DOLLY PARTON'S DIXIE STAMPEDE

'Dixie Stampede' is a dinner theater with four locations in the Southern United States. Dixie Stampede is owned by Dolly Parton and The Dollywood Company, a branch of the Herschend Family Entertainment Corporation.

Contents
Locations
The show
Food
External links

Locations


The first location opened in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee in 1988, just outside the entrance to Parton's theme park, Dollywood. Today, it is a dinner and show with locations in four Southern cities: Pigeon Forge, Tennessee (1988); Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (1993); Branson, Missouri (1995); and Orlando, Florida (2003).

The show


One hour prior to the main dinner and show, guests are seated in a "Carriage Room" where there is an opening act. Each location has a different opening act; in TN there is a live band, Wild Oats playing bluegrass and country music, while in Orlando, a different act is displayed every two weeks.
At show time, all guests are escorted into the arena, where the Dixie Stampede dinner and show begins. Although the attraction bears her name, Parton doesn't appear in person.
The performance is essentially a modern-day Wild West revue, pitting sections of the audience against each other in a good-natured way as "the South" and "the North" battle to win various horse riding competitions.
Each location features a show with 32 horses, dozens of cast members, ostrich races, and in Orlando and Branson, live buffalo. Seating varies from location to location. In Orlando, the arena holds 1088 guests. There are Quarter Horses and Palomino breeds plus Appaloosa and Paint breeds.
After the show, everyone exits through a souvenir shop. Outside the complex is the Horse Walk, where visitors can also meet the animal stars of the show, as well as their keepers.

Food


The meal, which is made fresh daily and baked on property, consists of a powdered cream soup, a cheese and butter biscuit, a cornish game hen entree with a thin slice of pork, an half of a baked potato, a third of an ear of corn, and an apple turnover.
All of the meal is served without dining utensils, although these are available on request, with the exception of the Orlando location. In Orlando, a bowl of pasta and vegetables is the veggie meal, and is available upon request.

External links



Dixie Stampede (official site)

Dollywood

Herschend Family Entertainment

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