The new TEA report puts Magic Kingdom at No. 1 for 2025 with 17.8 million guests, while Epic Universe drew about 4 million visitors in its first seven months.
Epic Universe opened just down the road, and Magic Kingdom still didn’t budge from the top spot.
Walt Disney World’s original park drew about 17.8 million visitors in 2025, according to the Themed Entertainment Association’s new TEA Global Experience Index. That’s down 0.2% from 2024, which barely counts as a dip, and it’s still enough for No. 1 in the world.
Disneyland came in second with about 17.4 million, up 0.4%.
Universal’s newest park made its first appearance on the list, too. Epic Universe, which opened May 22, 2025, drew about 4 million guests in roughly seven months.
That was good for No. 13 in North America. WDW News Today expects it to climb once a full year of crowds counts in next year’s report.
Here’s FOX 35 Orlando’s first look at Epic Universe’s Celestial Park:
What are the 10 most-visited theme parks in the world?
Disney-branded parks took eight of the top 10 spots in 2025:
Magic Kingdom: 17.8 million (down 0.2%)
Disneyland: 17.4 million (up 0.4%)
Universal Studios Japan: 16 million
Tokyo Disneyland: 15.2 million (up 0.6%)
Shanghai Disneyland: 15 million (up 2%)
Chimelong Ocean Kingdom, China: 12.7 million
Tokyo DisneySea: 12.6 million (up 1.3%)
EPCOT: 12.1 million (down 0.2%)
Disneyland Park in Paris: 10.8 million (up 5.7%)
Disney’s Hollywood Studios: 10.3 million (down 0.2%)
Disney California Adventure just missed the cut at No. 11, with about 10.1 million guests. Put it together with Disneyland, and the Anaheim resort drew about 27.5 million people.
Tokyo Disney Resort’s two parks combined for about 27.8 million, which edges out Anaheim.
How did Walt Disney World do in 2025?
It held steady. All four parks slipped 0.2%, with Animal Kingdom at about 8.8 million. Together, the four parks drew about 49 million visitors, compared with 49.1 million in 2024.
The water parks did some of the heavy lifting. Typhoon Lagoon was again the most-visited water park in North America, with about 1.76 million guests, even though that was down 3%.
Blizzard Beach jumped 50.5% to 1.35 million. WDW News Today points out why: it was open at the same time as Typhoon Lagoon for the first time in six years. Counting both water parks, Disney World’s six parks drew about 52.1 million people, up from 51.8 million.
Did Epic Universe hurt Universal’s other Orlando parks?
A little. Universal Studios Florida slipped 2.1% to about 9.3 million, and Islands of Adventure fell 2.6% to about 9.2 million.
Volcano Bay dipped 3% to about 1.6 million, which still made it the No. 2 water park in North America. It closed Monday for a refurbishment that runs into spring 2027.
The bigger picture looks better for Universal. Its three Orlando parks drew about 3.5 million more visits than in 2024, thanks to Epic.
Universal’s parks around the world grew 5.4% to about 62.1 million, making it the No. 3 park company on the planet. Universal Studios Hollywood landed at No. 16 on the worldwide list.
Which theme parks grew the most?
Paris had a big year. Disneyland Park there rose 5.7% to about 10.8 million, and the park next door, now called Disney Adventure World, also grew 5.7%, to about 5.9 million.
Elsewhere, Shanghai Disneyland rose 2%, while Hong Kong Disneyland fell 3% to about 7.7 million.
Disney as a whole stayed No. 1 among park operators. Its parks drew about 146.8 million visits in 2025, up 1.1%.
Who makes the theme park attendance report?
The Themed Entertainment Association, a trade group for the companies that design and build attractions. This is the report’s 20th edition, and it has a new name and new research partners this year: Entertainment + Culture Advisors and The Park Database.
The top 25 parks worldwide drew about 245.4 million visits, roughly the same as 2024. North America’s top 20 drew about 143 million, up 1.5%.
Florida’s nine parks on the North American list accounted for 79.6 million of those visits. California’s six parks drew 47 million.
Article compiled and written by Kambrea Pratt (editor-in-chief), Derek Gibbs (beat editor) and the Pirates & Princesses newsroom. Pirates & Princesses is part of WebReef Media.
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Hat Tips:
WDW News Today (Oct. 27, 2026), the rankings, Epic Universe, water parks and operator totals
BlogMickey (Oct. 27, 2026), Universal Orlando’s park numbers and the report’s history
Fantasy Land News (Oct. 27, 2026), park-by-park attendance and Disney World totals
Themed Entertainment Association, the TEA Global Experience Index
InPark Magazine, the report’s new name and partners
Pirates & Princesses (Oct. 26, 2026), Volcano Bay’s refurbishment
FOX 35 Orlando on YouTube, the Celestial Park video
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