California Tourism - Top 10 attractions

I was reading the Sun Herald (Sydney) & came upon this item in the travel section. There is no online link, so here it is:

"California's biggest tourist attractions last year, in millions of visitors, as listed by the Californian Division of Tourism:"

1 Disneyland, Anaheim 13.9m
2 Universal Studios, Universal City 5.2m
3 Seaworld, San Diego 3.6m
4 Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park 3.4m
5 Six Flags Magic Mountain, Valencia 3.3m
6 Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk 3.0m
7 Six Flags Marine World, Vallejo 2.1m
8 Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey 1.8m
9 Paramount's Great America, Santa Clara 1.8m
10 Legoland, Carlsbad 1.4m

Can anyone confirm this? And is KBF doing well because they're located in the heart of LA?

What I want to know is where is Disney's California Adventure or is that included in the Disneyland stats because if it isn't then there are some big problems when dealing with the amount of guests at California Adventure or the newspaper forgot to include the park in there.
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Dave

The surprises(?): KBF, SCBB, and SFMW. What do they all have in common - Great wooden coasters! Come on SFMM, join in the party and please, for CoasterCon, please, REHAB Psyclone...I said please, twice...now three times!!!
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Son of Drop Zone - PKI CoasterCamp I Champions!!!

To hell with psyclone, lost cause. Bring Colossus up to par.

*** This post was edited by willthethrill on 10/29/2001. ***

Ace15: my guess is that those are last years stats. Since DCA wasnt around a full year yet, they arent listed. You'll have to wait till next year for those numbers

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"Nobody writes about the planes that land." Steve Salerno Washington Times 7-10-01

willthethrill, there are NO "lost causes" IMO, esp. among wooden coasters. Way easier/cheaper to fix 'em up than to tear 'em down and rebuild...AND we get to see a great ride brought back to life - in the Halloween spirit, arising from the grave!
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rollergator - intent on improving the "guest experience" - coming soon to a park near you

KBF is probably doing well because it's easier to get to for the majority of Southern Californians, and easier to get to for the folks vacationing at Mouseland.

Mouseland is a money pit too, lets not forget Knotts is not as punishing on the wallet

ACE15 --- DCA was not in operation LAST YEAR. This is its first year. look for it on next years' list.
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My other car is a Giovanola!

The SCBB seems to have an unfair advantage, it is the only free admission park on the list.

-djansi

Not really, the SCBB is my homepark, and they dont count you as you enter the park, they count you when you buy a wristband, or a certain amount of tickets. You guys are right that the Giant Dipper is da bomb, I ride it weekly! :)

Knott's is no were near the heart of LA. It does well becuase so many out of towners visit DL/DCA that they go to Knott's 8 miles away! Knott's is also highly regaurded as a great thrill park campared to Disney's thrills up here in Nocal!
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SFMM line cutters are the braviest in the world.

Are PGA's attendance numbers that bad? Thats not good for a park of that size.
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"The Peoples Elbow" or "The Spinaroonie?. Cant decide which is the most electrifying move in sports entertainment!!! LOL

When I worked at GA, I always heard figures over 3 million. I wonder if they counted season passes as a single admission?
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Yeeee Haaawwww!

One thing that is scewed about SCCB is that they sell tickets for the rides as well as wristbands. What if a mother buys 10 tickets for each of her four kids. Do they count that as 1, 4 or maybe even some other number of admissions? I also saw a lot of wristband swapping going on while I visited SCBB, so that also messes with the figures. These things simply cannot occur at the other parks where you must pay to get in. Another thought, does Disney sell season passes? I don't know, just curious. Because I would assume that they have the fewest numbers of repeat visitors in a year and would sell fewer season passes than the other parks.

Knott's attendence is actually, 6 mill. Disney i beleave is slightly lower than you posted. It population wise people. Disney is surrounded be major area so is Knott's. Six Flags is half way....