Raging Waters ranks 6th in U.S. water park attendance

Only one California water park — Raging Waters in San Dimas — cracked the Top 15 in annual attendance for 2007, according to figures released by InPark Magazine.

Most water parks saw modest to significant increases in attendance, though Raging Waters’ gate remained flat.

The two water parks at Disney World in Orlando, Fla., topped the list.

Top 15 U.S. water park attendance figures, with percentage change:

1) Disney World - Typhoon Lagoon, Orlando, Fla. 2,080,000 1.5%

2) Disney World - Blizzard Beach, Orlando, Fla. 1,910,000 1.5%

3) Wet ‘n’ Wild, Orlando, Fla. 1,370,000 2.0%

4) Schlitterbahn, New Braunfels, Texas 865,000 -1.8%

5) Water Country USA, Williamsburg, Va. 773,000 10.9%

6) Raging Waters, San Dimas 650,000 0%

7) Adventure Island, Tampa, Fla. 615,000 1.0%

8) Noah’s Ark, Wisconsin Dells, Wisc. 561,000 -5.0%

9) Hyland Hills Water World, Denver 558,000 26.0%

10) Schlitterbahn, Galveston, Texas 550,000 10.0%

11) Dollywood’s Splash Country, Pigeon Forge, Tenn. 491,000 19.8%

12) Wet ‘n’ Wild Emerald Point, Greensboro, N.C. 470,000 1.2%

13) Six Flags White Water, Marietta, Ga., 469,000 1.0%

14) Six Flags Hurricane Harbor, Arlington, Texas 435,000 -3.0%

15) Splish Splash, Riverhead, N.Y. 425,000 1.5%

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[Photo: Raging Waters]

— Brady MacDonald, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

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