About two years ago there was alot of buzz about the cave opening up the Mammoth Room, and there were reports at that time that the cave was also working on a new excursion where guests could go on a "wild" cave tour that would start in the Mammoth Room and end behind the tower in the Cathedral Room. You would get to travel through the Bat Room and the Dungeons.
According to Old Guy back in 08'
"There has been talk of opening other parts of the cave for years, the problem being areas like the lakes passage can only be accessed by crawling through long passages, dropping down several drops, only to end at the grand cravas, two narrow walls you must chimney down. All that to get to the lake. One you are there its cool though. Mystic river is a mud crawl that just keeps getting smaller, and lost river passage behind the dam is structuraly unsound do to the flooding and pressure from the water."
Understandably this would have a possible negative effect on the state of the cave due to the numbers of people entering the cave via this "wild" route so this would likely need to be a very small group. I am aware that several caving/ spelunking groups from around Branson occasionally enter the cave and journey "off road". Caves like Mammoth Cave in KY offer this type of tour for$48 a person, and there are strict limitations on numbers of entrants, as well as height limitations, and clothing restrictions. I am pretty well versed in caving. spelunking around StL, and I would pay $50 to see a part of the cave not seen by a large part of the population.
How about you?