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2009THEMEINDEX p29

1 TYPHOON LAGOON at Walt Disney World Lake Buena Vista, FL BLIZZARD BEACH at Walt Disney World Lake Buena Vista, FL

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 11 12 13*

15 16 17 18 19 20

AQUATICA Orlando, FL

WET ‘N WILD Orlando, FL

SCHLITTERBAHN New Braunfels, TX

WATER COUNTRY USA Williamsburg, VA ADVENTURE ISLAND Tampa, FL

SCHLITTERBAHN Galveston, TX

HYLAND HILLS WATER WORLD Denver, CO

SPLISH-SPLASH Riverhead, NY NOAH’S ARK Wisconsin Dells, WI RAGING WATERS San Dimas, CA

SIX FLAGS WHITE WATER Marietta, GA

13* SIX FLAGS HURRICANE HARBOR Arlington, TX DOLLYWOOD’S SPLASH COUNTRY Pigeon Forge, TN

WET ‘N WILD EMERALD POINT Greensboro, NC SOAK CITY CEDAR POINT Sandusky, OH SIX FLAGS HURRICANE HARBOR Jackson, NJ

CAMELBEACH Tannersville, PA

ZOOMEZI BAY Powell, OH

2,059,000 visitors 1,891,000 visitors 1,600,000 visitors 1,235,000 visitors

 0%  0%

6.8% 5.0%

900,000 visitors 2.0% 700,000 visitors 600,000 visitors

2.2%

9.3%

530,000 visitors 5.0% 515,000 visitors 3.4% 495,000 visitors 1.0% 490,000 visitors 8.1% 466,000 visitors 3.1% 450,000 visitors 8.2% 450,000 visitors 1.1% 446,000 visitors 2.0% 390,000 visitors 375,000 visitors 360,000 visitors 350,000 visitors 325,000 visitors

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Note: '*' indicates a tie. Attendance figures are estimates, based on company information, annual reports, published information and from reliable TEA/AECOM industry and tourism sources. Percent changes for 2009 for certain parks are based on adjusted/updated figures for 2008, thus not directly comparable to published TEA/AECOM list for 2008/07. Source: TEA / AECOM

185.6 million 121.4 million

57.3 million 65.5 million 12.3 million

20.7 million 12.8 million

Top 20 worldwide waterparks attendance in 2009 –

an increase of 2.1 percent from 2008.

Total visitation to top 15 waterparks in US, a growth of 3.0 percent from 2008 and 11.6 percent from 2005.

(All figures are for calendar year 2009 unless otherwise indicated.)

IV

Attendance for the top 20 European parks, level with 2008 numbers. Total attendance for top 20 parks has grown by 7.3 percent since 2005.

Total theme park attendance for top 25 worldwide parks, a decline of 0.2 percent from 2008.

These charts form part of the

2009 Theme Index,

produced and distributed jointly by the TEA (Themed

Total visits to the top 20 parks in North America, a decline of 1.1 percent from 2008. Since 2005, attendance to the top 20 parks in North America has grown by 2.8 percent.

Total visits to the top 10 Asian parks down 3.5 percent from 2008. For the new top 15 Asian parks, total attendance was 77.6 million in 2009, a decline of 2.9 percent compared to 2008.

Attendance to top 10 parks in Mexico and Latin America up 1.3 percent from 2008.

12.8 m

Total visitation to top 15 waterparks a growth of 3.0 percent from 2008 an

Entertainment Association) and the economics practice of AECOM, formerly Economics Research Associates (ERA). AECOM obtains the figures used to create the report through a variety of sources, including statistics furnished from directly by the operators, historical numbers, financial reports, the investment banking community and local tourism organisations, among others. To be included in the study, a facility must be gated (entrance ticket required).

The full report, which includes additional analysis from AECOM, can be downloaded from:

www.teaconnect.org/etea/2009report.pdf

www.aecom.com.economics www.teaconnect.org

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