With holidays like Memorial Day and Labor Day, Summertime is the time for exciting celebrations with family and friends. And Chateau on the Lake is the Branson hotel perfect for your holiday weekends!

In May (25th – 28th) bring your family out for a sneak preview of summer when you spend an exciting Memorial Day Weekend at our Branson hotel! Our fireworks displays are known for being exceptionally spectacular, and once again – after our outdoor BBQ event complete with live music – we will light up the evening sky to kick off the summer.

Labor Day Weekend is also packed with fun for the whole family here at our Branson hotel. Again, enjoy a remarkable fireworks display. As is customary during summer celebrations, we will have our Backyard BBQ Buffet with smoked brisket, pulled pork, chicken, hot dogs and lots more, plus live entertainment. The best way to wave farewell to the summer season is with a trip to our Branson hotel!

In fact, every summer holiday our Branson hotel offers your entire family an array of delightful amusements all day long. In addition to wonderful poolside brunches, BBQs and Fireworks Displays over Table Rock Lake, your children will enjoy bonfire marshmallow roasts, fishing in the Kid’s Fishing Hole, planned activities at Crawdaddies Kids’ Club and much more.

And, as always, relax and unwind during your summer holiday weekends at our Branson hotel with a dip in our pool or Jacuzzi, a revitalizing workout in our Fitness Center, a tour of Table Rock Lake in our canoes and paddle boats, or a peaceful nature walk on our hiking trail.

Silver Dollar City® - considered one of the top theme parks in the world – has an exciting surprise set to be revealed this spring! Opening for Spring Breakers in 2007, Silver Dollar City® presents a brand new seven-story swing, featuring roller coaster speed and high-flying thrills!

Silver Dollar City® is an 1880’s theme park that takes visitors on an exciting journey back in time, and the park has an amazing new development in 2007 sure to delight visitors to our Branson hotel. To create it’s newest electrifying ride, Silver Dollar City® combined the old-fashioned fun of a barn swing with high-tech, modern power. Enlarge this to massive proportions, and you have the Giant Swing!

A $6 million project, the ride will launch theme park visitors more than seven stories in the air – and nearly upside down – at roller-coaster speeds. This spring, guests to our Branson hotel can experience what Silver Dollar City® calls “barn-bursting, high-flying, super-soaring, big-air thrills!”

Located within a huge hay barn in the new “Great Barn” region of the park, the Giant Swing’s two massive arms hold back-to-back seat rows, allowing riders to soar backward as well as forward. Compressed air power propels the swings, shooting riders 75 feet high in opposite directions and through the barn roof before sending them back toward the ground.

Flying past each other up to 45 miles per hour, the swings then soar 75 feet into the sky, high above the trees, arcing a full 230 degrees so riders nearly hang upside down. The ride’s incredible acceleration offers “back-to-back G-force kicks” and feelings of weightlessness for a “full throttle, high-flying thrill ride.” Families who visit our Branson hotel are sure to be impressed!

In the spring of 2006, Silver Dollar City® presented the Grand Exposition – an $8 million, two-acre expansion with ten new family rides that soared. Those who stayed at our Branson hotel and visited the park were blown away by the addition. Imagine the fun your family will have at our Branson hotel this year surrounded by such spectacular attractions!

Surround yourself with over 1,000 species of live tropical butterflies at Branson’s most serene attraction: the magical Butterfly Palace & Rainforest Adventure. Guests to our Branson resort interested in a fascinating celebration of nature are sure to be amazed.

Located in a large dome-shaped building, you will discover an array of exhibits at the Butterfly Palace & Rainforest Adventure. Guests to our Branson resort who visit this stunning attraction are impressed by an Insect Zoo, a Mirror Maze and – the most intriguing exhibit of them all – a Butterfly Conservatory. Ornamented at its entrance to look like a palace, the conservatory is a tropical oasis with thousands of butterflies flying freely in the air.

Gorgeous, vibrantly colored butterflies will wing all around you as they go about their business. Visitors to our Branson resort are always encouraged to bring along a camera. You’ll capture images of these graceful beauties as they casually land on you and your family! Sit and relax in this incredible environment, or stroll along paved walkways to enjoy a variety of flowers and butterflies inside the conservatory.

In addition to lush greenery, multiple walkways and benches, the Butterfly Conservatory also features a window where you can see into a miraculous butterfly nursery. Through this window, children and adults alike from our Branson resort are astounded when they observe hundreds of cocoons! There’s no better way to welcome spring than with a trip to the Butterfly Palace & Rainforest Adventure!

Celebrating the true reason behind the season, Branson Missouri’s 58th Annual Adoration Day Parade is a unique nighttime event sparkling with float lights and rejoicing in the merriment of Christmas.

The purpose of this parade is to “keep Christ in Christmas” and to allow non-commercialized groups to build festive floats that honor the holiday. Began in 1948, the first Adoration Day Parade made its way through Historic Downtown Branson, Missouri, bringing the community together to celebrate the reason for the season. Now more than half-a-century later and with the same objective in mind, the event has grown to become a Branson holiday tradition.

The parade starts in the evening and as the beautiful floats glow with holiday lights and cheer, individuals with luminous sources of light gleaming off their outfits line the street. In addition, Branson Missouri’s downtown shops, homes and churches are always beautifully adorned with lights and decorations to add to the joyous occasion.

Not only are the visual effects breathtaking and the auditory experiences pleasing, but so is the spirit amongst all those who attend. Floats toss sugary candles to spectators. Churches open their doors and invite you in. And the aroma of the season permeates throughout as kids of all ages remember what the season is all about.

This is an event worth planning a trip around. And the perfect place to stay during your visit is the always-festive Chateau on the Lake, a Branson hotel that brings the holidays to life.

Silver Dollar City, one of Branson, Missouri’s most frequented attractions, recently initiated their traditional Christmas festivities, referred to as “An Old Time Christmas.”

A two month long celebration, “An Old Time Christmas” allows for nearby guests from such Branson hotels as Chateau on the Lake to travel back in time, where they experience holiday amusements as if they lived during the late 17th century.

This year, Silver Dollar City introduced a new musical entitled The Living Nativity to their line-up of live Old Time Christmas shows. Performed to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, the play allows Branson hotel guests to become immersed in a musical retelling of this time-honored tale.

Another alteration to Silver Dollar City’s usual holiday festivities includes the addition of a Magical Snow Globe Scene in the park’s rendition of A Dickens’ Christmas Carol. Acclaimed generally as “The most grand production show ever performed at Silver Dollar City,” the 55-minute play features accomplished performers, amazing special effects, Victorian scenery, elaborate period costuming, and a new song to accompany its new scene.

Visitors from Chateau on the Lake hotel Branson can access additional live family entertainment around every corner during An Old Time Christmas festival. Other holiday-related show titles include Christmas on the Bayou, Frontier Fa-La-La Follies, Holiday Hearthside Harmonies, Tinker The Talking Christmas Tree, and A Christmas Homecoming.

Although a dominant form of entertainment for Branson hotel guests visiting Silver Dollar City, shows and productions refrain from being the only form of holiday recreation. Rides and attractions continue to run throughout the park and are decorated to suit the Christmas season.

Each evening at 5:30, a five-story “Special Effects Christmas Tree” is lit. Adorned with over 250,000 lights timed to blaze and change to the music of Christmas songs, this unique tree presents classics such as “Carol of the Bells” and Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus” in an awe-striking light and sound show.

Lunch with Santa is also available on select dates in November and December, during which children take pictures with Mr. & Mrs. Claus, participate in sing-along songs with Santa’s friends, and receive special gifts.

Visitors to Chateau on the Lake, a fabulous hotel in Branson, Missouri, delight in a unique and magical holiday experience throughout the month of December, as the city offers several holiday-themed shows, special Christmas events, great shopping, and - perhaps most famously - spectacular drive-through lighting displays.

Running from November to the New Year, the Branson Area Festival of Lights (BAFOL) offers Branson hotel guests millions of sparkling reasons to visit the Ozarks each winter. A tremendous and moving presentation, Branson’s customary Festival of Lights features over five million Christmas lights by which approximately 31,000 vehicles pass during the holiday season.

This year, the Branson Area Festival of Lights returned to the Branson Hills Parkway, located just off Highway 65 north of Branson. Only minutes from the Chateau on the Lake, the festival serves as the centerpiece to what is collectively referred to as the celebration of an Ozark Mountain Christmas.

The Branson Area Festival of Lights began on the first of November, when Branson Mayor Lou Schaefer flipped a large switch to ceremoniously turn on all of the lights. The widely recognized lights display returned this year after a one-year absence due to construction in the area of the display. The show is back “with a larger route and more displays,” BAFOL board member Jerry Adams said.

As they travel, spectators enjoy a variety of traditional, contemporary, religious, and secular holiday scenes. These include an animated “Twelve Days of Christmas Display,” Santa and his leaping reindeer, sailboats on the water, an inspiring nativity scene, and many more. Guests at the Chateau on the Lake Hotel Branson are welcome to join the community-wide celebration, as all of Branson is aglow for the holidays.

The 2.5-mile route is one mile longer than in the past and boasts of approximately 100 more displays. The route starts at the same place it always did but at its end features a surprise. There, the drive-through features a new attraction for the younger guests of the Chateau on the Lake - Santa Claus. “On Friday and Saturday nights . . . there will be an area for kids to visit with Santa Claus,” said Adams.

Although the Branson Area Festival of Lights exists as the largest drive-through light show in Branson for Branson hotel guests, two similar exhibits are also available for the enjoyment of Branson hotel guests. These include the Shepherd of the Hills Trail of Lights, arranged on West Highway 76, and the Port of Lights, found off Highway 13 in Kimberling City.

In Branson, Missouri, history and automobile enthusiasts alike to Chateau on the Lake are sure to enjoy ’57 Heaven, boasting the largest collection of 1957 automobiles and memorabilia showcased in Hometown America – complete with a Drive-In Movie, Gas Station, Barbershop, Cadillac Dealership, Service Station and more.

This lifestyle exhibit features the world’s finest collection of 1957 automobiles and memorabilia, displayed for the viewing pleasure of guests from Branson hotels. As guests enter Dick Clark’s American Bandstand Theater, they can look through the glass floor for a glimpse of what’s in store.

Have a blast, as the golden days of rock n' roll – with pink toasters, three-cent stamps and 24-cent gallons of gas – come alive for guests from Branson hotels in this re-creation of an ideal American town, featuring the one and only “'57 Heaven” of classic 1957 automobiles.

Guests from Branson hotels are invited to walk the streets of the attraction’s “Hometown America” to see the automobiles in all their glory. Authentic 1950s memorabilia includes General Electric’s “Kitchen of the Future” and amazing automobiles representing every major American manufacturer from 1957, including Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Desoto, Dodge, Ford, GMC, Hudson, International, Lincoln, Mercury, Nash, Oldsmobile, Packard, Plymouth, Pontiac, Ramblers and Studebaker.

Any guests from Branson hotels can see every American-made make and model of 1957 convertibles, plus hard-tops, pick-up trucks, station wagons and even three NASCAR race cars including the car that set the land speed record at the Daytona Beach Race in February 1957. This is also the only place in the world for guests from Branson hotels to see all three-body styles of the extremely rare Chevy El Morocco.

Combo tickets are available for guests from Branson hotels to reserve for ’57 Heaven Collection and shows at Dick Clark’s American Bandstand Theater. With 15 legendary stars and over 130 Top 40 chart hits, it’s the songs you remember by the original voices that defined American pop rock-n-roll. Plus you can dine at Dick Clark’s American Bandstand Grill, and see a show featuring world-renowned singing impressionist Bob Anderson. ’57 Heaven is located on the world famous 76 Hwy in Branson, Missouri.

Every year in Branson, Missouri, we celebrate a traditional “Ozark Mountain Christmas” - a holiday extravaganza unlike any other in the world. And what better place to enjoy the festivities than from Chateau on the Lake, Branson, MO’s only AAA Four-Diamond resort and spa?

Not only is the town of Branson, MO completely decked out in lights and incredible Christmas-themed dÈcor, but the Chateau is dressed to the nines as well, transforming America’s live entertainment capital into a total holiday oasis for the entire family. In recent years, USA Today, the A&E Network, and the Wall Street Journal have all recognized the Branson, MO area as a top holiday vacation destination.

Visitors to Branson, MO and Chateau on the Lake can enjoy Christmas-themed, star-studded production shows, millions of holiday lights, theme park festivals, name-brand outlet and boutique shopping, outdoor events and attractions, and warm Ozarks hospitality. And Branson, MO’s Holiday shows feature live entertainment from performers known around the world.

Plus, almost every theatre in Branson, MO creates a magical Christmas show for its visitors. Holiday shows begin the first week of November and feature special holiday sets, costumes and music. Carols and hymns old and new, plus the special effects, will surely put you in the holiday spirit.

The Branson, MO area also offers some of the nation’s most spectacular lighting displays. All the businesses take on a holiday appearance, making you feel as if you stepped into a living Christmas card. Perhaps one of the most famous displays in the country, the “Branson Area Festival of Lights” has over 200 displays. And don’t forget “The Shepherd of the Hills - Trail of Lights,” another famous light display. Your drive through this magical Christmas Wonderland ends at Inspiration Tower. Climb to the top to see the Ozark Mountains and all of Branson, MO literally “lit up like a Christmas tree!”

With over 100 shows, theme parks, tons of attractions, the lakes, mountains, shopping and world-class golf, entertainment in Branson, MO is so varied that everyone will find many things they enjoy throughout the year – and especially during the holidays.

In Branson, Missouri, we at Chateau on the Lake Resort & Spa love a white Christmas! From “Christmas at the White House” to “White Flight” at the inspiring Butterfly Palace and Rainforest Adventure, there is nothing like Christmas in Branson, MO.

At Branson, MO’s “Christmas at the White House,” Branson, MO visitors are invited to step into the Oval Office, have fun with holiday trivia, and enjoy the dozens of decorated trees. “Christmas at the White House” is a museum-wide exhibit portraying Christmas past to present in America’s most famous house.

A new tradition to Branson, MO only during the holidays, The Butterfly Palace and Rainforest Adventure will feature thousands of white butterflies as part of their “White Flight” display. These butterflies will be joined by twinkling lights, holiday music, and beautiful poinsettias, and Branson, MO guests are sure to be impressed.

Visitors to Branson, MO can also experience an “Old Time Christmas” at Silver Dollar City theme park. At Branson, MO’s most popular theme park, you will see all your family’s favorites along with new surprises. You’ll create special holiday traditions, celebrate the true meaning of this magical season and take home memories that will last a lifetime!

Plus, this year Silver Dollar City’s square will become the setting for a spectacular new light show, and an All-NEW 7-Story Special Effects Christmas Tree serves as the grand centerpiece! Branson, MO hotel guests are welcome to join the celebration at 5:30 pm each evening, as the entire city square is transformed into a holiday wonderland!

You do Paris in the spring. You head to New York in the fall… Florida in winter… and Yellowstone in summertime. But when is the best time to go to Branson, Missouri?

Answer: There’s really never a bad time to go to Branson, because there’s so much to do year-round at Chateau on the Lake. Take advantage of everything from Table Rock Lake to views of the Ozarks, Spa Chateau to Branson’s sensational shopping, sightseeing and attractions – whether you choose to take a romantic vacation or a fun family trip.

In Spring, there’s a magic to Branson, Missouri – especially if what you’re after is a quiet yet full view of the city – making this season perfect for a romantic vacation. You won’t have to deal with traffic, the weather is beautiful, and the landscape at the Chateau and around Branson comes alive with colorful, blossoming flowers and trees.

Children and adults alike enjoy the summer season. Summertime offers family adventure with a plentitude of outdoor activities like water parks and miniature golf. This time of year is also ideal for a romantic vacation, where couples can enjoy unparalleled recreation on Table Rock Lake compliments of our Chateau Marina, or enjoy inspiring dinner cruises aboard the Showboat Branson Belle.

Like the spring, fall means traffic is low. The weather tends to be cooler, requiring a light jacket, but the changing colors of the trees on the rolling hills provides an excellent environment for a hike through the Ozark Mountains, where you can take in panoramic mountain, sky, lake and valley views perfect for pictures or a private picnic during your romantic vacation.

Most of the shows in Branson run from early January until Christmastime. During Christmas and wintertime, the city truly shines and merits an excursion – whether with the family or for a romantic vacation. The warmth of the city’s spirit during this time – referred to traditionally as an Ozark Mountain Christmas celebration – far outweighs the chill outdoors. Plus, at Chateau on the Lake, there are many ways to stay cozy.