Theme Park Awards

[cherrynegra]

I participated in the vote over at themeparkinsider and I thought I'd share the results with people here. Surprisingly, well, maybe to me, Disney only won out in one category and lost the major ones to Universal. My response to the voting results is BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, but of course I'm rather biased. And LegoLand best family park???

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Universal Orlando leads the way again with four awards in the third annual competition. Walt Disney World, Disneyland and Legoland California each capture one award from TPI readers as well.
By Robert Niles
Posted via 209.178.165.68 on July 3, 2004 at 6:50 PM (MST)

The Independence Day holiday in the United States brings fireworks, crushing theme park crowds and... the annual announcement of the Theme Park Insider Awards. Here's this year's announcement of the winners:

Theme park fans around the world again selected Universal's Islands of Adventure as the world's top theme park, as Orlando parks dominated the 2004 Theme Park Insider Awards. The awards are given each July 4 following a vote of more than 8,000 registered correspondents on ThemeParkInsider.com.

Islands of Adventure also won the top honor in 2002 and 2003, though the Universal Orlando park faced strong competition this year from SeaWorld Orlando and Disneyland Paris, as well as its sibling Universal Studios Florida.

Universal Studios Florida surged in the park rankings this year thanks to several new attractions. One of those, Revenge of the Mummy, won the Theme Park Insider Award for Best New Attraction this year, edging Mickey's PhilharMagic at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom.

Islands of Adventure's Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man won its third consecutive award for Best Overall Attraction, while Festival of the Lion King at Disney's Animal Kingdom won the honors for Best Family Attraction (given to the top-rated ride or show with no height restriction.) The Walt Disney Company dominated this new category, placing the top nine attractions in it.

Universal Orlando picked up its fourth award in the seven categories as Islands Of Adventure's Mythos repeated as Theme Park Insider readers' choice for Best Theme Park Restaurant.

California parks captured the other two awards, as Theme Park Insider readers again picked Legoland California as the world's Best Theme Park for Kids and Disneyland's Grand Californian Hotel as the world's Best Theme Park Hotel.


THE 2004 WINNERS

Best Theme Park: Universal's Islands of Adventure

Best Theme Park for Kids: Legoland California

Best Attraction: The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man (Universal's Islands of Adventure)

Best Family Attraction: Festival of the Lion King (Disney's Animal Kingdom)

Best New Attraction: Revenge of the Mummy (Universal Studios Florida)

Best Restaurant in a Theme Park: Mythos Restaurant (Universal's Islands of Adventure)

Best Hotel at a Theme Park Resort: Disney's Grand Californian Hotel (Disneyland)

 

[speck76]

Some of these website awards things are pretty biased based on where the majority of their members are from. One site I know of, Cedar Point and Kings Island sweep pretty much every catagory...of course, the webmaster also runs a Cedar Point site, and he has many mid-western members.

 

[cherrynegra]

Yes, I read one post from a disappointed voter who felt the votes were slanted towards the American parks, and in particular the parks in Florida and California. But with 8,000 people participating, it would be nice to have a break down of where everyone is from.