Theme Park Stats

[Sarangel]

I thought you all would like to see how other theme parks stack up agianst our favorites...

Theme Park: Busch Gardens The Old Country, VA
Adult Admission: $43.00
Child Admission: $32.00
Opening Date: March 24th
Attendance (estimated 2000): 2.3 mil.

Theme Park: Cedar Point, OH
Adult Admission: $39.00
Child Admission: $15.00
Opening Date: May 6th
Attendance (estimated 2000): 3.4 mil.

Theme Park: Dollywood, TN
Adult Admission: $35.00
Child Admission: $25.50
Opening Date: April 7th
Attendance (estimated 2000): 2.3 mil.

Theme Park: Knott's Berry Farm, CA
Adult Admission: $40.00
Child Admission: $30.00
Opening Date: Year Round
Attendance (estimated 2000): 3.5 mil.

Theme Park: Paramount's Kings Island, OH
Adult Admission: $40.00
Child Admission: $20.00
Opening Date: April 7th
Attendance (estimated 2000): 3.2 mil.

Theme Park: SeaWorld California, CA
Adult Admission: $42.00
Child Admission: $32.00
Opening Date: Year Round
Attendance (estimated 2000): 3.6 mil.

Theme Park: Six Flags Great Adventure, NJ
Adult Admission: $49.00
Child Admission: $25.00
Opening Date: April 7th
Attendance (estimated 2000): 3.5 mil.

Theme Park: Six Flags Great America, IL
Adult Admission: $40.00
Child Admission: $20.00
Opening Date: May 5th
Attendance (estimated 2000): 2.9 mil.

Theme Park: Six Flags Over Georgia, GA
Adult Admission: $37.00
Child Admission: $18.00
Opening Date: March 24th
Attendance (estimated 2000): 2.4 mil.

Theme Park: Six Flags Over Texas, TX
Adult Admission: $43.00
Child Admission: $21.50
Opening Date: March 3rd
Attendance (estimated 2000): 2.8 mil.

Theme Park: Six Flags World of Adventure, OH
Adult Admission: $38.00
Child Admission: $19.00
Opening Date: May 5th
Attendance (estimated 2000): n/a

Theme Park: Universal Studios Hollywood, CA
Adult Admission: $43.00
Child Admission: $32.00
Opening Date: Year Round
Attendance (estimated 2000): 5.2 mil.

 

[YoHo]

Hmmm, Looks like NJ is the expensive State.
Can you post the florida numbers too
I know DisnyWorld is $48.00 single day addmission.

(incidently, If you want to do Seaworld Sandeago Cheap, use it as your Disney flex when you stay at a Disneyland resort, OR, get the San Deago pass that get you in to the Zoo, the Wildlife park and Sea World for like $100 (each of those run you ~$40 individually.

 

[Sarangel]

The source for this info didn't have the Disney numbers, but WDW single day adult admissions are in the $49/day vicinity. The CA parks are at $43/day for adults. Any one else got kids admission numbers or annual attendance numbers?

Sarangel

 

[larworth]

One of the things that can be a little deceiving in terms of looking at single day admission costs is discounting.

Most of the local parks run regional discounts that can really drop the price. Bring in a Coke can and get $10 off. I can get SF, BG tickets from my local township office that are about 30% off the single day price. My entertainment book used to have a buy one get one free at SFNJ. There are currently 15% off Busch, Orlando, Seaworld coupons in it.

With the little discounting that Disney does I would still assume they have the highest average admission cost by a ways (as well they should).

What is always more interesting to me is to think about the relative attendance. These parks can make good money with 1/5th!!! of the attendance of a Disney park.

 

[Sarangel]

That's true, but you'll notice that most of these parks are only open for a partial year... That measn they have to be losing $$ on the land lying dormant for part of the year (though definately not as much as they would lose if they had to pay all the extra wages, etc to keep the parks open).

Sarangel