| Dear Friends, We visited the Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park and took in the sights. After a gondola ride to the top, we confronted Defiance, the highest looping rollercoaster in the United States. We also rode the drop tower, Crystal Tower, which makes a surpising plummet into the mountain. The Giant Canyon Swing over the edge of the cliff is exhilarating, and the Glenwood Canyon Flyer provides a peaceful glide over the river, the railroad, and the highway hundreds of feet below. | |
| | Another coaster, the Cliffhanger, was a really rough one and looked familiar. In fact, it was in the now-closed Celebration City in Branson. Now, it is the highest-elevation full-sized rollercoaster in North America. |
The landscaping in this park exceeds expectations. For its location, in the mountainous desert, there is a surprising amount of great theming, plantings, and other things to see. I'm not going to report on it all here.
Glenwood Canyon Adventure Park takes advantage of the unique terrain. It began as a cave attraction many years ago, and there are two cave tours that visitors can take on the property (though don't expect the number of formations that we're used to in Missouri). I could just imagine one of the family members trying to talk the others into investing in their first high-thrill attraction at the top of the mountain: that was probably an interesting conversation.
