My family and I try and visit Branson at least once a year. And within those visits, it’s about a 99.9% chance a visit to Silver Dollar City is happening. Well this year our eight year old is able to ride more rides than last year. Though technically he was able to ride Thunderation last year, every day we visited it was closed for repairs. But this yes, it was up and running. Now my wife and I have both rode it in prior years with our now adult children. In theory, it’s a cool roller...

We went to Silverdollar city on a Tuesday. We flew into Branson from Naples, Florida Silverdollar city was so much fun. I took my 15, 13 and 10-year-old. It was the perfect ages to take all of the kids because they could ride everything at the park. Honestly, even if your kids aren’t tall enough to ride everything, the park has so many rides that are age friendly there is something for everyone to do, I believe that this is why the park is so highly rated. It is extremely family friendly....

Thunderation was my first “big” coaster when I was about four/five years old. Now, at 17, I’ve ridden this ride about every way possible and it never gets old. It’s a rollercoaster I’ll never get tired of, possibly for nostalgic reasons or just because it’s that good to me. The only con is how rough it can be. The best place to sit is the middle; the front lags and the back will just give you extreme whiplash. If you ride in a fairly empty train prepare to get thrown around a bit. Overall,...