Here’s what’s happening this week in the Chattanooga area.
Dollywood kudos
Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, added to its Amusement Today Golden Ticket Awards over the weekend, earning three more world’s best honors and finalist placement in another five categories. Golden Tickets are the theme park industry’s most prestigious awards. The theme park continued its sweep of the Best Guest Experience category, created in 2019, with its sixth consecutive win (Golden Tickets were not awarded in 2020). Dollywood’s Wildwood Grove, which opened in 2019, also earned its sixth consecutive award for Best Kids’ Area. Big Bear Mountain was named Best Family Coaster, its third win since opening in 2023. The 40th season retrospective show, “Play On,” finished second for Best New Show, and Dollywood was ranked third for Best Park. Dollywood also was named the third Most Beautiful Park in the world. Thunderhead finished fifth among the world’s Best Wooden Coasters, and Splash Country earned a fifth-place finish as Best Water Park.
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