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But that whole weekend, as well as the week between Christmas and New Years are days to avoid if you can and try to go some other time.

Thanks for the advice.  We wouldn't try to go another time though since we live 10 hrs away and are just driving by it to visit nearby relatives over Thanksgiving.  So it's a decision whether to stop then or not at all.

sirwillow, when you say crowds can be "enormous" can you give me any idea how bad enormous is?  We once went to Disneyland the first week of January when schools were out and many of the lines were an hour (and it wasn't uncommon to get near the front of the line and they'd tell you the ride was down after wasting 45 minutes).  Like that sort of enormous?  The only time I've been to Silver Dollar City was a couple years ago in late August.  We went on a Saturday and crowds were what I'd call "moderate".  There were a lot of people there and we had to park quite far away in the lot, but line times were not prohibitive to ride anything.

We are not looking specifically to visit SDC so aren't looking for the very best time to visit or anything.  It's that we'll be passing by it on the road on the Wed before Thanksgiving and the Saturday after so are wondering if it's worth trying to stop to see the Christmas festival or if the crowds would be too miserable.

Can anyone comment on the days surrounding Thanksgiving?  We could potentially stop on our way between MN/AR to see relatives on either the Wednesday (day before) or Saturday of that weekend.  Saturday would work better with the drive/visit and has longer hours but I'm sure would be more crowded.  Perhaps the Wednesday is crowded too though if locals have school off that day like we do in MN.  Can anyone tell me from experience HOW crowded for those days?  Like Disney World levels would be around a holiday?  Or bearable?