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Best Theme Parks for Families, Ranked
A great family park is not just a great park with a kiddie land bolted on. These are the parks that score highest on family appeal — ride breadth for under-tens, shade and seating, and crowd handling.
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The family ranking
Every park below carries the index's family-appeal flag, ordered by its family score out of 10. Each park's global rank is shown alongside.
- 1
Magic Kingdom🇺🇸 United States#5 worldwide37 rides$109–$1999.7 - 2
Tokyo Disneyland🇯🇵 Japan#3 worldwide37 rides$50–$699.6 - 3
Disneyland Park🇺🇸 United States#7 worldwide52 rides$104–$2069.6 - 4
Efteling🇳🇱 Netherlands#2 worldwide32 rides$46–$659.4 - 5
Tokyo DisneySea🇯🇵 Japan#8 worldwide28 rides$50–$699.4 - 6
Europa-Park🇩🇪 Germany#1 worldwide100 rides$78–$959.2 - 7
Disneyland Park (Paris)🇫🇷 France#15 worldwide40 rides$68–$1209.2 - 8
EPCOT🇺🇸 United States#41 worldwide20 rides$109–$1899.0 - 9
Universal Studios Japan🇯🇵 Japan#14 worldwide32 rides$53–$698.9 - 10
Legoland Billund Resort🇩🇰 Denmark#49 worldwide45 rides$55–$788.8
Frequently asked questions
- What is the best theme park for young children?
- The parks below all score in the top band for family appeal; position 1 leads on the combined index score.
- Are these parks suitable for toddlers?
- Family appeal is measured on how much of the ride roster has no or a low height requirement, so the parks at the top of this list have the most for very young children.