HKDL among top 10 most visited theme parks

[Asa]

HKDL is included in the top 10 theme parks of the world list. But its miles behind other Disneylands in Orlando, Anaheim, Tokyo and Paris. These four attract at least double what HKDL does annually.

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[TDLFAN]

Re: HKDL among top 10 most visited theme parks

Well... that's nice. But I never believe those types of "Most..." lists, simply because there are a lot of other theme parks out there, especially in Asia, where attendance numbers may never be released to the Press or by the operators.. and isn't Disney one of them such operators as well? So, how does the press or other entities get these numbers from?

[tasman]

Re: HKDL among top 10 most visited theme parks

Hong Kong Disneyland isn't in the top ten. That was a rather random collection of parks in the link. At the very least, all the other Disney parks as well the Universal ones all have higher attendance than Hong Kong Disneyland. If I remember correctly, DisneySea and Epcot are about 12 million plus, Animal Kingdom and Disney-MGM 8 million plus, DCA about 6 - 7 million, and the Universal parks about 5 - 6 million.

[TDR_Fan]

Re: HKDL among top 10 most visited theme parks

Hong Kong Disneyland isn't in the top ten. That was a rather random collection of parks in the link. At the very least, all the other Disney parks as well the Universal ones all have higher attendance than Hong Kong Disneyland. If I remember correctly, DisneySea and Epcot are about 12 million plus, Animal Kingdom and Disney-MGM 8 million plus, DCA about 6 - 7 million, and the Universal parks about 5 - 6 million.

Here are the world's top 10, for 2006:

1. Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, 16.64 million, up 3 percent
2. Disneyland, Anaheim 14.73 million, up 1.2 percent
3. Tokyo Disneyland, 12.90 million
4. Tokyo DisneySea, 12.10 million
5. Disneyland Paris, 10.60 million
6. Epcot, 10.46 million, up 5.5 percent
7. Disney-MGM Studios, 9.10 million, up 5 percent
8. Disney's Animal Kingdom, 8.91 million, up 8.6 percent
9. Universal Studios Japan, 8.50 million
10. Everland, South Korea, 7.50 million

[TDLFAN]

Re: HKDL among top 10 most visited theme parks

Amazing... more guests at TDS than EPCOT. Plus, I am happy for Universal Japan to have cracked that list... since it is the best Universal Studios park on Earth.