Even with Epic Universe open, Magic Kingdom stayed No. 1 in the world for 2025
Magic Kingdom held the global attendance crown in 2025, while Epic Universe drew about 4 million visits in its first seven months.
A new Orlando theme park made its first appearance in the annual attendance rankings, but the top spot did not move. The latest TEA Global Experience Index says Magic Kingdom remained the world’s most visited theme park in 2025, even as Epic Universe opened nearby and drew about 4 million guests in roughly seven months.
Magic Kingdom recorded about 17.8 million visits in 2025, a 0.2% dip from 2024 that was still enough to keep it at No. 1 worldwide. Disneyland followed at No. 2 with about 17.4 million, up 0.4%.
Disney parks filled eight of the top 10 places globally. Along with Magic Kingdom and Disneyland, the list included Tokyo Disneyland at about 15.2 million, Shanghai Disneyland at about 15 million, Tokyo DisneySea at about 12.6 million, EPCOT at about 12.1 million, Disneyland Park in Paris at about 10.8 million, and Disney’s Hollywood Studios at about 10.3 million. Disney California Adventure narrowly missed the top 10 with about 10.1 million visits.
The most eye-catching new entry was Epic Universe. The Universal Orlando park opened May 22, 2025 and attracted about 4 million guests in its first roughly seven months, ranking No. 13 in North America.
What changed for Disney World and Universal
At Walt Disney World, all four theme parks were nearly flat year over year. Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, Hollywood Studios and Animal Kingdom each slipped 0.2%. Animal Kingdom finished at about 8.8 million visits, and the four park resort total came to about 49 million, compared with 49.1 million in 2024.
The water parks helped lift the broader resort total. Typhoon Lagoon remained North America’s most visited water park at about 1.76 million guests, despite a 3% decline. Blizzard Beach rose 50.5% to about 1.35 million after both Disney water parks operated at the same time for the first time in six years. Across all six Walt Disney World parks, attendance reached about 52.1 million, up from 51.8 million.
Epic Universe boosted Universal’s overall Orlando picture, but its existing parks slipped. Universal Studios Florida fell 2.1% to about 9.3 million, Islands of Adventure dropped 2.6% to about 9.2 million, and Volcano Bay declined 3% to about 1.6 million. Volcano Bay still ranked as North America’s No. 2 water park, and it closed Monday for a refurbishment scheduled to continue into spring 2027.
Across all operators, Disney remained No. 1 worldwide with about 146.8 million visits in 2025, up 1.1%.
