2009 Rides, Attractions & Shows!

State-of-the-Art Rides!

• The GIANT Swing - Launch through the barn doors at 45 mph and climb over 7 stories in the air and fly a full 230° from one side of the barn to the other. We dare you to keep your eyes open!
• Try "Wildfire" - a multi-looping cobra rollin' coaster that will make your stomach drop. It has FIVE inversions, a 15 story vertical drop, and travels at speeds up to 66 mph!
• The American Plunge - Climb more than five stories into the Ozark sky and splash down at speeds reaching 35 miles per hour. This traditional log flume ride offers a thrilling way to get a refreshing all-American soaking!
• Powder Keg - The $10 million roller coaster! Goes from 0 to 53 mph in just 2.8 seconds. Shocking speed,  spiraling turns, negative "G" forces, and "floater" hills at speeds up to 64 mph!
• Fire-In-The-Hole - A town set ablaze by the Baldknobbers, (will you escape?)
• Frisco Silver Dollar Line Steam Train - All aboard for a 20 minute scenic ride and a touch of the Ozarks, complete with train robbers!
• The Flooded Mine - The prisoners have taken control of the prison! A hair raisin' boat ride through the Flooded Mine complete with arcade-style shoot-out fun!
• Lost River of the Ozarks - The fastest whitewater in the Ozarks propels your raft down a mighty raging lost river with numerous turns, twists and drops. Prepare to get soaked!
• Thunderation - Rumble through the treetops on a runaway mine train! Thunderation is an 80-foot tall, high-speed, smooth-riding coaster with a scenic view of the Ozarks!
• Waterworks Waterboggan - Will you be able to keep your clothes dry?
• The Grand Exposition - 10 family rides!
Magnificent Wave Carousel, Mighty Galleon, Electro Spin, The Great Exposition Coaster, Racing Regatta, Royal Tea Party, Wings of Wonder, The Ladybugs, & Happy Frogs

Exciting Attractions!

• Geyser Gulch - Climb 3 stories into the world's largest tree house complete with swinging bridges, towers and erupting geysers.
• Grandfather's Mansion - a house full of weird tricks, zany antics and surprises.
• Marvel Cave - Explore a natural wonder and registered national landmark discovered in the 1550's. Guided walking tours depart frequently from the Hospitality House on a truly remarkable adventure underground.
• McHaffie's Homestead - A real, hewn-log cabin built in 1843 with a barnyard out back, an old steam tractor running a shingle saw, a mule-powered corn grinder, a log hewer, the one-room schoolhouse and entertainment 1880s-style.
• Splash Harbor - A 2-story ship and 3 level dockside tower. Test your sharp shooting and cool off with the water cannons, aqua exploders, water blasters and more.
• Wilderness Church - Hymn singing, vow renewal, Sunday morning service or quiet reflections in this authentic log cabin church.
• Oak Trail School - Where all classes are held in one room. Miss Bonnie Jean invites everyone to pick a desk, sit down and talk to her about school in the 1800s. Watch out for her tricky questions!

Theater Stage Shows!
All indoor theaters have access entrances for guests with disabilities and all outdoor theaters are disabled accessible as well. Over 40 live shows each day.

• The Magic of Peter Gossamer
  From the mystifying acts like Harry Houdini comes The Magic of Peter Gossamer.
• JEERK!
  All-NEW for KidsFest, the first U.S. performance of the Swedish super group JEERK!
• Cajun Connection -  Louisiana Music Hall of Fame member Cedric Benoit is joined on stage by the Cajun Connection band in a high energy salute to the rich musical traditions of Louisiana.
• Choctaw Charlie' Frontier Follies - Silver Dollar Saloon. Madcap comedy ensues when Bart and the girls hire a couple of big city directors to produce a new saloon show. You can always count on beautiful saloon gals and the rest of the gang to bring the house down with laughter during this rollicking Wild West comedy!
• GAC Nights - Echo Hollow® Amphitheatre. Echo Hollow® Amphitheater springs to life with Great American Country. This exciting show features a talented cast of singers and dancers who will keep you singing along to your favorite tunes, and comedy for the whole family to enjoy. Come see the stars on stage and in the night sky - each evening at park closing, weather permitting.
• McHaffie's Homestead - Step into life in an 1880's Ozark homestead at McHaffie's Homestead on the Silver Dollar City Square. Wander through this authentic "saddlebag" log cabin, visit the barnyard out back, take a seat in the one-room schoolhouse, and join the talented Homestead Pickers as they play and sing on the front porch.
• Pure Heart - Step onto Silver Dollar City's Main Street and be entertained by the rich melodies of Pure Heart. No one harmonizes like family or teases like a sister, and Pure Heart has been delighting visitors with beautiful vocals and family stories for years. Join these talented siblings for a little country flair!
• Sons of the Silver Dollar - Dubbed Silver Dollar City's resident "cowpokes," you'll be delighted by the trio's tight harmonies and incredible vocal talents.
• Street Troupe - Those hilarious Silver Dollar City characters are at it again, creating mischief, shenanigans and special memories with their unique brand of Ozark humor. The troupe is always on the lookout for willing volunteers from the audience to become part of the action. Main Street after World-Fest, 7 days a week.

Now that we have given you a taste of the flavor of Silver Dollar City - Come make some memories with friends and family, and a whole lot more! You will have the times and thrills of your life at Silver Dollar City!

There's a whole lot more so click on the link below and discover the rest of what Silver Dollar City has to offer!

Click Here for Silver Dollar City's 2009 Calendar

Contact "Branson's Best Reservations" for tickets to the "city," other show tickets and lodging at:
1-800-800-2019.

Silver Dollar City's 2009 Festival Schedule

April 4 - May 3, 2009: World-Fest - America's Largest International Festival!

Each spring the proud citizens of Silver Dollar City welcome international performers from around the world to share their stories and trade traditions with our guests visiting Ozark Mountain Country. It's a celebration of harmony and goodwill where smiles resonate across oceans, laughter resounds throughout cultures, dance links all people and music is the universal language!

2009 line-up includes:
NEW Zhejiang Chinese Acrobats
NEW Dzenbii percussion musicians from Ghana
NEW Jenny Blackadder - New Zealand's Banjo Queen
NEW Jallmay from Peru
Ireland's Feet of Fire - back by popular demand
Invaders steel drum band from Trinidad
Russian Academic Band
Australia's Wayne Horsburgh - 25th Anniversary Farewell Tour

Come hungry to the Frisco Barn for a taste of continental cuisine! Try international specialties including guest favorites as well as new taste-tempting dishes and desserts from around the world.

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May 13 - 31, 2009: Bluegrass and BBQ Festival

See electrifying performances by some of the very best names in Bluegrass music today, from award-winning favorites to red-hot rising stars! Plus, special events hosted during the festival include the Annual Single Mic Championship and KSMU Youth in Bluegrass Band Contest.

Try the nation’s most popular flavors from Memphis dry rubs and sweet and tangy Carolina vinegars to smoky Texas-style tastes and the Midwest’s own Kansas City-style. Come hungry and sink your teeth into this smokin’ all-American pastime.

Young and old alike enjoy this toe-tapping, hand-clapping, All-American festival!

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June 6 - August 9, 2009: National Kids Fest

Back by popular demand, Peter Gossamer returns to Silver Dollar City's National Kids Fest in 2009 with new illusions, even more dramatic than before! One of the world's greatest illusionists, Gossamer's Magic combines original concepts and a fresh approach to the art of illusion with comedic vignettes and a charismatic personality for a truly amazing performance.

VeggieTales® are back by popular demand and are proud to introduce its newest zany character, Pa Grape, as he tries to create the biggest and best Silly Song ever in his workshop. See VeggieTales® newest production as you share important life lessons, filled with timeless values, with your family. Plus, meet Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber after each show!
Kid Concoctions^TM Interactive Barn: Let your imagination run wild in this interactive barn with the award-winning brand Kid Concoctions. Learn the secret recipe for Gooey Gunk and watch our experts make volcanoes. You'll be amazed by what fun you can create with a little imagination and common household items!

All this, plus Championship Cloggers, banana split eating contests and over 30 other rides and attractions including barn-busting fun at The Giant Swing, the high-speed, multi-looping WildFire®, the corkscrew curves of Thunderation, the white river rapids of The Lost River of the Ozarks and PowderKeg® - launching from zero to breathless in 2.8 seconds!  Plus JEERK!
All-NEW for KidsFest, the first U.S. performance of the Swedish super group JEERK!

For the smaller kids, they can take a turn on the 10 family rides at The Grand Exposition and interactive adventure awaits at the World's Largest Treehouse at Geyser Gulch® and Splash Harbor.

August 27 - September 7, 2009: Southern Gospel Picnic

Southern gospel music has always resounded through these Ozark hills, from country churches and county fairs to porch-side pickin' sessions and Sunday services. Come hear that vibrant music again during America's Biggest Southern Gospel Picnic. See hundreds of performances from the top names in southern gospel music! The heavens will resound with the sweet sounds of your favorite southern gospel groups on stages throughout the park by day.

Then Echo Hollow® Amphitheatre will be serenaded with music from the famed Southern Gospel Nights concert series each evening. Savor southern cooking at its best with The House of Chicken & Fixin's and The Picnic Wagon on the City's square! Find your family's favorite styles of chicken, plus all the extras you love! Choose from our signature Slow Roasted Apple Glazed Chicken, delicious Smoked BBQ Chicken or our famous Southern Fried Chicken.

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September 12 - October 31, 2009: National Harvest Festival

The Home of American Craftsmanship, Silver Dollar City welcomes you to join the fun at the National Harvest Festival. Back by popular demand is their signature stage show Headin' West! This 45-minute live musical production, created especially for Silver Dollar City audiences, tells the timeless tale of American westward expansion during the 1860s. Complete with colorful characters, harrowing adventures, a lush musical score, surprising special effects, vivid scenery and talented performers - it's Silver Dollar City's biggest production show ever! Show is free with park admission.

This festival includes the new Salute to the Great American CowGIRL! See the world-famous Cowgirl Chicks precision horse team as well as other nationally renowned cowgirl entertainers, artists and more! Come back in October for the NEW Missouri's Best! Meet over 100 Missouri artisans as they fill the park with their very own salute to Missouri's fine craftsmanship. Witness Missouri's beautiful birds of prey as the World Bird Sanctuary presents Wings Over Missouri in Echo Hollow® Amphitheatre. All this plus a Famous Missourian's showcase and much more!

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November 7 - December 27, 2009: An Old Time Christmas

Experience the magic of Christmas like never before when you visit this holiday season! Through the festival, the entire park is transformed into a breathtaking holiday Wonderland with millions of lights and festive decorations! Silver Dollar City presents the Dickens Christmas Carol, complete with flying spirits, disappearing ghosts and singing statues surprises its audience with amazing special effects. You will be transported to Dickens' London where through humor an inspiration, this familiar story will warm your hearts in a brand new way.

That jolly, happy soul, Frosty The Snowman is coming to town! See him come to life in a show for the entire family. Take yourself to the little town of Bethlehem in The Living Nativity, where the real reason for this season is revealed in a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ.

Emblazoned in over 100,000 lights, the Gifts of Christmas Holiday Light Parade glides through the streets of the "City" twice each evening, weather permitting. You will see Santa's Sleigh with a reindeer in the lead and Santa at the reins as  Santa's gigantic toy sack spills the Gifts of Christmas out the back The popular parade of colorful floats glide through the streets of the City twice each evening.

The entire City is transformed into a holiday wonderland as each evening at 5:30 p.m. as guests join together on the Square for the lighting of the dazzling, 7-story Special Effects Christmas Tree. With over 450,000 lights adorning the surrounding buildings and trees and coordinated to blaze to the musical movements of Christmas songs, this unique Christmas Tree presents classics such as "Carol of the Bells" and Handel’s "Hallelujah Chorus" in a spectacular light and sound show.

Weather permitting, your family's favorite rides and attractions will be open during An Old Time Christmas! Enjoy Fire-In-The-Hole, Flooded Mine, Frisco Sing-Along Steam Train, Geyser Gulch, Grandfather's Mansion, Homestead Barnyard and Marvel Cave.

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