It would be interesting to see other seasonal park's attendance data % compared to each other.  Due to amount of operating days varying from park to park, the % increases/ decreases by year would be more "telling".

CP

Dollywood

Hershey

BGW

Looks like the Smurfs had an impact in ‘84. LOL jk


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20 hours ago, Tr0y said:

If KI attendance figures followed the metro population of the area

I have no idea what you're trying to "prove" at this point, but pointing out that KI's attendance didn't exactly track the area's population growth doesn't achieve that. I could also cherry-pick data to "prove" an obviously-wrong point (The debut of Diamondback led to a 4% decrease in YOY attendance. Clearly installing coasters is a bad idea! ) The point is, there is a clear trend line of sustained attendance growth even if we can point to individual years where the data fluctuates. And that attendance growth trend is finite and constrained by, among many other things, regional population.

33 minutes ago, DispatchMaster said:

I have no idea what you're trying to "prove" at this point, but pointing out that KI's attendance didn't exactly track the area's population growth doesn't achieve that. I could also cherry-pick data to "prove" an obviously-wrong point (The debut of Diamondback led to a 4% decrease in YOY attendance. Clearly installing coasters is a bad idea! ) The point is, there is a clear trend line of sustained attendance growth even if we can point to individual years where the data fluctuates. And that attendance growth trend is finite and constrained by, among many other things, regional population.

By all means, show me the metrics that support your claims. 
 

 

TEA released their attendance numbers yesterday for 2024 at Knott's during the TEA SATE NA Event; Kings Island has a healthy number coming in at 3.465 million visitors and is again the second most visited amusement park in North America.  Here is some links with information. 

Official Release of the 2024 TEA Global Experience Index™ | Themed Entertainment Association

TEA Global Experience Index™ | Themed Entertainment Association