Fun-Lover's Guide Blog

While you’re at our Web site, www.funloversguide.com, be sure to click on the Bonus Dollywood Info tab. That’s where you’ll find additional tips, strategies and Dollywood information that you won’t find in our printed guide. This content changes every couple of weeks, so be sure to bookmark that page and check back regularly to learn even more useful ideas for planning your Dollywood vacation.

For example, one of our first posts on this page gets down to the basics with information about how to drive to Dollywood by car, motorcycle or RV. We provide easy-to-read directions and landmarks for approaching the entrance to both Dollywood and Dollywood’s Splash Country, whether you’re driving in from Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge or Sevierville. In future posts on that page, look for ride, show and attraction descriptions that are more in-depth that what we have space to cover in the print guide as well as more helpful strategies (Tour Tips) and Dollywood trivia (Fun-Facts).

While The Fun-Lover’s Guide to Dollywood is packed with useful tips, strategies and information designed to help you get the most out of your visit to Dollywood and Dollywood’s Splash Country, the guide does much more than that. In it, you will also find advertisements and coupons that will help you save money at other area vacation destinations, including music theaters, Smoky Mountain attractions, restaurants and shops.

When you’re ready to start making plans for your Dollywood vacation, start at www.funloversguide.com. You’ll find all our great advertisers represented on the site (including some cool video promos), so all you have to do is click on a banner ad and go directly to that business’s Web site to arrange for tickets, scheduling information or just see what’s located where. On the Coupons page, you can download and print individual coupons before you travel to the Smokies, and we even having lodging advertisers on our Web site, so you can make reservations for hotels, motels or cabins in the Smokies by starting at The Fun-Lover’s Guide Web site.

And if you bookmark this Web site, www.funloversguide.com, you can check back throughout the year as we add even more advertisers and more options for you when it comes to planning your Dollywood vacation in the Smokies!

One thing I’ve noticed as I’ve talked to more and more folks about the concept behind The Fun-Lover’s Guide to Dollywood is that people are not always clear about what the purpose of this Dollywood guide is. So I thought I’d share a quick overview of all the Dollywood information our first edition will include when it rolls out in less than two weeks:

• Quick overview of what to expect at Dollywood in the spring, including tips on the weather, what to wear, spring events and the best day to visit.

• Information on what’s going on during Festival of Nations at Dollywood this year.

• A section-by-section tour of the park, featuring recommendations about must-do activities, highlights and Tour Tips that will give visitors the advantage when it comes to saving time and money at Dollywood.

• A preview/introduction to Dollywood’s Splash Country, which will just be opening as we wrap up circulation of our spring issue.

• A two-page Tour Plan—a suggested itinerary that will help guests pack the most fun into one day at Dollywood.

• Fun-Facts—little nuggets of interesting Dollywood-related trivia.

• Tour Tips—hints, tips and strategies for managing your day at Dollywood and Dollywood’s Splash Country.

• Advertisements and moneysaving coupons for Dollywood and other area music theaters, attractions, shops and restaurants. Participants include Titanic Pigeon Forge, WonderWorks, Country Tonite Theatre, Stages West, River Romp tubing, Bent Creek Golf Course and many others.

With tons of useful Dollywood information and coupons for all kinds of area activities, The Fun-Lover’s Guide to Dollywood is the ultimate planning tool for those taking a Dollywood vacation in 2010. See you soon!