Walt Disney Co.’s theme parks in Anaheim and elsewhere saw better attendance in the recently ended quarter, the company said Tuesday.
Burbank-based Disney said attendance rose 15% in the three months through Jan. 2 from a year earlier.
The company runs two Anaheim theme parks plus others in Florida, Europe and Asia.
The company doesn’t break out attendance by park but said Disneyland Park and Disney’s California Adventure in Anaheim fared better than the company’s Florida parks, which saw a 1% drop in attendance.
Overall, U.S. parks attendance went up 9% from a year earlier.
Parks and resorts revenue for the quarter was flat at $2.7 billion.
Disney generates about half its revenue from its theme parks with the rest coming from movie studios and TV networks.
Even with more visitors, occupancy and spending were down at Disney’s three Anaheim hotels. About 80% of rooms were filled on average in the quarter, down from 88% a year earlier.
In October, Disney named George Kalogridis as president of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim.
Kalogridis most recently served as chief operating officer for Disneyland Resort Paris.
He’s charged with managing a $1.1 billion upgrade of Disney’s California Adventure theme park with as little disruption as possible to the Disney experience for visitors.
He replaced Ed Grier, who ran the parks for three years before retiring.
