Screamscape has some more details on SkyZip:
"Dollywood has confirmed the details of SkyZip, the name of the new Zip Line attraction coming to the park. According to the press release, SkyZip is the first “multiple station zip-line experience to open in a U.S. theme park.” SkyZip is also said to be the first of a series of new premium experiences they are planning on adding to the park over the coming year.
When SkyZip opens in early Summer, the hour-long experience will include trips down five different zip-line treks ranging in length from 100 feet to 1000 feet, plus a 100 foot long swinging bridge over the trees. Fliers will launch from a perch above the park’s region called Wilderness Pass and soar to Dollywood’s famed triple spiral-looping rollercoaster, Tennessee Tornado, and beyond. One trail takes adventurers breathtakingly close to Eagle Mountain Sanctuary. After a brief hike, the adventurers will zip above Craftsman’s Valley, which houses Dollywood’s talented artisans, to the same point where their adventure began. As part of Dollywood’s celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the tour will also provide an environmental and historical tour of undeveloped and unspoiled property surrounding Dollywood hosted by specially trained adventure guides.
While they failed to mention anything about the exact price to experience SkyZip, Pete Owners did contact me to say that the park would be making an add-on SkyZip ERT session available during the Thrills in the Hills event along with a commemorative mug with special priced refills all year those who attend."
The key points I see are that it's an hour long and that it's the first of a series of new premium experiences they are adding this year. So I guess DW will be getting a lot of upcharge attractions this year. Could we be seeing several upcharge attractions being added to SDC in the next year or two? In this economy it wouldn't surprise me.
