Second Day Free

[K4LGB]

Do you get the 2nd day free option at Busch Garden similar to what you can get at Sea World?
We are planning to be in St Petersburg for a Devil Rays baseball game and plan to stay in a Tampa hotel afterwards and was wondering if we could split our time at Busch Gardens across two days?
If not we will just have to get up early to make a full day of it.....

Many thanks in advance
Les

[Biggus]

Les,
Which baseball game are you going to and when? We have recently got tickets for the Yankees v Devil Rays game 4th April 2003.....can't wait as am big Yankees fan having spent many a sleepless night watching the baseball on C5!!

[esprit]

Go to http://www.buschgardens.com/buschgar...p_funcard.aspx and read about puchasing a fun card on line. That may help you. Offer valid up up to 31st May though card can be used till the end of the year. Supplies limited ( whatever that means!)

[K4LGB]

Biggus

We are hoping to catch one of the Balimore Orioles games 25-27th April - probably go to the Sunday afternoon game and visit Busch Gardens on the hopefully less busy Monday.
Last June we went to an evening game against the LA Dodgers and stayed in the Hilton just down the road from Tropicana Fields in St Peterburg which was very centrally located and decent value. Unfortunately the hotel is booked up for the Sunday in question so we are looking at one of the hotels local to Busch Gardens instead - any recommendations greatfully received once again!!!

Cheers
Les

[Ruth]

Does Seaworld/Busch Gardens do any special Florida resident passes?

[esprit]

I see Seaworld are doing the same fun card but it doesnt cover both, Ruth. They must do though, surely.......

[steph_goodrum]

The Sea world/Busch Gardens Fun card costs $98.90 + tax so is only the same cost as a day in each park, great value even if you have to pay for parking.
You can buy them online, you print off an e-voucher and an order confirmation and get them validated at your first park. We changed ours from 2002 to 2003 ones and they said we will get a full refund of the unused vouchers.
http://commerce.4adventure.com/store...sp?dept_id=203
Before we went I asked Sea World and they said their were no Florida residents specials.

[Ruth]

Steph, what do you mean, had you used the 2002 ones?

[steph_goodrum]

Ruth
No, we hadn't used the 2002 ones, we bought them in April knowing we weren't going to Floirda till mid December but as they worked out the same as a days admission + $1 we thought they were good value, when we looked at the website in early December though they were selling the 2003 Funcards, so we asked them about the refund policy and they said we would get a full refund if we hadn't validated them. So we bought the 2003 cards and left it till New Years day (we still had 3 trips this time to Sea World) and it means our cards cover our trip in October as well.

[Ruth]

Thanks Steph, what good service