The Best Guest Experience award combines two discontinued categories, Friendliest Park and Cleanest Park, along with perceived value and operations into the judging criteria for the award. In 2019, Dollywood became the inaugural winner for Best Guest Experience of any theme park in the world. No awards were presented in 2020 due to the pandemic. Dollywood earned finalist placement in nine total categories and won more awards than any other park.

Dollywood continues to illustrate why it is one of the nationвЂ™s top theme park destinations, as it earned four top awards during Thursday afternoonвЂ™s Golden Ticket Awards virtual ceremony announced from the National Roller Coaster Museum & Archives in Plainview, Texas. Arriving at the park before dark will also be helpful with parking, and it will also allowВ you to plan out your Christmas show schedule.PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. We recommend going early on in the season if at all possible rather than around the actual Christmas date. Insider Tip:В The lights at Dollywood are an extremely popular sight for people to view, so the park will be very busy. There is a tram that will take you to and from your parking lot to the park entrance until every car has cleared out. After those two initial costs, all shows and attractions are free. The only cost for Dollywood is parking and tickets. TheyвЂ™ll have you awestruck as you turn every corner only to see something else lit up! The light season starts on November 7th and runs through January 3rd. Dollywood brings out the kid in everyone with their incredible Christmas display.

Walking under a bridge that has all of the rafters lit up will have you feeling like youвЂ™re in a magic tunnel.

With all of the shops and eateries being lit up from top to bottom, you canвЂ™t help but feel the Christmas spirit even if you would consider yourself to be a scrooge. The Christmas lights on Main Street made us feel like we were in a Christmas movie. There isnвЂ™t anywhere in the park where you wonвЂ™t have christmas lights to look at. Lit and decorated Christmas trees are placed all throughout the park along with other decorations like elves, snowmen, and reindeer! Just about everything in Dollywood is lit up including the bridges, some flower beds, and even the waterwheels! The natural bushes that are there year round are also lit up. Lights are just one aspect of the Christmas season at Dollywood.

The tedious lighting is something to see, and will definitely give you Christmas lighting goals. At Dollywood, some of the trees will be completely lit up with every branch being wrapped in lights. If entire buildings being lit up isnвЂ™t enough, Dollywood has stepped it up a notch and lit up entire trees, and we do mean ENTIRE. Some buildings have the roof outline, windows, and corners lit up even though it isnвЂ™t the entire building that is lit, the way in which it is done is still beautiful and will have you staring. Entire buildings are lit up from top to bottom with beautiful colored and white lights. Almost all of the buildingsВ are lit up, and we donвЂ™t just mean the outline of the roof. Dollywood has our stamp of approval, and since weвЂ™re the ultimate Christmas light fans, thatвЂ™s saying something.Дollywood goes above and beyond with their Christmas light displays. Housing over 4 million Christmas lights, the park is a sight to see. If you have a passion for lights, or even like them a little, Dollywood is the best place to go during the Christmas season! - The Local Expert TeamДollywood is primarily known as a theme park, but during the Christmas season Dollywood lights up like no one else.

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