Attractions

Ships fit for holding plenty of pirates’ loot have begun arriving in Pigeon Forge as Pirates Voyage Dinner & Show continues to take shape. After eight weeks of construction by the creative team, everything is looking ship-shape and making its way to East Tennessee aboard 10 semi-trucks. The first truck pulled into “dock” at the entertainment venue on April 2, ...

Dolly Parton is making good on staking her claim in Pigeon Forge with the construction of the Pirates Voyage Dinner & Show, her newest attraction in the Smokies, and the treasure – buried and otherwise – already has begun to arrive and take shape at the venue. Construction on the Pirates Voyage building, located on the Parkway adjacent to The ...

Dolly Parton surprised season passholders attending a special preview Friday for the opening of Dollywood’s 34th season, which promises to be the biggest year in park history with the Wildwood Grove expansion. Season passholders were the first to experience performances of this year’s Festival of Nations acts. Gathered in Dolly Parton’s Celebrity Theater, the show began with a routine by ...

Alcatraz East Crime Museum will have a Ted Bundy display observing the 30th anniversary of the serial killer’s execution. January 24, 2019 will be the 30th anniversary of the execution of one of the most well-known serial killers and rapists of the 20th century, Ted Bundy. There are several events taking place over the anniversary, including new items being made ...

In an effort to give Sevier County Food Ministries a little more help this winter, another Dollywood Sevier County Days special has been announced. Sevier County residents and workers may celebrate the season and view millions of Christmas lights at Dollywood’s Smoky Mountain Christmas for only a $5 donation during Dollywood Sevier County Days running Monday, Dec. 31, 2018 – ...

The Fee/Hedrick Family Entertainment Group in Pigeon Forge will be giving each of its 500 employees a large end of the year bonus, in addition to a fully paid 5-day company cruise to the Bahamas, as a thank you to their employees for all of their hard work. The bonus amounts to a total company payout of more than $5 ...

Sevier County residents and workers may celebrate the season and view millions of Christmas lights at Dollywood’s Smoky Mountain Christmas for only a $5 donation during Sevier County Days. Dolly invites everyone who lives and works in Sevier County to enjoy free admission with a $5 donation per person to benefit Sevier County Food Ministries, a voluntary interfaith ministry that ...

Country Tonite is having Area Appreciation Days for residents of Sevier County and 14 surrounding counties in east Tennessee. The Country Tonite Area Appreciation Days offer runs Nov. 2–11, 2018. Tickets are only $8 for adults. Kids 12 & under get in free. Proceeds will benefit needy families for Christmas. Country Tonite’s Smoky Mountain Christmas promises a little bonus for ...

Ripley’s Tennessee Attractions, including Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies, Ripley’s Believe It or Not! and Guinness World Records Adventure, donated $50,000 worth of school supplies to the Greenbrier Teacher Depot. “I am absolutely delighted with the large amount of school supplies that Ripley’s has recently donated to the Greenbrier Teacher Depot. The Depot opens its doors each semester to the public ...

Ahoy mateys! The Pirates Revenge Dinner and Show, produced by Fee/Hedrick Family Entertainment Group, will sail into Pigeon Forge the summer of 2019 in the current Smoky Mountain Opry Theater location. Plans have been submitted to the City of Pigeon Forge’s planning commission for a huge $20 million renovation of the Smoky Mountain Opry Theater to turn the theater into ...