Disneyland drops from 2nd to 11th in worldwide attendance rankings, report shows

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Disneyland toppled from the 2nd spot successful the worldwide attendance rankings successful 2019 and fell retired of the planetary apical 10 successful 2020 arsenic taxable parks astir the globe faced wide differing reopening restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, based connected information from a caller report.

Global taxable parkland attendance declined 67% astatine the 25 most-visited taxable parks from 2019 to 2020, according to a caller study from the Themed Entertainment Association and AECOM.

The COVID-19 pandemic forced taxable parks astir the satellite to adjacent for months successful 2020. California taxable parks were among the past to reopen globally aft a yearlong government-imposed closure that stretched from mid-March 2020 to aboriginal April 2021.

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The taxable parkland satellite was truthful topsy-turvy successful 2020 that the yearly TEA/AECOM attendance study opted to not rerank the apical 25 from 2019 — reporting the caller 2020 headcounts without reshuffling the rankings from the erstwhile year. We went to the occupation of reranking the apical 60 parks for 2020 beneath — and arsenic you tin see, chaos reigned.

California taxable parks were deed hardest, with attendance dropping astatine slightest 80% during closures that stretched passim the year. Chinese parks reopened sooner during the pandemic with immoderate seeing drops arsenic debased arsenic 11%.

As it has for decades, Disney dominated the TEA/AECOM attendance rankings successful 2019 with each 12 worldwide parks successful the apical 25. That wasn’t the lawsuit successful 2020, with 3 Disney parks tumbling retired of the planetary apical 25.

The Magic Kingdom held onto the apical spot worldwide successful 2020, but the pandemic reshuffled the platform beneath with Disneyland falling from the 2nd to the seventh most-visited Disney taxable parkland successful the world.

The caller metallic medalist successful the Disney taxable parkland empire: Shanghai Disneyland, which reopened successful May 2020. Disneyland’s attendance besides fell down Disney’s different Florida parks and Tokyo Disneyland — which each reopened successful July 2020.

Disneyland dropped to 11th spot connected the worldwide attendance rankings with Universal Studios Japan, Universal Studios Florida and China’s Chimelong Ocean Kingdom and OCT Happy Valley Beijing jumping up of the Anaheim taxable park.

Disney California Adventure fell adjacent further — from 13th spot worldwide successful 2019 to retired of the apical 25 successful 2020. DCA ranked up of lone the 2 least-attended Disney taxable parks that perennially inhabit the bottommost of the Mouse House’s attendance database each twelvemonth — Hong Kong Disneyland and Walt Disney Studios Park successful France.

Shanghai Disneyland’s ascent to the 2nd spot connected the worldwide attendance database saw the Chinese parkland leapfrog Disneyland, Tokyo Disneyland, Tokyo DisneySea, Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Epcot and Disney’s Hollywood Studios arsenic good arsenic Universal Studios Japan and China’s Chimelong Ocean Kingdom.

The surges and declines successful the worldwide attendance rankings bespeak section COVID-19 restrictions that kept taxable parks closed oregon allowed them to reopen. Theme parks successful California and Japan declined successful the attendance rankings portion parks successful Florida and China roseate successful the rankings.

Five Chinese taxable parks leaped onto the reranked apical 25 worldwide leaderboard — including a brace of OCT parks owned by the Chinese government. China’s OCT Happy Valley Beijing moved from 24th spot successful 2019 to the 8th spot successful 2020.

California taxable parks that were closed passim 2020 from the commencement of the pandemic successful the United States fell hard successful the attendance rankings.

Universal Studios Hollywood plummeted from 15th worldwide successful 2019 to extracurricular the apical 25 successful 2020 — falling down Hersheypark, a chocolate-themed determination amusement parkland successful Pennsylvania.

Knott’s Berry Farm dropped from the top-visited Cedar Fair parkland successful 2019 to 4th successful the amusement parkland concatenation successful 2020 — with Ohio’s Kings Island leapfrogging Knott’s, Canada’s Wonderland and Ohio’s Cedar Point.

The taxable parkland satellite was truthful upside down successful 2020 that Six Flags Mexico drew much visitors than Six Flags Magic Mountain — which had 5 times much attendance than the Mexican parkland successful 2019.

Because of the mode TEA/AECOM handled the 2020 rankings, it’s intolerable to cognize if immoderate newcomers that lurked extracurricular the determination rankings successful 2019 could person jumped into the resorted planetary taxable parkland attendance rankings presented here. That means determination are apt immoderate parks successful Asia, Europe and North America that should beryllium connected this database that are not.