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Dollywood is a theme park that is jointly owned by Herschend Family Entertainment and country singer-songwriter Dolly Parton through her entertainment company, Dolly Parton Productions. It is located in the Knoxville metropolitan area in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee , near the gateway to The Great Smoky Mountains .
On May 30, 1966, Parton and Carl Thomas Dean (born July 20, 1942, ... [156] which is a part of the Dollywood Foundation, was founded in honor of her father, ...
Dolly's 'Smoky Mountain Fairyland' dream. In a 1982 interview with Barbara Walters, Parton shared her “big dream” of opening a “mountain Disneyland… a Smoky Mountain fairyland” theme ...
At this point, the Pigeon Forge park was branched off into a separate division of HFE called The Dollywood Company, which oversees all the properties that Dolly Parton has interest in. [13] Along with the Herschend family, Dolly Parton co-owns the Dolly Parton's Stampede (formerly Dixie Stampede [ 8 ] ) dinner attraction chain, which has ...
Dollywood opened in 1986, following a rebranding that embraced Parton’s popularity. Attendance more than doubled to 1.3 million in the park's first year compared to its previous season as Silver ...
“Carl turned to me and said, ‘Dolly, I want you to have everything you want, and I'm happy for you, but don't you ever ask me to go to another one of them dang things again!’” September 1969:
Dollywood Jamboree (1986–1993) Country Standard Time (1994) Movie Magic (1996) Back to the Country (1996) Fire on the Mountain (1992–1997) Paradise Road (1998–2001)
Attraction Added Manufacturer Description Amazing Flying Elephants: 2005 Zamperla: Elephant-themed kids ride Busy Bees: 2005 I.E. Park Bee-themed kids ride