The full ranking
Castles, coasters, and turnstiles that spin tens of millions of times a year. Ranked by 2024 attendance from the TEA Global Experience Index, the definitive annual count of the world's busiest parks, with Disney holding eight of the top ten.
Magic Kingdom (Walt Disney World, Florida)
Walt Disney World's flagship park drew an estimated 17.8 million visitors in 2024, its 19th straight year as the most-visited theme park on Earth, anchored by Cinderella Castle.
Disneyland Park (Anaheim, California)
Walt Disney's original 1955 park, home to Sleeping Beauty Castle, ranked second worldwide and in North America with roughly 17.3 million visitors.
Universal Studios Japan (Osaka)
Osaka's Universal park, the busiest non-Disney park on Earth, held third worldwide with about 16 million visitors, powered by Super Nintendo World and The Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
Tokyo Disneyland
The first Disney park outside the United States, opened in 1983, ranked fourth globally and remains one of Asia's most beloved destinations.
Shanghai Disneyland
Disney's mainland China park posted a record year in 2024, ranking fifth worldwide and first in China.
Chimelong Ocean Kingdom (Hengqin, China)
The world's most-visited theme park not run by Disney or Universal, this marine-life and ride park near Macau drew about 12.6 million visitors to claim sixth.
Tokyo DisneySea
The nautically themed companion to Tokyo Disneyland, widely praised as one of the best-designed parks anywhere, ranked seventh worldwide in 2024.
EPCOT (Walt Disney World, Florida)
Disney's park of world cultures and innovation, marked by its giant geodesic sphere, ranked eighth globally.
Disney's Hollywood Studios (Walt Disney World, Florida)
The Walt Disney World park built around movies and Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge ranked ninth worldwide in 2024.
Disneyland Park (Disneyland Paris)
The most-visited theme park in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, the original gate at Disneyland Paris rounded out the global top ten.
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