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A list of the 25 best-attended amusement parks in 2005
The top 25 best-attended North American amusement parks in 2005, their attendance and the percentage change from last year.
1. Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., 16.1 million, up 6.5 percent
2. Disneyland in Anaheim, 14.5 million, up 8.5 percent
3. Epcot at Walt Disney World in Orlando, 9.9 million, up 5.5 percent
4. Disney-MGM Studios at Walt Disney World in Orlando, 8.6 million, up 5 percent
5. Disney's Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Orlando, 8.2 million, up 5 percent
6. Universal Studios in Orlando, 6.1 million, down 8.5 percent
7. Disney's California Adventure in Anaheim, 5.8 million, up 3.6 percent
8. Islands of Adventure at Universal Orlando, 5.76 million, down 8.5 percent
9. SeaWorld Orlando, 5.6 million, up 0.2 percent
10. Universal Studios Hollywood, 4.7 million, down 6 percent
11. Adventuredome at Circus Circus in Las Vegas, 4.5 million, up 2.3 percent
12. Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, Fla., 4.3 million, up 5.1 percent
13. SeaWorld San Diego, 4.1 million, up 2.5 percent
14. Paramount Canada's Wonderland in Maple, Ontario, 3.6 million, up 7 percent
15. Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, 3.47 million, up 3 percent
16. Paramount's Kings Island in Kings Island, Ohio, 3.3 million, down 5.1 percent
17. Morey's Piers in Wildwood, N.J., 3.1 million, up 1 percent
18. Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, 3.1 million, down 2 percent
19. Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk in Santa Cruz, Calif., 3 million, flat
20. Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, N.J., 2.9 million, up 6 percent
21. Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Ill., 2.8 million, up 24 percent
22. Six Flags California's Magic Mountain in Valencia, 2.8 million, up 5 percent
23. Hersheypark in Hershey, Pa., 2.7 million, flat
24. Busch Gardens, Williamsburg, Va., 2.6 million, up 8.3 percent
25. Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., 2.3 million, up 7.3 percent
Source: Amusement Business and Economics Research Associates
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by Timmy179 on January 17th, 2006, 10:45 pm
Awesome list, also, by far the greatest % increase.
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by FRD714 on January 17th, 2006, 11:04 pm
We did pretty damn good.
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24& increase? Wow. Nice to see that we had more attendance than SFMM. Also, Morey's Piers kind of suprised me. It was DEAD when I went there.
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by Aero737 on January 17th, 2006, 11:38 pm
Yeah, a lot of figures have shown how much Hurricane Harbor has helped.
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Hopefully, we'll see attendance finally hit the 3 million mark with the tornado.
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Wow, hard to believe we beat Dollywood, and they are open march-december!!! Also...Circus Circus Adventure Dome is only on there because people go in there to check it out, not to ride. I bet only half of those that visited there bought wrist bands...I went there myself...it was pretty impressive though.
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by Sireze on January 18th, 2006, 2:21 pm
We are finally on a list! Finally!
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That's scary, because 21 is my favorite/lucky number.
But that's pretty good to hear.
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According to my "records", last year Six Flags Great America was at number 25 with 2.3 million visitors. So looking at what we are at now, Hurricane Harbor was a HUGE success. Also looking at last year's list, Dollywood was NOT on it and Camp Snoopy WAS: For those who are interested, the rest looks almost the same.
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by Rusty888 on January 19th, 2006, 10:26 pm
That's awesome! Cool list. 24%, thats just incredible to me!
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Well, that's pretty good. 24% is a pretty impressive number. I'm proud of Six Flags for this one.
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