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Extreme
Wild Eagle
Steel · Opened 2012
210 fttall61 mphtop speed4xupside down
50 inches to ride
Seats on the sides of the track
Coaster page
Extreme
Lightning Rod
Opened 2016
164 fttall73 mphtop speedNeverupside down
48 inches to ride
Fastest here
Coaster page
Extreme
Tennessee Tornado
Steel · Opened 1999
163 fttall63 mphtop speed3xupside down
48 inches to ride
Coaster page
Thrill
Thunderhead
Wooden · Opened 2004
100 fttall54 mphtop speedNeverupside down
48 inches to ride
Coaster page
Thrill
Mystery Mine
Steel · Opened 2007
85 fttall44 mphtop speed2xupside down
48 inches to ride
Drops past vertical, 95°
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Family
Big Bear Mountain
Steel · Opened 2023
66 fttall48 mphtop speedNeverupside down
39 inches to ride
Launched
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Intensity is our own three-step scale from published figures: extreme is 150 feet or taller, 74 mph or faster or 6 or more inversions; thrill is 100 feet or taller, any inversion, or a height to ride over 42 inches; family is a height to ride of 42 inches or less. A coaster those figures do not place has no label. Height to ride is from the park or, where it publishes none, Wikipedia.
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FamilyThrillExtreme
No new coaster is listed as being built at Dollywood.
The 3 that used to run here, newest closure first.
| Coaster | Ran | What it was |
|---|---|---|
| Sideshow Spin2005 to 2016 | 2005 to 2016 | Steel |
| Thunder Express1989 to 1998 | 1989 to 1998 | Steel |
| Scamper1970 to 1972 | 1970 to 1972 | Wooden |
11 are operating. 3 more have closed for good.
Tallest: Wild Eagle, 210 feet. Fastest: Lightning Rod, 73 mph.
From 39 inches to 50 inches. At 48 inches a rider can ride 5 of the 6 with a published height. Only Wild Eagle needs 50 inches. Our sources give no height to ride for Whistle Punk Chaser, Dragonflier, NightFlight Expedition, Blazing Fury and FireChaser Express.
Under 42 inches or with an adult: Big Bear Mountain (39 inches).
3 of the 11: Wild Eagle (4 times), Tennessee Tornado (3 times) and Mystery Mine (2 times). The rest never turn you over.
Nothing announced. No new coaster is listed as being built at Dollywood.
Straight-line distance from Dollywood, among US parks with five or more coasters.
Which coasters are open and closed, plus type, year, height, speed, times upside down and intensity: the Airtime Fever coaster dataset (Dollywood, read Thu 10/1/2026). Our sources give no height to ride for Whistle Punk Chaser, Dragonflier, NightFlight Expedition, Blazing Fury and FireChaser Express. Figures are rounded to the nearest foot and mph.
Closest parks: straight-line distance between park locations from Wikidata (each park's coordinates, or the middle of its coasters' coordinates, read Fri 10/2/2026), rounded to 10 miles, among parks with five or more coasters.
Photographs via Wikimedia Commons: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0), Coasterman1234 at English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0), Freddo (CC BY-SA 4.0), Jared (CC BY 2.0), Jeremy Thompson (CC BY 2.0), Martin Lewison from Forest Hills, NY, U.S.A. (CC BY-SA 2.0). A ride with no usable photo of it shows its name instead.
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