Kicking off on Nov. 8, Dollywood's 19th annual Smoky Mountain Christmas Festival
will feature The Polar Express 4-D Experience, a theme-park attraction based on
the performance-capture movie from Warner Bros. and director/producer Robert
Zemeckis. The attraction will be open through Jan. 3, 2009, in the park's
Imagination Cinema.
The Polar Express is based on the Caldecott Medal-winning children's book by Chris Van Allsburg. The story revolves around a doubting young boy who takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole. As park attendees arrive at the North Pole, it begins to snow inside the 4-D Special FX Theater, and when the conductor sings "Hot Chocolate" and the dancing waiters begin to pour, the audience can smell the aroma of cocoa.
The Smoky Mountain Christmas festival includes a lineup of award-winning entertainment including the shows Dollywood's Babes in Toyland, Christmas in the Smokies, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, An Appalachian Christmas, Christmas with the Kingdom Heirs, The Victorian Melodies, O' Holy Night, Carol of the Trees and a nightly Lighted Christmas Parade.
The Polar Express is based on the Caldecott Medal-winning children's book by Chris Van Allsburg. The story revolves around a doubting young boy who takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole. As park attendees arrive at the North Pole, it begins to snow inside the 4-D Special FX Theater, and when the conductor sings "Hot Chocolate" and the dancing waiters begin to pour, the audience can smell the aroma of cocoa.
The Smoky Mountain Christmas festival includes a lineup of award-winning entertainment including the shows Dollywood's Babes in Toyland, Christmas in the Smokies, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, An Appalachian Christmas, Christmas with the Kingdom Heirs, The Victorian Melodies, O' Holy Night, Carol of the Trees and a nightly Lighted Christmas Parade.
