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Busch Gardens beats out Disney on Forbes list - Orlando Business Journal, 6/24/05
http://orlando.bizjournals.com/orlan...0/daily49.html
QuikQuote: Forbes' "world's best amusement park" rankings for 2005 are out, and Walt Disney Co.'s Florida theme parks are noticeably absent from the list, although California-based Disneyland ranked third, behind Tampa's Busch Gardens.
The top 10 best amusement parks for 2005 included:
- Alton Towers in Staffordshire, England
- Busch Gardens in Tampa
- Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif.
- Europa Park in Rust, Germany
- Gardaland in Castelnuovo, Italy
- Liseberg in Gothenburg, Sweden
- Lotte World in Seoul, South Korea
- Port Aventura in Salou, Spain
- Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, N.J.
- Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, Denmark
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06-24-2005 10:41 PM
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You know, am I the only one who sees that they're not ranked, but in alphabetical order? There is no ranking within the top ten. Geez....
Oh, and also notice that WDW is not in the list at all....
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Originally Posted by
infinite
That's the ERA list, not the Forbes list. ERA tracks most-attended. Forbes is a more subjective list of "most fun."
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Originally Posted by
Mark Goldhaber
That's the ERA list, not the Forbes list. ERA tracks most-attended. Forbes is a more subjective list of "most fun."
Ahh. Okay, thanks. 
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Is this what we are looking for, then?
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2002/03/21/0321feat.html
No, I don't think that is current, sorry.
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I'm glad Disneyland made number three but who are these people to judge?? I mean COME ON............... SIX FLAGS Great Adventure in Jackson, NJ?????!!! We "tolerate" one trip there each summer for the kids. And I mean TOLERATE! Awful clientele of people that frequent that park. They are always finding knives on the kids when they to through the metal detectors (and they had them well before 9/11) Food is AWFUL, Park is DIRTY, Bathrooms are gross.
ANY Disney park is always tops in our books, forget Forbes!
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Well, it is just an opinion (or opinions). I am not sure I would agree (cant say as I havent been to MOST of those places). But I think I would like to be the people whose job it is to find out.
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blue squadron
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Originally Posted by
Mark Goldhaber
You know, am I the only one who sees that they're not ranked, but in alphabetical order? There is no ranking within the top ten. Geez....
Oh, and also notice that WDW is not in the list at all....
So if Walt had had the foresight to name the park Adisneyland, it would have come in ranked first? 
Now different is nice, but it sure isn't pretty, pretty is what it's about
I never met anyone who was different who couldn't figure that out
But beautiful, I'd never live to see
But it was clear, if not to her, well, then to me.
blah blah blah blah
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Originally Posted by
cstephens
So if Walt had had the foresight to name the park Adisneyland, it would have come in ranked first?
Apparently...
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Even better AAAAAADisneyland.
Just to be extra-super sure! 
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Disney Day Dreamer
I never agree with these lists. If it was done by me all of the top parks would be Disney 
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Anyone who puts Alton Towers on a list such as this does not deserve to be taken seriously.I live 45 minutes away from this place and wouldn't bother going.Actually we have far worse parks in the UK, Alton Towers is about the best-but I'd say a day at Knotts is twice that of Alton Towers.The thing about these such polls is it's only personal opinion-but being trendy and different does seem to get in the way of the truth
"Some imagination, huh...."
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I can't take seriously anyone who ranks Great Adventure over, say, EPCOT. I've been to Great Adventure. Once.
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