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- From: buckley@powdml.enet.dec.com (Bill Buckley)
- Newsgroups: rec.roller-coaster
- Subject: Top 40 Amusement/Theme Parls -- 1992
- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.204513.29842@engage.pko.dec.com>
- Date: 23 Jan 93 19:04:28 GMT
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- Below are the Top 40 Amusement/Theme parks for 1992 as compiled by
- Amusement Business magazine (re-posted w/o permission). Also included
- are their respective rackings for the past two years.
-
- NOTE: Policies at some parks forbid release of attendance figures. An
- asterisk (*) appearing after the attandance figure indicates the figure
- is an estimate, based on information gathered by reliable AB sources.
- Parks that either did not report or did not qualify on the basis of
- reported figures in 1990 and 1991 are designated as "NL".
-
-
- '90 '91 '92 PARK & LOCATION ATTENDANCE % OF CHANGE
- === === === =============== ========== ===========
- 1 1 1 WDW, EPCOT, MGM Studios; 30,240,000* Up 8%
- Lake Buena Vista, FL
-
- 2 2 2 Disneyland; Anaheim, CA 11,600,000* Down slightly
-
- 12 3 3 Universal Studios Florida; 6,700,000* Up 12%
- Orlando, FL
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- 4 4 4 Universal Studios Hollywood; 4,800,000* Up 4%
- Universal City, CA
-
- 5 6 5 Sea World of Florida; Orlando, FL 4,100,000* Up 5%
-
- 6 7 6 Sea World of California; San Diego 4,006,000* Up 5%
-
- 3 5 7 Knott's Berry Farm; Buena Park, CA 3,900,000* Down slightly
-
- 7 13 8 Paramount's King's Island; 3,260,000* Up 12%
- King's Falls, OH
-
- 8 8 9 Six Flags Magic Mountain; 3,200,000* Up slightly
- Valencia, CA
-
- 14 15 10 Six Flags Great America; 3,150,000* Up 17%
- Gurnee, IL
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- 10 9 11 Cedar Point; Sandusky, OH 3,125,000* Up 4%
-
- 15 11 12 Six Flags Great Adventure; 3,100,000* Up 6.5%
-
- 9 12 13 Busch Gardens Tampa; Tampa, FL 3,050,000* Up 5%
-
- 11 14 14 Six Flags over Texas; Arlington, TX 3,000,000* Up 10%
-
- 13 10 15 Beach Boardwalk; Santa Cruz, CA 3,000,000* No change
-
- 16 20 16 Siz Flags over Georgia; Atlanta, GA 2,600,000* Up 14%
-
- 17 17 17 Paramount's Great America; 2,350,000* Down slightly
- Santa Clara, CA
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- 19 16 18 Canada's Wonderland; Maple, Ont. 2,300,000* Down 4%
-
- 18 18 19 Paramount's King's Dominion; 2,250,000* Down 3%
- Doswell, VA
-
- 21 21 20 Busch Gardens Williamsburg; VA 2,118,300* Down 5%
-
- 20 22 21 Opryland; Nashville, TN 2,023,409 Up 5%
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- NL NL 22 Fiesta Texas; San Antonio, TX 2,000,000 (new park)
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- 23 23 23 Six Flags Astroworld; Houston, TX 2,000,000* Up 7%
-
- 31 29 24 Marine World-Africa USA; Vallejo, CA 1,900,000 Up 32%
-
- 28 27 25 Dollywood; Pigeon Forge, TN 1,800,000 Up 11%
-
- 26 28 26 Six Flags over Mid-America; 1,800,000* Up 12%
- St. Louis, MO
-
- 27 26 27 Silver Dollar City; Branson, MO 1,752,926 Up slightly
-
- 25 24 28 Hersheypark; Hershey, PA 1,700,000 Down 6%
-
- 21 19 29 Ontario Place; Toronto, Canada 1,655,000 Down 30%
-
- 29 25 30 Sea World of Texas; San Antonio, TX 1,500,000* Down 23%
-
- 33 31 31 Worlds of Fun; Kansas City, MO 1,327,395 Up 3%
-
- NL NL 32 Sea World of Ohio; Aurora; OH 1,313,200* Up 5%
-
- 30 32 33 Paramounts Carowinds; Charlotte, NC 1,300,000* Up slightly
-
- 37 33 34 Kennywood; West Mifflin, PA 1,215,900* Down 6%
-
- 33 34 35 LaRonde; Montreal, Quebec 1,200,000 Up 7%
-
- 37 33 36 Geauga Lake; Aurora, OH 1,107,000 Down 3%
-
- 36 36 37 Valleyfair!; Shakopee, MN 1,075,000* Up 4%
-
- 39 37 38 Knoebels Amusement Resort; 980,000 Up 2%
- Elysburg, PA
-
- 35 35 39 Darien Lake; Corfu, NY 975,000 Down 14%
-
- NL NL 40 Lagoon; Farmington, UT 951,664 Up 6%
-