Guntown Mountain — Attraction in Cave City

We took our 5 grandchildren here yesterday. To say it was an adventure was an understatement.

We had our 2 Grandsons and 3 Granddaughters. We went up so they could watch the gunfight. We knew the boys would love it. The girls, well one of them wanted to go to Unicorn World. No, there is no such thing, but she is 4.

While waiting for the show they had a nerd fight, road motorized animals, just hung out and enjoyed the time.

They announced the show would be starting in 10 minutes so we went and got a seat. The seats got filled so the kids sat on the edge of the sidewalk with us directly behind them. The show started and the the gunfire. Our oldest granddaughter (6 almost 7) turned around and was squalling she was terrified. Then the 4 year old turned around screaming: I want to go home. Within seconds the 5 year old was crying. I gathered them up and took them in the saloon.

Now their fathers and Grandfather all hunt and shoot guns. I don't know if they were just tired, but no amount of telling them it was fake was working. A nice gentleman that works there gave them each a ring pop.

My husband and the boys came in when it was over and the boys loved it. I got a play by play. They all got ice cream sat around a table and smiled and laughed.

My youngest grandson wanted his picture made with a cowboy so we went and found the particular one he liked. Myself, him, and the granddaughter that had the biggest come apart went to get the picture. The particular cowboy was gracious and went and got his hat and gun. Well when she saw the gun she fell apart again. My Grandson however loved that he got to hold it and get his picture made. He kept saying to her: It is fake.

We went back in the Saloon and the band started. They were wonderful. The kids eating ice cream dancing and then a man dressed in a bear costume came in. The kids thought that was great. He came to the table and danced with them. Then took the granddaughter that had been so upset up front to dance. Her face was still red from crying, but she started smiling and really enjoyed it. I told my husband the bear is the cowboy she was so frightened of and my Grandson said: Yes, it is he has the same bandana.

After the dance we went outside and the bear came out. He took his head off so she could see. I was so happy that he went to this length to show her that he just played parts. It is all just a show. That he is just a good man being an actor.

Everyone here was great. Yes, I could have fled with the girls, but they wouldn't have learned a thing and they were all very happy when we left.

My husband went here when he was a child and was glad he got to share it with his grandchildren. It was closed for many years and the new owners are trying to bring it back to glory. We will be back, I would like to see the gunfight. Lol The band was great, the singer really good. Nice place to sit and relax and listen to some good music on a hot day. The views are to die for also.

By the way there were several small children there that really enjoyed the show. I think my granddaughter was just overly tired and once she started the other 2 joined in. Any other day they would have been fine. Everyone that worked there did their absolute best to make them...

Honestly not great and not alot to do. VERY run down!! I run a buisness myself and already found 20 EASY fixes that could be done. The large building with the bounce house in it has SO many rooms NOT in use. 2 of the rooms would be used for storage instead of the bank (dark and stuff shoved behind the counters and the jailhouse (paint cans piled in the corners) then I would have some of the rooms filled with old carnival games like the duck shooting game, horse shoe toss, etc. Have a cast/worker watch them The concession stand could be better done. It's a OLD WESTERN TOWN! Take the coca cola board and paint it brown, add a couple horse shoes around it, hide the giant microwave, make it look western! Hide the speakers on stage, get old wooden barrels, drill some holes in them or place straw bales in front of them 3 horses out and about would alot And for a town hanging. That was a huge deal back in the day, have the "towns" people out around the hanging stage watching If the cast/workers are going to be walking around with there kids they need to dress them in western wear and put the stroller away. The girls need to wear boots (proper not camo), black flat ankle shoes like some of them wore, or black ballet flats shoes. Some of the doors where just covered with a piece of cloth. Alot of minor repairs could be done for cheap and I mean cheap. And they cast/workers shouldn't be sitting around drinking cans of soda. Again it's a western town simple changes could make this place. The Homer's home brew act though was...

It's been 11 years since we've been to Guntown Mountain. Glad to see it up and running again after the disaster that was Funtown Mountain. The new owners have done an excellent job getting it back up to its former glory. The lift still isn't working, but I understand that costs a lot of money to repair. My girlfriend was quite ok with that though, as she isn't too fond of heights. The Haunted Hotel was fun as well. I heard some out of town people complain about some of the attractions being cheesy, but they need to understand the huge amount of work they've put into bringing it back up to running order. Hopefully people will continue to support them. I imagine it will get better every year as they get more money to invest in the attractions. Also this year was the first year for Haunted Guntown Mountain, which was very fun! All in all we had a good time, and wish the owners, workers and actors...