DISNEY is still the most popular
1. The Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida, 14.7 million, down 4 percent
2. Disneyland, Anaheim, California, 12.3 million, down 11 percent
3. Epcot at Walt Disney World, 9 million, down 15 percent
4. Disney-MGM Studios at Walt Disney World, 8.3 million, down 6 percent
5. Disney's Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World, 7.7 million, down 7 percent
6. Universal Studios at Universal Orlando, 7.2 million, down 10 percent
7. Islands of Adventure at Universal Orlando, 5.5 million, down 8 percent
8. SeaWorld Orlando, 5.1 million, down 2 percent
9. Disney's California Adventure in Anaheim, California, 5 million, opened in 2001
10. Universal Studios Hollywood, 4.7 million, down 9 percent
11. Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, Florida, 4.6 million, down 8 percent
12. SeaWorld California in San Diego, 4.1 million, up 13 percent
13. Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park, California, 3.58 million, down 3 percent
14. Six Flags Great Adventure, Jackson, New Jersey, 3.56 million, up 1.7 percent
15. Morey's Piers, Wildwood, New Jersey, 3.4 million, up 3 percent
15. Adventuredome at Circus Circus, Las Vegas, Nevada, 3.4 million, up 7 percent
17. Paramount's Kings Island, Mason, Ohio, 3.36 million, up 4 percent
18. Six Flags Magic Mountain, Valencia, California, 3.2 million, down 3 percent
19. Cedar Point, Sandusky, Ohio, 3.1 million, down 9 percent
20. Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, California, 3 million, no change
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HMMM!!! I thought SFGAm had over 3 million guests for 2001 yet they dont make this list.
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*** This post was edited by Youdontnojack on 12/25/2001. ***
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Until you get a parking space with your own name on it, you're still part of the GP.
Disney's Tokyo Disneyland is the most visited park, I believe. Disneyland Paris is probably up near the top as well.
Also, if they don't have the numbers this year, expect both Universal and Disney's newest parks (Universal Studios Japan, Tokyo DisneySea and Disney Studios Europe) to pull in some big numbers as well.
As for Morey's Piers - I suspect those numbers may come from a combined total of the several piers down there?? If so, that might the data is messed up, depending on how it's calculated. That figure might be inflated because of a single person visiting multiple piers - and this being counted several times.
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I do believe Epcot was down so significantly this year because last year they had the Millennium Celebration which made them have a great increase in attendance. Hopefully the World, Disney and in general, will be coming closer together and back to normal as 2002 begins and progresses.
Something that really surprised me was the 13 percent rise at SWC. What happened there this year? Anything I missed? A new coaster at the park would be really nice to get me back there.
Intamin Fan said:
I can't believe how high Great Adventure is on the list.
I know....its the staple for us NYC natives though! It is etched in our genes to make a pilgrimage at least twice a year. Plus its a phat azz park!!!!!! Can't believe it beat Cedar Point.....AGAIN.
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Antuan said:Can't believe it beat Cedar Point.....AGAIN.
Why? Great Adventure serves the NYC and Philadelphia metropolitan areas, home to over 27 million people. Cedar point serves the Cleveland, Columbus, and Detroit metro areas, home to roughly 10 million people. Considering Great Adventure has 17 million more people to draw from, the fact that it beat Cedar Point by less than 500,000 is less than impressive. Especially in a year where CP was down 9 percent.
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Koaster King said:
I do believe Epcot was down so significantly this year because last year they had the Millennium Celebration which made them have a great increase in attendance.
Well, Epcot's been seeing an attendance drop since the opening of Animal Kingdom in 1998. The lack of any major additions to the park is giving families little reason to return on subsequent visits.
That's why we're seeing Mission: Space, website and all, being touted and advertised as long as two years before it's scheduled opening. Disney is doing everything they can to make people realize that things are changing in Epcot, and they want them to come back for another visit.
I think we'll see the major addition of Beastly Kingdomme to AK, followed by a heavy emphasis on bringing Epcot into the 21st century. Then, the Magic Kingdom will follow, and then a fifth gate. The Disney Studios is a bit landlocked, and I see them changing shows in and out of their existing buildings rather than expanding southward across the road.
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ColumbusCoaster said:
Why? Great Adventure serves the NYC and Philadelphia metropolitan areas, home to over 27 million people. Cedar point serves the Cleveland, Columbus, and Detroit metro areas, home to roughly 10 million people. Considering Great Adventure has 17 million more people to draw from, the fact that it beat Cedar Point by less than 500,000 is less than impressive. Especially in a year where CP was down 9 percent.
Yes, but why is CP down 9 percent? If it's such a big and great park, shouldn't it not be down a massive 9 percent? Also, if Ohio has such a smaller pool of people, yet Cedar Point is still supposedly one of the biggest parks, then why did Paramount's King's Island, which is lesser known and hides in CP's shadow, and also serves the same area, beat CP? I was also shocked to see Cedar Point so far down on the list, considering all the attention it gets. It's own sister park, Knott's Berry Farm grossed a lot more than CP and yet it gets no where near the amount of attention as CP. What gives?-----------------
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1)CP's only new additions were Lighthouse Point and Johnny Rockets
2)PKI introduced two new family rides, Runaway Reptar and Wild Thornberries River Adventure which are large crowd pleasers and attention-getters in the area as well as having two new FX Theatre films and the word-of-mouth for the OTSRless FOF
3)Besides as far as enthusiasts go, PKI and CP are both in the spotlight for their target areas, and I think PKI has a slightly bigger area to draw from than Cedar Point. Slightly though, but as you can see, its really not a huge difference.
4)All of the reasons you listed that CP should be bigger than PKI are arguable, but both hold their own ground. CP is the park on the lake for big coaster thrills. PKI is the park in the woods for big family fun.
5) CP doesn't compete with SFGAdv nor KBF, so I don't think there are really any comparisions there to say. KBF competes with Disney, Universal, and SFMM, and its very successful in that market. Beating MM is quite a feat and going against the two biggest theme park companies in the country is quite an accomplishment.
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So what is better? SFMM or CP? I don't care! They both have 29 coasters between them that they build so we can have a good time!
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