Tickets for Universal and Sea World

[Sarahbelle341]

OK so I am looking at ticket options and probably need a travel agent but I have requested quotes from two places so far and none have gotten back to me so it looks like I am on my own lol. We want to do a trip to both Universal Parks and do Sea World/Aquatica. I am looking at the Orlando Flex Ticket from Undercover tourist and I see $353.95 per adult. Looking at Sea World's website I see an unlimited Sea World and Aquatica ticket for $126 per guest. A 2 day park to park for Universal is 194.99 or $305 for a three day park to park. Are there better deals on tickets out there? I see a lot of posts that people got such great deals on tickets so please show me your ways!

 

[wilma-bride]

I normally buy my tickets from Undercover Tourist.

 

[dixonsontour]

Sea work are having a bogof annual pass sale on Black Friday if you check on sea world board on here all the info is there. They do a sea world/aquatica ap.

 

[squirrel]

How many days do you have? I'm going for 2 weeks so the Orlando Flex Ticket makes sense for me as it's good for 14 consecutive days.

 

[Sarahbelle341]

I'm thinking 7 nights. Still trying to figure out tickets since I don't really know how many days we need in each park.

 

[bumbershoot]

This is the sort of thing that causes me to bring out my notebook and start taking notes.

This ticket from this place for this amount. This ticket from THAT place for that price. etc. Slowly you start working it out.

Honestly, this isn't something a TA is good at helping with. It's a personal decision. The more you describe here, the more ideas you will get from people who have been there done that!

Seaworld tends to have deals on annual passes that can be better than a ticket. They tend to have "buy one day get two days" sales. etc. You really want to look around their website.

For Universal, look on Maple Leaf Tickets and Undercover Tourist. Also on universalorlando.com, just realize that ML has shipping costs and UO has taxes that aren't included up front. UCT lists everything up front. There are a couple other reseller sites but I can't remember them right now.

 

[Jedimom]

1) Go to Seaworld Orlando's website and sign up to receive offers via email. I think this year you may have to sign up for the emails to receive the offers...at least that was what the email I received from SW seemed to allude to. On Black Friday (Nov 27th - Nov 30th), SW will be selling BOGO Free Annual Passes (includes free parking) to both SeaWorld alone ($156) or SeaWorld + Aquatica ($196). So if you are wanting SW + Aquatica, that'll end up being $98/person/pass. Helps if you have an even number of people going.

2) Go to the Undercover Tourist website. They're selling 3-day Park to Park tickets for $200 even (tax included). Or you can get a 3-park unlimited (covers 14 days of unlimited access to Univ/IOA/water park) for $229.

 

[Sarahbelle341]

ok I'm trying to figure this out so someone correct me if I am missing something here.

Sea World Hotel package at Residence Inn with Orlando Flex tickets. 7 nights accodomations - $2300

Undercover tourist Flex tickets $1398 for our family. If I book directly with mariott then Accomodations at Residence Inn for 7 nights $772 for total of $2170

On Sea World website Unlimited tickets to Seaworld/Aquatica for $504 for the family and Universal 3 day park to park tickets $820 total $1324 for tickets and $2096 for tickets and hotel

Why are all these number so different so almost exactly the same packages? Are there other discount dealers you suggest?

 

[damo]

ok I'm trying to figure this out so someone correct me if I am missing something here.

Sea World Hotel package at Residence Inn with Orlando Flex tickets. 7 nights accodomations - $2300

Undercover tourist Flex tickets $1398 for our family. If I book directly with mariott then Accomodations at Residence Inn for 7 nights $772 for total of $2170

On Sea World website Unlimited tickets to Seaworld/Aquatica for $504 for the family and Universal 3 day park to park tickets $820 total $1324 for tickets and $2096 for tickets and hotel

Why are all these number so different so almost exactly the same packages? Are there other discount dealers you suggest?

I find that packages are generally more expensive since you are paying for convenience. If you do some legwork, you can usually find a better deal.

 

[johde]

Sea World packages can be a good deal IF you use all the pieces parts and book them properly. The Sea World package includes preferred show seating at SeaWorld ($14+ per person per day) and one of the refillable "cups that cares".

I've found the best deal on Sea World packages is booking a short stay there for the perks and the tickets before switching to another hotel for other parts of your trip. But I've never minded switching hotels to take advantage of the benefits. On my last trip I had a Sea World Package at CoCo Key. A couple of nights at Animal Kingdom Villas for my Disney portion and a few nights at Cabana Bay for my Universal portion.