Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World


The Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) and AECOM publish the TEA/AECOM 2019 Theme Index and Museum: The Global Attractions Attendance Report, a study of attendance at major theme parks, amusement parks, waterparks and museums worldwide. Key findings in the report are:

Major theme parks around the world showed general stability in 2019 with modest growth rates. Overall attendance grew from 501,228,000 in 2018 to 521,183,000 in 2019 with Walt Disney Attractions, Merlin Entertainments Group and OCT Parks China in the top 3 positions. Universal Parks and Resorts ranked fourth.

North American parks advanced at a modest rate of 1.0% with Universal’s Islands of Adventure producing the best results at 6.0%, followed by Canada’s Wonderland at 4.0%, and Knott’s Berry Farm at 3.0%.

Top 20 Amusement/Theme Parks in North America
Rank
Park, Location
Change
2019
2018
1
Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World,
Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA
0.5%
20,963,000
20,859,000
2
Disneyland,
Anaheim, CA, USA
0.0%
18,666,000
18,666,000
3
Disney's Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World,
Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA
1.0%
13,888,000
13,750,000
4
Epcot at Walt Disney World,
Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA
0.0%
12,444,000 12,444,000
5
Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World,
Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA
2.0%
11,483,000
11,258,000
6
Univeral Studios at Universal Orlando,
Orlando, FL, USA
2.0%
10,922,000
10,708,000
7 Universal's Islands of Adventure at Universal Orlando
Orlando, FL, USA
6.0% 10,375,000 9,788,000
8
Disney's California Adventure,
Anaheim, CA, USA
0.0%
9,861,000 9,861,000
9
Universal Studios Hollywood,
Universal City, CA, USA
0.0%
9,147,000 9,147,000
10
SeaWorld Orlando,
Orlando, FL, USA
1.0%
4,640,000 4,594,000
11
Knott's Berry Farm,
Buena Park, CA, USA
3.0%
4,238,000 4,115,000
12 Busch Gardens Tampa Bay,
Tampa, FL, USA
1.0% 4,180,000 4,139,000
13
Canada's Wonderland,
Maple, ON, Canada
4.0%
3,950,000 3,798,000
14
Cedar Point,
Sandusky, OH, USA
1.5%
3,731,000 3,676,000
15
Six Flags Magic Mountain,
Valencia, CA, USA
0.5%
3,610,000 3,592,000
16
Kings Island,
Kings Island, OH, USA
1.0%
3,521,000
3,486,000
17
SeaWorld San Diego,
San Diego, CA, USA
-8.1%
3,485,000 3,793,000*
18
Six Flags Grand Adventure,
Jackson, NJ, USA
1.5%
3,451,000 3,400,000
19
Hershey Park,
Hershey, PA, USA
0.5%
3,384,000 3,367,000
20 Six Flags Great America,
Gurnee, IL, USA
2.0% 3,169,000 3,107,000
TOP 20 TOTAL ATTENDANCE 2019   159,108,000
157,478,000
TOP 20 ATTENDANCE GROWTH 2018-19
1.0%
159,108,000
157,478,000

Source: TEA/AECOM 2019 Theme Index and Museum Index: The Global Attractions Attendance Report

*Adjustment versus the figure we published in last year’s report

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