For those of us that don't know, the TEA is in charge of coming up with the attendance figures of the theme parks and museums around the world. In a moment of awesomeness, they even make it available for free if you can find it in their website. Well, I just downloaded the report and for your reading please, am going to point out some of the more interesting (and also expected) revelations of how many people visited what parks, and why we honestly should never ever worry about Disney ever again. And yes, I did this once. Here are some of the charts:
We can start with the top 15, right? Once again, for at least the 4th year in a row Disney has the 8 busiest theme parks in the world. Once again Magic Kingdom is on top of the line. Once again the Japanese Disney parks have remained much bigger success stories than the French and Chinese counterparts. And once again, there two Universal parks threatening the lower-attended Disney parks like Animal Kingdom and Hollywood Studios. While Hollywood has gone up 2.2%, we see Universal of Japan going up a dangerous 14% and Islands of Adventure riding the Potter train with a 4% increase. Then hot on the heels is the new awakening of the California Adventure--finally seeing Disney-like numbers and inches away from the Top 10. Who knows how much bigger the increase will be with the New Fantasyland and New Test Track still having the fresh smell. Disney next year might have 9 of the top 10 slots. This is pure unfairness.
We see less Disney on this side but do see some hometown favorites like Sea World of Florida (Whose numbers went down badly after the sad death of the trainer) and Busch Gardens, both going up in attendance thanks to the major increase in Florida economy. De Efteling, one of the classic classic theme parks, is making a nice comeback into the Top 20. Here's to hoping Sea World can reach its higher numbers of back in the day. Does anyone outside of Europe even know the existence of the Walt Disney Studios Park?
So Disney also has the top water park in the world, does that surprise you? But, but, how long can this reign continue with this Chinese water park exploding in attendance and inches away from overtaking the #1 spot. Typhoon Lagoon or Blizzard Beach hasn't delivered anything new or major in ages, so it could just be a case of lack of appeal to the locals. Maybe something new is in the future? It is also good to be the Schlitterbahn cross over a million visitors this year and go up heavily in attendance.
And finally, random random trivia:
So Disney also has the top water park in the world, does that surprise you? But, but, how long can this reign continue with this Chinese water park exploding in attendance and inches away from overtaking the #1 spot. Typhoon Lagoon or Blizzard Beach hasn't delivered anything new or major in ages, so it could just be a case of lack of appeal to the locals. Maybe something new is in the future? It is also good to be the Schlitterbahn cross over a million visitors this year and go up heavily in attendance.
And finally, random random trivia:
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