We arrived in Branson early in the season - before school got out for the summer - and had no problem finding a place to stay. We decided on the city park called Lakeside RV Park. It’s not expensive and has an outstanding location right on the river. You can walk to the mall. There is an IGA grocery store less than a mile away and the park office has discount tickets to a lot of the attractions. And, of course, you can catch some nice trout in the river. For us, it was an exceptional base camp for our visit. The internet link is listed below.
http://bransonlakesidervpark.com/index.php
This posting is really about the Branson Belle and how we ended up with VIP seating. Linda’s sister Barbara and her husband Tommy joined us for our stay in Branson. After a few days of being like tourists we took a day off from the attractions and went riding around the rural area. Crossing a bridge we saw the billboard advertisement for the Showboat, the Branson Belle. We decided to go over and check it out and have a late lunch. While walking around the shops and reading some menus we decided to go and see about making reservations for the Showboat dinner cruise. While talking to the ticket agent another employee working in a little shop close by recommended we check out the VIP availability. The upgrade was $6.00 per person and she said it was well worth it. Well, that triggered the ticket agent to inform us that the afternoon cruise only had four tickets remaining and they were VIP tickets. We still had not eaten lunch so decided to go ahead and take those remaining tickets. That was an outstanding recommendation and gave us a wonderful cruise experience. We had a personal four person booth on the front row of the balcony. We had a choice of meals, desert and drinks and our service was before the serving on the main floor started, so we had the entire outside railings to our self while they patrons on the main deck were being served. To top it off we had our own personal waiter and the captain visited all VIP patrons. All-in-all the entire experience, including the dinner show was outstanding and we talked about it for days. So, if you’re in Branson and schedule a dinner show on the Branson Belle we highly recommend upgrading your tickets to the VIP section.
http://www.showboatbransonbelle.com/
Here are just a few of the many pictures taken that day. Clicking on any one of them will start a slide show.
The FastEagles
Cal & Linda
