ripley entertainment owns the ride the ducks in branson.
who owns the ride the ducks in branson?
ripley entertainment
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ride the ducks was a national duck tour operator and eponymous tourist attraction in some parts of the united states. it made use of amphibious vehicles, nicknamed "ducks", to provide tours of cities by boat and by land.





























ride the ducks was purchased by herschend family entertainment corporation in 2004. herschend sold a majority interest in the company to an independent investor in 2012. the branson operation was sold to ripley entertainment in december 2017. in 2019 ripley announced that ride the ducks in branson would be permanently closed and replaced with another attraction.





























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just after 1 a.m. on february 29, 2012, the city of branson sustained damage from an ef-2 tornado in the 2012 leap day tornado outbreak. at least 37 injuries were reported, most being cuts and bruises, with the most serious injury being an 80-year-old woman with a head injury. most of the tourist attractions and businesses were undamaged and remained open after the storm, although at least 11 buildings suffered more than $3 million in total damage. as of november 2012, most of the damage was repaired. mary jane rice, a spokeswoman for branson area chamber of commerce, told the ap that february is generally a slow time for business and most of the damage would be cleaned up in the next few days. the tornado followed a path from kimberling city, missouri, across table rock lake and along the entertainment strip missouri route 76 before hitting the downtown area where it blew out or cracked windows in 219 of the hotel rooms in the 12-story/295 room hilton branson convention center. the tornado extensively damaged three of branson's 50-plus theatres — (americana theater, branson variety theater and dick clark's american bandstand theater) and there was damage to portions of branson landing on lake taneycomo and the veterans memorial museum. vehicles at the ride the ducks water/land attraction were flipped over, but officials said they were not damaged enough to be put out of service
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