We bought a package deal for our 5th Anniversary and we were very dissappointed. We spent over $700 on this vacation and the only thing that we enjoyed out of it was seeing Cirque. We upgraded to a King Leisure room and it was really not much nicer than a smaller room and the bathroom was teeny. The breakfast was okay but the restaurant was more like a Luby's Cafeteria. We ordered room service with our free food voucher and it was terribly late and not worth the five cents extra that we paid for it. The salmon was dry, the rice was old and crunchy and the veggies were all shriveled and wilted! It was just not the resort that we thought we were paying for. It felt more like a home-town inn. We decided it wasn't worth it and just went home to our children for the 4th night instead. I just think we could have gotten a lot more for our money.

booked on orbitz for $40 and it was a good experience.

Went to the Welk Resort from July 16-21.....room was clean, everyone was friendly - was a "so-so" experience. I can't say I'd go back to this hotel if I went back to Branson. Maids left tip envelopes every morning of our stay. I felt this was very rude. We always tip our maid, but usually on the day of departure. Felt we were pressured to do it everyday and we didn't like that. The one thing I did NOT like about this hotel...they claim to save you money by purchasing show/attraction tickets at the hotel - well, this is a scam. Paid $47.00 for tickets to Ripley's Museum at the hotel but when we arrived at Ripley's I find a "family deal" for $39.00. Got back to the hotel and told the desk clerk and all they said was "thanks for letting us know. We can't help you this time, but we'll let the manager know".....yeah, right! Buy your tickets at the actual attraction/show you are going to. Also, when I booked the 5 night family special on the internet for the hotel stay, which included 4 attractions/shows as part of the purchase price, I decided to price out the room and the attractions/shows separately to make sure I was actually saving money....to my surpise, it was costing me $270 more by purchasing the package instead of doing it individually. The only other thing the package included was breakfast every morning. My family would not have eaten $270 worth of breakfast. In fact, we weren't even up early enough to eat their breakfast. If I ever go back to Branson, I will choose another lodging option.

My family stayed six nights and found the Welk to be a great value,
expecially compared to all the places we stayed in getting to and from
Branson. Also the Stage Door Resturant had a great breakfest buffet.
The staff was very helpful and friendly.