Busch Gardens Tampa Bay

We have a wonderful day at Busch Gardens every time we go my grandkids love Busch Gardens and family and friends from out of town

Great amusement park. Great for families and for adults alone. Rides, zoo and safari aspects, kids section, they have something for everyone. Throughout the year theme days, concerts, food & wine exhibits, and holiday celebrations are offered. If you can spring the extra $$$ for the quick queue pass, do It! You can walk onto all the main attractions bypassing all lines which can be really long.

Great, except. Beautiful park. Meal plan is excellent. Love the rides. Shows are incredible. Love the planned activities for children!
Despite being 7 hours away, myself & my 2 children have driven 2 x this year solely to go to the park for a day each time. We’ve all gotten the meal plan each time & love it. Our favorite ride: Cheetah Hunt! Only disappointing thing was when we went this weekend (Saturday), we went before the park even opened to ensure we could be the first in line for Cheetah Hunt. Unfortunately when we got there, the ride was closed. No problem, we rode a couple other rides & came back. Still closed. We decided to come back in the afternoon. And also decided to upgrade our tickets to season passes on our way out. When we got back, Cheetah Hunt was open. Awesome! Unfortunately, after waiting in line 50 minutes, the ride closed again, right when we were at the very front of the line. Told it should open shortly. Then after awhile, told unsure when it would open. At this point, the park was closing soon, we figured we may as well wait, as we likely didn’t have enough time to ride any other rides. We waited another 1.5 hours only to find out the ride wasn’t going to re-open & we were asked to leave since the park was now closed due to Howl-O-Scream. Bummer. On the way out we tried to upgrade our tickets to season passes. We were told the only option was to stand in a line that was dealing w/ the Howl-O-Scream tickets. After waiting in this line 45 minutes, my son had to use the bathroom, & we had to get out of line. I asked if there was anywhere else we could try to get our tickets upgraded & was told no. So we gave up, as at this point Howl-O-Scream was in full effect & it wasn’t suitable to have my young children there any longer. We really love the park. Just hate we wasted so much of our day waiting in line for a ride we didn’t get to enjoy. And really disappointed that we missed out on the opportunity to upgrade our tickets to season passes.