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Dollywood Theme Park, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee

On day three of our four day coaster trip found me and the boys at the best park in Tennessee: Dollywood.

Bond and I were really excited to get back to Dollywood as it is one of the best theme parks in the world. Travis was excited to visit Dollywood as this is his first ever visit.

Everywhere we looked at Dollywood the signs pointed us to locations we so desperately wanted to visit. If we went to the right there was adventure and to the left there was thrills. No matter which way you turn you are in for a good time at Dollywood.

Thunderhead at Dollywood Theme Park, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee

First stop of the day as we looped Dollywood was Thunderhead.

Thunderhead Roller Coaster at Dollywood Theme Park, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee

Thunderhead; which opened in 2004 was the start of of a massive multi-decade project to connect the back of Dollywood's Craftsmen's Valley to the front of the park to make a loop. Thunderhead is the main attraction of Dollywood's Timber Canyon section of the park. A few years later in 2007 Mystery Mine was added expanding Timber Canyon a little further towards Craftsmen's Valley. After moving a considerable amount of dirt the loop was completed in 2008 with the addition of the Wilderness Pass section of the park. Instead of having Thunderhead and the Tennessee Tornado at dead ends you can now easily get between the two rides without having to trek all the way down into the bottom of the valley and then back up the hill.

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