I hated to see float trip, diving bell, and many of the shows like Rainmaker go, but progress is natural. I have come to the hard realization that unless the park grows and changes, it stagnates and dies. We carry with us memories of those rides and attractions we hold dear to our hearts because of countless personal memories. I remember the medicine show, Melvin the Chicken Thief Show, and many other things that are gone, gone, gone. Keep those scrapbooks and home movies of the old times, and share them with us here. The building that houses Aunt Polly's will soon be added to the list, and, apparently, the Tom Sawyer's Landing Tower. Look at it this way, that ole tower, built in 84, has been part of family vacations for decades of people, as the treehouse and Balloon Chase. Like an old friend they are gone but not forgotten.
Could you imagine what Branson would be like if Sammy Lane Cruise, Grandpa's Farm, Tanglewood, Wilderness Settlement, Mutton Hollow, and other old attractions like Jesse James Confusion Hill and the old wax museum were still with us, not gone to make way for what is on those sites today. No Branson Landing, Veteran's Museum, or even Celebration City. All of those, and many more, are now part of family vacations and memories of them being made today.
