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Do you remember Opryland in Nashville? (see inside)

Asked by john65pennington (29268points) January 31st, 2012

Opryland was closed several years ago.

But, here is the good news…...a new theme park is going to be built near Opryland by 2014. Dolly Parton is the driving force behind our new theme park. I do not know its name, yet, but I am sure it will be named after Dolly Parton in some form.

Needless to say, we are excited at this news and the thought of having many new visitors to Nashville and the theme park.

Question: after the new theme park is up and running, will you and your family make plans to vacation here, because of the new theme park? Again, we are excited to know there is a new replacement for Opryland in Nashville.

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TexasDude's avatar

I think I may have gone once when I was younger, but I don’t remember very well.

A new theme park won’t attract me to Nashville, though. I like Nashville anyway and have a bunch of friends out there.

john65pennington's avatar

Fiddle, that’s great. You also have one other friend in Nashville…....me.

jca's avatar

Someone told me a long time ago that Nashville is beautiful and it’s got a lot of fun things to do. I have never been there. I’m not into country music. One day, I guess I’ll head down. There are other amusement parks that are closer, like Busch Gardens.

john65pennington's avatar

Ica, it’s the people that make Nashville a fun place to visit/live.

jca's avatar

JCA buddy, JCA! Not ICA! :)

jazmina88's avatar

I remember the Opryland, right by the Christmas Festival.
I remember the Grand Ole Opry as well.

But I dont travel much anymore. If naming after Dolly, wont they have a coaster named the Twin Peaks?

Do they still have the steamboat that runs down there?

linguaphile's avatar

I went to the Grand Ole Opry when I was about 6 or 7 years old with my grandpa, who lived just outside of Nashville. I remember it vividly. I also drove past Dollywood quite often, but never went.

If the Grand Ole Opry was back up and running and I was back in the South, yes, I’d take my kids.

MollyMcGuire's avatar

Yes, I took my kids to Opryland once. My strongest memory is a roller coaster than I felt didn’t have enough harness to keep my younger safe. I help my arm across her during the entire ride.

Buttonstc's avatar

Do you know why it was closed?

I thought it was a pretty successful place with the that grand hotel and all and there were several different TV programs broadcast from there. (I thought they still were :)

Did Branson, Missouri steal some of their thunder with the vast variety of entertainers opening theatres down there?

I would love to get down there one day. And Dollywood has consistently had a really good reputation as a fun place.

Dolly is a really smart businesswoman (she only plays at being a ditzy blonde. Don’t believe it for a minute. She is one smart cookie as well as a genuinely warm person)

If she’s in charge, I can well imagine it being a huge success. She really knows what will entertain people. Her wigs and makeup are the only fake things about her. Underneath she’s a genuine caring and endearing person. Very very real and sincere.

A great representative of the best of the South.

TexasDude's avatar

@john65pennington you were certainly included in that :-)

JLeslie's avatar

I went to Opryland many years ago, and was shocked to find out it was demolished and turned into a mall when I first moved to Memphis. I will definitely go to the theme park when it opens if I am still living in TN.

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