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[tiffanylynnt]

I'm not a big fan of shopping unless there is something I absolutely have to have, like summer clothes, or winter clothes. I hate clothes shopping just to shop. I do like shops with random things, like Earthbound Trading Company, Claire's, Disney store, etc. I also really like shoe stores. Its fun to try on shoes. I've always loved shoes. 

I really like Branson Landing. Not so much for the shopping though. I like the restaurants and I am always craving the chocolate covered cheesecake from Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory. I love in the summertime on the Boardwalk. I love the guy who plays the keyboard! He is there all the time!!!

[betamike]

I had a thread about Red Roof mall a while, how disappointed I was to see it so empty so this is no big surprise. Not sure how many stores are actually left there but I doubt it's more than a handful. Still I am saddened to see it go, I just loved the 70's feel to it and the open green spaces.

It seems we always do things to excess and then they all end up crashing. One mall is great, so 5 must be 5 times better right? One movie was a blockbuster so 5 more sequels must be even better. It's a pattern I see over and over seems some folks will never learn that there is too much of a good thing. Not saying this is the primary reason RR is closing, but how many malls does Branson really need? Time marches on I suppose...

Wonder if we should split this off into the WW projects for 2014 thread? 

Love what you said here about this.  So I'm going to make two statements:   One in complete agreement that Society is all about capitalizing on what is hot at the moment and then not really seeing what its long lasting effects are.   I grew up in the Branson boom and thought nothing of it when it was making the news and Malls were as ubiquitous as the shows that once made it famous.   Even now, when I tell people about Branson in Orlando they think Country Music shows and Outlet Malls.   HA!!!!  But with growth, and seeing how you can capitalize on it, developers also have to realize that Branson is a seasonal vacation destination, and that well...as we know now, we are not recession proof in this country.   Hindsight, right?   It began with Red top, then Tanger (or Blue Top), then when I worked there, they opened the Green Top mall that ABSOLUTELY NO ONE shopped at.  This all was at the peak of the colored route names.   We were blinded by color!   Unfortunately, we were blinded by short-sightedness.

The second statement is more about my memories of the Red top mall.   Oh, the ire I felt when my parents (who had saved up more $$$ than I appreciated) to spend an entire weekend in Branson, forced us to go to the Red Top Mall when White Water was JUST IN THE DISTANCE...with all the screams of joy and splashing, and whatnot.   My mom's undying obsession with Pfaltzcraft was a running joke if we were ever to get into a pickle where she felt overrun by our needy requests (go karts, coasters, mini golf), we could always promise her as much time at Pfaltzcraft and we would endure it.   I loved going into the random stores that probably had names, but escaped me.   The shop with all the kitchen knick-nacks, London Fog, Legg, etc.    I have to admit, it was kind of fun to get lost in the Red Top mall and eventually find each other again.  It was a Branson ritual.   

Funny how The Red Top Mall was more about tradition than it was about Consumerism for our family.   It was the first and last of its kind.   

[sanddunerider]

posted in the tri lakes news recently:

http://bransontrilakesnews.com/news_free/article_cba85e28-331c-11e1-b52b-001871e3ce6c.html

[saloongal]

We still go to this mall every visit. But usually only to the restaurant supply store.

I hope it gets a new home.