Islands of Adventure SWOT Analysis, Competitors & USP

NBC Universal

Amusement Park/Theme Park

Tourism and Hospitality

Live the Adventure

The park with seven distinctly themed island with a common overall theme of exploration

Children, families and tourists from abroad

Tourist families from all over the world and local families from Orlando

The park offers adventure and entertainment for the entire family

Below is the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities & Threats (SWOT) Analysis of Islands of Adventure. Strengths are:

1. The park has recently been ranked as the top theme park by Theme Park Insider among other awards.
2. The park welcomes more than 5 million guests per year
3. The Wizarding World of Harry Potter has been a huge hit and has been drawing huge crowds from the US as well as abroad.
4. In addition to featuring its own famous characters, Universal has licensed popular characters from other entertainment houses (Harry Potter from Warner Bros., Marvel Super Heroes from Marvel Comics etc.), which have been drawing huge crowds.

Here are the weaknesses in the Islands of Adventure SWOT Analysis:

1. Although the park has some of the best theme parks, it offers lesser variety in terms of rides as compared to some of the other amusement parks in the US
2.Some of the characters that the park features are not as popular abroad, hence less international tourists

Following are the Opportunities in Islands of Adventure SWOT Analysis:

1. With the increasing trend of international tourists visiting theme parks, the park has a huge pool of potential customers
2. The owner NBC Universal has a very strong brand presence all over the world, which the park can take advantage of
3.The characters that feature in the park are very popular and have great merchandising capacity

The threats in the SWOT Analysis of Islands of Adventure are as mentioned:

1.Orlando is regarded as the theme park capital of the country; the park has some very strong local competitors
2.In the absence of continuous innovation, there is no incentive for a second-time visit
3.Due to the proximity of Walt Disney’s Magic Kingdom, the Islands of Adventure invite constant comparison with the Disney brand, world leaders in theme parks

Below are the top 3 Islands of Adventure competitors:

1. Walt Disney’s Magic Kingdom, Orlando
2. Universal Studios, Florida
3. Sea World, Orlando