SeaWorld: 3-Visit with dining or 14-day unlimited?
The Eat for Free ticket is the sleeper deal of Orlando. When unlimited is worth £55 more.
SeaWorld Parks in Florida means three parks: SeaWorld Orlando, the Aquatica water park next door, and Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, about 90 minutes' drive away. UK visitors can choose between a visit-based ticket and an unlimited one.
3-Visit Ticket with Eat for Free
Three park visits across the three parks, and each visit includes an all-day dining deal: a main, a side or dessert and a drink roughly every 90 minutes. Dining alone would cost around £45 a day per person, so this ticket effectively pays for its own food. For most families doing one day at each park this is the best-value ticket in Orlando.
Ultimate 3-Park Ticket
Fourteen consecutive days of unlimited access to all three parks, with free parking. No dining included. Worth the extra if you will go back to Aquatica on hot afternoons or want to split Busch Gardens over two days. Free parking matters if you are driving: it is about $30 a day otherwise.
Which to pick
- Three visits or fewer: the 3-Visit ticket, and enjoy the free food
- Four visits or more, or lots of short afternoons at Aquatica: the Ultimate ticket
- Only one park: the single-visit ticket, with a dining upgrade available
Discovery Cove
Discovery Cove is a separate all-inclusive day resort where numbers are limited and food, drink and snorkel gear are included. The Ultimate Package adds a dolphin swim and includes 14 days at SeaWorld and Aquatica, which makes it a surprisingly good way to buy your SeaWorld tickets if you were planning Discovery Cove anyway.
Busch Gardens is further than you think
Plan Tampa as a full day out with an early start. The coasters there, Iron Gwazi in particular, are some of the best in the world, so it is worth the drive.
