Reviews of Branson Belle

Dinner was just lovely and everyone faced the stage! The service was out of this world and the show was one of the best ever! The branson belle singers and dancers were incredible and the russian acrobats were simply breathtaking! The talking dogs were hilarious and the ventriloquist, todd oliver was the best since sherry louis and lamb chops!!! An absolute must when in branson!!!!

Me and my husband were visiting my mother-in-law in missouri and decided to take our two kids (ages 9 and 15) and go hop on the branson belle because we thought it would be a fun family event!! Some relatives of mine had told me about it and how they had a blast and we thought we would try it out!!! The food was very delicious. Actually, one of the best meals i've ever had in my life. I especially enjoyed the dessert!! The service was great, and the show was pretty good as well. My kids especially loved the talking dogs act as did my husband and i. I would definitely recommend the branson belle to anyone looking for good food, good service, and most importantly a great time!!!!

My family and i had a wonderful time on the branson belle boat. The meal was wonderful and to know that you had other meal options for my daughter that has celiac diease and she was able to be apart of this was a comfort to me, thank you. We also enjoyed the extra concert afterwards under the gazebo as we were walking back to the car. That evening was the rolf family. It was nice to see their warm smiles and we were even able to chat with them after wards. It was a treat all the way around. Thank you so much, keep up the good work. Thank you and god bless!

Food great but should identify beef or pork. Was not sure so did not eat it do to allergies. Only ate the chicken and sides. Show not as polished as the general jackson in nashville but it was enjoyable.

Very enjoyable lake cruise with a great meal and fantastic service! Entertainment was very enjoyable with a wide variety of comedy, magic, singing and dancing. Not a bad seat on the ship!

Had a wonderful time!! We paid xtra for the captains table i believe it was called. We had our choice of meal, which by the way was steak and delicious! The show was excellent! I would go again for sure!!!

We had a great time, the food and entertainment was very enjoyable. We were late due to our interpretation of the time. But they got us on the boat. Everyone was friendly.

Enjoyed the dinner cruise. 1st rate service--had a great time

Fantastic show! Energetic, fun great music. Definitely recommend

Wonderful

It was a great show

Show was lots of fun

Food not so good. Show was very good.

First timers! Great dinner and musical show! We had a great time!

Great food, a great show, and a great time!

Great show, with great food and a very cool dinner cruise.

Had a wonderful time. Even though the weather was very bad we felt safe as the staff made the decision to stay docked.

Enjoyed every minute. Food was excellent. Glad we upgraded. Perfect view. Want to come back . Wonder if show changes each year. Gift shop was very nice.

The performers were excellent! Dinner was good also!

I really enjoyed the entertainment. They were all exceptional. The food was not the best. The salad and the desert were okay. We were packed in there like sardines, so it was difficult to get up and go to shop or restroom. Since it was raining when we entered, we all looked like wet dogs in the pre-pictures that were offered.

Was so much fun!!!! My husband and i got to participate in the show! The food was very good!

Everything about the experience was wonderful?? Staff was courteous and fun, grounds were clean, dinner was yummy and entertainment was excellent!

The show was amazing and the food was so good

Truly enjoyed this one

Absolutely excellent. The day, the view, the dinner, the service, and the show. This was my favorite.

The weather was cold and windy that day. So we didn't get to enjoy the scenery. But the lunch was delicious.

Loved it!!

Been on it twice with my daughters! Love the comedy, the music show, and the food!

Good meal and show

Great food

The performance was phenomenal. It far exceeded my expectations! The food was awesome awesome. The service was spectacular, could not have been better! The intire showboat experience was the highlight of my branson vacation. Thank you

Great experience! Good food, good entertainment. Enjoyable!

The meal and the entertainment were excellent. I really enjoyed the talent of the performers and they were perfect for this venue. The meal was slightly smaller than expected but it was still served hot and very presentable. The main disappointment was going on a boat cruise and being indoors most of the time for the performances. There was a brief 30-minute intermission when you could go outside---but for that one exception, you could hardly tell you were moving, when you left the dock, or when you returned. You simply got on the boat---and 2 1/2 hours later, you got off. I really enjoyed the shows... But the boat cruise was somewhat of a disappointment because there was so little activity outside of the dining area.

Couldn't have asked for a better time!! The food was good and the entertainment was the best! You have an amazing group of people there!!

Excellent meal and show. Waitresses were outstanding. Very good experience.

Took the dinner show on the branson belle, weather was cold and rainy so couldn't enjoy the boat ride but the show and food was outstanding! Usually when you get a dinner show for so many people the food is mediocre, at best. Not so on the branson belle, the food was excellent and the service even better. My wife and i will definitely be taking the cruise again, next time when the weather's a lot nicer.

It's been a few years since we boarded the belle but we were not disappointed. Wonderful entertainment and a tasty meal combined with an enjoyable ride on table rock. It was a wonderful evening.

Fantastic! Food great, service friendly, pre- show and after dinner show very fun and entertaining with nice variety.

Good show good food.

Spectacular

Buffet could be better. Husband thought his chicken was dry. Green beans needed more cooking and seasoning. Cold butter was tearing rolls to spread it. Show was talented but preferred the former program. Nice patriotic ending.

Enjoyed lunch cruise. Food was good. Service great. Entertainment was quite enjoyable. Would do it again.

This was a wonderful experience for both of us. The boat was beautiful and the food was wonderful. Our server was extremely good. The entertainment was very very very good. Overall the cruise was sooooooooooooo good.

The meal was good but nothing exceptional. Talent was entertaining but nothing exceptional. I would not take the trip again.

Well worth the price!! Good food, excellent show and great service. Our server was luke and he was very professional and pleasant. I would recommend this dinner show.

It was amazeing my family and i can't wait to go back

The show was outstanding! The food was delicious , and the service was exceptional. We really enjoyed it.

The show and the boat were wonderful. The meal wasn't that great. The dessert was really good.

The show, entertainment, and food were good. However, seating was a little crowded.

We loved everything from going to shows to shopping to the wax museum. All the shows we saw were exceptional. Our son is especially taken with clay cooper, jeremy has downs and he loves clay as does the rest of the family. Branson belle was so much fun, dolly's stampede was great and samson was outstanding

Loved it.

Great foor

Good food and great entertainment

We thoroughly enjoyed the showboat experience. The food was ok, about average i guess, but the show was outstanding. It was well worth the price.

Amazing, high energy performance. Also a great meal.

Great show and tour of the lake

Great ride and the meal was good. Show was on the order of a six flags type theater. Musicians were very talented. They need to replace the tap dancing routines though. Most folks today yawn at those performances.

We had a great time the food was good & the show very entertaining. Will definitely come again

I really enjoyed the show especially the comedian. The food was ok, nothing special, would have liked more time on the water to see the sights.

Great dinner and the show was sensational!!!

Nice

What an awesome experience!! We hope to make this one of our regular shows when we come to branson. The food was absolutely delicious. The show was so much fun. Staff was so friendly.

Possibly our favorite experience in branson. Everything was wonderful. Talent was wonderful. Food was wonderful. The entire show was fun first class and family friendly. The staff was friendly and everyone had a great time. Special appreciation for the christian atmosphere.

We had great seats, but it looked all of the seats were great. The preshow was funny. The show was great, with wonderful singing, fantastic dancing and comedy. The food was very good too and our server was fantastic.

Had a awesome time

We loved the branson belle!! The food was great for a crowd that large and the entertainment was outstanding. Everyone on the boat was very helpful. Branson is beautiful and hopefully we ride the branson belle again.

Terrific show and the food was fabulous would go back again.

Good, enjoyable.

The show was excellent

What an awesome show!!! The showboat itself was beautiful and even though it was raining it was fun to walk on the deck!! The emcee was so funny and when he brought on 2 people from the audience he made it even more entertain-ing!!! The singers, dancers, and musicians were fantastic, and the food was great. A must for all to see and experience!!

Fantastic!!!! Lunch was delicious and even though it was rainy, the boat ride was very smooth. The entertainers were wonderful and so talented. The emcee was so funny!!! Definitely a must for all to see!!!

Loved the show on the showboat! It was wonderful!! The meal was not very good.

We had a wonderful time on the showboat branson belle. The total experience was great from beginning to end. The meal was very good. The entertainment was top notch. We were just overwhelmed at the talent they all demonstrated. What an awesome experience.

The branson belle was wonderful. I’d go again!!

The entertainment was excellent and tbe view was amazing. The food was decent.

Dinner was fantastic and the show even better. Our server was top notch. Want to go again.

Amazing show and dinner. It was smooth sailing all the way. The entertainment was great i haven't laughed so hard in a very long time. Definitely would go again.

Great event!! Took our 17 year. Old granddaughter....She love it, too!

Very good meal and tremendous entertainers. A real pleasure to have made this cruise

Staff, show, food everything about the showboat was fabulous. Loved every second the comedy part of the show was great.

The show was 5 star but the meal only a 2 star.

Absolutely nothing but a wonderful experience of pleasant enjoyment for the whole family on the branson belle!

Great show, good food. Beautiful sunset.

Loved it.

Loved the show. Great entertainment the way it should be performed!

Show was fantastic. Enjoyed every part of the experience

Loved the comedy and song and dance routines!

Show slow first half. Second half good

The show was great! The food was fine. Service was very good. Friendly staff.

Disappointed we were not able to cruise due to high winds. However, the food and the show were excellent.

Great show

We enjoyed our time on the showboat. The showboat singers were awesome! The dinner was very good and as satisfying as going to a good restaurant. The servers did a great job of meeting our needs.

The branson bell was fabulous. Not at all what we had expected. My husband and i would recommend this to anyone. Next time, we would like to do the christmas one.

The showboat was the highlight of our trip to branson!!! We were absolutely delighted with the whole experience! The food was great and the entertainment was amazing!! What a treasure trove of talent you have! We laughed and sang and even teared up! Thanks to all of you who made it so wonderful!! (3 generations were there and each one loved it!)

Great show! Food was not bad.

The show on the dixie belle was incredible! It was a wonderful experience with a mix of boat riding, dining, and show.

It was everything we expected. Great food, and great entertainment. Our waiter did a good job.

It had been several years since we had been on a showboat branson belle lunch cruise. Loved the show and how different it was than the show we enjoyed then.

Meal included salad, roll, baked chicken, roast beef, mashed potatoes, green beans, and a frozen custard piece of pie. Plenty to eat but average in taste. Entertainment was excellent in quality and variety. Amazing vocalists and dancers.

Not a bad show. Cool boat on a cool lake. The show and food were fine more for kids and senior citizens, but that was the majority.

Very entertaining would do this again

We upgraded to captains row and it was worth it. Food, comedy and overall experience was nice. I appreciate the honor given to our great nation, flag and our veterans that the lord blessed us with.

The absolutely best show we saw!!! Amazing talent, singing, dancing, magic, comedy, live musicians, not too loud for ears, really good food, so much fun!

Fabulous! The food and entertainment were amazing. I plan on doing it again next time we are there!

Show was great!! Will do that again next time we go.

Food was better than expected for such a large group being served so quickly. Show was great!

We loved the showboat branson belle dinner cruise. Great food, atmosphere and music.

This years show not as good as years past, but food was still great so overall was great

I thought the whole experience was awesome. The food was very good, the show was exceptional and the boat ride and walk-around was fabulous. If i were to be very particular and find something to complain about it would be the crowded dining conditions and the lack of detail awareness by the server. But, again, my wife and i had a very nice experience on the belle.

It was easy enough and with the prepaid tickets we has front row parking at the stampede. The riverboat and stampede has great entertainment which took me back 75 years. It was my wife's idea but i am glad we went.

Great show and dinner

First time ever on the showboat and first time out on water will definitely do it again. Show and host magician are very entertaining and the food was 2nd to none.

Showboat is still a great dinner cruise to take. The new show is very,very good. It was a great way to spend our last evening in branson.

Staff was very friendly and the show was great

Very entertaining great show

Really liked the showboat branson belle. The dinner was good, the show was good. The cast stood in the sales area after the show, we could shake their hands. Very good at what they did.

Great experience. This was our third time on showboat bb. We enjoy the food, the entertainment and the other people. One of the best parts is that it's all so clean. The language, dancing and singing are all something that i could share with grandchildren. The facility and the town are also clean.

Fantastic showmanship, delicious food, perfect day, hit all the emotions!!!

Awesome i would love to go again. Every single part was done perfect. I would highly recommend it to anyone

Everything we expected, show was great . Meal was fine ,enjoyed bringing my step- daughter tithe showboat. The dancers were “the best” thanks dorothy elliott

Show was superb. Marcus was excellent. Food was great.

Great show, excellent meal! Because of the nature of it being dinner / show / paddle boat cruise, this is a different experience than most of the shows. Really enjoyed this!

Excellent

We had perfect seats. The entertainment was great, and we enjoyed every minute. We plan to attend another cruise the next time we visit branson.

The show boat is always worth the price.

I was specting something better

My boyfriend and i had a great time on the branson belle. This was my first time on the boat, but not his. The staff, food, and entertainment were wonderful!

This was a fun experience. The pre show and main show were great, the boat ride was neat, but the food was not good.

We had a good time. The day was beautiful traveling around the lake. The lunch cruise was a nice way to spend the day. The lunch served was very good. The service was top-notch and the entertainment was a lot of fun.

It was great fun and very affordable.

So much fun and great entertainment. Will do this one again

We don't like that there are no longer wheelchairs available, other than that, it was amazing, we love that it was a different show than the last time. The previous show was good too, but it's nice to see different things. One thing, not knowing how much the dinner was, it's hard to know how much to tip.

Lots of fun, great food.

Meal was excellent and the cost was so efficient for the meal and the entertainment! Had a blast!

Very good service and food, the show was high energy excellent lead lady signer and all acts were great.

Pancakes with santa was an amazing experience for our whole family.

It was a little windy & the boat never left the dock. The dinner was fine but the table was dirty sticky underneath where we accidentally found when placing a purse hanger.

Way more than expected, great service & wonderful show, great people!!!

Meal was great. My wife really liked the show.

My children loved this!

Breakfast with santa was great grand kids where happy, which make grandparents happy.

Great show love the bransin bell

Very fun with good food and excellent entertainment.

This was awesome! The food and entertainment were awesome. Every seat had a good view! The view on the lake was breathtaking. I would highly recommend this to anyone!!

Second visit to the belle. Food ok for having to be mass produced. Some really good voices. Unfortunately the acoustics, for me, aren't good. Our waiter was very attentive which we appreciated.

Very enjoyable. Everyone concerned about our positive experience. Great show.

First time on the showboat. Would go again.

Good show, entertaining. Meal and service excellent.

The experience was outstanding and for brian nolf he is the best and a true professional at that! Daisy and i are big fans of brian ! Brandon young was outstanding and a treat we didn't’t expect. The ladies well we are speechless the voices and dancing was awsome! I could watch this show over and over. The best test for ya was also at the presley’s jubilee when the curtain rose brian was playing the bass! We could not have been happier and can’t wait to go back and see him and others again! I might even contact brian about my daughters wedding in august. Thank you for the experience bryan & daisy

The show on belle was good. Food good. Seating would have liked a different area. Next time i will just order my tickets so i can get where we want.

Great seats. Food was good. Energetic show.

Could have been nicer weather, can you arrange that next time we come ). We had a very enjoyable time food was delicious, service was great, show fabulous, ride was very smooth. We would do it again.

Good show.

Show was descent. Good not so much. Dessert was good.

Need second security person checking purses or bags during embarkation.

Great show and good food

Good show, good good good service. We were unable to leave the dock due to weather but were not unhappy...Better safe than sorry.

Great show and entertainment... Good food... Wonderful captain! Great service by wait staff...

This was the highlight of our branson vacation. I will gladly recommend it to anyone asking

Excellent

This was a superb show and a wonderful meal. We feel it was time and money well spent and would like to experience it again next year when we return.

It was an excellent show wish we had a little more time out on the deck to enjoy more of the scenery but still good food and a great show.

Entertainment the entire time we were on the boat, including the break while we toured the outside. Food and show were outstanding.

Not as good as our first time out

The showboat branson belle was the absolute best event on our entire branson vacation!

The meal and show were excellent

Enjoyed it very much.

Lively , well rounded entertainment , quality meal , lovely paddle wheel boat , efficient parking and ticket handling , beautiful property : )

Excellent !!

This was our second time to the showboat branson belle. We truly enjoyed the entertainment and will be back.

Everything was great. The show, the food, and the friendliness and professionalism of the stay were outstanding. We enjoyed the time to walk around the boat and take in the scenery and all that is the branson bell. Would like to return and do it again.

Food was good. Great waitress. Performers had lots of energy, but the music was too loud and too modern for the people who choose this lunch cruise. Wish we could have been out on the deck to see scenery. Seemed to be no point to even being on a boat!

Trip was great. Enjoy all the shows. Hotel room was nice.

Had a fantastic time on the belle! We rode her the first year she was launched...So it had been about twenty-two years since we had been on her!! They put on a great show & a wonderful meal!!

Went to the 4pm show which was fine. Glad the violin playing scarf lady was no longer there. The guys dancing were obviously counting while dancing and no smiles on most faces. The magician is fantastic as always. Only part of the meal i would have thrown over board was the beef which always seems to have a huge wad of fat inside it.

Excellent show and dinner cruise

Loved the show....Food was good, great time!

The entertainment was great. The food and beverage was good. The experience would have been great except it was so cold. They should have shut the air conditioning off. Everyone around us was complaining how cod it was.

My favorite part of this show was the showmen and rhythm group. The band is awesome too. Very talented.

The lunch was great, and our server was delightful. When the master of ceremonies introduced the salad course by singing lyrics about the salad servers to the tune of ghost riders in the sky, we realized we were in for some surprises. We were not really expecting much in the way of entertainment, and were pleasantly surprised by the professionalism of the show. The boat was very clean and well laid out, and it was easy to get around, even though i was in a wheelchair.

Great show & food, but best of all was our fantastic server.

Had no preconceived expectations. Was just relieved to settle on an activity worthy of a 50th birthday celebration....Branson belle exceeded my vision ! The boat was amazing and loved the history that was shared. Expected cafeteria type food. Nope ! Excellent barbecue and side dishes did not disappointed. Visit to the top deck was spectacular and the music ! Embarrassed to admit moved me to tears more than once. The grounds were immaculate too. Easy accessibility for our elderly mother. Thank you ! Have recommended your venue to many in the week that has elapsed.

A pleasant and entertaining cruise aboard the branson belle provided a needed respite from current divisive national events. Crew and hosts were friendly, food was good, and entertainment was fun and inspiring. The other patrons on the cruise were also courteous with the staff and each other, making for a very refreshing adventure.

Good meal and outstanding entertainment!

Rushed thru dinner, which we did not like. Show seemed repetitive not enough variety.

Had the best seats in the house, the entertainment was awesome, all very talented performers with good music. The food was a little short of superb, it was good, but the chicken was not as hot as i thought it should be, but what the heck with as many people as they served i'll still give it a 4 star rating.

Great service, good seats. The show was ok. The meal wasn't very good.

Loved the show and our waitress was very friendly and helpful. Food was okay.

Great entertainment. Food was ok.

Good food. Good show.

Great time. Good food

We enjoyed the dinner very much however the show was all country/western with no variety. Here again, we enjoyed the broadway show that we saw 10 years ago much more.

I must say we were very surprised and pleased by the entertainment and service on our trip on the belle,we will recommend.

Always a great performance. We love coming to branson

Excellent both our grad children enjoyed the best of our entire trip.

Wait staff were excellent! Food was medicor at best, captain never interacted with kids that came to see him (at least not while we were there). Entertainment was just ok.

Love this

What a fun way to spend two hours on the water! The showboat itself is a treat. What fun to be on a paddle boat that is so stable one isn't aware of being on the water. The food was good, the show very impressive. It was an excellent show!

Food was ok but could have been better. Had to pay for soft drinks though ice tea and coffee was included. Entertainment was very good.

Show, seating, food were all fantastic. Loved it so much i would recommend it to others

Amazing food and show! Loved it, we will be back

Loved the boat, dinner and show. Lots of fun, great way to spend the evening with friends for our 41st anniversary.

My wife and i have been enjoying the branson shows since 2000. Yesterday, thursday night dinner cruise, we saw the best show that we have ever seen in branson. Magic, music, singers and tap dancing by far the greatest show on earth! Keep it up, thank you for a very satisfying dinner, the pot roast just melts in your mouth.

Very good

Everyone was very nice. Enjoyed seating, show and the staff and waitress was exceptional

Didn't know what to expect. Very nice and qualiged waitress. Answers any question we had. Thoroughly enjoyed the preshow and the normal show. Awesome singers, loved the costume changes. Would come back again and refer it to as friend.

The entertainment was top quality. Again met some heat people. They (at the boat) were very attentive to my need for a gluten free meal.

Wow! This was one of the highlights of our trip. The seats were wonderful and the food and the show on board was great! Highly recommend this!

The showboat experience is always awesome, i have attended 3 shows over the past 4 years and i am amazed each time at the talent level and professionalism of all the performers. The waiters are friendly and the food is always superb... A truly relaxing and enjoyable experience each and every time i attend

Great show and even better food enjoyed every minute of it.

Had an issue with previous engagement and missed the showboat however the people were gracious enough to allow us to change our time to later that day and still make our next program. Wonderful staff and great directions to get to the next program. Very thoughtful and the cruise was great. Enjoyed the meal, the service and the performances. Good job!

Loved it! The boat is charming and the scenery lovely. The food was awesome, too! But the highlight of the trip was how fabulous the show was... Totally unexpected. I just thought it would be cruising and eating. The price of the ticket for just lunch was reasonable, but the professional show made the value double the price! Thanks so much!. Meli, texas

Loved the show staff is very friendly and helpful great show and lunch

We had excellent seating right in front. Only bad thing was the weather we couldn't leave port.

Good seats and very good waiter.

I was a very good part of our branson vacation .The branson bell was most interesting.Good food good show.A overall good experience .

Great meal and a great show....Enjoyed the cruise very much!

Great seats and great show

The dinner show, food and staff were excellent.

The food was great and the service was excellent. The weather was very nice and would have liked to spend more time on the deck enjoying the cruise.

Great meal and the show was wonderful.

Lunch was awesome! My husband and i really enjoyed the show and the ride on the boat!! Will do again next year!!

We had a great time

The christmas show with the whisnants and mark trammell quartet were the best ever, they did an awesome job on the christmas presentation in gospel music!!

We loved everything we did in branson but this may have been our shared favorite. We had absolutely front row seats but no reason to believe any were problematic. The performers were among the broadest skill set of those we saw and all were great. The show itself was 'variety' in nature and a little different granting 'christmasl' was clearly the understandable theme. A bit 'chilly' to be outside, but the show was held in an interior portion of the boat so that was no problem but one can, and we did, go outside on deck to see the scenery. It was nice even at night. It was a show hosted by a skillful magician, a beautiful, lovely and talented lady and they were supported by other great singers and dancers and it really was very nice.

A must see

Thanksgiving day was a special time with friends on the branson belle. The only negative is that there was no turkey and dressing, but the food was good, as usual. Always a fun trip and a great show!

Great show!! Totally enjoyed the experience.

Very enjoyable dinner and entertainment. Show and dinner crews did an outstanding job. Will go back again

Enjoyed the belle showboat food was great and the entertainment superb we also loved the grounds and friendly staff

Great service from our waitress food was awesome show was great

We loved everything about the show and cruise. Food was great, the entertainers were fabulous. Especially loved the salute to our military that evening. Thoroughly entertaining and a must do when in branson. Will definitely recommend to friends and family.

Great show and good was excellent. Will do again.

The branson belle showboat was definitely the highlight of our trip. The entertainment and food was delightful. Thanks for arranging this special event for us. Take care.

Amazing show! Words can't say enough about how much we enjoyed the lunch cruise! The most unique and entertaining show ever! Heart warming and extent emu talented violinist and entertainment. Don't miss this!

Entertaining dinner cruise. Food was good!

By booking early we acquired 2nd row seats which were fantastic. Our meal was good and so was the service. You won't be disappointed with the show.

Wife and i enjoyed the luncheon and show on the showboat. Great weather. Nice staff.

Our family had a great time. The dinner and entertainment was great. We will recommend it to our friends and family.

Excellent show and food. Service was great. Highly recommend.

Great show & meal.

Great cruise with all entertainers showing lots of talent and enthusiasm !! The food was excellent and our server(michelle)did an outstanding job !! We would highly recommend this cruise to anyone visiting branson !!

Loved the show on the belle....

Show was much more than expected

This was our first time doing this cruise and we both loved it! Food was excellent, show was fun, and staff was very fun and friendly!

The show was excellent. And the staff were very helpful and welcoming

This was absolutely awesome entertainment.

The show was good but it was too crowded and i would have liked to have a little more time to enjoy the beautiful scenery. My party enjoyed going but we would not go again if we get to return to branson.

Great show and good food!

The shows were very good. Nancy and i had a great time..