Top 10 Child-Friendly Rides in Branson

Many of Branson visitors come to this favorite vacation destination in the Midwest to enjoy world-class live entertainment shows, exciting attractions, great museums, and many exciting activities and thrilling adventures. Some of the visitors travelling with kids to Branson visit the place to enjoy fun activities on awesome rides. Listed below are the top 10 child-friendly rides in Branson which are sure to satisfy your kids’ desire of thrilling ride.

1. The Runaway Mountain Coaster at Branson Mountain Adventure Park offers a child-friendly ride that will surely be enjoyed by every rider as it travels to the innermost of the Ozark The first mountain adventure to open in Branson, The Runaway Mountain Coaster brings a unique ride experience like you’re riding in a stagecoach in the old west.  As the first mountain coaster in Branson, the coaster will race down the Ozark hillside and around trees with speed that will truly satisfy every rider.

2. Wild Woody at the Track Family Fun Park is a wooden roller coaster that offers child-friendly ride in Branson. At four stories high, Wild Woody has the characteristic of a go-kart racing that goes ups and downs, turns, and twists that gives every rider a great view of the beautiful natural scenery around the area. This wooden coaster features 1 full spiral, 2 mini spirals, and a bind peak. Wild Woody has a height requirement of 58” and up for a driver and 36” and under 58” for passengers.

3. The Lumberjack is another great way to enjoy a thrilling ride at the Track Family Fun Park. Also offers a child-friendly ride in Branson, the Lumberjack was converted from a mini golf course which was the original wooden high-rise go-kart track in Branson. At three stories high and with two huge spirals of fun, Lumberjack is still the favorite of many go-kart enthusiasts today. The wooden coaster features 2 full spirals, a blind peak, and a logging theme around the track. Height requirement of this coaster is similar to Wild Woody.

4. Wildfire at Silver Dollar City is a metal coaster that offers child-friendly ride in Branson. The coaster not only provides the most exciting and exhilarating coaster rides in the world, but also offers unparallel view of the surrounding Ozark mountains including, even if only for a brief exciting moment, a view of Table Rock Lake. This metal coaster has a speed of 66 mph and incorporates five inversions including high-speed spirals, a cobra roll, a full loop and a corkscrew after its initial vertical 15 story drop.

5. Time Traveller is a new ride attraction at Silver Dollar City which also offers a child-friendly ride in Branson. A Revolutionary Coaster Ahead of Our Time – Time Traveller will let you embark on the ride of a century on the World’s Fastest, Steepest & Tallest Spinning Coaster. This spinning coaster includes a 95-foot tall vertical loop – and two launches that send riders to unprecedented speeds. Each car of Time Traveler seats four passengers, with two facing forward and two facing backward.

6. Thunderation offers child-friendly ride at Silver Dollar City that your kids don’t want to miss during your vacation in Branson. Opened in 1993, this outdoor steel roller coaster is one of Arrow Dynamics’ largest and fastest mine train coasters, with a 3,000-foot-long course and a top speed of almost 50 miles per hour. This coaster makes excellent use of SDC’s sloping terrain. It is like a family coaster, but still manages to pack quite a thrill for those daring ride enthusiasts.

7. Fire-in-the-Hole at Silver Dollar City also offers child-friendly ride that will take you through the darkness of an Ozark night filled with mysterious sounds and mischievous deeds. As the mischievous Baldknobbers set the town ablaze, your only escape is the fiery bridge where danger awaits. This family favorite indoor roller coaster at Silver Dollar City offers high-speed and thrilling surprises around every corner.

8. Grand Exposition Coaster is another child-friendly ride in Branson that provides a thrilling ride experience to young and old alike. This electromechanical rail coaster dips, turns and flies 20 feet in the air along the 20-foot track at speeds up to 20mph. This steel roller coaster at Silver Dollar City is believed to be a replacement of Runaway Ore Cart. This is a good opportunity to introduce to children the rush of excitement that the first real coaster ride brings.

9. The Frisco Silver Dollar Line Steam Train at Silver Dollar City offers a fascinating ride in Branson that will let you experience a musical train ride along the Ozark’s countryside. A child-friendly attraction at Silver Dollar City, this 20-minute train excursion comes complete with a visit from Grandpa, and his story of the Christ Child’s birth. Midway through the train journey (while the train builds up steam for the last leg of the trip) train robbers would come up to interrupt your ride with some amusing antics.

10. The Magnificent Wave Carousel offers an enchanting and beautiful ride on giant swings that provide a bird’s-eye view of the Exposition Grounds. This child-friendly ride will send you and the whole family swinging up and out on a 40-foot flight above the treetops for one of the most breathtaking rides at Silver Dollar City where guests sit in seats suspended from chains. The ride rises up, and rotates whilst moving in an undulating motion, and the seats swing outwards.

When you want your kids to experience an exciting ride adventure in the Ozarks, check out these top 10 child-friendly rides in Branson as they are sure to complete your vacation in this popular vacation spot in the Midwest.