Amusement Park Tier List (North America 2023)

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11 ай бұрын

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Welcome to a new theme park tier list video, here I am talking about every Six Flags, Cedar Fair, SeaWorld, and Herschend park I've been to. What are the best theme parks and what are the worst amusement parks? Let's find out!
List of theme parks in north america:
canada's wonderland, vaughan
la ronde: a six flags park, montréal
united states
california
northern california
california's great america, santa clara (closing by 2033)
children's fairyland, oakland
fairytale town, sacramento
funderland amusement park, sacramento
gilroy gardens family theme park, gilroy
golfland, castro valley, milpitas, roseville, san jose, and sunnyvale
happy hollow park and zoo, san jose
heavenly mountain resort, south lake tahoe
john's incredible pizza company, fresno, modesto, and roseville
kiwanis kiddieland, merced
playland fresno, fresno
pixieland amusement park, concord
rotary storyland and playland, fresno
santa cruz beach boardwalk, santa cruz
scandia family fun center, sacramento
six flags discovery kingdom, vallejo
sonoma traintown railroad, sonoma
southern california
adventure city, anaheim
alpine slide at magic mountain, big bear lake
belmont park, san diego
boomers, irvine, palm springs, santa maria, and vista
castle amusement park, riverside
disney california adventure, anaheim
disneyland, anaheim
knott's berry farm, buena park
legoland california, carlsbad
live oak canyon farm, redlands
mountasia family fun center, valencia
mulligan family fun center, murrieta
pacific park, santa monica
scandia family fun center, victorville
seaworld san diego, san diego
sesame place, chula vista
six flags magic mountain, valencia
speedzone, city of industry
speedzone los angeles, los angeles
universal studios hollywood, universal city
glenwood caverns adventure park, glenwood springs
connecticut
lake compounce, bristol
ocean beach park, new london
quassy amusement park, middlebury
florida
central florida
busch gardens tampa bay, tampa
georgia
fun spot atlanta, fayetteville
georgia mountain coaster, helen
keller's flea market, savannah
lake winnepesaukah, rossville
six flags over georgia, austell
wild adventures, valdosta
illinois
six flags great america, gurnee
sonny acres farm, west chicago
indiana
fun center at paige's crossing, columbia city
harvest tyme pumpkin patch, lowell
holiday world & splashin' safari, santa claus
indiana beach, monticello
lark ranch, greenfield and loogootee
malibu jack's, lafayette
zao island, valparaiso
iowa
adventureland, altoona
lost island theme park, waterloo
kentucky
beech bend park, bowling green
kentucky kingdom, louisville
malibu jack’s indoor theme park, ashland, lexington, and louisville
maryland
six flags america, upper marlboro
trimper's rides, ocean city
wisp resort, mchenry
massachusetts
berkshire east, charlemont
edaville family theme park, carver
jiminy peak mountain resort, hancock
six flags new england, agawam
michigan
michigan's adventure, muskegon
nelis' dutch village, holland
minnesota
como town, st. paul
kiddie land, cormorant
nickelodeon universe, bloomington
paul bunyan land, brainerd
spirit mountain, duluth
valleyfair, shakopee
missouri
silver dollar city, branson
six flags st. louis, eureka
st. louis's incredible pizza company, st. louis, missouri
track family fun parks, branson
worlds of fun, kansas city
nevada
adventuredome, las vegas
buffalo bill's, primm
new jersey
nickelodeon universe theme park, east rutherford
six flags great adventure, jackson
legoland new york, goshen
six flags darien lake, darien
six flags great escape and hurricane harbor, lake george
sylvan beach amusement park, sylvan beach
north carolina
ohio
cedar point, sandusky
kings island, kings mills
oklahoma
american heartland theme park (opening 2026)
frontier city, oklahoma city
pennsylvania
dorney park & wildwater kingdom, allentown (dorneyville)
hersheypark, hershey
idlewild and soak zone, ligonier
kennywood, west mifflin
knoebels amusement resort, elysburg
lakemont park, altoona
sesame place, langhorne
waldameer park, erie
tennessee
dollywood, pigeon forge
texas
seaworld san antonio, san antonio
six flags fiesta texas, san antonio
tom foolerys adventure park, round rock
zdt's amusement park, seguin
peppa pig theme park, north richland hills (opening 2024)
six flags over texas, arlington
traders village, grand prairie
universal studios, frisco
utah
lagoon amusement park, farmington
virginia
atlantic fun park, virginia beach
busch gardens williamsburg, williamsburg
kings dominion, doswell
wisconsin
bay beach amusement park, green bay
little amerricka, marshall
mt. olympus water & theme park, wisconsin dells
tom foolerys adventure park, wisconsin dells

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@SkyrushFanboy 11 ай бұрын

If I had a nickel for every time you uploaded an amusement park tier list while I'm at kennywood, I'd have 2 nickels, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice

@fourleafcloverr-u7c 10 ай бұрын

@Haminations reference

@HugeRMCFanBoY-bx3od 4 ай бұрын

@y0y1eb3r4y Nope it was really from phineas and ferb

@mitchellries256 11 ай бұрын

I hope you can make it out to Adventureland, Silverwood, Lake Compounce, Kennywood, Knoebels, Lagoon, Elitch Gardens, Glenwood Caverns, Magic Springs, Mt. Olympus, and Waldameer next soon. Those parks weren't mentioned, but it would be cool to see where they would be placed.

@ThemeParkAvenue 11 ай бұрын

I’ve been to some of those but they weren’t on the template. Maybe I can make my own template. Adventureland and Knoebels would be B tier.

@SkyrushFanboy 11 ай бұрын

For me: S: Kings island, Cedar Point, Knoebels A: Hersheypark, Waldameer, Kings Dominion, Holiday World B: Kennywood, Kentucky Kingdom, Nickelodeon Universe (MN) C: Delgrosso's, Conneaut D: Idlewild

@homeofcoasters 11 ай бұрын

Hard disagree with the SDC placement. For me it’s my favorite park I’ve ever been to and it has one of my favorite coaster lineups ever. Outlaw Run is my #1 aswell.

@ThemeParkAvenue 11 ай бұрын

That’s fair, I think a lot of people like it more than me. I think it’s great, but I didn’t feel the same way about the tufts it overall experience as I did with the S tiers.

@AdamSmith-gs2dv 11 ай бұрын

Agreed. Dollywood is my home park and I enjoyed SDC more.

@i-dzire-myself Күн бұрын

it is because most of the rides are down ALL the time.

@michael7054 11 ай бұрын

Great video! I really enjoyed watching! Keep up the great work!

@ThrillsofColdplay 11 ай бұрын

I agree with Dorney Park at C

@mrcoasterswag 11 ай бұрын

My favorite out of the amusement parks (so excluding Disney and Universal) I’ve been to is Busch Gardens Williamsburg by far. Beautiful park with a strong coaster lineup.

@ThemeParkAvenue 11 ай бұрын

Great choice, I can't object to that.

@dougronald561 11 ай бұрын

Your list is very logical, and you back up all your reasons. The only minor exception I’d change is Dollywood because they’d best coaster has ongoing maintenance and operations problems.

@ThemeParkAvenue 11 ай бұрын

Thanks! I had a lot of chances to ride Lightning Rod so that didn’t dampen my experience too much.

@zacg_ 11 ай бұрын

I personally prefer theme parks over strict amusement parks. So that is reflected in how I rank parks. And I definitely include a waterpark in a ranking if it is attached to the dry park and included with admission. For me I judge parks by how well rounded of an experience I get with my ticket price, and coasters can only carry a park so far. I'll just include my S and A tier below. S: BGW, DW, SDC, SWO, BGT A: HP, CP, SFMM, SFFT, KI, SFGAm, Caro, SFGAd I rank several Disney and universal parks in there as well but didn't include them because they weren't on this tier list.

@Cheeseburger232 11 ай бұрын

Dollywood is so much fun with the environment and the ride and the shops it’s so enjoyable!

@ThemeParkAvenue 11 ай бұрын

It sure is.

@dawgcoasters 11 ай бұрын

Thanks Eric For The Great Video! Have you been able to check out AF1 yet?

@ThemeParkAvenue 11 ай бұрын

Not yet

@Cat3465 8 ай бұрын

SFOG is an underrated that has a lot of potential. They can possibly go in the Fiesta Texas route as a secondary prototype test ground in terms of investments and really good management with the merger taking place

@OriginalJoe 11 ай бұрын

Pretty awesome A tier. I would love to visit any of them

@ThemeParkAvenue 11 ай бұрын

For sure.

@easynhonest 11 ай бұрын

👍What video would you include Knoebels in or is it too unique to place anywhere? Your library can use more Knoebels videos to. Hope you can spend a FULL day or two there get a proper judgement of that classic park.

@AdamSmith-gs2dv 11 ай бұрын

Six Flags Great America and Six Flags Great Adventure over Silver Dollar City? Wow. Granted the reason why I rank SDC so high is because Dollywood is my home park so I noticed all the little things they do at SDC that they DON'T do at Dollywood such as: The opening ceremony The train show The cinnamon bread toppings Larger portion sizes for the tasting pass More selection for the tasting pass The number of trees (SDC has WAY more, they didnt cut them all down like Dollywood) Free parking And more Im probably forgetting. Point is parks that nail the small stuff usually rank higher for me than parks that dont

@Coastersnoot 11 ай бұрын

Cool vid!

@ThemeParkAvenue 11 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@Coastersnoot 11 ай бұрын

@@ThemeParkAvenue all good!

@Froggy_Mapping 7 ай бұрын

If you've been to Magic Springs, where would you put it?

@MrTheroot54 6 ай бұрын

Dollywood was my worst park experience ever...was only able to ride 2 coasters all others down

@ThemeParkAvenue 6 ай бұрын

Dang, that’s really unfortunate.

@hallcameron814 11 ай бұрын

First Comment Great Video👍

@KingWill04 3 ай бұрын

I like your list but we aren’t on the same page when it comes to your A tier. I prefer Hershey over Carowinds and Great Adventure. As a matter of fact, I wouldn’t even list great adventure in the A tier. The operations are mediocre at best and I think their coaster line up just consist of 4 great coaster and the rest are just there. At Hershey you have a world class RMC, a solid hyper. An intense hyper, a great invert, a great accelerator, a unique intiman and a solid supporting list. To me when it comes to great adventure, after Kindga Ka, El toro, Jersey and Nitro, the rest feel like good family coasters to me. Same with Carowinds. They have fury; copperhead strike, intimidator and afterburn. After those 4, imho the rest are either rough or mildly entertaining

@12012channel 7 ай бұрын

I haven't been to any theme/amusement park close to 20 years. As a local resident, I am surprised how high Six Stabs Tragic Mountain is ranked.

@ThemeParkAvenue 7 ай бұрын

It’s had a lot of investment in the last 20 years. Many would put it higher than me.

@97dc 11 ай бұрын

I love over Georgia and am glad it's my home park, but the operations or god awful. What should be a 5 minute wait for goliath ends up being 15 minutes, they have gotten the 2nd train back so hopefully it helps, but they are still terrible.

@ThemeParkAvenue 11 ай бұрын

Absolutely.

@Cat3465 8 ай бұрын

Over Georgia needs to get the Fiesta Texas treatment with the merger taking place

@chrisaburto95 11 ай бұрын

wonderland ftw, been going since late 90's early 2000's and never gets boring

@ThemeParkAvenue 11 ай бұрын

It’s awesome.

@grantcoorssen9653 11 ай бұрын

IMO I think Hershey may have best line up in country. Nothin there compares to steel vengeance for me, but Cp only has two rides I would want to ride over and over and over again (SV and Maverick) but Hershey had four I could ride literally all day (WR, Candy, Skyrush, Storm runner) and I’m from Louisville ky so no home park bias here

@ThemeParkAvenue 11 ай бұрын

Fair enough, many would agree with you.

@KingWill04 10 ай бұрын

I agree. There are more coasters at Hershey that I enjoy more than cedar point. Don’t get me wrong, I love steal vengeance, but to me, aside from Steele vengeance and Maverick the rest of the coaster collection was just good to me where I marathon coasters all day at Hershey just like you.

@Realzzzzzzz609 11 ай бұрын

Thoughts on making this a video idea? Make a controversial opinions video on what coasters are speculated for each six flags park My example is how I wouldn’t take the speculated RMC Eagle or RMC Raptor at Great America ,but rather have a new-gen Vekoma launch (not like Maxx Force)

@RealWildWalter 11 ай бұрын

For me S: Cedar Point A: Kings Dominion B: Kings Island, Kentucky Kingdom C: Legoland Florida, Epcot, Animal Kingdom, Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Strickers Grove D: Magic Kingdom I think that’s all I’ve been to. To explain Magic Kingdom being below strickers grove, Magic Kingdom is probably objectively a B tier, but I simply don’t enjoy it as much as I can at basically any other park.

@buldasur2576 11 ай бұрын

How are you ranking these parks? Feels like you’re going off more of a feeling then going in depth with these parks which is fine though.

@ThemeParkAvenue 11 ай бұрын

It’s technically feeling, since each analysis point is really just there to justify my feelings. I did base this off of every aspect of the park experience though. I just didn’t give a full-analysis for each choice in the video.

@mediocreangler5924 6 ай бұрын

Great ranking - but Hershey #1 for me

@Cousinbiddy1 9 ай бұрын

Didn’t u rate knotts berry farm and six flags New England A tier in ur other video , so why are they both now B tier?

@ThemeParkAvenue 9 ай бұрын

More great parks from this year took their A tier spots.

@Cousinbiddy1 2 ай бұрын

So I guess S tier and A tier are the theme parks are worth for long distance travel and the ones that are B tier and lower are not worth it but I’m honestly surprised knotts berry farm is B tier because I heard that them park is worth seeing for long distance and is one of the most visited theme parks in America I heard , so it should be at least A tier

@OfCourse-gj1iv 11 ай бұрын

where would you put islands of adventure?

@ThemeParkAvenue 11 ай бұрын

Either bottom of S tier or top of A tier. It’s right there with the Busch Gardens parks.

@OfCourse-gj1iv 11 ай бұрын

yea I agree@@ThemeParkAvenue

@Realzzzzzzz609 11 ай бұрын

Thank God you put SFGAm in A B or lower would get you extra drive time around Chicago

@ThemeParkAvenue 11 ай бұрын

It’s an awesome park.

@concordebro2003 11 ай бұрын

I’m happy he put Dorney park somewhere or good that is my Home Park

@ThemeParkAvenue 11 ай бұрын

It's a nice park.

@concordebro2003 11 ай бұрын

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@lpn8585 11 ай бұрын

Kennywood?

@jasonshymoniak6163 11 ай бұрын

Was thinking the same thing? Especially since holiday world was included!

@uticafan 11 ай бұрын

Great escape

@sandraweilbrenner67 10 ай бұрын

La Ronde has ride ops issues due to dispatch times.

@patrickstrahm05 11 ай бұрын

Personally, I'd put Cedar Point in A tier. It's gone downhill in the last few years. But I think matinence related issues are more post COVID related. With Michigan's Adventure having mostly minors as staffing, the park is run a lot different than most.

@ThemeParkAvenue 11 ай бұрын

Cedar Point hasn’t quite taken enough for me to move it out of S tier.

@patrickstrahm05 11 ай бұрын

@ThemeParkAvenue It's my home park, I have a more biased opinion, and I've seen it on worse days. Don't get me wrong, I'm not on social media "complaining about the park being not being open" when there is standing water on the pathways

@akito-3o 8 ай бұрын

With soak city aswell, it's S tier for me, and it's also my home park. All the maintenances I experienced were fast, the rides are good, there's even halloweekends that make it even better.

@patrickstrahm05 8 ай бұрын

@@akito-3oHoliday World's Splashing Safari is better

@amygreen7422 3 ай бұрын

Where are the 4 disney parks or the two universal parks? Also sea world orlando was the best theme park we've been too

@ThemeParkAvenue 3 ай бұрын

I think this template just excluded the major themed resort parks.

@Thingamajig-tm7fh 10 ай бұрын

Why is Michigans Adventure Above Frontier City Yah Their Both Horrible But Still

@localfocalkc 11 ай бұрын

Worlds of Fun should be D and silver Dollar City should be top along with Busch gardens Williamsburg

@ThemeParkAvenue 11 ай бұрын

Fair enough

@evanscussel7955 11 ай бұрын

No Universal Studios or Islands of Adventure?

@ThemeParkAvenue 11 ай бұрын

I guess the template didn’t have Disney or Universal.

@Codenbaugh Күн бұрын

Rating dollywood better than SDC is crazy. Dollywood is b their at best

@ThemeParkAvenue Күн бұрын

Upon reflection, Dollywood is probably my favorite theme park.

@handledav 11 ай бұрын

tiers

@dericktaylor6165 11 ай бұрын

So Lagoon isn't an amusement park?

@ThemeParkAvenue 11 ай бұрын

This template seemed to only have parks from major chains. I haven’t been to Lagoon anyway so I wouldn’t have ranked or ordered it.

@AshleeCornia-vp1xb 11 ай бұрын

Lagoon amusement park in utah beast

@restlessbohemian26 11 ай бұрын

I find King's Island and Hersheypark are overrated with really bad roller coaster tycoon layouts and average coaster collections. Otherwise very fair rankings.

@KingEnthusiast 11 ай бұрын

Even tho Hershey is my home park and job ur opinion is respected

@notjayy1 11 ай бұрын

I’m kinda glad you said this yes they both have good coasters but there overrated

@restlessbohemian26 11 ай бұрын

Don't get me wrong - Hershey (and King's Island) are STILL fantastic parks. It's not like they are rundown and look post apocalypse with half the attractions not operating like Magic Mountain! ;)@@KingEnthusiast

@monodoe761 11 ай бұрын

I agree but I would add Dollywood as well as another really overrated park.

@AdamSmith-gs2dv 11 ай бұрын

If you think Hershey Park and Kings Island have bad layouts you should go to Silver Dollar City: literally NOTHING makes sense in that park

@Posirep 11 ай бұрын

How is BGT your home park and you havent been to SWO in awhile? Its literally an hour away. lol Not to mention being in San Antonio for Fiesta Texas and not going to SWSA in the same city. Last time I was there I went to Fiesta Texas and it was too crowded so just went to SWSA. lol My top 5 are. 1. BGW 2. BGT 3. SDC 4. Kings Island 5. Fiesta Texas

@ThemeParkAvenue 11 ай бұрын

I should note that while BGT is my home park, it’s still a bit of a drive for me. It’s just the closest major park for me. Nice top 5.

@monodoe761 11 ай бұрын

Have you been to CP? Also how is BGW better then BGT

@Posirep 11 ай бұрын

@monodoe761 Yup. Went there for 3 days and Kings Island for 3 days. I really have no desire to go back to Cedar Point anytime soon. Outside of Maverick and Steel Vengeance I found Cedar Point really "meh." Im not a huge fan of B&M loopers or literally anything from Arrow and thats like 85% of Cedar Point. King's Island is just a straight up more pleasant and pretty park. And BGW is just a straight up "nicer" park than Tampa. Its not just about the coasters.

@monodoe761 11 ай бұрын

@@Posirep CP is best park and KI is one of the most overrated places out there its like B tier at most. BGW coasters are MILES below BGT and the coasters make up like 80% of how good a park is imo. The rest is not that important.

@Posirep 11 ай бұрын

@monodoe761 Everyone has different opinions on how they enjoy things. I like stuff past the coasters. I like water rides, dark rides, operations, theming, park appearence, etc. Cedar Point has like zero trees except in the Frontier area. No dark rides and only 1 half assed water ride. Its like an overgrown Six Flags Great Adventure....which is another park I like more than Cedar Point cuz they got rid of all their shitty ass Arrows while Cedar Point keeps them around. Point is I had a way better time at King's Island than at Cedar Point. BGW i like that its like in the middle of the forest and you come upon rides every now and then. Same reason I like SDC . Their operations destroyed BGT's . BGT has Hersheypark level of slow ops. I just chalk it up to Florida being Florida and you gotta put up with Florida people being Florida people.

@FearBeyond 9 ай бұрын

kings island is over-rated. Def a A tier park.

@bountyboi7 3 ай бұрын

Disney?

@Silvermetal954 2 ай бұрын

The Six Flags over Georgia operations are highly over exaggerated at least as a park regular recently I haven’t had a ride breakdown since last year and I go all the time, it has one of the best one two punches in America with Goliath and twisted cyclone, has the best Batman clone and the best Superman ultimate flight (the OG) I will admit we have some very mid-bad coasters like Bkue Hawk or Scream Machine but imo it’s S tier, but bottom S tier way behind Cedar Point; Magic Mountain, Busch Gardens, etc but recently the ride operations have improved so much that all that I can rate is the rides which imo are mostly S tier rides

@ThemeParkAvenue 2 ай бұрын

I’m glad to hear that the operations have improved.

@Silvermetal954 2 ай бұрын

@@ThemeParkAvenue Fs it’s gotten much better although Scream Machine closes down a lot because of how old it is, and mindbender sometimes closes but it’s rare