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Thunderhead ® — wait times

Thunderhead ® at Dollywood. Closed right now.

Busiest around 11am (about 19 min) and quietest around 9pm (about 5 min).

Of the days recorded so far, Saturday averages the longest queue, at about 15 minutes.

Closed during 2% of the readings taken while the park was fully open. The feed does not say why, so that covers refurbishment and weather as well as breakdowns.

The longest queue we have recorded is 80 minutes on 2026-10-05, the shortest 0 minutes on 2026-08-13.

Typical wait through the day

10am10 min23 readings
11am19 min39 readings
12pm18 min34 readings
1pm11 min38 readings
2pm9 min52 readings
3pm10 min58 readings
4pm10 min59 readings
5pm9 min59 readings
6pm9 min59 readings
7pm6 min54 readings
8pm6 min27 readings
9pm5 min19 readings

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