🍽️Massive New Restaurant to Open at Dollywood in 2025 🦋


There's a new restaurant planned for wilderness pass at Dollywood for 2025, here’s what we know so far

Choosing from the many Dollywood dining options is one of the great joys of visiting the park. Do I want a sit-down meal from Aunt Granny’s? Or maybe some delicious mountain barbecue. On some trips, I’m craving ham and beans. But there isn’t a trip that goes by that I wouldn’t be satisfied with sausage or potatoes from the Market Square Big Skillet options. I could live on Big Skillet options. Throw in some cinnamon bread, a funnel cake or kettle corn for dessert and you’ve got a full day.

But Dolly does not have a reputation for resting on her laurels. There is also something new, something bigger or something better on the horizon. Welcome to Wilderness Pass Restaurant which will open in 2025, the 40th season of Dollywood.........

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