2009 Attractions Holiday Event Guide
International Theme Park Services, Inc. (“ITPS”) is pleased to announce the release of the “2009 Attractions Holiday Event Guide.”
The 2009 guide compiles a selection of the Holiday events for theme parks, amusement parks, aquariums and zoos in the United States.
Information includes pricing, dates, times, applicable discounts, event highlights and a link to the attraction’s website.
Click here to download the Holiday Guide
2009 Attractions Halloween Event Guide
International Theme Park Services, Inc. (“ITPS”) is pleased to announce the release of the “2009 Attractions Halloween Event Guide.”
The 2009 guide compiles a selection of the Halloween events for theme parks, amusement parks and zoos in the United States. The guide has been released first to the readers of “ITPS Amusement Industry News” – Are you IN? If not, contact ITPS for details to receive the Industry's leading daily news email.
Information includes pricing, dates, times, applicable discounts, event highlights and a link to the attraction’s website. Many of the websites are highly entertaining and they show how much time and effort has gone into each.
Click here to download the Halloween Guide
2009 Amusement / Theme Park Summer Discounts
International Theme Park Services, Inc. ("ITPS") announces its
release of the 2009 Amusement / Theme Park Admission Summer
Admission Discounts Compilation Report. ITPS compiled
pricing for many of the Destination and Regional parks in
the United States.
Click here to download a pdf file of the Summer Discount report.
International Theme Park Services, Inc. ("ITPS") announces its release of the 2009 Amusement / Theme Park Admission Pricing Compilation Report. ITPS compiled pricing for over 50 Destination and Regional parks in the United States. The report provides detailed admission pricing for adults, children, seniors, season pass and parking prices for the 2009 season.
The following information has been compiled by ITPS for informational purposes.
ITPS surveyed a total of 41 regional parks and 11 destination parks across the United States. The analysis is divided into the following:
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Regional Parks: Northeast Region, Midwest Region, Southern Region, Western Region
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Destination Parks
Please contact us if your facility's pricing is incorrect and we will update our records.
The following charts provide detailed pricing information for United States Regional Amusement / Theme Parks. Click here to download a detailed PDF file with all of the pricing information for the United States Regional Parks including pricing for children, senior and parking as shown below.
The following provides a graphical summary of 2009 Regional Park pricing.
The following chart shows the average Adult gate price for 2009 ranges from $42.20 to $47.20.
The average Adult ticket purchased in advance online ranged from $37.07 to $42.65, shown in the chart below.
The following chart compares the average Adult ticket price purchased at the gate compared to the Adult price if the ticket is purchased online.
Online discounting ranged from parks having no discount to discounts as high as 38%, shown in the chart below.
The following charts provide detailed pricing information for United States Destination Amusement / Theme Parks. Click here to download a detailed PDF file with all of the pricing information for the United States Destination Parks including pricing for children, seniors and parking as shown below.
Average pricing ranges from $61.63 for a child's ticket to $72.72 for an Adult's ticket as shown in the chart below. Pricing is for a single park, one day admission. Additional discounts are for multi-park, multi-day tickets. Destination Parks typically offer little to no discounts on a general admission, one-day, one-park ticket and discounts increase for multi-park, multi-day tickets.
Parks are offering some of the best deals and promotions in 2009. Here are just a few of the examples.
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Disney is offering 3 nights free with the purchase of 4 nights at their resorts.
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Select Six Flags parks offer "everyone pays kids price".
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Busch Gardens Tampa offers Florida Residents to "pay for a day - come back all year."
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SeaWorld Florida is offering "buy 3 nights, Get 2 free" at select resorts.
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SeaWorld San Diego is offering Southern California residents a "Fun Card" - "pay for a day and come back all 2009."
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Universal Studios Hollywood is offering "buy a Day, Get 2009 Free" - purchase a daily pass for $67.00 and visit free the rest of 2009. (11 black-out dates)
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Hersheypark is offering tickets through Giant Food stores - Visit in May, save $15.00 off admission and receive free parking. Visit in June, save $11.00 and free parking.
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