21. Amusement Park Attendance Statistics

The following list of the top 50 North American Amusement/Theme Parks, ranked by attendance, is from Amusement Business. These statistics show how the top parks fared during 1993, and the percent change in attendance from the 1992 season. Global Amusment/Theme parks have been added to the list for comparisons, but available data on the foriegn parks is not complete enough to effectively merge the two lists as one.

Note: Policies at some parks forbid release of attendance figures. An asterisk (*) appearing after the attendance figure indicates the figure is an estimate, based on information gathered by reliable AB sources. In the event of a tie, a non-estimated figure gets the higher placement over an estimated figure. Parks that either did not report or did not qualify on the basis of reported figures in 1990 through 1992 are indicated with '-'. '+' indicates a tie.

 93 92 91 90    PARK, LOCATION                 ATTENDANCE     % CHANGE
 == == == ==    ===============                ==========     ========
  .  .  .  .    Tokyo Disneyland               15,815,000
                 Tokyo, Japan
  1  1  1  1    Magic Kingdom at WDW           12,000,000*    Up 4%
                 Lake Buena Vista, FL
  2  2  2  2    Disneyland                     11,400,000*    Down slightly
                 Anaheim, CA
  3  1  1  1    EPCOT at WDW                   10,000,000*    No change
                 Lake Buena Vista, FL
  .  .  .  .    EuroDisney                     10,000,000
                 Marne la Vallee, France
  .  .  .  .    Jaya Ancol Dreamland            9,500,000
                 Jakarta, Indonesia
  4  1  1  1    Disney-MGM Studios at WDW       8,000,000*    No change
                 Lake Buena Vista, FL
  5  3  3 12    Universal Studios Florida       7,400,000*    Up 10%
                 Orlando, FL
  .  .  .  .    Blackpool Pleasure Beach        6,800,000
                 Blackpool, UK
  .  .  .  .    Lotte World                     5,000,000
                 Seoul, Korea
  6  4  4  4    Universal Studios Hollywood     4,950,000*    Up 3%
                 Universal City, CA
  .  .  .  .    Toshimaen Amusement Park        4,806,000
                 Tokyo, Japan
  7  5  6  5    Sea World of Florida            4,500,000*    Up 5%
                 Orlando, FL
  8  6  7  6    Sea World of California         4,000,000*    No change
                 San Diego, CA
  .  .  .  .    Tivoli Gardens                  4,000,000
                 Copenhagen, Denmark
  .  .  .  .    Huis Ten Boach                  3,751,300
                 Sasebo, Japan
  9  7  5  3    Knott's Berry Farm              3,700,000*    Down 5%
                 Buena Park, CA
 10  11  9 10   Cedar Point                     3,600,000*    Up 15%
                 Sandusky, OH
 11+ 12 11 15   Six Flags Great Adventure       3,500,000*    Up 13%
                 Jackson, NJ
 11+ 13 12  9   Busch Gardens Tampa             3,500,000*    Up 13%
                 Tampa, FL
 13   9  8  8   Six Flags Magic Mountain        3,300,000*    Up 3%
                 Valencia, CA
  .   .  .  .   Ocean Park                      3,300,000
                 Hong Kong
 14   8 13  7   Paramount's Kings Island        3,250,000*    No change
                 Kings Falls, OH
 15  10 15 14   Six Flags Great America         3,000,000*    Down slightly
                 Gurnee, IL
  .   .  .  .   Seoul Land                      3,000,000
                 Seoul, Korea
  .   .  .  .   Nagashima Spa Land              2,967,000
                 Kuwana, Japan
 16+ 14 14 11   Six Flags over Texas            2,900,000*    Down slightly
                 Arlington, TX
 16+ 15 10 13   Beach Boardwalk                 2,900,000*    Down slightly
                 Santa Cruz, CA
  .   .  .  .   Chapultepec Park                2,800,000
                 Mexico City, Mexico
  .   .  .  .   Takarazuka Family Land          2,788,682
                 Takarazuka, Japan
  .   .  .  .   De Efteling                     2,717,249
                 Kaatsheuvel, The Netherlands
 18  16 20 16   Six Flags over Georgia          2,700,000*    Up 4%
                 Atlanta, GA
 19  18 16 19   Paramount's Canada's Wonderland 2,600,000*    Up 13%
                 Maple, Ont. 
  .   .  .  .   Alton Towers                    2,600,000
                 North Staffordshire, England
  .   .  .  .   Korakuen                        2,550,000
                 Tokyo, Japan
 20+ 17 17 17   Paramount's Great America       2,500,000*    Up 6%
                 Santa Clara, CA
 20+ 19 18 18   Paramount's Kings Dominion      2,500,000*    Up 11%
                 Doswell, VA
 20+  -  -  -   Knott's Camp Snoopy             2,500,000*    (New park)
                 Bloomington, MN
  .   .  .  .   Playcenter                      2,500,000
                 Sao Paulo, Brazil
  .   .  .  .   Dunia Funtasi                   2,500,000
                 Indonesia
  .   .  .  .   Liseberg Park                   2,400,000
                 Gothenburg, Sweden
  .   .  .  .   Toei Uzumasa Eigamura           2,307,820
                 Kyoto, Japan
  .   .  .  .   Europa-Park                     2,300,000
                 Rust, Germany
 23+ 23 23 23   Six Flags Astroworld            2,200,000*    Up 10%
                 Houston, TX
 23+ 20 21 21   Busch Gardens Williamsburg      2,200,000*    Up slightly
                 Williamsburg, VA
  .   .  .  .   Bakken                          2,100,000
                 Klampenborg, Germany
  .   .  .  .   Heidi Park                      2,100,000
                 Soltau, Germany
  .   .  .  .   Siam Park                       2,088,000
                 Bangkok, Thailand
  .   .  .  .   Expoland                        2,020,000
                 Suita, Japan
 25+ 25 27 28   Dollywood                       2,000,000     Up 11%
                 Pigeon Forge, TN
 25+ 21 22 20   Opryland                        2,000,000     No change
                 Nashville, TN
  .   .  .  .   Beijing Amusement Park          2,000,000
                 Beijing, China
  .   .  .  .   Luna Park                       2,000,000
                 Rome, Italy
  .   .  .  .   Phantasialand                   1,900,000
                 Bruhl, Germany
 27  24 29 31   Marine World-Africa USA         1,870,000     Down slightly
                 Vallejo, CA
 28  22  -  -   Fiesta Texas                    1,800,000*    Down 11% 
                 San Antonio, TX
 29  27 26 27   Silver Dollar City              1,770,000     Up slightly
                 Branson, MO
 30  28 24 25   Hersheypark                     1,700,000     Up 5%
                 Hershey, PA
 31+ 33 32 30   Paramount's Carowinds           1,600,000*    Up 20% 
                 Charlotte, NC
 31+ 26 28 26   Six Flags over Mid-America      1,600,000*    Down 11% 
                 Eureka, MO
  .   .  .  .   Reino Aventura                  1,600,000
                 Mexico City, Mexico
  .   .  .  .   Parque Da Monica                1,600,000
                 Sao Paulo, Brazil
  .   .  .  .   Selva Magica                    1,500,000
                 Guadalajara, Mexico
 33  32  -  -   Sea World of Ohio               1,450,000*    Up 10%
                 Aurora, OH
 34  30 25 29   Sea World of Texas              1,400,000*    Down 6%
                 San Antonio, TX
  .   .  .  .   Beta Carrero                    1,300,000
                 Santa Catarina, Brazil
 35  34 33 37   Kennywood                       1,216,000*    No change
                 West Mifflin, PA
 36+ 36 33 37   Geauga Lake                     1,200,000     Up 8%
                 Aurora, OH
 36+ 35 34 33   LaRonde                         1,200,000     No change
                 Montreal, Quebec
 36+  -  -  -   Dorney Park                     1,200,000*    (New listing)
                 Allentown, PA
  .   .  .  .   Fantasiland                     1,200,000
                 Santiago, Chile
 39  31 31 33   Worlds of Fun                   1,197,287     Down 10%
                 Kansas City, MO
 40  39 35 35   Darien Lake                     1,115,000     Up 15%
                 Corfu, NY
 41   -  -  -   Kentucky Kingdom                1,048,262     (New listing)
                 Louisville, KY
 42  40  -  -   Lagoon                          1,006,273     Up 6%
                 Farmington, UT
 43   -  -  -   Riverside Park                    999,000     (New listing)
                 Agawam, MA
 44  38 37 39   Knoebels Amusement Resort         990,000     Up slightly
                 Elysburg, PA
 45   -  -  -   Rye Playland                      931,415     (New listing)
                 Rye, NY
 46  37 36 36   Valleyfair!                       913,000*    Down 15%
                 Shakopee, MN
  .   .  .  .   Interama                          900,000
                 Buenos Aires, Argentina
 47   -  -  -   Elitch Gardens                    800,000     (New listing)
                 Denver, CO
  .   .  .  .   Tivoli Park                       800,000
                 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  .   .  .  .   Divertido                         800,000
                 Mexico City, Mexico
 48+  -  -  -   Indiana Beach                     750,000*    (New listing)
                 Monticello, IN
 48+  -  -  -   Adventureland                     750,000*    (New listing)
                 East Farmingdale, NY
 50   -  -  -   Great Escape Theme Park           710,000*    (New listing)
                  Lake George, NY


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