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Awesome Affordable Summer Holidays

By Teresa Plowright, About.com

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Try the affordable : Branson, Missouri

Branson Missouri, in the Ozark Mountains, is a well-established tourist powerhouse that's nonetheless in a reasonable price range. Branson's attractions include:

  • theme parks such as Silver Dollar City
  • outdoor adventures such as Showboat Branson Belle, Ride the Ducks (amphibious military landing vehicles), and Branson Scenic Railway
  • indoor show attractions such as Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede Dinner and Show
  • Family Fun Centers.

Some sample attractions: Titanic Museum Attraction recreates first-class staterooms, third-class steerage, the Grand Staircase, and lots more.

Branson Landing is an lodging and entertainment district with boardwalk along the Taneycomo Lakefront. Silver Dollar City theme park is themed to 1880's America, with rides and attractions, seasonal celebrations, GIANT Swing sends passengers 75 feet into the air, at 45 mph.

And that's not all.. Read more about Branson entertainment.

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