Overview
- USA Today named Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri the best theme park in America for 2026.
- The Top Ten continues with Knoebels, Lost Island Themepark, Kennywood, SeaWorld Orlando, Kings Island, Busch Gardens Williamsburg, Holiday World, Cedar Point, and Hersheypark.
- No Disney or Universal park made this year’s list, extending a trend that last saw Magic Kingdom place in 2021 and excluded Universal parks since 2014.
- Nominees are chosen by a panel of experts and editors, and readers vote for the winners based on ride lineups, family offerings, dining, and entertainment.
- Silver Dollar City earned praise for its 1880s mining-town theme, live craftsmen and festivals, more than 40 attractions, and the Time Traveler coaster billed as the world’s fastest, steepest, and tallest spinning coaster.