Attendance Numbers re-examined
Over on the Discussion Boards at LaughingPlace.com member Darkbeer has broken down the top 25 ranked US theme parks in a more useful manner, visits per operating day. This gives a slightly different top 5 and pushes California Adventure all the way down to 14th.
Let’s look at the AB/ERA 2005 numbers from a Average Daily
Attendance viewpoint. (I am going to the parks operating schedule to
figure out the days open, and then dividing it into the year
attendance, then rounding).
1. Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Orlando, 44,110
2. Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif. 39,725
3. Paramount Canada’s Wonderland in Maple, Ontario, 28,350 (127 days)
4. Epcot at Walt Disney World in Orlando, 27,125
5. Disney-MGM Studios at Walt Disney World in Orlando, 23,560
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Interesting to note the huge drop off between the two big boys and everybody else. I’d also like to see the AB/ERA judged against total estimated
capacity for each park. ie, which parks are consistantly meeting their
goals. These are numbers I’m sure industry insiders have.
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