--- title: TripAdvisor Names Best Amusement Parks in World description: According to TripAdvisor's Travelers' Choice Awards canonical: https://time.com/3958728/best-amusement-parks-tripadvisor/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-15T16:22:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:22:10.476Z og:title: These Are the 10 Best Amusement Parks in the World og:description: According to TripAdvisor's Travelers' Choice Awards og:url: https://time.com/3958728/best-amusement-parks-tripadvisor/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt29e10ff59048302a/69885afb3c163922e5458d77/gettyimages-148505661.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 148505661 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These Are the 10 Best Amusement Parks in the World twitter:description: According to TripAdvisor's Travelers' Choice Awards twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt29e10ff59048302a/69885afb3c163922e5458d77/gettyimages-148505661.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # These Are the 10 Best Amusement Parks in the World by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jul 15, 2015 4:22 PM UTC  Store in Port of Entry section in Universal's Islands of Adventure theme park. Store in Port of Entry section in Universal's Islands of Adventure theme park.Peter Ptschelinzew—Getty Images / Lonely Planet Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jul 15, 2015 4:22 PM UTC According to millions of reviews on TripAdvisor, the best amusement park in the U.S. — and also the entire world — is Universal’s Islands of Adventure in Orlando, Fla. Using an algorithm that measured the quantity and quality of travelers’ reviews over a 12-month period, the popular travel site came up with the following list of the absolute best amusement parks worldwide: 1. Universal’s Islands of Adventure – Orlando, Florida 2. Discovery Cove – Orlando, Florida 3. Magic Kingdom – Orlando, Florida 4. Universal Studios Hollywood – Los Angeles, California 5. Disney’s Hollywood Studios – Orlando, Florida 6. Universal Studios Florida – Orlando, Florida 7. Europa-Park – Rust, Germany 8. Disneyland Park – Anaheim, California 9. Beto Carrero World – Penha, Brazil 10. PortAventura Park – Salou, Spain As you can see, half of these are located in Orlando, so you may want to start [looking at hotels ](http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g34515-Orlando%5FFlorida-Hotels.html)there now. Some other parks that made the U.S.-only list include Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, and Disneyland in Anahaeim, Calif. TripAdvisor also compiled lists of the world’s [best zoos and aquariums](http://finance.yahoo.com/news/worlds-top-amusement-parks-named-100000020.html), so be sure to check those out too. _Read next:_ [_These Are the Best Places in America to Eat Barbecue This Summer_](http://time.com/3890520/best-barbecue-joints-tripadvisor/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3958728/best-amusement-parks-tripadvisor/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3958728/best-amusement-parks-tripadvisor/"},"headline":"These Are the 10 Best Amusement Parks in the World","datePublished":"2015-07-15T16:22:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:22:10.476Z","description":"According to TripAdvisor's Travelers' Choice Awards","url":"https://time.com/3958728/best-amusement-parks-tripadvisor/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Travel"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt29e10ff59048302a/69885afb3c163922e5458d77/gettyimages-148505661.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt29e10ff59048302a/69885afb3c163922e5458d77/gettyimages-148505661.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"148505661","caption":"148505661","creditText":"Peter Ptschelinzew—Getty Images / Lonely Planet Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3958728/best-amusement-parks-tripadvisor/","name":"These Are the 10 Best Amusement Parks in the World"}}]}] ```