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Comments:	Experience eight unique attractions including Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Odditorium, our 85,000 sq ft Aquarium of the Smokies, a 5D Moving Theater, our bone-chilling Haunted Adventure, the mind-bending Marvelous Mirror Maze, ALL NEW! Guinness World Records Adventure, and our two fully themed mini-golf courses! <p> Hours of operation: Sunday through Thursday 9:00 am to 9:00 pm, Friday and Saturday 9:00 am to 11:00 pm. <br> Paid parking lots nearby and in many other spots around Gatlinburg. <p> Admission: You must pay admission to access the penny machine #4 and token machine inside the attraction. Machine #3 is free to access in the exit stairway. Adult (12+) $29.99, Child (6-11) $16.99, Child (2-5) $4.99. <p> <b>Machine 3:</b> is up the exit stairs and you can't see it from the arcade area. Cost to press: 51¢ each design. Designs all have 'Gatlinburg' on them: <br> 1. (V) A two headed calf with 'Ripley's, TN'. <br> 2. (V) A jackalope with 'Jackalope Great Smoky Mountains Ripley's, TN'. <br> 3. (V) Lincoln head penny with 'This Was My Penny Ripley's Believe it or Not Tennessee'. <br> 4. (V) Bear wearing antlers holding a sign with 'I Am Not a Bear Do Not Feed the Bears Great Smoky Mountains Ripley's, TN <p> <b>Machine 4</b> is on the second floor. It is $1 per penny on pre-loaded Zinc pennies. Designs all have 'Ripley's Believe It or Not! Gatlinburg' on them <br> 1. (H) Ripley's logo with 'Odditorium'. <br> 2. (V) A man with his lip over his nose. <br> 3. (V) A shrunken head. <br> 4. (V) A two headed calf. <p> <b>Token Machine 1:</b> (2019) is on the second floor. 4 tokens $3.00 each or 2 for $5.00. Designs are: <br> 1) 'Two Headed Calf', <br> 2) 'Proudly Freaking out Families for Over 90 Years', shrunken head, <br> 3) 'Proudly Freaking out Families for Over 90 Years', fancy skull <br> 4) 'Human Unicorn, Freaky but True', man's head with horn on top. <br> All have Ripley's Logo on the back <p> <b>Retired Machines/ Designs.</b> <p> Retried 1: 1) 'Ripley's Believe it or Not, Gatlinburg, Tennessee', <br> Retired 2: 1) Ripley's Believe it or Not', 2) Ripley's Amazing Mirror Maze', 3) Smoky Mountains, Gatlinburg, TN', <p> G.P.S. coordinates: Latitude: 35°42'41" N Longitude: 83°31'7" W <br> Google Maps coordinates: PF6J+GJ Gatlinburg, Tennessee <p> 3/17/2025 - Machine 3 is still rolling very short. <br> Machine 4 had dirty pre-loaded zincs (you can see them in a container on the upper left, inside the machine). TEC # 5439 PM <p>
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Ripley's Believe It or Not!

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800 Parkway
Gatlinburg, TN , 37738-3247

Phone: (865) 436-5096

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Experience eight unique attractions including Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Odditorium, our 85,000 sq ft Aquarium of the Smokies, a 5D Moving Theater, our bone-chilling Haunted Adventure, the mind-bending Marvelous Mirror Maze, ALL NEW! Guinness World Records Adventure, and our two fully themed mini-golf courses!

Hours of operation: Sunday through Thursday 9:00 am to 9:00 pm, Friday and Saturday 9:00 am to 11:00 pm.
Paid parking lots nearby and in many other spots around Gatlinburg.

Admission: You must pay admission to access the penny machine #4 and token machine inside the attraction. Machine #3 is free to access in the exit stairway. Adult (12+) $29.99, Child (6-11) $16.99, Child (2-5) $4.99.

Machine 3: is up the exit stairs and you can't see it from the arcade area. Cost to press: 51¢ each design. Designs all have 'Gatlinburg' on them:
1. (V) A two headed calf with 'Ripley's, TN'.
2. (V) A jackalope with 'Jackalope Great Smoky Mountains Ripley's, TN'.
3. (V) Lincoln head penny with 'This Was My Penny Ripley's Believe it or Not Tennessee'.
4. (V) Bear wearing antlers holding a sign with 'I Am Not a Bear Do Not Feed the Bears Great Smoky Mountains Ripley's, TN

Machine 4 is on the second floor. It is $1 per penny on pre-loaded Zinc pennies. Designs all have 'Ripley's Believe It or Not! Gatlinburg' on them
1. (H) Ripley's logo with 'Odditorium'.
2. (V) A man with his lip over his nose.
3. (V) A shrunken head.
4. (V) A two headed calf.

Token Machine 1: (2019) is on the second floor. 4 tokens $3.00 each or 2 for $5.00. Designs are:
1) 'Two Headed Calf',
2) 'Proudly Freaking out Families for Over 90 Years', shrunken head,
3) 'Proudly Freaking out Families for Over 90 Years', fancy skull
4) 'Human Unicorn, Freaky but True', man's head with horn on top.
All have Ripley's Logo on the back

Retired Machines/ Designs.

Retried 1: 1) 'Ripley's Believe it or Not, Gatlinburg, Tennessee',
Retired 2: 1) Ripley's Believe it or Not', 2) Ripley's Amazing Mirror Maze', 3) Smoky Mountains, Gatlinburg, TN',

G.P.S. coordinates: Latitude: 35°42'41" N Longitude: 83°31'7" W
Google Maps coordinates: PF6J+GJ Gatlinburg, Tennessee

3/17/2025 - Machine 3 is still rolling very short.
Machine 4 had dirty pre-loaded zincs (you can see them in a container on the upper left, inside the machine). TEC # 5439 PM

Machine 3 - Downstairs in exit stairwell

Machine 4 - Inside attraction on second floor

Token Machine 1 - Inside attraction on second floor

Retired 1

Retired 2