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. https://patreon.com/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.bsky.social Defunctland Twitter: https://twitter.com/defunctland Defunctland Subreddit: https://reddit.com/r/defunctland Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/Defunctland-1142494142561537/ Kevin's Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevinperjurer For more content, visit defunctland.com