Busy Bees wait times
Busy Bees at Dollywood averages 8 minutes. It is shortest at 7pm and worst at 5pm. It has run 99% of the park's opening hours recently.
Busy Bees queue times, day by day
Busy Bees over recent weeks
Typical waits from this ride's own recorded readings
Busy Bees has averaged about 8 minutes of queue across its recorded readings, peaking around 9 minutes, with the longest queues near 5pm, and the shortest near 7pm. Pick a date below to see that day minute by minute.
Busy Bees queue times by hour
Average wait by hour
Across the last 28 days · minutes
Busy Bees peaks at 2pm with 10 minutes, and is at its shortest at 9am with 0. Riding it at the right hour saves 10 minutes on a single ride.
Best time to ride Busy Bees
Best time to ride
Busy Bees averages 0 minutes at 9am against 10 at the 2pm peak - 10 minutes for turning up at the right hour. The longest queue it has ever held is 15 minutes.
Busy Bees by day of the week
Average wait by day
14 days with a recorded queue
- Mon11m
- Tue5m
- Wed3m
- Thu3m
- Fri3m
- Sat0m
- Sun0m
Saturday is the quietest day for Busy Bees, at 0 minutes against 11 on Monday.
Does Busy Bees break down?
Uptime and closures
99% of opening hours · 14 days recorded
↑ improvingRunning 99% of the minutes Dollywood was open, across the last 14 recorded days.
Last 14 days uptime
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Busy Bees ran 99% of Dollywood's opening hours across 14 recorded days, and is improving. It ran without a recorded stop on Saturday 10 Oct.
Longest Busy Bees queues on record
Peaks in the last 14 days
Every one a real date · tap through to that day
- 1Monday 5 Oct15m
- 2Monday 28 Sept10m
- 3Tuesday 6 Oct10m
- 4Wednesday 30 Sept5m
- 5Thursday 8 Oct5m
- 6Friday 9 Oct5m
The worst queue recorded for Busy Bees was 15 minutes on Monday 5 Oct.
Busy Bees through the year
All-time average by month
From this ride's own recorded readings · minutes
Queue times are the figures Dollywood publishes for this ride, recorded every few minutes through the park's own opening hours. The hourly pattern is this ride's own last 28 days; the day-by-day rail is its last 14 days. Uptime is the share of the park's operating minutes the ride was running.
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About Busy Bees
Busy Bees is one of 32 rides tracked at Dollywood, 29th longest of 32 by usual wait. It queues about 8 minutes on a typical day, shorter than the 17-minute park average.
Busy Bees has averaged about 8 minutes of wait over recent weeks, and is typically busiest around 5pm and quietest around 7pm. Over the last two weeks it has been open around 99% of the park's operating hours. It's typically quietest on Fridays and busiest on Mondays.
Frequently asked
What's the current wait time for Busy Bees?
The live wait time for Busy Bees at Dollywood is shown at the top of this page and refreshed directly from the park's own ride system. Check live Busy Bees wait times.
Is Busy Bees open right now?
The live status badge at the top of this page shows whether Busy Bees is open or closed right now - it updates automatically from Dollywood's own ride system. Over the last couple of weeks, Busy Bees has been open around 99% of Dollywood's operating hours. You can also see the live status of every ride at Dollywood.
What's the best time of day to ride Busy Bees?
Based on historical wait time data, Busy Bees is typically quietest around 7pm. For most rides the queue is shortest in the first hour after the park opens and the last hour before it closes, with midday through mid-afternoon the busiest window.
What is the best day to ride Busy Bees?
Busy Bees is usually quietest on Fridays, and busiest on Mondays based on recent weeks - visit on a Friday for shorter waits.
How long is the line for Busy Bees usually?
Over recent weeks, Busy Bees has averaged about 8 minutes, with lines usually longest around 5pm. Wait times usually build through the morning, peak from midday to mid-afternoon, then ease off before close. Weekends and school holidays run noticeably longer than quiet weekdays. This page shows today's live wait time, the day's average, hourly breakdowns and the full history of peak lines for Busy Bees at Dollywood.
Is Busy Bees often closed or broken down?
Over the last two weeks, Busy Bees has been running about 99% of the time. We track Busy Bees's uptime and downtime automatically - see the "Reliability" and "Downtime History" panels on this page for its full record over the last 30 days, including any current closures and how long they've lasted.
Where can I find Busy Bees at Dollywood?
Busy Bees is at Dollywood - see the park map and full ride list for its exact location. The Dollywood page also shows which rides nearby have the shortest lines right now.
Can I get wait time alerts for Busy Bees?
Yes - create a free alert and we'll notify you when Busy Bees's wait time drops below your chosen threshold (for example, "tell me when Busy Bees is under 20 minutes"). Great for timing your sprint from across the park.