Rays on the Road

09/29/2026

This one is still getting shared. 🎃

Dollywood’s $45 Harvest Tasting Pass.

We tried the festival foods so you don’t have to guess.

Worth it:
Chicken and sausage over grits.
Pretzel-bun sausage sandwich.
Cinnamon funnel cake with caramel apple sauce.

Skip it:
The bacon corn ribs. One of the worst things we’ve eaten at Dollywood.

Full ranking:
👉 https://youtu.be/q0LL8k2Oexk

Pass… or just buy two items?

Rolling with Rays on the Road.

09/29/2026

National Coffee Day. The good kind. ☕

A few deals worth actually using today:

Dunkin’ Rewards — free medium hot or iced coffee with any purchase in the app
Circle K — free medium hot or iced coffee in the app
7-Eleven / Speedway — $1.49 large coffee for rewards members
Krispy Kreme — free small or medium coffee with a purchase

Starbucks is not giving coffee away. They dropped a new drink called the Aerocano.

We already ranked the fall drinks so you don’t waste the money:
👉 https://youtu.be/hii_Q6kf6IE

Hot or iced?

Rolling with Rays on the Road.

09/28/2026

Is Dollywood’s $45 Harvest Tasting Pass worth it?

We tried the festival foods so you don’t have to guess.

Best:
Chicken and sausage over grits.
Pretzel-bun sausage sandwich.
That cinnamon funnel cake with caramel apple sauce.

Worst:
The bacon corn ribs.
One of the worst things we’ve eaten at Dollywood.

Full honest ranking is here:
👉 https://youtu.be/q0LL8k2Oexk

Would you buy the pass… or just pick two items a la carte?

Rolling with Rays on the Road.

09/28/2026

It’s National Ask a Stupid Question Day.

So ask it.

The travel question you’ve been scared is too obvious.

Do we tip on a cruise?
Is Dollywood worth it if you hate roller coasters?
Can you do Orlando in two days?
Is that hotel actually nice or just the pictures?

Drop it below.
We’ll answer honest.

Rolling with Rays on the Road.

09/28/2026

Happy National Family Day pecan pie energy, but make it a road trip.

Some of our best days aren’t the big attractions.
They’re the table after.

Pigeon Forge. Outback. The whole family. An 11/10 chicken and a lot of laughing.

Watch that dinner here:
👉 https://youtu.be/w-XyDk9tYtw

What’s the meal your family always stops for on a trip?

Rolling with Rays on the Road.

09/27/2026

New video is up 🍂

We took Dollywood’s Harvest Festival Tasting Pass ($44.99 / $41.99 for Gold & Diamond) and actually used it — Market Square, the tram, glowing pumpkins, and five festival bites.

Some of it was hot, fresh, and worth the money.
One item was a total miss.

If you’re heading to Dollywood between now and Oct. 31, watch this before you buy the pass.

👉 https://youtu.be/q0LL8k2Oexk

Question for you: if you could only pick ONE item first, what are you getting?

Matt & Staci
Rays on the Road

Is Dollywood’s Harvest Festival Tasting Pass actually worth $44.99 ...

09/27/2026

🏃🦋💗Butterfly Challenge completed! Way to go Samantha Horn and Jeff Horn! We are so proud of you! 23.4 miles in under 36 hours! INCREDIBLE! You earned this special RUN Dollywood Cinnamon Bread! That’s a 5k, 10k, 1 mile, and Half Marathon since Friday night. What a weekend! 🎉

09/26/2026

🏃‍♂️ BIG NEWS FROM THE FINISH LINE! 🚨
Live report from “The Horns on the Highway”!
At this morning’s 10K, Dollywood President Eugene Naughton dropped an exciting announcement: pending city approval, a full Marathon is coming to Dollywood during Smoky Mountain Christmas 2027!
Imagine running through the holiday lights and crisp mountain air, followed by all the magic Dollywood has to offer. 🌲✨
Stay tuned for official updates as approval details are finalized!

09/26/2026

🎉Join us in cheering on the Horns as they begin the first leg of The Butterfly Challenge! They’ll be running 23.4 miles this weekend at RUN Dollywood! We are so proud of them! 🎉🏃🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️🦋

09/25/2026

Matt & Staci here from Rays on the Road!

We just uploaded a new video: America’s LAST Kmart is still open in Miami… and we went inside.

It is NOTHING like you remember.

Hidden in Kendall Lakes Plaza behind an At Home store, the giant Kmart you grew up with has been reduced to a tiny two-room leftover — about the size of a neighborhood drugstore. Short aisles. Half-empty shelves. A handful of nostalgic shoppers. Blue Light signs still hanging like they’re waiting for a crowd that never comes.

This is what 2,000+ stores, Blue Light Specials, Martha Stewart, and Jaclyn Smith became.

In the video we walk the whole store, show you exactly what’s left, and talk about how we got from “Attention Kmart shoppers” to this quiet little corner of Miami.

If you ever shopped at Kmart, this one will hit you.

🔗 Watch it here: https://youtu.be/cRmWkJs3oh0

Drop your favorite Kmart memory in the comments — the cafeteria, the garden center, the toy you had to have, that Blue Light announcement over the PA. We want to hear them all.

Like this post and share it with someone who still remembers the red K.

Love you all,
Matt & Staci
Rays on the Road

I found America’s LAST remaining Kmart in the continental United St...