Defunctland: The Abandoning of Celebration City

In this episode, Kevin explores the curious case of Celebration City, an abandoned 20th-century themed amusement park in Branson, Missouri that was once part of an ambitious multi-park themed experience. To support this kind of content and get access to exclusive content (that is much more casual than our documentary-style content), consider joining us on Patreon.   / defunctland   Resources and Archival Footage: David Ellis, ‪@davidjellis‬ Joel Rogers, https://CoasterGallery.com Exploring With Josh, ‪@ExploringWithJosh‬ Eric Sakowski, https://www.highestbridges.com/ https://CoasterImage.com TheGadgetGuy1, ‪@TheGadgetGuy1‬ Coaster Cale, ‪@coaster_cale‬ RnK All Day, ‪@RnKAllDay‬ Free4All, ‪@Free4All‬ Abandoned Wonders, ‪@abandonedwonders7880‬ K-Brew, ‪@K-Brew‬ Expedition Novak, ‪@expeditionnovak‬ Sean Flaharty, ‪@SeanFlaharty‬ https://www.sdcfans.com/ 0:00 Welcome to Branson USA 11:44 The Development of Celebration City 21:22 The Opening of Celebration City 34:40 The Abandoning of Celebration City 41:49 The Future of Celebration City Buy Defunctland Merch: https://defunctland.com/store Defunctland Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/defunctland.... Defunctland Twitter:   / defunctland   Defunctland Subreddit:   / defunctland   Facebook Group:   / defunctland-1142494142561537   Kevin's Twitter:   / kevinperjurer   For more content, visit defunctland.com