question about park attendance

[manutdfan1]

sorry to bother you guys but ive been looking for ages.......does anyone know where i can find out the yearly attendance for the parks......ive always wondered about it and ive always looked but i cant find.......thats for your help a manchester united fan

 

[CTXRover]

Here is a site with 2003 and 2004 estimated attendance numbers from Amusement Business Magazine: http://www.coastergrotto.com/theme-park-attendance.jsp. If you google theme park attendance and the specific year you are looking for, you might be able to find more. Amusement Business will release their estimated attendance for theme/amusement parks for 2005 at the end of December. In the meantime, here are the latest released 2004 numbers

2004 numbers
USA Park Attendance
Most visited theme parks in North America
Theme park attendance figures are for the year 2004 and are represented in millions. Positive and negative numbers represent an increase or decrease in park attendance from the previous year.
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1 Magic Kingdom
- Orlando, Florida 15.2m
(+8%)
2 Disneyland
- Anaheim, California 13.4m
(+5%)
3 Epcot
- Orlando, Florida 9.4m
(+9%)
4 Disney-MGM Studios
- Orlando, Florida 8.3m
(+5%)
5 Disney's Animal Kingdom
- Orlando, Florida 7.8m
(+7%)
6 Universal Studios Florida
- Orlando, Florida 6.7m
(+14%)
7 Islands of Adventure
- Orlando, Florida 6.3m
(+13%)
8 Disney's California Adventure
- Anaheim, California 5.6m
(+6%)
9 SeaWorld Orlando
- Orlando, Florida 5.6m
(+4%)
10 Universal Studios Hollywood
- Universal City, California 5.0m
(+8%)
11 Adventuredome
- Las Vegas, Nevada 4.4m
(+2%)
12 Busch Gardens Tampa
- Tampa, Florida 4.1m
(-5%)
13 SeaWorld San Diego
- San Diego, California 4.0m
(0%)
14 Knott's Berry Farm
- Buena Park, California 3.6m
(+3%)
15 Paramount's Kings Island
- Kings Mill, Ohio 3.5m
(+7%)
16 Paramount Canada's Wonderland
- Vaughan, Ontario 3.4m
(+30%)
17 Cedar Point
- Sandusky, Ohio 3.2m
(-4%)
18 Morey's Piers
- Wildwood, New Jersey 3.1m
(-4%)
19 Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
- Santa Cruz, California 3.0m
(0%)
20 Six Flags Great Adventure
- Jackson, New Jersey 2.8m
(0%)
21 Six Flags Magic Mountain
- Valencia, California 2.7m
(-2%)
22 Camp Snoopy (Mall of America)
- Bloomington, Minnesota 2.6m
(+5%)
23 Hersheypark
- Hershey, Pennsylvania 2.5m
(-2%)
24 Busch Gardens Williamsburg
- Williamsburg, Virginia 2.4m
(0%)
25 Six Flags Great America
- Gurnee, Illinois 2.3m
(0%)
37 Dorney Park
- Allentown, Pennsylvania 1.4m
(+1%)
44 Knoebels
- Elysburg, Pennsylvania 1.3m
(+3%)
Source: Amusement Business

 

[CTXRover]

Here are 2000 numbers. These are important to compare with the 2004 numbers as they show how the parks have begun to bounce back after the falls suffered in 2002 after the terror attacks on our nation. Attendance for the top 20 parks in North America according to Amusement Business estimates for 2000:



1. Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, 15.4 million (up 1.3%)
2. Disneyland, 13.9 million (up 3%)
3. Epcot at Walt Disney World, 10.6 million (up 5%)
4. Disney's MGM Studios at Walt Disney World, 8.9 million (up 2%)
5. Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World, 8.3 million (down 3%)
6. Universal Studios Orlando, 8.1 million (flat)
7. Islands of Adventure, 6 million (first full year)
8. Universal Studios Hollywood, 5.2 million (up 2%)
SeaWorld Orlando, 5.2 million (up 11%)
10. Busch Gardens Tampa, 5 million (up 28%)
11. SeaWorld San Diego, 3.6 million (flat)
12. Six Flags Great Adventure, 3.5 million (down 8%)
13. Knott's Berry Farm, 3.45 million (down 4%)
14. Cedar Point, 3.43 million (down 4%)
15. Morey's Piers, 3.3 million (flat)
16. Six Flags Magic Mountain, 3.3 million (up 3%)
17. Paramount's Kings Island, 3.2 million (down 4%)
18. Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, 3 million (flat)
19. Adventuredome at Circus Circus, 2.98 million (flat)
20. Paramount's Canada's Wonderland, 2.97 million (flat)

 

[manutdfan1]

thanks alot that was really helpful

 

[CTXRover]

thanks alot that was really helpful

No problem. I like following the attendance numbers myself

 

[SpenceMan01]

22 Camp Snoopy (Mall of America)
- Bloomington, Minnesota 2.6m
(+5%)

Kind of OT but:

I wonder how they figure that number with it being free to enter/pay to ride.

 

[WeLComeHomE OKW]

im surprised universal studios and islands of adventure don't have more attendance... but im very happy that disney is the top 5 and rightly so.

I think Animal Kingdom and California Adventure will move up soon enough....with all the new things they will be seeing within the next decade or so. (im assuming...) i bet the 2005 numbers will be way up for all disney world parks. CTXRover, could you post the 2005 numbers when they come in? That would be awesome!