The Magic Kingdom theme park at Walt Disney World in Florida, United States, reported over 17 million visitors in 2022. This denoted a roughly 35 percent increase in attendees over the previous year, when attendance totaled almost 12.7 million. Despite welcoming more guests in 2022 than it did in 2021, the amusement park was not able to reach pre-pandemic levels of attendance that year.
Theme parks - additional information
The most visited theme park worldwide, Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom, located in Florida, reports increasing visitor numbers each year. However, this decreased slightly in 2016, during which attendance at the park was around 20.4 million. Disney's theme parks are not only ranked high in the United States. Disneyland Park in France received 9.74 million visitors in 2019 - almost twice that of its closest European competitor, Europa Park in Germany, which counted 5.75 million attendees.
SeaWorld
In recent years, the controversial use of killer whales in shows and performances at SeaWorld parks has been the topic of public debate. In February 2010, a captive killer whale located at the SeaWorld park in Florida killed its trainer during a show. That year, the park reported a decline in visitor numbers. Declining visitor numbers at the SeaWorld theme park in California were also reported during the same year - a decline that would last until the year 2018, in which SeaWorld park attendance numbers increased again.
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Themed Entertainment Association. (June 22, 2023). Attendance at the Magic Kingdom theme park (Walt Disney World Florida) from 2009 to 2022 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/232966/attendance-at-the-walt-disney-world-magic-kingdom-theme-park/
Themed Entertainment Association. "Attendance at the Magic Kingdom theme park (Walt Disney World Florida) from 2009 to 2022 (in millions)." Chart. June 22, 2023. Statista. Accessed June 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/232966/attendance-at-the-walt-disney-world-magic-kingdom-theme-park/
Themed Entertainment Association. (2023). Attendance at the Magic Kingdom theme park (Walt Disney World Florida) from 2009 to 2022 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/232966/attendance-at-the-walt-disney-world-magic-kingdom-theme-park/
Themed Entertainment Association. "Attendance at The Magic Kingdom Theme Park (Walt Disney World Florida) from 2009 to 2022 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Jun 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/232966/attendance-at-the-walt-disney-world-magic-kingdom-theme-park/
Themed Entertainment Association, Attendance at the Magic Kingdom theme park (Walt Disney World Florida) from 2009 to 2022 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/232966/attendance-at-the-walt-disney-world-magic-kingdom-theme-park/ (last visited June 18, 2024)
Attendance at the Magic Kingdom theme park (Walt Disney World Florida) from 2009 to 2022 (in millions) [Graph], Themed Entertainment Association, June 22, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/232966/attendance-at-the-walt-disney-world-magic-kingdom-theme-park/