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I had a great day at Dollywood. Lightning Rod was running 2 trains most of the day. It went down for about 15 minutes while I was in line later in the day, but came back up with both trains. Loved Lightning Rod and it lived up to the hype. Thunderhead surprised me. Loved that ride. Ride lines weren't too bad except for LR and Firechaser. Other coasters were 5-20 minutes for the most part. Pretty cool seeing them run multiple trains on Firechaser. Mystery Mine closed for the day. Didn't sound like it was going to open tomorrow either. They were running sandbags on Dragonflier today as well. Cool seeing that while riding Thunderhead.

I think I might visit Saturday and get a season pass. Always had season passes to SDC growing up. Went to Dollywood once in 95. Haven't been back since and I live near Knoxville. Hopefully I can knock out most of the coasters early and sneak out before it gets too bad. I also hope sneaking over there early morning for a few rides becomes a summer habit.

Me too. I tried to work that with the wife this morning with no luck. Hopefully rain stays away next weekend. Auctioned rides and ceremony starting in a few minutes.

I went back for a few hours this morning. Rode both trains on TC before 10:30. Walked onto Batman, Superman, Battle for Metropolis, and Blue Hawk. 10 min wait for Monster Mansion. Got in a 20-30 min line for Goliath around 12:45 and then headed back home. I would agree with previous comments that operations were not great this weekend. I didn't let it ruin my time. Staff was nice and trying. My frustration was just easily getting some water somewhere for my bottle. Need a couple more open drink stall things like the one at the mine train. It's also strange that only 1 car is running on most things. Lines were long on Saturday afternoon. Still had a blast. Wish I could have stayed longer today. Can't wait to return sometime soon.

Busy today. Maybe it's the fact they only seemed to run 1 train on everything but DDD and Batman. Other than that, really enjoyed today. First amusement park in 22 years and I had a blast. The RMC lived up to the hype. DDD lift is crazy. Goliath was fun. Superman was fun. What a day.

Just wanted to thank coasterbill for the Choice deal. Hadn't seen it before I saw him mention it. At a Choice tonight at Six Flags. Will do a couple in Charlotte in 2 weeks. Banking a room or two for later in the season sounds good to me.

Saturday is bring a friend for free with membership. Do they have to enter with you or can they show up later in the day and meet you at the gate?

Canyon Blaster at Adventuredome. It edged out it's only competition, the Manhattan Express down the street at NYNY. No other options thus far this month.

Anyone want to share preferred parking details? Close to the gate? Worth reserving? In and out within the preferred lot during the day? Thanks. Going down this weekend.

They said Pandemonium is scheduled to open May 23rd. Don't think they said anything about the area outside of that.

Daily ticket + Fast Lane Plus for $59.99 this weekend on their website.

Daily ticket + Fast Lane Plus for $69.99 this weekend on their site.

Thanks for the responses. Looks like Saturdays in June have to be booked through CP. So, we did Sat with all our passes through CP. The other 3 nights were through travelocity and saved us some money. Can't wait to visit. My last visit was just after Mean Streak opened in 91.

Quick question: Looking at the Express Hotel. If I book through Orbitz, can I add on tickets when I get there? One article had the wildcard passes for $58 at check. Orbitz + passes at checkin saves me a decent amount over booking it all through CP. Just not sure if this is possible. Thanks. I'm guessing same would go for the Fast Lane passes and bundles at checkin?

I'm hoping March 16-17 has decent weather. Looking to drive down from East TN. Looks like this would be a good time to visit between opening weekend and the school music competitions starting the following week. First trip to an amusement park in 20+ years. Really excited to visit SFOG again and ride some new coasters.