Our Trip To Dollywood: Part 2

Friday, September 30th, we slept a little later than usual. Once we were up,  DH went to MacDonald's (which was right down the road from the campground) to get us biscuits for breakfast. We then took our time getting ready for our day at Dollywood. We headed out about 9:30 am and made our way to Dollywood. 

After getting parked and catching a trolley to the park entrance, we turned in our letter to get our two free park tickets(which my MIL won at a silent auction) and purchased one more. We were in the park by 9:45 am and on our first ride shortly there after. 

The whole park was decked out in fall decorations and they had started putting up some Christmas decorations. Every nook, cranny, and corner was decorated with hay bales, corn stalks, pumpkins, gourds, leaves, sunflowers, and mums. They had several areas set up for the perfect picture taking opportunity. 

I am going to caption this picture like DH did on his FB page - "We don't know these people. The were just in the way."

Usually things like this creep me out, but I thought the pumpkin people were cute.

Christmas decorations going up.

We picked a good day to go. The weather was nice. A little cool in the morning, but just perfect by the afternoon. All the rides we rode, we walked right on or had to wait for one person to get on in front of us. 

This was our first time at Dollywood. We were impressed by the parks decor and theme. The fall decorations were beautiful. The rides we rode were a lot of fun. The train ride was a nice relaxing way to spend about 20 minutes. It was nice to get to see the house Dolly Parton grew up in. The schoolhouse was a nice peek into what school life looked like in East Tennessee in the 1890's. The chapel was absolutely gorgeous in its simplicity and I would love to attend a service there sometime. 

One of the negatives about Dollywood would be the amount of walking you have to do. It is A LOT of walking. So if you are planning a trip in the future keep that in mind. Another negative was the food choices. I wasn't that impressed. It was a lot of fast food and Southern type of food with a lot of fried things. I know fast food is easy for a busy pace and the other food it fits the theme of the park, but I wanted healthier options. We finally ended up getting a Steak-n-Cheese sandwich with peppers, onions, and mushrooms from "The Market". The sandwich came with homemade chips on the side. It was good and the healthiest choice we could find. 

We had a good time and a good day, but, boy, we were wore out when we got back to the camper. We were even too tried to out to eat at the steak house we wanted to try. DH just went out and got us some sandwiches from Chick Fil A. We all crashed shortly there after. 

Check back in tomorrow for more of our day at Dollywood and the rides we rode. 

Enjoy a simple trip as a family and loving every minute of it!