Dolly Parton first shared her desire to build a theme park near the Great Smoky Mountains in a 1982 interview. Dollywood opened May 3, 1986. On May 2, 2025, Parton and other partners in the popular ...
Dolly Parton poses for a portrait with her guitar at Dollywood circa 1993 in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Not every celebrity has their own theme park — but Dolly Parton isn’t every celebrity. The iconic ...
The popular Pigeon Forge theme park Dollywood carries Dolly Parton’s name, but how much of it does she really own?