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2006 theme park attendance data released

Posted on April 4, 2007 by Matt
Category: Disney, SeaWorld, Travel, Universal Studios

From themeparkinsider.com:

As expected, Disney laid the smack down in 2006, posting strong attendance gains while Six Flags and Universal parks largely declined or remained flat.

Here are the world’s top 10, for 2006:
Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom, 16.64 million, up 3 percent
Disneyland, Anaheim 14.73 million, up 1.2 percent
Tokyo Disneyland, 12.90 million
Tokyo DisneySea, 12.10 million
Disneyland Paris, 10.60 million
Epcot, 10.46 million, up 5.5 percent
Disney-MGM Studios, 9.10 million, up 5 percent
Disney’s Animal Kingdom, 8.91 million, up 8.6 percent
Universal Studios Japan, 8.50 million
Everland, South Korea, 7.50 million

And the top 10 U.S. theme parks, by attendance:
Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom, 16.64 million, up 3.0 percent
Disneyland, Anaheim, 14.73 million, up 1.2 percent
Epcot, 10.46 million, up 5.5 percent
Disney-MGM Studios, 9.10 million, up 5.0 percent
Disney’s Animal Kingdom, 8.91 million, up 8.6 percent
Universal Studios Florida, 6.00 million, up 1.2 percent
Disney’s California Adventure, 5.95 million, up 2.1 percent
SeaWorld Orlando, 5.74 million, up 2.5 percent
Universal’s Islands of Adventure, 5.30 million, down 4.8 percent
Universal Studios Hollywood, 4.70 million, flat

I’m surprised that SeaWorld and Universal Studios had more visitors than Islands of Adventure. I always thought Islands seemed more crowded than Studios.

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  1. Mike says:
    April 4, 2007 at 4:39 pm

    Interesting information. That’s a pretty large drop for IoA year to year also.

    I like IoA and Universal (although I like the Universal in CA better) but when I was in FL about a month ago, I had a 7-day pass to IoA/U and I only used one day… I hit Universal for the first part of the day (I do love The Mummy!!!) and then hit IoA up because it was still mid-afternoon and I didn’t want to leave yet.

    Well, I never made it back to IoA/U to use any of the remaining 6 days :( I pretty much did everything I wanted to at the parks in that one day, including riding many of the big rides several times since the crowds were light. That and I didn’t want to pay for another parking pass ($11, which is more than Disney!) and for their over-priced pop/drinks (again, more than Disney!)

    IoA/U is a nice park and I do enjoy visiting, but after you’ve done it a few times, there’s definitely less to keep you coming back each time and I think that 4.8% loss of visitors shows that.

    Mike

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