Why California is the TRUE Theme Park Capital of the World.

jaklgreen

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Well for a lot of us it is cheaper to go to Florida then California. You can find cheaper hotels and vacation rentals. Flights are cheaper most of the time. Transportation is also lower(rental car and town car service). All of it adds up when someone is deciding where to take their family. I do enjoy San Diego and it's offerings. But if you are not a "zoo person", like my hubby, then that takes out pretty much most of the big attractions. Disneyland also does not have the transportation to it's resorts and all 3 of them are in the deluxe category.
 
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Darkbeer1 said:
So California has more major Theme Parks than Florida does.
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You consider Great America a "major" theme park? I live in the Bay Area and I'm pretty sure very few people living here would honor it with such a distinction. Unless you're a teen or an adult with kids it's pretty much forgotten about. Do a Google search for top Bay Area attractions and see what comes up. I doubt Great America, Gilroy Gardens, or Discovery Kingdom are on anyone's lists.
 
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PiratesMansion

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Darkbeer1 said:
The Three LEGOLAND California Parks (One is treated as a Theme Park, one as an Aquarium, and one as a Water Park).
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I'm sorry, that's a massive stretch. An aquarium is not a theme park, and being operated by an entertainment company does not magically make it one. If we're going by that logic, you should have said that Legoland has *4* parks (for their "2" water parks). But that's not how it works. In addition, water parks that are not completely separate gates are generally not counted as 2 parks. It is perfectly legitimate to count the Orlando water parks separately because they are separate gates. I can't say the same about the one at Legoland.

Darkbeer1 said:
But once again, This wasn't a comparison of any of state,
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By stretching to include regional parks hours away from the theme park hub of SoCal, you have made it so. Florida can be the theme park capital of the world even if some of the parks in California really are better than the ones in Florida. It can be the capital even if by tortured logic there are more parks in California than in Florida. It's fine.
 
disney4life2008

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I live in Orlando and to be honest both the city and state is boring! Theme parks aside, California has so much more including the pacific ocean, mountains, Daiso Japan, 99 cent store and best of all In in out burger!
 
disney4life2008

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PiratesMansion said:
I'm sorry, that's a massive stretch. An aquarium is not a theme park, and being operated by an entertainment company does not magically make it one. If we're going by that logic, you should have said that Legoland has *4* parks (for their "2" water parks). But that's not how it works. In addition, water parks that are not completely separate gates are generally not counted as 2 parks. It is perfectly legitimate to count the Orlando water parks separately because they are separate gates. I can't say the same about the one at Legoland.



By stretching to include regional parks hours away from the theme park hub of SoCal, you have made it so. Florida can be the theme park capital of the world even if some of the parks in California really are better than the ones in Florida. It can be the capital even if by tortured logic there are more parks in California than in Florida. It's fine.
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I actually think that about Volcano Bay. I do not see it as a theme park, a water park yes but.
 
DLR92

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I don't see CA as a theme park capital. But I see CA itself is a travel destination to see.
You know it be more interesting to see what if Disney open more amusement parks in CA. What happened if Long Beach and the Sea Commission approved of DisneySea Long Beach? How much impact it could bring CA economy.
 
No Name

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Last I checked, Florida, the state, is not the theme park capital of the world. So why are you talking about anything outside of Los Angeles?

Hattieboxghost110 said:
Fair enough. If you are going by REPUTATION, then yes, Orlando is the theme park capital. Though when people think Orlando, people still primarily think DISNEY, if we go by park attendance. I just think we're using different metrics. I'm using VARIETY, QUANTITY, AFFORDABILITY, WEATHER, HISTORY, SCENERY.
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That's all fine and good, but titles like the one we're arguing come from reputation. If you think that Los Angeles has better variety, quantity, affordability, weather, history, and scenery in their theme parks, you can have that opinion, but the title has little to do with those things. The title has to do with how the location grew to prominence and what it is still known for. I'm not sure what the point of this thread is. My financial advice is that you don't launch an ad campaign against Visit Orlando.
 
Hattieboxghost110

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smile said:
not getting into this, but i'd like to reiterate that, even tho it may be the butt of jokes...
the abundance and variance of wildlife is easily one of florida's greatest traits

i mean, just look at that awesome dude strolling across the golf course like a baller
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Sure, I'm not disagreeing with you. I'm a nature lover so I very much appreciate wildlife and beautiful scenery. That's why I live out West, which has the best scenery in the country, IMO.

Honestly, my post was half joking/half-truth. After what happened tragically to the little boy in Disney World, I vowed to never step foot inside a body of water in Florida, or my kids. As someone who loves to surf Live Leak, I've seen enough videos to not trust alligators or crocs under any circumstances.
 
Curious Constance

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Hattieboxghost110 said:
Sure, I'm not disagreeing with you. I'm a nature lover so I very much appreciate wildlife and beautiful scenery. That's why I live out West, which has the best scenery in the country, IMO.

Honestly, my post was half joking/half-truth. After what happened tragically to the little boy in Disney World, I vowed to never step foot inside a body of water in Florida, or my kids. As someone who loves to surf Live Leak, I've seen enough videos to not trust alligators or crocs under any circumstances.
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Why was that golf alligator so huge? :(
 
Hattieboxghost110

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Damon7777 said:
2 things about this thread:

1)Yes, California is the theme park king if one considers the totality of quantity, quality, variety, history, attendance ..... ..that's fairly obvious

2) I care about this distinction as much as I care that Kansas has the most prairie dogs.
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My man, then why do you take the time to read this thread and respond if you could care less?
 
Hattieboxghost110

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Travel Junkie said:
To be fair if you are going to use this criteria to diminish Florida's count you have to use AP's to diminish California's. If you are talking about unique visitors I'm sure Florida's attendance lead over California widens even further.



I wouldn't consider any of them major theme parks and and if you do, Florida has just as many roughly the same size that you are leaving out. Overall the two states are probably pretty close in pure numbers despite California having twice the population.



Once again you are pointing out all of the California parks that show variety, but fail to mention Florida's variety. You mention all of California's regional and local parks, but are only counting Florida's largest ones.

The numbers clearly point to Florida and specifically Central Florida as the top theme park destination in not only the country, but the world. You may disagree, but it seems pretty apparent that two of the three biggest players in parks Disney and Universal have their flagship resort in Florida, not California. That says a lot.
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Can you give me a list of Florida's theme/amusement parks, other than the major 9 and Fun Spot?

As I mentioned earlier, Disney and Universal have pretty much KILLED OFF most of their competition. A few parks remain, but most of FL parks are RIP.

The owners of these quirky and charming amusement parks pre-WDW, were welcoming to Walt, naively thinking that the massive influx of new visitors would increase their own park's attendance. A rising tide lifts all boats, right? Definitely not in this case.

http://www.wdwinfo.com/history/the-...n-orlando-under-disney-and-universals-shadow/
 
Damon7777

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smile said:
deemed superior, in no small part, because it's a more recent iteration.
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Hmmm????
More recent? As in newer? But that does not make it better necessarily. A better castle, I say, is the one which has the more elaborate architecture, is larger, has more convincing paint schemes, is better positioned/located.

Age really is not the best metric. Magic Kingdom's Pirates is newer to DL's but is noticeably inferior......and California Adventure's newer ToT just seemed short changed against the older Dis Studios version. Of course many newer versions of attractions are superior to the originals---just a case by case basis.
 
Damon7777

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Hattieboxghost110 said:
My man, then why do you take the time to read this thread and respond if you could care less?
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I do not care that California(or Florida or any state for that matter) is the capital of theme parks. Unless you are seated at the California Office of Tourism under the governor or a Darkbeer why would anybody care?

I read this thread and responded because I find interest in posters' opinions and how well(or poorly) they defend them.
 

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