2006 Attendence Figures

Post by **rdeacon** » Apr Mon 09, 2007 10:32 am

According to Themed Entertainment Association

Once again, Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom finds itself atop the heap, with 2006 attendance of over 16.64 million visitors. Disneyland Park in California duplicated last year's #2 finish at 14.73 million guests. Tokyo's Disneyland and Disney Sea parks finished third and fourth with 12.9 million and 12.1 million, respectively.

Disneyland Paris had its lead over Epcot halved, as it held onto fifth place with 10.6 million visitors. Epcot had 10.46 million to stay right behind. While the lure of Expedition Everest didn't enable Disney's Animal Kingdom to overtake the Disney-MGM Studios, as originally thought, it did close the gap by 59 percent as the Studios welcomed 9.1 million guests to the animal park's 8.91 million.
Disney's California Adventure showed up at number 13 on the list, with 5.95 million, and Hong Kong Disneyland showed up at number 18, with 5.2 million guests. Way off of the charts was the Disney Studios Paris, which only pulled in 2.2 million visitors, good for 11th place in Europe. The world top 25 list was cut off at 3.91 million for Nagashima Spa Land in Japan.

Attendance again grew at all U.S. Disney parks, with Disney's Animal Kingdom leading the way at 8.6 percent. Epcot saw a 5.5 percent increase and the Studios followed with 5 percent. The Magic Kingdom saw a 3 percent hike in guests, while Disney's California Adventure managed a 2.1 percent bump. Recovering from the initial burst of the 50th anniversary celebration in 2005, Disneyland still managed a 1.2 percent rise. The U.S. Disney parks took six of the top seven domestic spots, with Universal Studios Florida sneaking in at 6 million visitors, topping DCA by 50,000.

U.S. water park rankings saw Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach rank 1-2 with 2.05 million and 1.88 million.

Rich

kgmadorin · Post by **kgmadorin** » Apr Mon 09, 2007 12:31 pm

Thanks for the report, Rich! Always nice to hear those figures when I think of my Disney stock.

Breton · Post by **Breton** » Apr Mon 09, 2007 7:43 pm

Thanks a lot I wondered how the figures would turn out for Animal Kingdom.
Go Disney! 8)

AKLRULZ · Post by **AKLRULZ** » Apr Tue 10, 2007 6:48 am

I was in those stats!

Only spend 10 days there last year, though on two trips.

Post by **subsonic** » Apr Tue 10, 2007 11:17 am

rdeacon and I were talking about stats like like. Those kind of numbers are why Disney doesn't put as much effort into making superior quality attractions anymore. They don't need to. People will come regardless.

ambiguity123 · Post by **ambiguity123** » Apr Fri 20, 2007 5:58 pm

subsonic wrote:rdeacon and I were talking about stats like like. Those kind of numbers are why Disney doesn't put as much effort into making superior quality attractions anymore. They don't need to. People will come regardless.

This is a shame. I wish Disney would refuse to regress to mediocrity and instead try to be the best.