Kids Fest Goes Wild at Silver Dollar City

Wild adventures take center stage at Silver Dollar City’s Kids’ Fest, with new stage shows featuring live exotic animals like tigers and panthers, native animals from bears to alligators, performing parrots and dock-diving dogs. Along with showcasing its greatest expansion ever for kids, The Grand Exposition with 10 new family rides, the Branson, Missouri theme park ramps up the excitement during America’s largest kids’ festival, June 9 through August 20.

The new stage show, Jim Fowler’s Wonders of the Wild LIVE! features dozens of live native and exotic animals such as a grizzly bear, arctic wolves, Siberian tigers, black leopards, crocodiles and Burmese pythons in an astounding presentation from four-time Emmy winner and wildlife expert Jim Fowler. A professional zoologist and host of the television show Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom, Fowler has created and developed this show specifically for Silver Dollar City, presenting some of the world’s most impressive wildlife, live on stage in a continually changing parade of exotics!

Dogs rule when the popular Purina Dog Team Challenge returns, with a new feature event – dock diving! World champion dock-diving dogs soar over 30 feet in the air before splashing into the dive pool, demonstrating the topflight focus of true water-loving, long-jumping dogs. Champion Frisbee-catching dogs perform unbelievable high-leaping stunts and canine teams race through a canine challenge course, part of the high-energy performances of these stunt-loving dogs.

Brilliant birds show off in the new Extreme Parrots show, with colorful and clever parrots, macaws and cockatoos that sing, talk, fly and free-fall in an entertaining show about the amazing abilities of exotic birds.

Kid-focused entertainment and activities include champion kid cloggers from around the country, the interactive musical show Just Kiddin’ Around, and an all-American show from American Kids.

Showcased during Kids’ Fest is the all-new Grand Exposition with 10 new family rides in an expanded, two-acre area of the theme park, the largest addition of rides added at one time in the park’s history. The $8 million Grand Exposition brings the total number of rides to 21 and increases ride capacity at the park to nearly 13,000 per hour – up 5,000 riders per hour. From the five-story Magnificent Wave Carousel to the twirling tea cups of the Royal Tea Party, the Grand Exposition rides join the park’s popular rides and attractions, including last year’s explosive launch roller coaster PowderKeg, named the Best Family Thrill Coaster on the Planet by Thrillride.com; and the multi-looping, multiple inversion roller coaster WildFire.

Silver Dollar City, located near Branson, Missouri, is open daily during The

National Kids’ Fest, June 9 – August 20. Hours are 9:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. For tickets and information, call 1-800-831-4FUN, or visit the web site, www.silverdollarcity.com.