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New And Different Vacation And Getaway Ideas

Posted: 3/11/2011

Lumberjack athletes and a $5.5 million thrill ride are just two new reasons to visit Pigeon Forge and the Great Smoky Mountains.

(NAPSI) - One of America’s favorite vacation destinations, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, offers new and exciting attractions for vacationers and weekend visitors.

Great Smoky Mountains Lumberjack Feud

The $10 million attraction combines the traditions and history of Appalachian timbering with modern-day lumberjack athletic competition. The 1,000-seat Great Smoky Mountains Lumberjack Feud will feature a picnic meal, a story line about two families feuding over timber rights, tree-climbing clowns, log-pulling horses, log-rolling bears, chainsaw carving, fishing contests and genuine competition between professional timber athletes.

For more information, visit www.LumberjackFeud.com.

Hatfields and McCoys

The Hatfield & McCoy Dinner Feud and Stunt Show opens this spring in the building that has housed the popular Black Bear Jamboree dinner show since 2002. It is a new, original show loosely based on the true story of the famous Hatfield and McCoy feud. The audience will be divided into Hatfield and McCoy seating areas, and the audience participates in the good-natured rivalry.

Dollywood’s $5.5 Million Barnstormer Ride

Dollywood opens its 26th season with the Barnstormer ride, a $5.5 million family thrill ride in a barnyard-themed setting.

Taking its name from the daring aerialists and stunt pilots of the 1920s, the Barnstormer features two pendulum arms with seating for 32 riders. Seated back to back, riders travel progressively higher on each swing, reaching 45 miles per hour and 230 degrees of rotation. For more information, visit www.Dollywood.com.

By the Ropes at WonderWorks

WonderWorks, the upside-down “amusement park for the mind,” has added the Space Walk Challenge, one of the nation’s largest indoor ropes challenge courses. It’s a three-story, glow-in-the-dark course with 45 obstacles. Because it is indoors, it offers a weatherproof challenge for families all year long.

For more information, visit www.WonderWorksTN.com.

Memories Theatre Moves Along

Memories Theatre, a mainstay of Pigeon Forge’s entertainment scene, is relocating to a different Parkway building—and Elvis, Willie Nelson, Tom Jones, Patsy Cline and the rest of the cast will continue singing.

Information about all aspects of Pigeon Forge is available online at www.MyPigeonForge.com or by calling toll-free to (800) 251-9100.