Pa. amusement park takes 2nd place in list of highest-rated theme parks

A Pennsylvania amusement park is near the top on a list of the best theme parks in the country, according to a list compiled from user reviews.

WFMZ reports that Knoebels Amusement Resort took second place in a list compiled by Journo Research, a PR agency for the website Casino Sweeps.

The Journo Research rankings found amusement parks with more than 10,000 reviews on Google and Tripadvisor, and rated them according to their percentage of 5-star reviews.

Knoebels came in with a score of 83.3%, second only to Discovery Cove in Orlando, Florida, with 85.29%.

Third place went to Smoky Mountain Alpine Coaster in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee with 80.74%. Universal Island of Adventure in Orlando and Disney California Adventure in Anaheim, Calafornia, took fourth and fifth place, respectively.

The Casino Sweeps rankings looked at 363 theme parks in total. Hersheypark came in at number 38 on the list.

The average rankings for Knoebels on Google is 4.8 out of 5, and 4.5 out of 5 of 5 on Tripadvisor.