Busch Gardens and water country USA williamsburg

[Disney10]

They have fun cards for $75 on busch gardens website. We are going for 9 days this summer. I trying to decide what to do. Do I buy one 2 park pass for $180 to get free parking then buy the rest of us the $75 tickets? I am trying to decide how many times we will go to busch gardens and water country.... We have never been to williamsburg. We are going to all the other attractions in the area also. Trying to find the best deal!

 

[here757]

only need one of the more expensive tickets to get free parking. but ill be honest. growing up I spent my summers either going to busch or working at.. lol its not a 9 day park. maybe 2 at busch and 1 at water county.

 

[havaneselover]

I have an annual pass and my kids have fun cards. Make sure you buy the fun cards by Tuesday to get the $75 price for both parks. You also get 10% off food and merchandise with the annual pass.

I agree with here757. I think 2 days at BG and 1 day at WC (which is a fantastic water park) would be enough. I doubt you'd break even with the annual pass.

 

[Disney10]

Thank you here757 and havaneslover! You have answered my question!

 

[mieuxmew]

Do they have the combined Colonial Williamsburg/Busch Gardens/Water Country pass?
We go to Williamsburg every summer. Here is what we tend to do. We have Busch Gardens Platinum passes, so Seaworld/Busch Gardens Tampa/Aquatica are also included with platinum pass for our Florida Trips . We also have CW annual passes (Black Friday BOGO). In the summer, it can be VERY hot, especially at Colonial Williamsburg. My husband is a HUGE fan and likes to participate in a lot of educational opportunities, like the re-enactements. We head to CW in the am until early afternoon, have lunch, head to Water Country for the rest of the afternoon. After dinner, we like to go to Busch Gardens at night since it is cooler. We do spend a full day or two at Busch Gardens and a full day at Jamestown.

Have a great trip! Do you have a hotel reserved?

 

[cvjw]

We went a few years back and purchased the combo tickets thru Colonial Williamsburg that included all their attractions and passes for Busch Gardens and Water Country. We stayed at the Great Wolf Lodge in Williamsburg, so we spent some time there also.

 

[Disney10]

Well I really do not have a place to stay. We are going to try to get Kingsgate stay off ebay. Hotel rooms are very expensive there. Do you have any suggestions?

 

[kirstenb1]

We have Platinum Passes like MieuxMew. We go to Orlando every summer, and use them at Sea World/Aquatica/BG Tampa. In Williamsburg, we live at Water Country all summer!!! BG to a lesser extent. We love BG, just love water even more!!

 

[got2sammies]

With parking being $15-20 a pop, if you do get one annual pass and visiting two/three/four days you will get your monies worth. Also you will be eligible for food/merchandise discounts (10% off). Like others have said BG may be a two day max.. We can get everything done in one day and watercountry is pretty big so maybe one/two days there. Colonial Williamsburg is nice.. Jamestown is not too far, Yorktown as well if you have history buffs.. There is the outlets and Va Beach is about 1 hr away

 

[mexxican]

We went a few years back and purchased the combo tickets thru Colonial Williamsburg that included all their attractions and passes for Busch Gardens and Water Country. We stayed at the Great Wolf Lodge in Williamsburg, so we spent some time there also.

The Summer Bounce tickets ($126) are good for 7 days and include free parking at both parks. Also, if you have any kids 5 & under, the summer bounce tickets are free, so you don't have to buy them fun cards if they're that young. http://www.colonialwilliamsburg.com/plan/tickets/

 

[havaneselover]

With parking being $15-20 a pop, if you do get one annual pass and visiting two/three/four days you will get your monies worth. Also you will be eligible for food/merchandise discounts (10% off). Like others have said BG may be a two day max.. We can get everything done in one day and watercountry is pretty big so maybe one/two days there. Colonial Williamsburg is nice.. Jamestown is not too far, Yorktown as well if you have history buffs.. There is the outlets and Va Beach is about 1 hr away

There's a $105 difference between a fun card and an annual pass and parking is $15/day so you wouldn't save money visiting two days unless you ate a lot of food.

 

[got2sammies]

Oops! I was thinking the one park a pass at $120 not the two park pass.. Sorry!

 

[mieuxmew]

Well I really do not have a place to stay. We are going to try to get Kingsgate stay off ebay. Hotel rooms are very expensive there. Do you have any suggestions?

We have stayed at Marriott Manor Club (love it!!) and Greensprings Plantation (which I also recommend).

Look for rentals on redweek or TUG.

 

[lrodk]

I just got back from a 4 day trip to Williamsburg. Stayed at Marriott's Manor Club and absolutely loved it. Gorgeous property with tons of activities for the family. I purchased the annual 2 park pass for $180 to cover the free parking and 10% food/souvenir discounts. The rest of the family got the 2 park fun pass cards good all summer for $100. This made sense for us because we are returning for one week in August so our admission will be covered. Busch Gardens can be done in 2 days, however we do half days or less and split the other part of the day happily either at the resort or Colonial Williamsburg. I should add that weekends can be very busy at BG so much more can be done with shorter lines mon-fri weather permitting.

 

[mieuxmew]

Glad our had a great time! We will be staying at Marriott's Manor Club later this month. Manor Club is awesome.

 

[TwoMisfits]

We can happily spend about 3 days in BG and 1-2 days in WC. So, I'd say getting 1 Annual Pass is worth it. If you need more ideas for the other days, let us know - Williamsburg, VA is an awesome vacation spot!

 

[artemis4]

Another vote for the Bounce Pass. It was a great deal and parking was included. We spent two days a Busch Gardens and popped in for an hour or so another two nights. We also spent a full day at Water Country, and if our schedule had allowed, we might have stopped back in the late afternoon another time, but we were busy with Colonial Williamsburg, Jamestowne, Yorktown, and Norfolk.