Every day scored 1 to 10 for the next 365 days. Free, no sign-up, no email.
Quietest days coming up: Wed 3 Mar (1/10) · Wed 5 May (1/10) · Wed 12 May (1/10)
Busiest: Sat 26 Dec (10/10) — Christmas holidays
1–3 quiet4–6 moderate7–10 busy✦ holiday
October 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
237
248
255
267
273
281
296
307
318
November 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
15
27
33
41
56
67
78
85
97
103
111
126
137
148
155
167
173
181
196
207
218
225
237
243
254✦
2610✦
2710✦
2810✦
299✦
307
December 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
13
21
36
47
58
65
77
83
91
106
117
128
135
147
153
161
176
187
198
209✦
2110✦
227✦
234✦
2410✦
2510✦
2610✦
279✦
2810✦
297✦
304✦
3110✦
January 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
110✦
210✦
38✦
47
53
61
75
86
97
104
117
123
131
145
156
168✦
175✦
1810✦
193
201
215
226
237
244
257
263
271
285
296
307
314
February 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
17
23
31
45
56
67
74
87
93
101
115
126
138✦
145✦
1510✦
163
171
185
196
207
214
227
233
241
255
266
277
284
March 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
16
22
31
44
55
66
75
87
93
101
116
126
137
145
157
163
171
186
196
207
216✦
229✦
235✦
242✦
258✦
268✦
279✦
286✦
299✦
303
311
April 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
17
27
38
45
58
64
72
87
97
108
115
128
134
142
157
167
178
185
198
204
211
225
236
247
254
267
273
281
295
306
May 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
16
23
36
42
51
64
75
86
93
106
112
121
134
145
156
163
176
182
191
204
215
226
233
246
252
261
274
285
297✦
305✦
318✦
June 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
13
21
36
47
58
65
77
83
91
106
117
128
135
147
153
161
176
187
198
205
217
223
231
246
257
268
275
287
293
301
July 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
16
27
38
48✦
57
63
71
86
97
108
115
127
133
141
156
167
178
185
197
203
211
226
237
248
255
267
273
281
296
307
318
August 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
14
27
33
41
55
66
77
84
97
103
111
125
136
147
154
167
173
181
195
206
217
224
237
243
251
265
276
287
294
307
313
September 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
11
24
35
47✦
55✦
68✦
72
81
94
105
116
123
136
142
151
164
175
186
193
206
212
221
234
245
256
263
276
282
291
304
October 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
17
28
35
47
53
61
76
87
99✦
106✦
1110✦
123
131
146
157
168
175
187
193
201
216
227
The months that actually matter at Dollywood
Busiest months
June, July, October, November and December — summer, the Harvest Festival in October, and Smoky Mountain Christmas in November and December.
Quietest months
March, May and September — March weekdays at the start of the season, May weekdays, and early September.
Local knowledge: Dollywood is busier in October and December than in July. If you are picking dates by school holidays you will get the season backwards.
When to avoid Dollywood, and when to go
Busiest stretches, next 12 months
Wed Nov 25 – Sun Nov 29Thanksgiving · about 9/10, 10 at worst
Sun Dec 20 – Sun Jan 3Christmas holidays · about 9/10, 10 at worst
Sat Jan 16 – Mon Jan 18MLK Day · about 8/10, 10 at worst
Sun Mar 21 – Mon Mar 29Easter week · about 7/10, 9 at worst
Sat Oct 9 – Mon Oct 11Columbus Day · about 8/10, 10 at worst
Quietest weeks
Mon Mar 1 – Sun Mar 7about 4/10
Mon May 3 – Sun May 9about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon May 10 – Sun May 16about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon May 17 – Sun May 23about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon Sep 13 – Sun Sep 19about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Scores are the crowd forecast, 1 to 10, averaged over the stretch. Visiting in a busy stretch anyway? Be at the gate before opening, and ride the big ones in the first hour and the last.
How this is worked out
Each day starts from how that weekday normally runs at Dollywood, learned from our own recorded wait snapshots as they accumulate, and is raised for public holidays and school-holiday periods. It is a forecast of relative busyness, not a promise: a 3 means a day that usually runs quiet for this park, not a guarantee of short lines. The further out a date sits, the more it leans on the weekday pattern alone.
Want the live picture instead? Dollywood wait times has today's queues, the hour-by-hour curve and what counts as a normal wait here. Planning a specific day? Open the planner and it will build a route around these crowd levels.