Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom theme park attendance 2009-2023

The Magic Kingdom theme park at Walt Disney World in Florida, United States, reported over 17.7 million visitors in 2023. Despite welcoming more guests in 2023 than it did in 2022, the amusement park was not able to reach pre-pandemic levels of attendance that year. 

Theme parks - additional information

The most visited theme park worldwide, Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom, located in Florida, reports increasing visitor numbers each year. However, this decreased slightly in 2016, during which attendance at the park was around 20.4 million. Disney's theme parks are not only ranked high in the United States. Disneyland Park in France received 9.93 million visitors in 2022 - almost twice that of its closest European competitor, De Efteling which counted 5.43 million attendees. 

SeaWorld

In recent years, the controversial use of killer whales in shows and performances at SeaWorld parks has been the topic of public debate. In February 2010, a captive killer whale located at the SeaWorld park in Florida killed its trainer during a show. That year, the park reported a decline in visitor numbers. Declining visitor numbers at the SeaWorld theme park in California were also reported during the same year.