Dixie Stampede

Dixie Stampede is a dinner theater on the Parkway in Pigeon Forge, TN. Dixie Stampede is owned by Dolly Parton and the Herschend Family Entertainment Corporation.

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 sometimes live buffalo and Ostriches. The dinner-show seating is bench-sytle. There are Quarter Horses and Palomino breeds plus Appaloosa and Paint breeds along with a talented cast of singers, dancers and horse riders.

After the show, everyone exits through a souvenir shop to find the characters of the show on hand to have their picture taken with the guests. 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 delicious), is made fresh daily and baked on property. It consists of a creamy vegetable soup, a buttery buiscuit, a whole rotisserie chicken entree with a slice of hickory-smoked barbeque pork, an herb-basted potato, fresh buttery corn on the cob, and an apple turnover. Snacks such as popcorn, peanuts and non-alcoholic drinks are available before the performance.

All of the meal is served without dining utensils, although these are available on request. Vegetarian meals, which substitute the two meat items and the non-vegetarian vegetable soup, are steamed vegetable medley and a mixed fruit bowl, and are available upon request.

Source:Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede
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