Rollercoaster riding in the mountain at night with a bajillion Christmas lights around you?!! YES PLEASE! This is a favorite holiday must for me. It’s truly such a unique experience like no other. Sure you can drive around some town looking at lights, might even get a cocoa. Sure you can go to a zoo and walk around looking at Christmas decorated habitats, might even see a critter awake. Or you can be the wild Christmas animal you are, go to Silver Dollar City and run around like a kid just riding rides, eating holiday snacks, and watching shows and a parade that happens like every hour or two! It’s a blast and never a dull moment. If you get bored at silver dollar city at Christmas, you are doing it wrong! One of my favorite memories is when we were leaving we noticed a line of people in the corner of this gift shop that said something about a marvel cave. I figured it was another ride or something hokey but we got in line anyways. As we waited with the group we realized only so many people could enter at a time together and several folks had to be asked to leave before we started this cave adventure. OMG IT WAS UNREAL and so unexpected!!!!! This was an actual cave system lying underneath the theme park and it was HUGE! It took an hour to explore and tour the cave. There were waterfalls and streams, it was truly so beautiful. And no worries on getting out-we took a trolley to exit. Once the tour was over, the park was closed, it was a perfect random happenstance to end a perfect day at the park. I highly recommend speed passes over parking passes. Just park close to a covered area and the trolleys and buses come to transport you quickly. What’s not quick are the lines to the rides. Trust me, it’s worth the speed pass. Also, if they offer the Tasting Passport- GET IT! You get to pick five holiday themed foods that are scattered all over the park. We made ours last two days so it covered our lunch and dinner. The sausage potato skillet is where’s it at!! And the walking taco was really good too, nicely seasoned beef. If you are a sweet tooth, the cinnamon rolls are HUGE and delicious. As for the rides, WILDFIRE!!!!!!!! It’s the smoothest in the very back (trust me I’ve done it all) and omg I could stay on this ride all day if they’d let me! Another great and unique one is Time Traveler. It’s so fun but the place has like three stories dedicated to waiting in line so again GET THE SPEED PASS!!!! Make memories on rides, not in lines. It’s worth it and you will be so happy You did. Looking for a unique holiday experience with all your eating and shopping needs thrown in? This place is it and more 🩷