posted 11-14-2018 08:34 AM               

"Back in 2014, we were number three in the land of all the theme parks and destinations that are here in Orlando," Therrin Protze, chief operating officer of the visitor complex, said during a Tuesday luncheon in Cape Canaveral. "With a lot of hard work, a lot of love and a lot of experience for our guest enhancements, we have now trended number one, destroying the 'House of Mouse' for social media."

With an aggregate rating of 4.7 out of 5 across several social media platforms, the visitor complex not only surpassed the Orlando Science Center and SeaWorld, but also Universal, Legoland and Walt Disney World. The rating includes TripAdvisor, Yelp, Google and Facebook...

Attendance has been expanding, he said, and has surpassed the 1.5 million guests that visited during the space shuttle program 2006. Future projections show the visitor complex is "trending for another breaking year."