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SEAWORLD ORLANDO, ORLANDO Up 16.0% to 4,594,000 from 3,962,000Īnd, this is TEA/AECOM's full list of the top 10 best-attended theme parks in North America, just released in the 2019 report (as well as percentage change versus 2018).
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In order for you to do a quick comparison yourself here's TEA/AECOM's full list of the top 10 best-attended theme parks in North America in 2018 (as well as percentage change versus 2017) Quick Comparison in changes from 2018 to 2019 Image: Disney Though these numbers are great for looking at overall trends, they are no means exact, and are at best, rough estimates of overall attendance at theme parks. It is always a lengthy read but tucked away in the facts and figures are some interesting trends worth paying attention to, especially for fans of Universal Orlando Resort and Walt Disney World.Ī quick word on methodology: The statistics cited in the TEA/AECOM report are a combination of self-reported statistics from parks and publicly available financial reports. Although it may be hard to remember times before COVID-19, theme park attendance during 2019 wasn't affected by the current pandemic so should give a fair assessment of where the top theme parks were and will hopefully get back to over the coming years. The 2019 TEA/AECOM annual attendance report was released this week.
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Although many of the large theme park operators across the US including Disney and Universal and indeed across the world have started to reopen their gates, with limited capacity and the remaining threat of COVID-19, attendance is still very low in comparison to the numbers we would usually expect. No one can deny that so far 2020 has been an unprecedented year for theme park attendance across the globe due to the COVID-19 closures.