An annual report on theme park attendance trends is rattling industry watchers. Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) has historically run the world's most popular gated attractions, but it seems that last year some Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) parks outpaced the House of Mouse in terms of turnstile clicks.

There's more to the third-party admission tallies than meets the eye, but this isn't a winner-takes-all battle anyway. Disney and Comcast's Universal Studios have done a great job of recovering from pandemic-related closures in early 2020, but they've also excelled by pulling different levers. Attendance counts? That's so 2019.

Image source: Walt Disney.

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