Fun-Lover's Guide Blog

Our very first edition will be going to press in a little over a week, and we’ll start distribution around the second week of March. That’s a couple of weeks before Dollywood kicks off its 25th season, but we wanted to allow plenty of time to make sure we’re in enough locations throughout the Smokies so that we’ll be easy to find. First, you’ll find us in approximately 100 high-traffic brochure racks in Sevierville, Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg and beyond. And we’ll start off in at least 50 of our own Fun-Lover’s Guide racks in similar high-traffic locations. You’ll also find the guide at the Pigeon Forge Department of Tourism welcome center on the Parkway in Pigeon Forge as well as the Dollywood information center on the Parkway and at some 30 local hotels, motels and Smoky Mountain overnight rental companies that sell Dollywood tickets as a service to their guests. Check back regularly on the Web site and look under the Get A Guide tab in the main navigation bar to get the latest PDF download of all our Smoky Mountain-area distribution locations. Of course, you can always download a free PDF version of The Fun-Lover’s Guide to Dollywood from our Web site, www.funloversguide.com, or you can request that we send a free copy by mail by filling out our online request form. And remember that however you get it, The Fun-Lover’s Guide to Dollywood is the area’s only guide devoted to providing user-friendly Dollywood information to Smoky Mountain visitors.

Good question. First of all, it’s the only visitors’ guide in the Great Smoky Mountains area devoted exclusively to providing useful information specifically to Dollywood visitors. Considering that the theme park and Dollywood’s Splash Country combined get several million visitors each year, this guide is important because it’s the only source of such information for a substantially large market.

Second, this isn’t the type of Dollywood information you typically find in the brochure and tour guide racks. Whereas Dollywood’s brochures and other materials have more of a marketing focus designed to attract you to Dollywood (after all, it is an attraction), The Fun-Lover’s Guide to Dollywood already assumes you’re at least already interested in visiting the park, and it goes a step further by offering real-life user-friendly tips, hints and strategies for how to maximize your time and money. You’ll learn the best ways to avoid waiting in lines as well as recommendations on the rides and shows that are most worth your time, suggestions on the best order in which to do specific activities and even ways to save a little money along the way. There’s also lots of fun Dollywood trivia.

Of course, like any good Smoky Mountains-area tourism publication, The Fun-Lover’s Guide to Dollywood features advertisements by other attractions, music theaters, shops, restaurants and outdoor activities. The guide puts you in touch with these businesses, and it’s full of coupons with price discounts on admissions, food, merchandise, etc.. That makes The Fun-Lover’s Guide to Dollywood a one-stop resource for anyone planning a Dollywood vacation or a Smoky Mountain vacation.