Waterparks in the US by attendance 2022

In 2022 the water park with the highest attendance during that year was Typhoon Lagoon with 1.92 million visitors. Universal's Volcano Bay was the second most visited water park in the U.S. that year, with 1.85 million guests in total.

Waterparks throughout the U.S.

There are currently over one thousand waterparks within the U.S., most of which identify as stand-alone outdoor waterparks. Some waterparks are part of a larger resort and vary in whether they are indoor or outdoor. Overall, the water park industry in the U.S. was valued at 2.33 billion U.S. dollars in 2021. Moreover, the sector was forecast to grow by about 42 percent in 2022.

Other U.S. amusement parks

Within the U.S. there are many kinds of amusement parks. As of 2021, the most visited amusement park in the U.S. was Magic Kingdom in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, followed by Disneyland in Anaheim, California. However, from year-to-year different amusement parks gain and lose popularity. Among all amusement parks in the North American country, Six Flags Great Adventure experienced the largest increase in attendance between 2020 and 2021.

Attendance at leading water parks in the United States from 2019 to 2022 (in millions)

Characteristic	2019	2020	2021	2022
Typhoon Lagoon, Orlando	2.25	0	-	1.92
Universal's Volcano Bay, Orlando	1.81	0.55	1.69	1.85
Aquatica, Orlando	1.53	0.53	1.15	1.55
Schlitterbahn, New Braunfels	1	0.45	0.89	0.95
Water Country USA, Williamsburg	0.74	0	0.7	0.71
Adventure Island, Tampa	0.66	0.13	0.59	0.64
Aquatica San Antonio, San Antonio	0.65	0.26	0.59	0.63
Schlitterbahn, Galveston	0.57	0.34	0.4	0.54
Six Flags Hurricane Harbor, Jackson	0.48	0.2	0.45	0.43
Cedar Point Shores, Sandusky	0.42	0	0.4	0.41
Zoombezi Bay, Powell	0.47	0.18	0.37	0.4
Six Flags Hurricane Harbor, Arlington	0.54	0	0.38	0.39
Dollywood's Splash Country, Pigeon Ford	0.43	0.19	0.28	0.37
Camelbeach, Tannersville	0.44	0	0.23	0.37
Typhoon, Texas	0.48	0	0.34	0.36
Six Flags White Water, Marietta	0.53	0.24	0.37	0.35
Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Splashtown, Spring	0.48	0.09	0.33	0.34
Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Phoenix, Glendale	0.44	0.15	0.31	0.32
Blizzard Beach, Orlando	1.98	0.32	1.2	0.1

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Release date

June 2023

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United States

Survey time period

2019 to 2022

Supplementary notes

All facilities are gated (entry ticket required). A waterpark is an amusement park that features waterplay areas, such as water slides, splash pads, spraygrounds (water playgrounds), lazy rivers, or other recreational bathing, swimming, and barefooting environments. Waterparks in more current states of development may also be equipped with some type of artificial surfing or bodyboarding environment such as a wave pool or a FlowRider.
Figures have been rounded.

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