Sea World vs. Disney Crowds

[VroomVroomLightning]

We are going on our Honeymoon in December to Disney World! But, I want to visit Sea World for two days too! I have always wanted to go and this seems like the perfect time to go!

The days I am looking to visit is during "Jersey Week" and on Veteran's Day followed by that Saturday.

The crowd levels for Disney World are 7's and 8's that day. Does this mean that Sea World will be really busy those two days too?

 

[KBF]

We are going on our Honeymoon in December to Disney World! But, I want to visit Sea World for two days too! I have always wanted to go and this seems like the perfect time to go!

The days I am looking to visit is during "Jersey Week" and on Veteran's Day followed by that Saturday.

The crowd levels for Disney World are 7's and 8's that day. Does this mean that Sea World will be really busy those two days too?

Disney parks are always more popular than Seaworld parks. A "Busy" day at Seaworld is probably like an above average day at Disney. To put it in perspective, Magic Kingdom had something like 16 Million visitors last year. Seaworld had only 5 1/2 million visitors last year. So take what you think as Disney crowded and divide that by half and you get Seaworld crowded. It seems even less busy when shows are going on because each stadium holds a good amount of people. But again, it will be somewhat busy but you will be able to enjoy yourself.

 

[DOOM1001]

2010 Top 20 US theme parks by attendance,Sea World is a more relaxing park when compared with any Disney parks.Sea World lost 12% attendance in 2010 from 2009 last year probably due to a combination of the death of the trainer and that they opened Manta in 2009 which raised the attendance for 2009.It's still a top 10 US park meaning it can get very crowded at times.

1. Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, 16.92 million, -1.5%
2. Disneyland, 15.98 million, +0.5%
3. Epcot, 10.83 million, -1.5%
4. Disney's Animal Kingdom, 9.69 million, +1.0%, up one position
5. Disney's Hollywood Studios, 9.60 million, -1.0%, down one position
6. Disney California Adventure, 6.28 million, +3.0%
7. Universal's Islands of Adventure, 5.95 million, +30.2%, up two positions
8. Universal Studios Florida, 5.93 million, +6.1%
9. SeaWorld Orlando, 5.10 million, -12.1%, down two positions
10. Universal Studios Hollywood, 5.04 million, +26.0%
11. Busch Gardens Tampa, 4.20 million, +2.4%, up one position
12. SeaWorld San Diego, 3.80 million, -9.5%, down one position
13. Knott's Berry Farm, 3.60 million, +8.0%
14. Canada's Wonderland, 3.38 million, +7.0%
15. Kings Island, 3.11 million, +3.7%
16. Cedar Point, 3.05 million, +3.7%
17. Hersheypark, 2.89 million, +3.0%, up one position
18. Busch Gardens Williamsburg, 2.80 million, -3.4%, down one position
19. Six Flags Great Adventure, 2.70 million, +2.5%
20. Six Flags Great America, 2.70 million, +10.2%

 

[KBF]

2010 Top 20 US theme parks by attendance,Sea World is a more relaxing park when compared with any Disney parks.Sea World lost 12% attendance in 2010 from 2009 last year probably due to a combination of the death of the trainer and that they opened Manta in 2009 which raised the attendance for 2009.It's still a top 10 US park meaning it can get very crowded at times.

1. Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, 16.92 million, -1.5%

Wow! I thought Magic Kingdom was 11 million! Didn't realize it was so much higher than that. Had to edit my previous post. Thanks for the numbers.