From: buckley@powdml.enet.dec.com (Bill Buckley)
Newsgroups: rec.roller-coaster
Subject: Top 40 Amusement/Theme Parls -- 1992
Date: 23 Jan 93 19:04:28 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


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  

  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

 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

 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%

 NL  NL  22   Fiesta Texas; San Antonio, TX	  2,000,000	(new park)

 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%