Branson, Missouri’s Silver Dollar City has announced that the former Lost River ride will become a new river raft ride, complete with a 4.5-story waterfall drop.

The Mystic River Falls ride will be the main attraction to the new Rivertown area of the park. The ride, along with a new BBQ restaurant called Rivertown Smokehouse, will be a $27 million expansion.

Silver Dollar City President Brad Thomas says “Mystic River Falls will be an adventurous river raft ride that, then, takes riders up an eight-story lift, then down a 45-foot tall waterfall. It’s the tallest drop of any water ride in the Western Hemisphere.”

Silver Dollar City will celebrate its 60th Anniversary with the Diamond Jubilee that will begin in March of 2020, along with the park opening.

An anniversary celebration will launch the weekend of May 1, 2020, followed by Mystic River Falls opening during the summer season.      MORE