Silver Dollar City

The day after Thanksgiving we made a drive to nearby Branson to visit Silver Dollar City. It's a theme park where you step back in time to the 1800's. It's such a fun place to visit with a beautiful backdrop of the Ozark Mountains.

Since we are in the holiday season the park was decorated with over 4 million lights! We arrived after lunch and enjoyed taking this picture of Abby before we went into the park.

Abby at Silver Dollar City

Once we were in we saw the beautiful Christmas decorations all throughout the main entrance. The gorgeous 40 foot tree greeted us as we walked in and we just had to stop and have our picture taken.

The giant tree



Sleigh bells ring are you listening....

After taking pictures we made a bee-line to the Kiddie Park. That is Abby's favorite part of the park. They have a separate area just for toddlers and young children. They have three rides that are just for them...the Catepillar, the Lady Bugs, and the Jumpin' Frogs.

This time around Abby did not ride the Jumpin' Frogs. She remembered how much she disliked them and immediately said, "No ride the frogs!" So off we went to her favorite ride, the Catepillars. She rode with Daddy and just loves this ride. She rode this one a few times. I have a video of her on it too that I will post separately.

Abby & Daddy on the Catepillars!

Waving as she goes by!

The second ride she got on was the Lady Bugs. This was the first time she rode it and all by herself too! We weren't sure how she would do but she surprised us as usual. It is a slow ride and she absolutely loved it! I will post a video of it also in my next post. She rode this 3-4x's!!!

Abby on the Lady Bugs!



After her many rides on the Lady Bugs, we made our way to the bigger rides. Off we went to ride the Tea Cups! This was a very fun ride and I took the cutest video of her while we were on it. She had a blast and we rode it a few more times!

Riding the Tea Cups!

We also rode the Dumbo Ride (well, it was just like it but called something else) and had a blast. I didn't take a good picture of them since they were high in the sky the whole ride but I will post a video of them on it. You can barely see Abby's head poking out of the ride!

After we had our fun on rides, we made our way around the rest of the park. Walking along the "bouncy bridge" is one of our favorites. Abby walked along Daddy most of the way but then too many people were on it making it a bit difficult to keep your footing so he held her the rest of the way. But she did walk across two more times that evening!

Walking the bridge


As we walked over we made our way to the shops that are nestled in the heart of the park. Pictured near the center of the shops is this beautiful tree adorned with lovely clusters of grapes (or what looked like some type of berry).

The Berry Tree


One of the shops that is located near the Berry Tree is the Candle Shop.
This shop has always been a fun place to browse and of course, buy! We always dip candles when we come here and this was Abby's second time helping dip her candles. She had a fun time!

Studying Daddy's candle-dipping technique!

Showing off our acorn candle!


After our candle stop, we made our way to the train. During the holiday season they light up the entire train along with the cars. Throughout the train ride (about 20-25 minutes) you are greeted with wonderful light displays around the theme park. About halfway through the ride, we made a short stop to hear the beautiful story of Jesus. Abby was so in awe of all the lights, as were we! I have a few video shots that I will post later on. It was such a fun train ride through the park!

All Aboard!!

Some of the lighted buildings near the Train Depot

Abby and I waiting to get on the train!

On the train...as we turned the corner, you can see the lighted cars.

Riding through the park...beautiful lights all over!

After our fun train ride, we walked around the park to view all the lights. By this time it was dark so every single building, light post, tree, etc. was lit up. It was such a beautiful scene. We all loved it!

More lights...

The Christmas Village

Near the waterpark area...the REJOICE reflection off the water was beautiful!

Abby posing near the lights.

Since we were having a craving for kettle corn, we walked over to the waterpark/fun area and saw the beautiful lighted displays. Abby was saying how much she loved, "dollar city!"

Kiddie Fun Maze

We had such a wonderful visit to Silver Dollar City that we ended up buying Season Passes for next year! We are looking forward to spending more time here! What a great trip and thank you Grams and Daddy Bob for taking us along!