For Your Pointless Trivia Pleasure, the 25 Most Visited Theme Parks in the World

1) MAGIC KINGDOM at Walt Disney World
Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA
17,233,000

2) DISNEYLAND
Anaheim, CA, USA
15,900,000

3) TOKYO DISNEYLAND
Tokyo, Japan
13,646,000

4) DISNEYLAND PARK at Disneyland Paris
Marne-la-Vallee, France
12,740,000

5) TOKYO DISNEY SEA
Tokyo, Japan
12,004,000

6) EPCOT at Walt Disney World
Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA
10,990,000


7) DISNEY’S HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS at Walt Disney World
Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA
9,700,000



8) DISNEY’S ANIMAL KINGDOM at Walt Disney World
Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA
9,590,000

9) UNIVERSAL STUDIOS JAPAN
Osaka, Japan
8,000,000

10) EVERLAND
Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea
6,169,000

11) DISNEY’S CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE
Anaheim, CA, USA
6,050,000

12) SEAWORLD FLORIDA
Orlando, FL, USA
5,800,000

13) UNIVERSAL STUDIOS at Universal Orlando
Orlando, FL, USA
5,530,000

14) OCEAN PARK
Hong Kong
4,800,000

15) NAGASHIMA SPA LAND
Kuwana, Japan
4,700,000

16) ISLANDS OF ADVENTURE at Universal Orlando
Orlando, FL, USA
4,627,000

17) HONG KONG DISNEYLAND
Hong Kong
4,600,000


18) YOKOHAMA HAKKEIJIMA SPA PARADISE
Yokohama, Japan
4,500,000


19) UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD
Universal City, CA, USA
4,308,000

20) LOTTE WORLD
Seoul, South Korea
4,261,000

21) EUROPA PARK
Rust, Germany
4,250,000

22) SEAWORLD CALIFORNIA
San Diego, CA, USA
4,200,000

23) BUSCH GARDENS TAMPA BAY
Tampa Bay, FL, USA
4,100,000

24) DE EFTELING
Kaatsheuvel, Netherlands
4,000,000

25) TIVOLI GARDENS
Copenhagen, Denmark
3,870,000

A few things to note:
1) Magic Kingdom is once again the #1 theme park in the world; imagine the attendance once the darn park actually increases in size
2) Sea World Orlando is now the #1 theme park in America not named Disney.
3) Universal (both Orlando parks) are really reeling a bit, with Universal dropping over 10% in the last year.
4) California Adventure is creeping into the top 10; years after Disney realized what a disaster it was---almost giving 9 of the Top 10 slots to Disney.
5) 10 of the Top 25 theme parks around the world have the Disney name…isn’t that something?
6) Where is Cedar Point?
7) One would wonder how much better the attendance of Hollywood Studios and Animal Kingdom would be if they have monorail tracks included
8) The Netherlands have a theme park creeping into the top 25 with a massive attendance boost of 25%. Funny fact: that park is actually older than Disneyland
9) Despite the reputation of being forever-second place, Universal has 4 parks in the Top 25; including Japan and California.
10) Japan owns 5 of the top 25 theme parks, with America containing 12.
11) Next year, I see the rankings in the top 10, being more or less the same, with California Adventure replacing Everland. Then I predict Islands of Adventure hitting the Top 15 thanks to Harry Potter


Pointless trivia for the week. Enjoy!


All this attendance information came from TEA.
http://www.themeit.com/