Report: Dollywood working on a year-round offering

[BoddaH1994]

https://www.thesmokies.com/dollywood-year-round/

Who didn’t see this one coming?

[Orion-XL200]

Didn't see this coming, but don't see it being worthwhile. From Jan-mid March every year, the area basically goes into hibernation. While some attractions are open year-round, I don't know that there are enough people that would make it worth the operational costs. 

I could be wrong....I'd love to see it, but it's not something that would have me driving 6.5 hrs to visit during the "off-season."

[disco2000]

4 minutes ago, Orion-XL200 said:

Didn't see this coming, but don't see it being worthwhile. From Jan-mid March every year, the area basically goes into hibernation. While some attractions are open year-round, I don't know that there are enough people that would make it worth the operational costs. 

I could be wrong....I'd love to see it, but it's not something that would have me driving 6.5 hrs to visit during the "off-season."

It does stand a better chance than the "year round" experiment at KD last year.   

[Diamondback_Is_King]

2 hours ago, disco2000 said:

It does stand a better chance than the "year round" experiment at KD last year.   

Did Carowinds ever try a full year schedule? I seem to remember they were talking about it, but I know now that they basically have the same schedule as KI. Just curious if they ever tried it out.

[disco2000]

49 minutes ago, Diamondback_Is_King said:

Did Carowinds ever try a full year schedule? I seem to remember they were talking about it, but I know now that they basically have the same schedule as KI. Just curious if they ever tried it out.

Yes they did the same year as KD, but I didn't include that one in my reply because I figured that one would have stood a better chance of making a go at it given its proximity to people, unlike KD that is kind of in the middle of nowhere.

[Diamondback_Is_King]

3 hours ago, Orion-XL200 said:

Didn't see this coming, but don't see it being worthwhile. From Jan-mid March every year, the area basically goes into hibernation. While some attractions are open year-round, I don't know that there are enough people that would make it worth the operational costs. 

I could be wrong....I'd love to see it, but it's not something that would have me driving 6.5 hrs to visit during the "off-season."

I definitely think that most of the people that would come to this new event would be locals. Like you said, its not really a draw for people that would have to make a decent trip out there. Tourists wouldn't necessarily come during this time because there aren't any attractions open at and around Dollywood. I don't even know if the mountain coasters run around Pigeon Forge. It's a good idea, but in my opinion, there's not enough draw to make it worth it.

[Orion-XL200]

5 hours ago, disco2000 said:

It does stand a better chance than the "year round" experiment at KD last year.   

True story lol. 

2 hours ago, Diamondback_Is_King said:

I definitely think that most of the people that would come to this new event would be locals. Like you said, its not really a draw for people that would have to make a decent trip out there. Tourists wouldn't necessarily come during this time because there aren't any attractions open at and around Dollywood. I don't even know if the mountain coasters run around Pigeon Forge. It's a good idea, but in my opinion, there's not enough draw to make it worth it.

The locals that would, work at the park mostly lol. Most mountain coasters are open year-round just with adjusted hours during the off season.