Deciding between water parks and coaster parks

[auntyjenn]

So, I want to go to everything, but if I had to choose, which water parks would you go to (my kids are 16, 14, 12, 8)

There's: Aquatica, wet and wild, watermania, and the disney parks

Then, the kids really really want to go do some coasters over and over and over...

Which is good from these: Bush Gardens, Islands of Adventure, Sea World?

It's a four hour drive to Orlando from where we are, and I can't decide how many annual passes to things I want and how many I just want to go to once or twice. So many choices! I also want to go to Gatorland and The Kennedy Space center too...

Thanks for the help

 

[auntyjenn]

Oh, also 'Adventure Island' for water parks

 

[Janet Hill]

For an annual pass the best deal is the Busch parks platinum pass. It allows unlimited access to all 9 Busch Parks (Discovery Cove not included) for two years. The price is 430 and the pass is good for 2 years so that 215/year. They have a flex payment plan where you can have it billed to your credit card over the 24 month period for no additional fees. There may be better deals for Florida residents. Are you a Fl resident and you say you are 4 hours from the parks. Would you be be closer to the Tampa area parks or farther away.

If you plan on going to a shuttle launch an annual pass here may be worth it, as I've never been able to get the good launch tickets without it. (They sell out quickly, but they save a few back for passholders.)

You really don't give enough info. How long will you be in the area or are you moving here.

 

[auntyjenn]

Well, I would say it's about the same distance to Tampa and we will be in Florida for Nine months, I'm just not sure how often I will want to drive four hours when I could just hang out in the keys on the beach. Ahh... The best looking water park near there is still two hours away.

Anyway, the platinum pass option is interesting. Thanks for the idea.

 

[DOOM1001]

I'm going to make your choices easier here by telling you Watermania doesn't exist anymore,it's been closed for like 3 years or something like that.As far as your question,I think there's a pass called the Orlando Flex ticket that's good for like 14 consecutive days and includes Universal,Islands of Adventure,Sea World, Aquatica,WetnWild and Busch Gardens for like $250.This pass covers most of what you're looking for for a reasonable price.The waterpark in Tampa,Adventure Island is good but Wet n Wild and Aquatica are much better.The Disney parks are totally not included in this offer they have their own tickets where the more days you purchase the cheaper it is per day,for example 1 day is like $80 and 10 days is $252,then you can add on visits to the waterparks for $50 and park hopping tickets for the parks for $50 so you can visit more than 1 park a day.If you do both offers getting the 10 day Disney pass and the Orlando Flex ticket for the Busch and Universal parks you could literally spend nearly a month at the parks for just over $500 a person in tickets.