Nightflight Expedition Coming To Dollywood

Get ready to take flight…Nightflight…Dollywood made a major announcement earlier today unveiling a new attraction for the park coming in 2026. Nightflight Expedition is being billed as the single most ambitious adventurous ever undertaken at Dollywood. At a cost of $50 million, Dollywood officials say Nightflight Expedition will take riders on an inside roller coaster like no other in the world. Riders will experience four major sections: souring over East Tennessee, plunging through white water rapids, climbing off cliffs and ledges. The ride will last five minutes and tells the story of the search by two young scientists and explorers who are looking for Secret Lake in the Great Smoky Mountains. A lake only accessible after dark. The ride is being created by the same company that built Wild Eagle, Lightning Rod and Big Bear Mountain. Nightflight Expedition will take up 44,000 square feet and is slated to open in the spring of 2026.