BREAKING: Disney Drops Huge Theme Park Attendance News

Disney has just dropped some important theme park attendance news.

During its earnings call for the first quarter of fiscal year 2025, Disney announced that revenue for domestic parks and experiences was up 2% in December 2024 as compared to revenue in December 2023. Here’s what you need to know.

So it looks like Disney World, Disneyland, and Disney Cruise Line are continuing to increase revenue. Domestically, Disney Parks and Experiences increased in revenue from $6,297 million in December 2023 to $6,432 million in December 2024.

Disney did note that domestic parks and experiences were “unfavorably impacted” by Hurricane Milton, which closed Disney World for a day and resulted in a canceled cruise itinerary. To a lesser degree, Hurricane Helene also affected revenue.

Disney also noted that its domestic parks and experiences operating income also decreased from $2,077 million in December 2023 to $1.982 million in December 2024 due to higher costs associated with expanding the Disney Cruise Line fleet, lower volumes due to declines in attendance (reflecting the impact of the hurricanes), and increased guest spending.

All Parks Closed Sign during Hurricane Milton

International parks and experiences revenue also increased: from $1,476 in December 2023 to $1,646 million in December 2024. International parks and experiences operating income also increased from $328 million in December 2023 to $420 million in December 2024.

The increase in operating income for international parks and experiences was attributed to growth in guest spending, an increase in park attendance, and an increase in costs due to new guest offerings.

During its previous earnings call, Disney had indicated that the Parks and Experiences part of the company had record revenue and operating income for the full year. But Disney did warn that the theme parks could lose money in 2025 due to heavy investment in Disney Cruise Line (specifically pre-launch costs from the Disney Treasure), and financial impacts from Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

But Disney also indicated that bookings in the back-half of the year were looking “positive.” Now, Disney has said that bookings are up for the summer of 2025 and that the outlook is good and the company is feeling positive.

Many changes are set to hit Disney World this year as well with a revamped Little Mermaid show in Hollywood Studios, a revamped Test Track in EPCOT, and more. It’ll be interesting to see what impact these things have on crowd levels in the parks.

We’ll continue to watch for updates about all of Disney’s upcoming investments in its theme parks, cruise ships, and more. Stay tuned for the latest news!