[Jonathan]

http://www.teaconnect.org/images/files/ ... 150603.pdf

Key highlights:

US attendance growth was up slightly driven by big gains at Universal (Harry Potter boosted attendance at Universal Orlando by 17%) while Six Flags and Cedar Fair dipped. Sea World fell 4.3% driven by an 8% drop at Sea World Orlando and a 12% drop at Sea World San Diego. Busch Gardens did not seem to be impacted much so I guess people don't make the connection between the two brands. Canda's Wonderland continues to lead the Cedar Fair chain followed by Cedar Point and Kings Island. The top seasonal parks in North America were Canada's Wonderland, Cedar Point, Kings Island, Hersheypark, Six Flags Great Adventure, and Busch Gardens Williamsburg. I'd imagine Cedar Fair would love to see Carowinds up in that list some day.

[coasterbruh]

I asked earlier and realize they don't particularly factor in the fact that all these places aren't open the same amount of days.

[Jonathan]

Yes, a more interesting metric would be average attendance per operating day.

[aoriole19]

How big of a difference is it? I'd imagine most Six Flags parks and Cedar Fair parks operate on similar schedules, so most of them may still be comparable based on overall attendance. I could easily be wrong and also I know nothing about the schedules of SeaWorld, Busch Gardens. and other parks, though.

[Jonathan]

Probably a pretty minor difference, but Carowinds for example opens a month and a half before Cedar Point, which included a week of Spring Break (two weeks this year).