10 Most Popular Amusement Parks In The World

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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!

Most Popular Amusement parks In The World: Magic Kingdom

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

Most Popular Amusement parks In The World: Disneyland, California

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

Most Popular Amusement parks In The World: Tokyo Disneyland

4. Tokyo DisneySea, Tokyo, Japan – Also in Tokyo, this park received 12,656,000 visitors in 2012 alone

Most Popular Amusement parks In The World: Tokyo DisneySea

5. Disneyland Paris, France – With 11,200,000 visitors in 2012, this is the most visited amusement park in Europe

Most Popular Amusement parks In The World: Disneyland Paris

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

Most Popular Amusement parks In The World: Epcot, Florida

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

Most Popular Amusement parks In The World: Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Florida

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

Most Popular Amusement parks In The World: Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Florida

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

Most Popular Amusement parks In The World: Universal Studios Japan

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

Most Popular Amusement parks In The World: Islands of Adventure