10 Most Popular Amusement Parks In The World

This list contains the most popular amusement parks in the world, ranked by the number of visitors per year. Surprisingly, the list contains 6 parks in the United States, 4 of which are in the same Resort in Florida. Japan comes second with 3 parks in the list, and France is represented in the list with a single park.

1. Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World Resort, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States

The most popular amusement park in the world received 17,536,000 visitors in 2012 alone!

2. Disneyland, Anaheim, California, United States

Disneyland Florida received 15,963,000 visitors in 2012, making it the second most visited amusement park in the world

3. Tokyo Disneyland, Tokyo, Japan – 14,847,000 visitors

4. Tokyo DisneySea, Tokyo, Japan

Also in Tokyo, this park received 12,656,000 visitors in 2012 alone

5. Disneyland Paris, France

With 11,200,000 visitors in 2012, this is the most visited amusement park in Europe

6. Epcot, Walt Disney World Resort Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States

Epcot is the second of four theme parks built at Walt Disney World and it is also the second most visited among the four. It receives around 11 million visitors each year

7. Disney’s Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States

Also in Walt Disney World Resort, this is the last of the four parks in Disney’s world resort. It receives around 10 million visitors annually

8. Disney’s Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World Resort Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States

With almost the same visitors number as Animal Kingdom, Disney’s Hollywood Studios is the least popular park among the four parks that combine Walt Disney World Resort. As all of these park are among the top 10 most visited amusement parks in the world, it is hard not to be impressed

9. Universal Studios Japan, Osaka, Japan

The Universal Studios in Osaka is the third park from Japan to appear in this list. It received 9,700,000 visitors in 2012, and the numbers increase each year

10. Islands of Adventure, Universal Orlando Resort, Orlando, Florida, United States

With almost 8 million visitors in 2012, this park closes the list of top 10 most popular parks