Dolly Parton (Sevierville, Tennessee, 76 years old) does not like to fly, she prefers the road.
For this reason she needed the bus she spends most of her time on during her long tours of the United States to be a home away from home for her.
The country music star, who reinvigorated the genre with a female voice with anthemic songs like
Jolene
,
prefers to stay there than in hotels, because that way she has all her belongings, including a cute display case for her wigs, nearby: “I have houses all over United States, but my favorite place is the bus.
I am a soul free of heart”, has expressed the artist.
His bus is called
Suite 1986
and it measures around 14 meters.
Within it, Dolly Parton has traveled more than 500,000 kilometers and visited more than 60 cities in the United States.
Now it is available as one more attraction within one of the
resorts
belonging to the singer that are included under the commercial label of Dollywood, the universe created in the image, likeness and southern taste of the artist that also includes a theme park inspired by the Disney's Florida's Hollywood Studios, numerous resorts and spas, and a water park.
The bus is rented from $10,000 and the minimum stay is two nights.
Well, good morning from Dollywood!
It's a beautiful day to recharge in the Smoky Mountains!
I can't wait to see what my theme park has been up to this year.
Will I see any of you at the park today?
#DollyComesHome pic.twitter.com/xLBDgN8XgM
— Dollywood Parks & Resorts (@Dollywood) June 24, 2022
Suite 1986 is also a space of inspiration for Dolly Parton: on her wheels the artist finished her 2008 album
Backwoods Barbie
and also the musical
9 to 5,
but also books, TV shows or movies.
As for the aesthetics of the bus, she could only be defined as
dollynian
.
Fans of the singer willing to shell out the cost of two nights won't be disappointed: Add to the aforementioned wig case a large bed with pink velvet sheets or a Parisian-inspired dressing table, plus loom-heavy decor. with jewel tones, sparkly guitars, heels and hand-painted murals.
Quite apart from the eccentricities, the bus is packed with creature comforts: an XXL-sized fridge, a
lounge
to relax, a huge dressing room or a bathtub.
Let's tour Dolly's bus!!
@DollyParton @Dollywood #dollywood #dollyparton #tourbus #dollywoodinsiders #QuarantineLife pic.twitter.com/1ZnGq80kAq
– Between the Parks (@btweentheparks) March 26, 2020
“I decided to retire it because it wasn't touring as much anymore and it was just parked.
I thought I could put it to good use,” Parton recently told Knox News.
Part of the profits from the overnight stays will go to The Dollywood Foundation, the foundation that, since the 1990s, has been responsible for supplying books to more than a million low-income children in the United States.
This foundation is just one of the many philanthropic efforts carried out by the artist, baptized as the fairy godmother of the United States, who donated a million dollars during the pandemic to one of the ongoing investigations to find a vaccine.
Since the mid-1980s, Parton has participated in campaigns against HIV, for the construction of cancer hospitals, for the fight against forest fires or the preservation of an endangered species of eagle.
Dolly is a lot of Dolly.