Pigeon Forge is the mountain-coaster capital of the Smokies — five coasters of its own, plus SkyLand Ranch's Wild Stallion in Sevierville — and this page is their league table. The anchor is Smokies Plus' ranking of every mountain coaster in the Smoky Mountains; around it, Adventure Is Out There's numbered series works the Pigeon Forge entries one by one, full POV and verdict each.

Watch: first looks

3 videos · summaries from the actual guides

Ranking Every Mountain Coaster in the Smoky Mountains

Smokies Plus

(existing catalog summary kept — row predates this wave)

Coaster #7 | Smoky Mountain Alpine Coaster in Pigeon Forge | Full POV & Review!

Adventure Is Out There

Adventure Is Out There's #7 in their best-coaster-in-the-Smokies series: a long, tree-shaded climb (the longest lift section they had ridden), a peaceful, nature-heavy descent, and their ranking verdict at the bottom.

Key takeaways
  • The lift section is long and heavily tree-shaded — the most 'nature ride' of the series
  • Riders control their own speed with hand brakes on the way down

Coaster #8 | Goats on The Roof in Pigeon Forge | Full POV & Review!

Adventure Is Out There

Adventure Is Out There's coaster #8: rock music on speakers along the track, a wooded climb where a bear sighting wouldn't surprise them, a strong tip to come back for the night ride under the course lights, and their series ranking.

Key takeaways
  • Speakers play rock music along the course
  • The wooded climb gives real Smokies scenery — and bear potential
  • The crew's tip: come back at night for the lit course

The field

Smoky Mountain Alpine (#7): the long tree-shaded lift, the most 'nature ride' of the set. Goats on the Roof (#8): rock music along the track, goats, and a rival crew's case that it beats its famous neighbor at $12 a ride. Lost Mine (#9): the bees-and-bears honey-mine story and a million dollars of lighting. Rocky Top (#10): farm theming, Halloween scare-actor tunnels, a nine-minute-plus ride.

The specialists

Rowdy Bear's Avalanche (#11) is a powered coaster with shooting-gallery targets; the Wild Stallion runs two lift hills at SkyLand Ranch, billed as East Tennessee's longest. Night rides change every one of these — the Goats crew's tip is to come back after dark.

Watch: more views

3 videos · summaries from the actual guides

Coaster #9 | Lost Mine Mountain Coaster in Pigeon Forge | Full POV & Review!

Adventure Is Out There

Coaster #9 in Adventure Is Out There's series: the ride tells the story of a mine overtaken by bees whose honey drew the bears down into it, with over a million dollars of lighting along the track (as filmed) — and the theming carries their ranking.

Key takeaways
  • The coaster's story: bees took over the mine, and their honey drew the bears in
  • Over a million dollars of lighting lines the track, as filmed

Coaster #10 | Rocky Top Mountain Coaster in Pigeon Forge | Full POV & Review!

Adventure Is Out There

Adventure Is Out There's coaster #10: a rustic farm-themed ride — barns, hay bales, farm equipment, clotheslines — with tunnels that the park's Halloween event stocks with scare actors, and their series ranking at the end.

Key takeaways
  • The ride is farm-themed: barns, hay, equipment and clotheslines along the track
  • The tunnels double as hiding spots for scare actors during the Halloween event

Coaster #11 | Avalanche Snow Coaster Rowdy Bear Funpark | Full POV & Review!

Adventure Is Out There

Adventure Is Out There ride the Avalanche Snow Coaster (coaster #11 in their series): a powered coaster where holding the throttle down keeps you moving, and holding the trigger down rapid-fires at snowflake targets for a score posted on the gun.

Key takeaways
  • The Avalanche Snow Coaster is powered: hold the throttle to keep moving
  • Riders shoot at snowflake targets; holding the trigger rapid-fires, and your score shows on the gun

How rankings differ

Speed, smoothness, views, theming, thrill: the series scores them all, and the all-coaster ranking settles the argument its way. Each coaster's own page in this directory carries its full film set.

Sources: the 9 videos on this page, filmed on the mountain coasters of Pigeon Forge and Sevierville.

Watch: the full set

3 videos · summaries from the actual guides

FULL RIDE ON THE GOAT COASTER AT GOATS ON THE ROOF IN PIGEON FORGE, TN | BEST ROAD SIDE STOP

K&E RV TV

K&E RV TV argue the Goat Coaster beats its famous neighbor half a mile up the road: cheaper ($12 as filmed), with rider-controlled speed you can genuinely open up — plus goats to pet and feed and a fudge-and-ice-cream gift shop.

Key takeaways
  • The reviewers rate it above the better-known alpine coaster half a mile away
  • Cheaper than its neighbor — $12 as filmed
  • Speed is rider-controlled and can genuinely be opened up

Rocky Top Mountain Coaster POV Pigeon Forge's Longest Alpine Coaster!

ThrillStop

ThrillStop's talk-through POV: a nine-minute-plus ride about a mile from Dollywood, general-store theming along the track, and climbs long enough to hunt for a glimpse of Wild Eagle's lift hill.

Key takeaways
  • The ride runs nine minutes and more — among the area's longest
  • The park sits about a mile from Dollywood

Coaster #12 | Wild Stallion Mountain Coaster | Full POV & Review!

Adventure Is Out There's full rider's-eye POV and review of the Wild Stallion Mountain Coaster at SkyLand Ranch in Sevierville. Watch content only.

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