Dollywood's Splash Country

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**Dollywood's Splash Country**
Dollywood's Splash Country
Location	Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
Website	http://www.dollywoodssplashcountry.com/
Owner	Herschend Family Entertainment Corporation
Opened	2001
Operating season	May through September
Area	25 acres
Rides	12 total

Dollywood's Splash Country is a Smoky Mountain-themed water park located in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee adjacent to the Dollywood theme park.

Park Guide - 2006

Opened in 2001 as "Dolly's Splash Country", the name was slightly modified to Dollywood's Splash Country in 2004. New rides and attractions are added every year to keep the park fresh and fun, and the park currently boasts over 20 slides. Dollywood's Splash Country was named the "Best New Waterpark" by the World Waterpark Association during the park's inaugural season.

The park's operating season runs from mid-May through mid-September.

Both Dollywood and Dollywood's Splash Country are owned by country music superstar Dolly Parton and the Herschend Family Entertainment Corporation.

[edit] Dolly's Splash Country Timeline

2007: The Cascades, a new $2.75 million leisure pool. Offering a unique blend of adventure and tranquility, The Cascades expansion features a lagoon-style, 7,500-sq.-ft., beach-entry pool. Surrounded by the lush landscaping of trees and plants, the pool's centerpiece is a waterfall that spills from a giant rock grotto. In addition, guests will feel the refreshing effects of 20-foot water sprays from a geyser situated on the pool's edge. The Cascades' 25 interactive elements include four slides that weave throughout the grotto. Younger guests will discover a series of small coves around the pool's perimeter filled with slides, misters and bubblers. Plus, eight new Waterside Retreats will be available for rental, with such amenities as cable television and pool side food and beverage service

2006: Fire Tower Falls, the tallest and fastest slides in the park’s history, invite guests to enjoy a 280-foot journey through the treetops. The twin free-fall speed slides rise 70 feet high and promise major adventure. For the ultimate in relaxation, four new Riverside Retreats offered a respite from the summer sun. At the new Waterin’ Hole drink station, Coca-Cola soft drinks blended with tasty syrups to offer outrageous thirst quenchers.

2005: A four-alarm soaking awaits guests at the new Bear Mountain Fire Tower, a $2 million multi-level interactive water attraction featuring hand cannons, ladders, seven slides and a 1,000-gallon surprise soaking for everyone. The new addition expands Dollywood's Splash Country to 30 acres.

2004: Dolly's Splash Country guests took the plunge—the Big Bear Plunge, a 548-foot long white water rafting family adventure ride which anchors Big Bear Ridge, an area reminiscent of the Smoky Mountain's turn-of-the-century logging industry. Dolly's Splash Country's name is modified slightly to Dollywood's Splash Country.

2003: A $1.5 million, two-acre expansion called Raintree Hollow opened featuring Soaker Springs, a large interactive water attraction for children and Mountain Twist, a multi-slide complex.

2002: Dolly's Splash Country become one of first parks in the country to utilize state-of-the-art SafeTzone child locating technology.

2001: Dolly's Splash Country, a $20 million water adventure park, opened on May 19. Situated on 25 acres near Dollywood on Middle Creek Road in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, Dolly's Splash Country features a 25,000-square-foot wave pool, a family raft ride, a lazy river, an interactive children's area, multi-person tube rides, two “extreme” body slides, shaded lounge areas and a restaurant.