Lightning Rod ® at Dollywood. Right now the queue is 20 minutes.
Busiest around 1pm (about 17 min) and quietest around 10am (about 5 min).
Of the days recorded so far, Saturday averages the longest queue, at about 19 minutes.
Closed during 3% of the readings taken while the park was fully open. The feed does not say why, so that covers refurbishment and weather as well as breakdowns.
The longest queue we have recorded is 75 minutes on 2026-10-09, the shortest 0 minutes on 2026-08-12.
| 10am | 5 min | 23 readings | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11am | 9 min | 27 readings | |
| 12pm | 12 min | 27 readings | |
| 1pm | 17 min | 28 readings | |
| 2pm | 13 min | 42 readings | |
| 3pm | 13 min | 40 readings | |
| 4pm | 10 min | 44 readings | |
| 5pm | 10 min | 41 readings | |
| 6pm | 8 min | 41 readings | |
| 7pm | 6 min | 38 readings | |
| 8pm | 7 min | 16 readings |
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