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We had a great visit on Friday, the 12th.  Arrived at the parking lot a little after noon, and had plenty of time to kill before park opening at 1:00.  The kids are huge Wildfire fans, so we went straight there and they got in several rides with no wait in line at all.  Headed over to Outlaw Run next and it was still a walk-on.  No line at all, cars running half empty.  Walked on to the Giant Swing next.  After that, we slowly made our way over to Thunderation, hitting shops, eating cinnamon bread, walking through Grandfather's Mansion.  Thunderation was also a walk-on.  Made our way over to the Opera House and enjoyed the 3:45 Christmas Carol show next.  We arrived about 30 minutes early and that was plenty of time to get great seats.  Excellent production!  Once that was over, we made our way over to the train.  Grandpa's telling of the Christmas story was great, the guy playing the role did a fantastic job.  We found it a little less magical now that screams and grating metal noises are so prominent from Outlaw Run, but still worth doing.  We strolled around afterward, enjoying the lights of the park.  Loaded up on peanut brittle and headed out about the time the parade was starting.  All in all, a very nice day in the City!  Our favorite time of year there!

Thank you all for the advice!  Friday was perfect at the park, and we didn't need the show lover's pass.  We arrived in line about 30 minutes early (give or take) for the 3:45 Christmas Carol show and were in plenty of time for great seats.  Thanks again!

Thanks for replies regarding Friday.  We decided to forego the show lovers pass.  We can buy a lot of pulled pork down Dockside for that!   

We're coming in for a very quick visit this Friday, the 12th.  I've considered getting the show lover's pass just for the Christmas Carol show.  There will be 4 of us.  Mainly because we are going to be there for just the day and want to get in as many coaster runs as possible as well.  We've never seen it before and are interested in it, but if we're standing in an hour long line it will be for a coaster instead, so thinking about the pass.

I'm guessing Friday should be a very high attendance day?  Or would you anticipate it being quite a bit lower than the weekend on Friday?  If it's a lot lower on Fridays, I'd just opt for the line.

Given that every ticket is scanned by a bar code reader upon admission, surely those readers are networked into a mainframe somewhere and the information is automatically being gathered and compiled electronically.  It would surprise me if managers in the business office weren't seeing that data in real time.  I think the only question is who they are sharing it with.  Makes sense that supervisors and parking lot transport would be hearing updates throughout the morning.

Hello, sorry to revive an old thread with my first post, but we are looking at a Branson trip this summer and I came across this thread while trying to find out what happened to the Shepherd of the Hills play.

It looked like the last posts in this thread suggested the play could possibly be revived and I wondered if anyone had heard any new information on that.

I guess I have an odd family.  I have two teenagers, a girl and a boy, and they both love the play.  In fact, aside from SDC, it's the highlight of a Branson vacation for them.  There's something wonderful about spending a beautiful Ozark summer evening out under the stars at the Shepherd amphitheater.