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Amusement Parks:
United States

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Industry Overview
Industry Size and Trends | Attendance Segmentation
Consumer Recreation Expenditures Overview | Global Overview
Safety and Regulatory Factors

Highlights

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Industry Forecasts
Market Environment | Attendance Forecasts

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Industry Structure
Industry Composition | Industry Leaders | Additional Companies Cited
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ABOUT THIS REPORT

Scope & Method

This report forecasts US amusement park attendance and revenues in US dollars to
2017. Total attendance is segmented in terms of:

theme parks
water parks.

Venues such as arcades, carnivals, fairs, laser tag facilities, museums, pools, ski
resorts, and zoos operated independently of an amusement park are excluded from the
scope of this report.
To illustrate historical trends, total revenues and attendance are provided in annual
series from 2002 to 2012; the various attendance segments are reported at five-year
intervals for 2007 and 2012. Forecasts emanate from the identification and analysis of
pertinent statistical relationships and other historical trends/events as well as their
expected progression/impact over the forecast period. Changes in quantities between
reported years of a given total or segment are typically provided in terms of five-year
compound annual growth rates (CAGRs). For the sake of brevity, forecasts are
generally stated in smoothed CAGR-based descriptions to the forecast year, such as
demand is projected to rise 3.2% annually through 2017. The result of any particular
year over that period, however, may exhibit volatility and depart from a smoothed, longterm trend, as historical data typically illustrate.
Key macroeconomic indicators are also provided at five-year intervals with CAGRs for
the years corresponding to other reported figures. Other various topics, including
profiles of pertinent leading suppliers, are covered in this report. A full outline of report
items by page is available in the Table of Contents.

Sources
Amusement Parks: United States represents the synthesis and analysis of data from
various primary, secondary, macroeconomic, and demographic sources including:

firms participating in the industry, and their suppliers and customers

government/public agencies
national, regional, and international non-governmental organizations
trade associations and their publications
the business and trade press
The Freedonia Group Consensus Forecasts dated August and
December 2013
the findings of other industry studies by The Freedonia Group.

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Specific sources and additional resources are listed in the Resources section of this
publication for reference and to facilitate further research.

Industry Codes
The topic of this report is related to the following industry codes:
NAICS/SCIAN 2007
North American Industry Classification System

SIC
Standard Industry Codes

713110
713990

7996
7999

Amusement and Theme Parks

All Other Amusement and Recreation
Industries

Amusement Parks
Amusement and Recreation Services,
NEC

Copyright & Licensing

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international treaties. The entire contents of the publication are copyrighted by The
Freedonia Group, Inc.

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Table of Contents
Section

Page

About This Report ......................................................................................................................................... i

Highlights....................................................................................................................................................... 1
Industry Overview ......................................................................................................................................... 2
Industry Size & Trends............................................................................................................................. 2
Chart 1 | United States: Amusement Park Attendance Trends, 2002-2012 ....................................... 2
Chart 2 | United States: Amusement Park Revenue Trends, 2002-2012 .......................................... 3
Attendance Segmentation........................................................................................................................ 4
Chart 3 | United States: Amusement Park Attendance by Park Type, 2012 ...................................... 4
Theme Parks. ..................................................................................................................................... 5
Table 1 | United States: Attendance at Leading Theme Parks (million attendees) ............................ 6
Water Parks. ....................................................................................................................................... 6
Table 2 | United States: Attendance at Leading Water Parks (million attendees) ............................. 7
Consumer Recreation Expenditures Overview ........................................................................................ 9
Chart 4 | United States: Consumer Recreation Expenditures by Type, 2012 .................................... 9
Chart 5 | United States: Consumer Recreation Expenditure Trends, 2002-2012 .............................. 9
Global Overview ..................................................................................................................................... 11
Chart 6 | Top 10 Amusement Park Attendance per Select Regions, 2007 & 2012 .......................... 11
Safety & Regulatory Factors .................................................................................................................. 12
Industry Forecasts ....................................................................................................................................... 13
Market Environment ............................................................................................................................... 13
Table 3 | United States: Key Indicators for Amusement Park Attendance & Revenues .................. 13
Attendance Forecasts ............................................................................................................................ 14
Table 4 | United States: Amusement Park Attendance by Park Type (million attendees) ............... 14
Theme Parks. ................................................................................................................................... 15
Water Parks. ..................................................................................................................................... 16
Industry Structure ........................................................................................................................................ 17
Industry Composition ............................................................................................................................. 17
Industry Leaders .................................................................................................................................... 19
The Walt Disney Company ............................................................................................................... 19
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation ................................................................................................ 20
SeaWorld Entertainment Incorporated ............................................................................................. 21
Cedar Fair LP ................................................................................................................................... 22
Comcast Corporation ........................................................................................................................ 23
Additional Companies Cited................................................................................................................... 24
Resources ................................................................................................................................................... 25
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