St Louis Blues- silver2005's Missouri TR and Planning (and more)

[silver2005]

So alas, I have my summer schedule figured out.  I am committing to a Missouri trip in late July, plus, I'll be including TR's for my CP and MIA trip, and hopefully I get myself to KK this season as well.  

This is the furthest west in the US I've been in a while.  Everything in Missouri will be new to me, so, as always, tips are welcome.

Here's the likely plan of things.

CP and MIA- Leave Cincy 6/13, MIA on 6/14, go to Sandusky 6/15, CP on 6/16 and 6/17.  Will be spending some time re-exploring Muskegon and Port Clinton/Sandusky as well.

Missouri Trip- This trip is contingent on the Reds as I want to see a game in St Louis, and with the way my band schedule works and the fact the Reds have a weekend series right after my last band concert of the summer in late July, I will be starting in St Louis, then go to KC, then end in Branson.  For St Louis, along with SFStL, I will be exploring downtown.  The City Museum and the Arch are high on the priority list. 

KC will likely be short and sweet just for WoF.  

I do want to ask about Branson.  Is it as attraction dense as G-burg/PF?  Also, for a first timer, is SDC a 1 or 2 day park on for weekday visits? I can do Dollywood in a day, but I'm infinitely more familiar with it than SDC.