 Alrighty, so the TIA attendance report has been released, so I'm gonna link it down below in the comments section and the description, and here's the credit on the screen before you. Now what's interesting about this year's is it seems a lot more inaccurate than it usually is, and I didn't even see the disclaimer that they typically have, and correct me if I'm wrong if it is in there, but normally they have a disclaimer that tells you that the numbers are just them guessing based off of numbers that, so for example, if Cedar Fair is like, oh, we had 7% attendance growth and they will go in and put those numbers to wherever they think had the biggest growth based off of new attractions. That's usually what they do with Cedar Fair, but this year it just seems a lot more inaccurate than it typically is, which is just quite interesting, but it's probably to do with maybe the restrictions in place for what's going on in the world. Now, on the screen before you is the top 10 theme park groups. This information is accurate, so you have six flags in spot number seven and Cedar Fair in spot number eight. Now what's interesting is the Cedar Fair has the 7.8% increase and Six Flags had 2.5, and again, for anyone that knows anything about Six Flags versus Cedar Fair, Six Flags has nearly doubled the properties to Cedar Fair, so Cedar Fair does hold a really strong grounding on the market, so for the amount of parks that Cedar Fair owns, they do have a significant amount of the market in terms of attendance, sales, everything, they are significantly higher per property than Six Flags, and a lot of that has to do with the hotels, so Cedar Fair has resorts in hotels and I think they actually just recently acquired a big resort with a golf course and all that, and then they have their sports force buildings as well. So Cedar Fair does have a significantly larger revenue stream, but I have really high hopes for this new CEO of Six Flags. I'm gonna make a separate video on that, but I'm seeing some really interesting things come out of this new CEO, and I think that he's gonna go down a very similar route that Cedar Fair is going down, and I think he's honestly going to be Six Flags' new saving grace. I think you're gonna see a new Six Flags moving forward. I think you're gonna see a lot of amazing things, and based off of what we're hearing and potentially gonna be seeing, he could be raising the amount of money that they spend each year on new attractions, so we're waiting to hear an official announcement on that, but it's looking really good. I honestly think Six Flags has a really, really bright future, and I really look forward to seeing it. So here is the top 25 amusement parks, so nothing too, too interesting on this list. I'm not a huge Disney fan. I don't know everything about Disney's attendance. I have been seeing online, you know, people were expecting Disney's attendance to have decreased, so it's weird that it's flatlined. I don't have anything to add on to that. They did just open Star Wars, and we know that it was a lot more successful than some people were portraying online. A lot of people were calling it an epic failure, yet the park was like maxed out each day, so it all comes down to who do you believe online and all that. I don't think Disney really performed as poorly as people were expecting. I think Disney definitely didn't do as well as they were expecting, and they were expecting a lot more guests, and they didn't get that, but nonetheless, I don't think they performed nearly as poorly as people had been advertising online. So here is the top amusement parks in North America. So what's interesting is Knott's Berry Farm at 4,238,000, that number is significantly inaccurate. So it has been released on a stockholders call, I think almost two years ago now, that Knott's Berry Farm's attendance is actually in the six millions, and I did fact check that. It is true it was said in a stockholders call, and multiple people have fact checked that as well. Knott's Berry Farm, being a year around Cedar Fair Park, actually broke significant records, I believe it was a year and a half, two years ago, when they announced on a stockholders call that they did hit, they were hitting in the six million attendance, so that number is inaccurate. Canada's Wonderland's information is highly inaccurate as well, not as inaccurate as Knott's Berry Farm, but based off of the math and what we were hearing at the end of Winterfest when we got to talk to some people, Winterfest at Canada's Wonderland brought in about 500,000 was the estimate, and that was before Winterfest had ended. So we're giving it around 500,000 to 600,000 attendance increase for Winterfest alone, and then that's around a 13% increase in attendance alone for the park, I believe. I'm doing the rough math in my head right now, so I could be wrong, but that should be around a 13%, actually it's probably higher, but it's a lot higher than the 4% you're seeing on the screen, and then that's not even taking into account Yukon Stryker's attendance increase, what Yukon Stryker would have done for the attendance. So based off of the math that I know with numbers with Winterfest and all that, honestly I'm putting Wonderland around 4,300,000 as the attendance change, not attendance change, sorry the attendance in 2019. So again, do the math on your own, I can't really do that in my head, 4,300,000 versus the 3,700,000 the year before. Again, the numbers are inaccurate, I bet you they're extremely inaccurate for Six Flags as well, I can't speak on that, I don't have too much knowledge on Six Flags, although I'm trying because the new CEO again is really impressing me, and when it comes down to business management and CEOs, that's what really gets me interested. And I've actually noticed Six Flags is really starting to sway me in their favor. Just the way this new CEO speaks and his vision for the chain, it's just in my eyes, I'm just so excited, I almost wanna fast forward like five years from now, and just be able to see what the parks look like, because there's gonna be a lot of changes, and it's gonna be a lot of really good changes. Their handling of what's going on in the world right now has been absolutely amazing. And just hearing him wanna raise what they're spending on rides and attractions right now from 9% and raise it even higher, that's like really exciting. We could see B&M's coming to Six Flags again, we could see Intamin's coming to Six Flags again, we could see those world record roller coasters, which will start like a roller coaster record war, like a whole roller coaster war again, which is truly exciting. Again, I'm gonna work on a separate video for that, but I wanted to get this report out. Nonetheless, Universal, we know they would have had an increase in attendance. And Universal is honestly a chain that's just gonna continue to do really well. You have the Velocicoster, but take the Velocicoster out of it, they're building hotels, they have Volcano Bay like water park that's absolutely impressive. And it just seems like Universal is just, they took what they made in Harry Potter revenue, and they're reinvesting it. And that's what I really like to see with a business, like it's just Universal, it has not slowed down since Harry Potter. It's just attraction after attraction, hotel after hotel, massive water park. I honestly, like Universal has been so underrated in terms of their investments and their growth. And it just annoys me so much sometimes because everyone is so pro Disney and Disney this and Disney that, but in terms of an adult park, like Universal is really kicking it, giving Disney a run for their money. They have howling hornites, which is just absolutely amazing. Volcano Bay water park, which is just absolutely amazing. Honestly, the hotels at Universal are so much better than the Disney hotels. I stayed at the Contemporary Resort Hotel and there were just roaches everywhere. My stays at Universal's hotels are just like legendary, like such a better experience and they just keep expanding honestly. And then the attractions like Velocicoster, like, whoa, honestly, amazing. I'm a huge Harry Potter fan. So again, this is pretty biased because of course I'm gonna be more swayed towards Universal just because I already bought her. But I just feel like Universal has a down pat. The restaurants at Universal, in my opinion, are better as well. I just, again, when it comes to, if I'm gonna go to Disney or Universal, Universal is my choice. It ultimately is. I love Universal. I love the management at Universal. I love that they take such massive amounts of money that they made off of Harry Potter and reinvest it. And then the Tendo world is coming to Florida in the next like, what, five to 10 years? I don't actually know, but Universal is just steam rolling. They're literally setting their roots in Orlando. Again, they have roots, but it just seems like those roots are just getting deeper and deeper. And it's just, it's awesome. I can't wait to see what happens with Universal in 10 years. Nothing else to note here. Hershey Park, honestly, it was on last year's list, I think. But again, I was kind of shocked that it was on this list. I didn't realize it was this big of a park. That makes a lot more sense now. I definitely see a lot of expansions coming for Hershey Park as well to get that attendance increase. It's unfortunate what's going on in the world right now and it's gonna slow down what would have been probably their most successful year ever, just because that park looks absolutely stunning with that front gate reno and just the reno in general and pandemonium, like that whole area and the Starbucks and everything. Like it is so beautiful. And I remember I had my experience at Hershey and my opinions, but like, wow, that park looks absolutely amazing. So it would, again, it would have been a record year. So it's unfortunate that is what's going on in the world right now, but it's gonna happen everywhere. So hopefully two years from now we start to see all these regular numbers returning. Anyways, that's my analysis of the attendance report by Tia. Again, it's linked down below. Definitely go check it out. Take the information with a huge grain of salt. These are all predictions based off of the writers with a little bit of correctness here and there. But again, anyways, take the information with a grain of salt. Hopefully you enjoyed today's video and yeah, have a great weekend if it's coming up. I believe so. Yeah, today's Thursday, so have a great weekend and thanks so much for watching. Bye guys.