Top 20 North American Amusement Parks - 2007
- 72% of customers who visit America's top 10 amusement parks - 64 million people - are riding on self-regulated rides. That means no government ride inspections or investigations of serious accidents, not even when a customer dies.
- 56% of customers who visit America's top 20 amusement parks - 69 million people - are riding on self-regulated rides.
- That means more than 21% of U.S. amusement park customers are riding on self-regulated rides. (Here's the math: 69 million riders at self-regulated Top 20 parks divided by 335 million total attendance at U.S. parks equals 21%, a lowball figure that assumes no parks outside the top 20 are self-regulated.)
- Disney, Universal/NBC, and Anheuser-Busch benefit most from the regulatory exemptions granted by Congress and state legislatures. 75% of Disney parks, 75% of Universal Studios parks, and 56% of Busch parks are self-regulated, compared with 7% for Cedar Fair parks and 15% for Six Flags parks.
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| Rank |
Company |
Park |
Attendance |
Change from 2006 |
State |
| 1 |
Disney |
Disney's Magic Kingdom |
17,060,000 |
2.5% |
|
| 2 |
Disney |
Disneyland |
14,870,000 |
1% |
|
| 3 |
Disney |
Epcot |
10,930,000 |
4.5% |
|
| 4 |
Disney |
Disney's Hollywood Studios |
9,510,000 |
4.5% |
|
| 5 |
Disney |
Disney's Animal Kingdom |
9,490,000 |
6.5% |
|
| 6 |
Universal |
Universal Studios Orlando |
6,200,000 |
3.3% |
|
| 7 |
Busch |
Seaworld Orlando |
5,800,000 |
1% |
|
| 8 |
Disney |
California Adventure |
5,680,000 |
-4.5% |
|
| 9 |
Universal |
Islands of Adventure |
5,430,000 |
2.5% |
|
| 10 |
Universal |
Universal Studios Hollywood |
4,700,000 |
0% |
|
| 11 |
Busch |
Busch Gardens Tampa Bay |
4,400,000 |
1% |
|
| 12 |
Busch |
Seaworld California |
4,260,000 |
0% |
|
| 13 |
Cedar Fair |
Knott's Berry Farm |
3,630,000 |
-1% |
|
| 14 |
Cedar Fair |
Canada's Wonderland |
3,250,000 |
0.5% |
|
| 15 |
Busch |
Busch Gardens |
3,157,000 |
12.5% |
|
| 16 |
Cedar Fair |
Cedar Point |
3,120,000 |
1.5% |
|
| 17 |
Cedar Fair |
Kings Island |
3,050,000 |
0% |
|
| 18 |
Hershey |
Hershey Park |
2,940,000 |
9.2% |
|
| 19 |
Six Flags |
Six Flags Great Adventure |
2,720,000 |
-0.5% |
|
| 20 |
Six Flags |
Six Flags Great America |
2,630,000 |
0.5% |
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Source: Park World and the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions
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