I have been to many theme parks in my life as part of my professional career as a theme park writer, and if there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that there’s no such thing as the “best theme park.” There are simply too many variables to take into account, and of course, there are individual preference for different things, making such a designation impossible. That doesn’t stop some people from trying, however. A new list of the “best-rated theme parks in the U.S." was recently revealed, which calls Universal’s Islands of Adventure at Universal Orlando Resort the top park. It's a perfectly acceptable choice, but some of the other decisions on this list are baffling.
The research was conducted by the Westgate Palace Hotel at Universal, and it analyzed each park based on three factors: Instagram hashtags, Google search volume and reviews on TripAdvisor. These numbers were indexed, with extra weight given to customer reviews, to give each park a score. The top 10 looks like this.
