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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.

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. 01Magic Kingdom🇺🇸 United States · #6 worldwide · 37 rides · $109–$1999.7
  2. 02Tokyo Disneyland🇯🇵 Japan · #3 worldwide · 37 rides · $50–$699.6
  3. 03Disneyland Park🇺🇸 United States · #8 worldwide · 52 rides · $104–$2069.6
  4. 04Efteling🇳🇱 Netherlands · #2 worldwide · 32 rides · $46–$659.4
  5. 05Tokyo DisneySea🇯🇵 Japan · #7 worldwide · 28 rides · $50–$699.4
  6. 06Europa-Park🇩🇪 Germany · #1 worldwide · 100 rides · $78–$959.2
  7. 07Disneyland Park (Paris)🇫🇷 France · #15 worldwide · 40 rides · $68–$1209.2
  8. 08EPCOT🇺🇸 United States · #42 worldwide · 20 rides · $109–$1899.0
  9. 09Universal Studios Japan🇯🇵 Japan · #13 worldwide · 32 rides · $53–$698.9
  10. 10Legoland Billund Resort🇩🇰 Denmark · #47 worldwide · 45 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.