Busch gardens tips? tickets?

[hELEN H]

We are going to Florida in dec/jan. We plan to visit Busch geardens. We are staying on the Gulf coast splitting our time between Anna Maria island and Sanibel. We would like a day in Busch gardens. Can we buy tickets in advance and where would be a good place to get them? We would prefer actual tickets if poss to minimise queuing.
Any tips on the park would be great. Our boys will be 9 & 11
thanks
helen

[bengunn]

You can buy them from Busch gardens online BuschGardens (http://www.seaworld.com/flfuncard/funcard_new.asp) with a $5 discount or, for the normal price of a one day ticket, you can get fun cards which allow unlimited entry for the rest of 2002.

Both of these tickets are vouchers which you have to print out; I doubt that the queuing to exchange them will be a major problem.

Alternatively, you can buy from Ticket Mania (http://www.ticketmania.com) or Florida Orlando Tickets (http://www.floridaorlandotickets.net) both of which supply actual tickets.