Why You Don't Want to Miss Harvest Festival at Dollywood
We attended the Harvest Festival at Dollywood last year and fell absolutely in love with it. Dollywood is absolutely amazing. And the natural wonderment of the amusement park flows perfectly with all things fall, y’all. I mean, their world famous cinnamon bread. What other time is better to enjoy a loaf than autumn? I mean, hello? Perfection!
If you’ve never been to Dollywood and would like to read our full review, I invite you to check out our article about it here.
Harvest Festival by Day
Walking deeper into Dollywood I started to notice that not only did they have adorable displays but they also had cute pumpkin vignettes. A pumpkin carved as momma duck followed by pumpkins carved with her sweet little baby ducks? So sweet!
Everywhere we turned they had these fun pumpkins. Everywhere pumpkins randomly placed by themselves with fun carvings abounded.
It was so much fun to simply walk through and see what you noticed.
When we entered the Craftsman’s Valley we saw a pumpkin artist carving these pumpkins in his workshop. Which was seriously impressive. After seeing all of these amazing displays, seeing an artist actively making them was incredible. It made the art work more impressive knowing that they weren’t just ordered from somewhere far off or saved from the year before. Also, the pumpkins were so intricately carved. This is what makes Harvest Festival at Dollywood so truly magical.
Not only are there cute small pumpkins around but these massive pumpkin works of art. You guys, it was incredible! And if you are reading this thinking, oh yeah, pumpkins, I get it. That was kind of my thought before we went and I was researching this event. All of the photos had pumpkins but I didn’t feel overly impressed. But one you see them in person you get it. So if you are on the fence about going then you should definitely go so you can see all of this amazingness in real life.
Harvest Festival by Night
As amazing as everything was in the day time, we became even more enchanted with the park after the sun set and we entered the Great Pumpkin LumiNights event…now everything is lit up and what was cute became eerily enchanting. So whether you go to the Harvest Festival at Dollywood during the day or evening it is awe-inspiring it their own unique way. That fact alone is incredible!
As a mom of two scardey-cat kids I would like to preface that I was a bit nervous about what all of this would entail before we went. But after researching it and knowing the heart behind Dolly and her Dollywood, I knew we would have nothing to fear. And we didn’t. So if you are looking for blood stained scary people to jump out at your or zombies to chase you around…this is NOT the place to find those things.
What you will find are spectacular light displays, perfect photo ops for your family, fun rides, spooky lights, and just a lot of good old fashioned fun. And like I said in my Dollywood post, there is nothing to worry about. Everything has been taken care of.
Everyone Should Go to Harvest Festival at Dollywood!
I am so excited to share all of this with you because you now have the opportunity to visit this year. They have even more fun effects and a bigger area to decorate with their new Wildwood Grove open! You can read all about it and purchase tickets here.
Let me know if y’all are planning on going or if you have any questions that I may be able to help you with! I’m always happy to help as you know and hope this helps you to plan your trip with your family!
