7 Ways to Experience Smoky Mountain Winterfest and Gatlinburg’s Festival of Lights
Enjoy these 7 ways to experience Smoky Mountain Winterfest and Gatlinburg’s Festival of Lights during your stay at a Gatlinburg cabin at Heartland Rentals.
Smoky Mountain Winterfest brings cheer to all from far and near with the millions of dazzling LED lights that dazzle the Smoky Mountains. There used to ever only be one way to see the lights which were driving down the parkway. Now, there are over 7 ways to enjoy the dazzles of Smoky Mountain Winterfest and we are happy to share with you 7 ways to experience Smoky Mountain Winterfest and Gatlinburg’s Festival of Lights during your stay at a Gatlinburg cabin rental with Heartland Rentals!
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1. Dollywood’s Smoky Mountain Christmas – At Dollywood’s Smoky Mountain Christmas, guests can enjoy over 5 million lights scattered throughout the Dollywood theme park. Dollywood’s Smoky Mountain Christmas is an award-winning holiday event that tells a story, offers seasonal food and drinks, displays millions of lights and displays, offers Hallmark-worthy holiday shows, AND seasonal nightly fireworks!
2. See a Holiday Show – Each theater in Pigeon Forge goes all out for the holiday season by changing their seasonal show into a Christmas production filled with holiday cheer, holiday-inspired music, and comedy. Some holiday shows to consider are the Comedy Barn Christmas Show, Tis The Season at Grand Majestic, Christmas at Dolly Parton’s Stampede, Christmas Show at Country Tonite, Hatfield and McCoy Christmas Disaster Dinner Feud, and Christmas at Buttonwillow Civil War Theater.
3. Winterfest at The Island – The Island stands out as it has its own version of a Winterfest Celebration. They have larger-than-life Christmas trees and ornamental holiday decor spanning over 23-acres. There will be a nightly holiday-themed show with music and choreographed LED Christmas trees.
4. Driving Tour of Lights – If you want to keep it old-fashioned, you can do a self-guided auto-tour to see the lights in town. You can even start from Sevierville as they will have some holiday decor to enhance your drive into the Smokies- and make your way to the beginning of Pigeon Forge and drive along the Parkway to see the famous 12 Days Of Christmas that will be nostalgic to anyone who ever vacationed here in the winter years ago. Head to Gatlinburg to do the same and view the city holiday cheer for Gatlinburg’s Festival of Lights.
5. Lights Over Gatlinburg – Lights Over Gatlinburg at the SkyLift Park is one of the newest and rather popular sightseeing options in town. Ride the Chairlift to the top where you will see more than 40,000 lights and a 300-foot tunnel of lights on the SkyBridge. There is even a 30-foot Christmas tree that is animated with music. There will be cozy gathering points where guests can warm up with hot cocoa and spend quality time observing Gatlinburg’s Festival of Lights. The SkyBridge will be dressed to impress as well.
6. Scenic Helicopter Tours Pigeon Forge Night Flight – The Scenic Helicopter Tours’ Pigeon Forge Night Flight is a 30-mile long nighttime helicopter tour that is available any time of the year- But how special would it be to see all of the holiday glamour above Pigeon Forge! You’ll be able to see the most iconic places in Pigeon Forge such as the Smoky Mountain Wheel and Dollywood.
7. Anakeesta’s Enchanted Winter – Anakeesta’s Enchanted Winter is an immersive holiday experience where guests can shop, eat, play, and be dazzled by seasonal decor. The magical Arctic Alley of Lights is a pathway at the heart of the adventure park that is lit up with zillions of winter-themed twinkle lights. All of the usual experiences will be available such as dining, shopping, ice creams, and pie, as well as the fire pit where guests can warm up and socialize. There will be an additional exciting new feature this year in the Vista Gardens. This new immersive experience will simulate a winter storm paired with magical music and nature sounds! We’re sure you’ll see Santa around Anakeesta’s Firefly Village too.
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