TDW 1770 - Dolly Parton Comes Home

0:02 this is the Parkway in Pigeon Forge a

0:02 road that leads directly to the Great

0:05 Smoky Mountains and I'm going to spend

0:07 most today on this section of street but

0:11 first coffee welcome everyone Adam the

0:15 woo here it's my second channel daily

0:17 Vlog channel it's wonderful out here the

0:20 weather is cool and crisp just the way I

0:23 like

0:33 it it's the daily woo Dixie Stampede is

0:33 one of the major tourist

0:35 attractions here in Pigeon Forge and

0:38 it's owned by the one and only Dolly

0:40 Parton as well as Dollywood which you

0:44 can see the billboard for right there

0:46 she was born just up the road in Seville

0:49 and she has a lot of passion for this

0:50 area she holds this place very close to

0:53 her heart and even though she's very

0:55 busy all the time and always traveling

0:58 she occasionally comes back to her

1:00 hometown to her stomping grounds and

1:02 does appearances and today is one of

1:05 those days oh yeah look who else is

1:08 joining the party Herby

1:12 Herby now that's cool this parking lot

1:15 will be filling up as the day progresses

1:17 so I went ahead and secured a spot I'm

1:19 judging by the clouds going to get some

1:22 rain so I'm bringing my trusty umbrella

1:25 with me this Ferris wheel they have here

1:27 at the island as Majestic as it is I

1:29 don't think it's a as tall or as large

1:31 as the Orlando Eye especially the pods

1:34 that you sit in these are considerably

1:36 smaller but nonetheless still impressive

1:39 most impressive and the dancing water is

1:42 always a wonderful

1:51 sight just outside the island is Smoky

1:51 Mountain Adventures yet another Roadside

1:53 Attraction that Dolly created originally

1:56 it was called Lumberjack Feud then she

1:58 took over and changed the name last year

2:00 to Lumberjack Adventure now they have

2:02 dropped the Lumberjacks and now it's

2:04 Smokey Mountain it's hard it's hard to

2:07 keep up with all these changes you can

2:08 see it's a full house it's packed and

2:11 the news media is here because today is

2:13 the official grand opening of the new

2:16 name and I think I might have chose

2:19 wisely cuz check this out there is a

2:21 tour bus and a few people

2:24 accumulating I think Dolly's going to

2:26 walk out of

2:28 here

2:31 the sun came out y'all yes

2:49 finally love you doly how you doing

2:49 Dolly

3:09 wonderful that was amazing I was going

3:10 to say something but I was stuck like a

3:12 deer in the headlights isn't that the

3:14 saying I couldn't I couldn't I couldn't

3:17 even fathom what to say it was like my

3:19 tongue was tied that was incredible that

3:23 Dolly Parton just walked in my close

3:26 proximity bucket list accomplish

3:38 heading into the Old Mill District

3:38 now caught a ride with my aunt and uncle

3:41 who also got to see Dolly we were

3:43 waiting there probably about an hour he

3:45 stablished in 1830 I've heard nothing

3:47 but good things about the food here it

3:51 looks very busy today it's probably a

3:53 bit of a wait for a table some old

3:55 calendars and photos on the wall of the

3:59 historic

4:00 Mill itself you can see the water wheel

4:03 there and the waterfall we got pretty

4:05 lucky we didn't have to wait to be

4:07 seated check out the tables check out

4:09 the

4:10 chairs with the

4:14 carvings this place is beautiful salt

4:17 and pepper shakers are they look like

4:19 little bears they're cute little bears

4:22 but don't get too close to this guy

4:23 he'll make he'll make you sneeze here's

4:24 a photo of the river completely frozen

4:27 over people are walking and ice skating

4:29 on it and looking at the menu I think

4:31 I'm going to get the chicken and

4:33 dumplings meal I haven't had chicken

4:35 dumplings in a long time and it also

4:36 comes with green beans mashed potatoes

4:39 what's in here biscuits got some

4:41 biscuits what' you get ham ham a little

4:43 ham there what'd you get Josh a fish

4:46 fried fish yeah fried fish and what is

4:48 this a hush puppy yeah hush puppy a

4:49 little SLO man this looks good of course

4:52 wash it down with a little sweet tea

4:54 that was awesome I wish I wouldn't have

4:57 waited this long to eat there because

4:59 highly recommend that place I was just

5:01 reading that back in 1861 before this

5:03 was a restaurant the second floor was

5:05 used as a garment Factory and the third

5:07 floor was a hospital here's a very

5:10 unique wind chime it's made out of

5:13 dinner wear silverware cups plates

5:17 saucer

5:23 tops never seen one like that before I

5:23 kind of like it there go my aunt and

5:24 uncle they are embarking on a over 1

5:28 month road trip this is their first spot

5:30 just coincidentally in the same town I'm

5:32 in so it was nice to hang out with them

5:33 the last couple

6:28 I've now got my tickets for the Giant

6:28 Wheel oh yes it's time relax and enjoy

6:33 your ride as you ascend nearly 200 ft

6:37 200

6:43 ft the recording just informed me I'm

6:43 going 200 ft in the air whatever you

6:48 do don't look

6:51 down and as I make my way downward

6:53 that's the backside of where dolly was

6:55 earlier her bus was right over there the

6:58 corner of that parking lot

7:00 not bad not bad at all just kick your

7:02 feet up and look out on that scenic

7:06 view this is cool there's just something

7:09 about this area that's very soothing

7:12 Feels Like Home even though this isn't

7:14 my home it just has that has that homik

7:18 feeling oh check it out way over there

7:22 barely see it right there kind of in the

7:26 middle of the screen Marge Marge

7:30 you can run but you can't hide I mean I

7:32 don't even know why I said that because

7:34 I'm the one that parked it there I think

7:36 it stopped all the way at the top

7:40 yes it is stopped all the way I'm not

7:44 moving completely

7:54 stopped at the very tippy top

7:54 Pinnacle of the

7:56 wheel oh man

8:08 how was your ride turn head thank you my

8:08 umbrella too yep got it right there for

8:10 you oh great thank you you're welcome

8:12 have a good day okay you say thanks the

8:15 storm it's getting chilly I got a coffee

8:19 got a hoodie went back to my

8:21 RV got the jacket approaching the

8:24 parkway now in this section of it these

8:28 three lanes have been completely closed

8:32 down because the annual homecoming

8:35 parade is going to be beginning very

8:38 shortly uhoh she's skipping across the

8:41 road even the Billboards even the

8:44 Billboards are

8:46 documenting this occasion you can see

8:49 the veritable sea of umbrellas mine

8:54 included I wonder if they're going to go

8:55 through with this I wonder if this is a

8:57 rain or shine type events I have an idea

9:02 this could

9:03 work I'm going to stand up here on this

9:05 hotel balcony and get a little bit of a

9:08 bird's eye view oh yeah this is going to

9:11 work out

9:12 nicely very nicely

9:16 indeed originally I had planned on

9:19 flying the Drone and getting some shots

9:21 that way but because of the weather the

9:22 inclement weather that's not going to

9:24 happen this is the next best thing looks

9:27 like it's officially begun and there

9:30 there are a lot there are a lot of

9:32 police officers out

9:43 here they're playing the song Rocky Top

9:46 that I mentioned yesterday I got to go

9:47 in the hotel room where that song was

9:49 actually written oh and there she is

9:53 again there's Dolly right

9:56 there in that little Classic Glass

10:02 enclosure the weather is really nasty so

10:04 I can't blame her for not wanting to sit

10:07 out in the

10:13 elements that's so cool though I got to

10:14 see Dolly Parton twice in one

10:18 day everyone's just following her float

10:21 she's not even the in float you know how

10:23 sometimes you see a parade at Christmas

10:25 time and Santa Claus is the last person

10:28 in the float she's like the third float

10:32 she's letting everyone else go behind

10:35 her she's not even being the Pinnacle of

10:37 the parade I think that's I think that's

10:39 pretty cool that's the float of the new

10:42 attraction Smoky Mountain Adventures and

10:45 directly behind it a huge horse head

10:48 just like in The Godfather I have not

10:50 however done the Hatfield and McCoy

10:53 Dinner Show I don't really know how it

10:55 works are you supposed to root for one I

10:57 don't I don't know which family side to

11:00 take whoa they are Marching a donkey

11:05 down the parkway look at that I wonder

11:08 if he ever takes that down any sweet

11:12 slides

11:15 maybe eh probably a bad idea no way I

11:19 knew it he's still alive he's he

11:24 lives there goes a smaller version of

11:27 where I ate lunch today the old Mill oh

11:30 yeah and I went here the other day I

11:32 remember that guy right there I remember

11:35 him oh no it's the Grinch it's the gr

11:38 get out of here Grinch we don't need

11:39 your kind around

11:58 right

12:00 this is the shopping cart that you would

12:02 use if you were the jolly green Giants

12:05 when one raft is not enough just stack

12:07 them on top of each other do not fall

12:10 into his trap this guy will try to fool

12:12 you plumber ma'am plumber man oh this

12:17 guy's this guy's driving a little bit

12:20 recklessly I don't know I don't know if

12:22 that's legal or not but and it's on a

12:24 tractor which makes it makes it double

12:27 doubly Oh No Hands too what the heck no

12:32 hands I wonder if he's ever taken that

12:34 down any sweet slides well that's it

12:38 we're reaching the tail end of the

12:40 parade and the tail end of the day I

12:43 have to I have to say that was probably

12:46 the best local non themed parade as far

12:50 as local businesses putting a parade

12:52 together that I've ever seen in my

12:55 entire life that was amazing and very

12:58 very

13:00 lengthy and now regular traffic is

13:04 resuming as

13:06 usual

13:08 Vlog over

TDW 1770 - Dolly Parton Comes Home

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