have a gold season pass, so we don't pay for parking
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- Wild Eagle from a packed parking lot
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- Time for a tram ride
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- Please keep your hands and arms inside the tram...
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- We're going into motion
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- We made it inside
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- Moose decorations
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- The bakery always smells good
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- More Moosen
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- Pretty tree in front of Market Square
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- Jukebox Junction needs a refurb
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- Cars look nice though...
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- Where Carol of the Trees will be later tonight
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- Is this considered a Dan Approved water ride now?
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- Inventors Mansion sits empty once again
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- More decorations
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- Original section to the 1961 park Rebel Railraod
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- One of those Plinko games I saw from a video at IAAPA
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- Country Fair area
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- Nerd Shot
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- Sky Rider was a fun ride
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- Nerd Shot
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- Another Nerd Shot
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- Bench the ride
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- Overlooking the Country Fair Area
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- The train shop
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- Wild Eagle THROUGH THE TREES
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- Dry Docked River Rampage
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- Barnstormer THROUGH THE TREES
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- An arcade where the mine used to be
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- Blazing Fury car
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- Miss Lillian is a hoot
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- Magic happens here
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- Gold bricks
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- Good Stuff
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- This is how I celebrate a perfect 4.0 semester in college
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- Who wants one of these when it's 27 degrees outside?
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- You know you're in the south when...
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- This place ROCKS!
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- Blacksmith doing his thing
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- Bald Eagle
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- Train setup in the Wings of America theater
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- Train setup in the Wings of America theater
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- Remnant of the Flooded Mine Ride
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- Blazing Fury doing its thing
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- EDIT: Arrow's finest
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- No Q2Q was needed today, everything was a walk on
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- Big Loops
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- The building trains are blasted backwards out of
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- Track
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- More Track
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- More Track
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- Station Shot
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- Station Switching Track
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- Launch Track
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- Station
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- Switch Track
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- For the Lift Hill Enthusiasts
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- Track
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- More Track
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- Twisty
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- More Twisty
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- Track
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- Track
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- They were lifting this into place today
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- I think it's part of the lift hill
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- The track to nowhere
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- Wild Eagle doin' its thing
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- Wild Eagle doin' its thing
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- Wild Eagle doin' its thing
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- Wild Eagle doin' its thing
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- Another Dan Approved water ride?
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- Mystery Mine still going strong
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- Twisty
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- Hang Time
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- Thunderhead looked nice today
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- They should really do something with this...
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- Drop
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- More Thunderhead
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- Weee
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- 2 Golden Tickets
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- You would think this is a line for a ride...but it's actually a line for...
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- A Christmas Carol! I didn't really like the show because I couldn't hear the actors. But the Holograms were cool!
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- Saw the train while standing in line
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- Nice set
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- Cool Holograms and the Dollygram
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- Rockin Roadway got themeing for Christmas
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- A nice hood ordament
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- Carol of the Trees
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- One Soldier didn't have any legs
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- New Theater
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- All the moving seats were gone
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- The set
Last edited by
jimmiemac02 on Fri Dec 20, 2013 7:00 am.