Dollywood owner Herschend has signed an agreement to buy Palace Entertainment’s U.S. properties from to create what’s being billed as the world’s largest family-held themed attractions company.

Kennywood, Idlewild Park & SoakZone and Sandcastle Water Park are among six Pennsylvania theme parks and entertainment properties being sold to Herschend, a family-owned themed attractions company ...

Dollywood was crowned the favorite theme park in the county by the National Amusement Park Historical Association. Disneyland took the No. 2 spot. The theme park also recently collected several ...

The popular 47-year-old Blazing Fury roller coaster in Dollywood reopened just in time for the 4th of July weekend and Dollywood's 40th anniversary season. "Storytelling plays a vital part in the ...

Dollywood earned the title of “favorite theme park” in the country for the third straight year in 2024. That’s according to the National Amusement Park Historical Association’s (NAPHA ...

The sale also includes Idlewild and Sandcastle, both in western Pennsylvania, ... Dollywood, in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, which it purchased in 1976 and co-owns with singer Dolly Parton; ...

Kennywood, Idlewild and Sandcastle are being sold to a new company. ... the same company that owns award-winning destinations such as Dollywood, Silver Dollar City Parks and Resorts, ...

Of the around $5 million budgeted for Dollywood's pre-opening renovations, $2.3 million went to building the Smoky Mountain River Rampage, according to a May 1986 News Sentinel article.

Those rides are gone, but visitors can still embrace the nostalgia on a few that have lasted the decades. Take a look into the history of Blazing Fury, the Dollywood Express and the Smoky Mountain ...

The Dollywood Express is the oldest ride at Dollywood. It dates back to the first park on the property, Rebel Railroad, which opened in 1961. Ahead of its opening, several locomotives were ...