Attractions

Mermaids are back and swimming every day at Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies. Guests can experience the underwater world of Mermaids as they swim with tropical fish in Coral Reef at the Aquarium. “We are so excited about having the Mermaids back at the Aquarium. They are such a great addition to our Aquarium for everyone to enjoy of all ...

Sevier County Days at Dollywood and Dollywood’s Splash Country are being held this month, in which people who live or work in Sevier County may visit the theme parks for only a $5 donation to help local families in need of food assistance. Everyone who lives or works in Sevier County is invited to visit Dollywood’s Splash Country waterpark June ...

For a small donation, locals can experience Ober Gatlinburg’s mountaintop amusement park and free Aerial Tramway rides from downtown and back during County Days. Ober Gatlinburg will offer Sevier, Cocke and Jefferson County Days from Monday, June 5 through Sunday, June 11, 2017. Once up at the amusement park, a $3 donation (per person) can be exchanged for a Premium ...

Dolly Parton was in Pigeon Forge on Friday to celebrate the grand opening of her new Smoky Mountain Adventures Dinner & Show. Fans lined up outside the theater, which formerly housed the Lumberjack Adventure Dinner Show, to catch a glimpse of Dolly getting off her tour bus and entering the new home of her Smoky Mountain Adventures Dinner & Show ...

Anakeesta is partnering with locally-based CLIMB Works to build the Dueling Ziplines and Tree Top Walk as well as assist with overall operations and management of the new attraction, and has hired Beanstalk Builders from Morgantown, N.C. to create a whimsical treehouse-themed children’s playground. Anakeesta owners, Bob and Karen Bentz, traveled to several countries researching different mountain attractions they wanted ...

The Pigeon Forge attraction Alcatraz East will host a new temporary exhibit focused on illegal wildlife trafficking. When a Minnesota-based dentist paid $54,000 to trophy hunt in Zimbabwe in 2015 with a professional guide, he unknowingly was about to kill the beloved and iconic lion – Cecil. The images from that hunt went viral and although the dentist’s actions were ...

Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies is celebrating the birth of its 3rd and 4th African Black-Footed Baby Penguin on World Penguin Day, Tuesday, April 25, 2017. “The new baby brother penguins are Benny Hill born on February 17 weighing in at 52 grams and Falkor born on February 21 weighing in at 62 grams. The proud parents are Maggie and ...

The Smoky Mountain Opry Theater in Pigeon Forge donated $100,000 raised during its Christmas Candle Program to East Tennessee Children’s Hospital. “Our own little employee family has been greatly helped by the amazing medical care they have received from East Tennessee Children’s Hospital and thousands and thousands of children have been helped by the services of this hospital as well,” ...

Local county days are a perfect time to experience new exhibits and adventures at Ripley’s Attractions in Sevier County. Eight local Ripley’s Tennessee Attractions are offering Anderson, Blount, Cocke, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox & Sevier County Days discount admission Friday, April 28 through May 4, 2017. Residents and those who work in a listed county may visit any of the attractions ...

A new dinner theater show that tells the story of Dolly Parton’s family will open this spring in the former Lumberjack Adventure theatre on the Parkway in Pigeon Forge. The musical theater production with its high–flying acrobats and lumberjack competitions at Lumberjack Adventure will not be returning for the 2017 season as show owners announced today that the theater will ...