Busch Gardens Tampa Bay Admission Ticket

Overview

Busch Gardens Africa in Tampa is the ultimate family adventure park, featuring an unparalleled combination of animal encounters, live entertainment and world-class thrill rides.

City: Tampa

Tue 24 Sep

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Starting at $111.59

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Tue 24 Sep

Starting at $111.59

Make a reservation

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What's Included

Admission Ticket

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Meeting point

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Tampa
10165 N McKinley Dr,

Before your Visit:
Step 1: Please review Terms of Service
Step 2: Present the eTicket along with a Photo ID to a park representative at the turnstiles, located at the main entrance.

Terms of Service:
The eTicket may not be copied, transferred, or resold. Ticket is only valid for the person listed on the ticket. Ticket is non-refundable. Void if altered. Non-redeemable for cash. Photocopies will not be accepted. Bio-scan and photo ID required. Will not be replaced if lost or stolen. Remains the property of SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment. Will be confiscated or revoked without restitution for misuse. Valid during normal operating hours. Blackout dates apply. Ticket expires one year from date of purchase.

** Please Note ** If you have purchased a Multi-Park Ticket, be sure to check the operating calendar for each park as they have different opening days and may only be open seasonally **

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End point

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Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Infants under the age of 3 years (2 years and 11 months) do not require admission. Proof of age such as a birth certificate may be required.
Wheelchairs are available for rental on a first come first serve basis.
Please note: The date selected at the time of booking is for the intended date of travel. This ticket is only for U.S residents, proof of residency maybe checked at the gate.
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons

What To Expect

Busch Gardens

One of the top zoos in North America, Busch Gardens brings you face-to-face with more exotic and endangered animals than any destination outside of Africa. Prepare yourself for heart-pounding excitement with SheiKra - America's first dive coaster. Discover a colorful village nestled among towering trees, explore a 3-story play land of climbing nets and exploration tunnels, soar above the treetops on a zip line adventure or launch into the sky from inside a 35-foot (10 meter) waterfall. Then, come face-to-face with orangutans and test your strength in a tug of war with a Bengal tiger, all in Jungala - the only jungle in the world that plays with you. For additional fun, choose from combo ticket options with SeaWorld Orlando, Adventure island Tampa and Aquatica Orlando! All-day parking and unlimited parking packages are also available.

Cancellation Policy

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

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Reviews (656)

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Nigel_h

Aug 2022

Animals are kept in large open enclosures but this is mainly a theme park and does have some brilliant rollercoasters, the express pass was $120 each but was worth it

Zman1517

Aug 2022

We bought our tickets buy one get one free on the Buschgardens website. After purchasing the tickets they were delivered via email quickly which was nice. We got to the park paid for parking and went to entrance. We pulled our tickets over email and it said on the ticket specifically to go directly to the front gate. So we did they scanned our tickets and said they were inactive and told us we had to go back to ticketing to get them activated. We waited at ticketing for about 25-30 minutes and got help from someone there that seemed like they had no idea what they were doing. Nothing against her probably just a lack of training. The overall experience inside the park was ok not many snack vendors open and food was mostly via mobile order only. Was pretty disappointed In the overall experience.

Response from Host

Aug 2022

We regret to read about your experience with entering the park during your visit. Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback about your experience. Guest feedback about our website and admission items are appreciated as it helps us to better improve the overall guest experience. -MK

johnathonc7

Aug 2022

We visited today, a family of two adults and two teenage children. Having visited on two occasions previously pre-pandemic and the park being the highlight of our orlando holiday hopes were high, which is why i am so disappointed writing this review! The positives, it goes without saying that the coasters themselves are truly first class! Iron Gwazi is one of the best coasters in the USA at the moment and the rest of the line up offers something for every coaster enthusiast young and old. For this reason it's wrong to give the park less than two stars. Unfortunately there were so many negatives beyond the coasters and all areas have gone down hill since the pandemic struck. Firstly, the cost! To visit with a day ticket requires a small mortgage with tickets costing more than disney or universal. Once in the park the nickel and diming is awful. Quick queues, a must if you are to get on a reasonable number of rides due to the shoddy operations, $50 per person. All day dining, that'll be another $50 please, parking, standard is $30. All in thats almost $700 for a day out for a family of 4! The all day dining changes are also sneeky and worth noticing - previously good value at $35 per person where you could eat once an hour its now $50 to eat once every 90 minutes and also excludes drinks in between which were included before. Did I mention a bottle of disani is $4.50? Never did I think I'd be calling water in disney good value. Secondly, park operations. These were truly awful from having coasters operating at the lowest capacity (one train operation on kumba and montu) to over 3 minutes to dispatch trains on iron gwazi. Queues are awfully managed with no staff controlling the merge of quick queue and regular lines or batching riders on most coasters making boarding a virtual free for all and forcing trains to leave with seats empty on each row. What other theme park would do this? It makes for a stressful and frustrating guest experience that is unnecessary if the park just put an extra person in place to give operations a bit of order. As a result queues moved far slower than needed requiring the purchase of the quick queues, perhaps that's the ploy! Thirdly, the park is looking run down in places (literally there are piles of rubbish that can be seen whilst riding scorpion), with theming broken or worn out. Staff morale and engagement also severely lacks, guests felt like an inconvenience and there was no positive energy. I appreciate its 100 degree summer temps in florida but if your two competitors up the road can do it then why can't busch? Finally, and not something the park can directly control but worth considering if thinking if paying out and visiting, if there is lightning in the area then all operations stop. We lost 2.5 hours of park time due to storm activity. I accept that the park isn't responsible for weather but the offer of a free return ticket (with no recognition of the loss of value of quick queue as a result of ride down time) doesn't really cut it if visiting from out of state. All in all, the experience made me feel like I'd been ripped off. I don't mind paying out if the experience merits it but at the moment operations are shickingly bad and the guest experience is poor. I'd say keep your money in your pocket and take another day at universal or disney world until things change here.

Response from Host

Aug 2022

Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback about your recent visit to Busch Gardens Tampa. We are happy to read you enjoyed Iron Gwazi! Our guest feedback is a crucial part of helping us improve our guest experience. We regret to read about your disappointment regarding our ticket pricing and Quick Queue product. We have forwarded your feedback to our leadership team for further internal review. If you would like further assistance, please contact our guest correspondence team at [email protected]. -MK