Silver Dollar City: an 1880s Ozark-themed amusement park boasting thrilling coasters, artisan crafts, live shows, a cave tour, and festive seasonal events.
"An amusement park in Branson, Missouri, themed around the 1880s Ozark culture, featuring rides, crafts, and live entertainment." - Carly Caramanna Carly Caramanna Carly Caramanna is a theme park and travel journalist who has spent her professional career in New York City, Nashville, and Los Angeles. Her work has appeared in Travel + Leisure, Yaho
"Silver Dollar City, located in Branson, Missouri, is an award-winning theme park modeled after an 1880s-style Ozark Mountains village. It is applauded for its award-winning roller coasters, standout dining, seasonal festivals, and live entertainment. The park uniquely features over 100 demonstrating artisans, such as glass blowers and bakers, celebrating the region’s rich culture. It has recently opened 'Fire In The Hole,' the largest indoor family coaster in the region, and is known for its renowned annual holiday celebration, An Old Time Christmas. It boasts an array of roller coasters, including 'Time Traveler,' the tallest, fastest, and steepest spinning coaster in the world. The park is owned by Herschend Enterprises." - Carly Caramanna Carly Caramanna Carly Caramanna is a theme park and travel journalist who has spent her professional career in New York City, Nashville, and Los Angeles. Her work has appeared in Travel + Leisure, Yaho
"Marvel Cave remains an attraction, along with thrill rides and shows and old-timey demonstrations of glass blowing and candy-making, as does the frontier-themed Silver Dollar City, which opened in Branson in 1960." - Amy McCarthy
"features a buffet — the ultimate signal of abundance, another national value — of “Miss Molly’s famous fried chicken” and sides." - Amy McCarthy
"Opened in 1960, Silver Dollar City mimics an 1880 mining town, complete with themed rides and employees who dress the part. Visitors to the kitschy theme park will find more than 40 rides—the Time Traveler is the fastest, tallest, steepest spinning roller coaster in the world, but also make time for the family-friendly Fire-in-the Hole indoor coaster. After the rides, be sure to indulge in the surprisingly delicious food on offer, including tater twists, funnel cakes, and cast-iron skillets of succotash. Also be sure to swing by one of the many craftsmen shops, where you can catch woodworkers, glassblowers, and candy makers in action, and don’t leave without walking through Marvel Cave (this is Missouri after all) and posing for a tintype photo (props provided)."
