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| You'll flip for Alpengeist! |
See below to save an extra $10-$25 per ticket on combo packages to Busch Gardens, Water Country USA, and Colonial Williamsburg!
PLUS...look below for the most rock-bottom deal for Virginina residents-- the 2 Days for 1 Kid's Price deal!
If you're just going for the day, the admission facts are fairly simple.
2008 Busch Gardens Virginia Single-Day Admission Rates
Adult admission (ages 10+): $56.95. Child admission (ages 3 to 9): $49.95. Children 2 and under are free.
Looking to pay less on single-day tickets? Here are our discount ticket secrets!
Busch Gardens has been pretty good about trying to minimize price increases over the years. Here's where they're making up for it: parking.
Daily parking is not included in ANY single-day Busch Gardens Virginia tickets. To our chagrin, it's also not included in Virginia resident Fun Cards. Daily parking is only inluded with the passes: the 1 Park Pass (formerly the Silver Pass), the 2 Park Pass (formerly the Gold Pass), and the Platinum Pass.
For more on parking, and how to get discount parking, see below.
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| The Carousel across from Land of the Dragons. |
Pay for a day and get unlimited admission to Busch Gardens Europe all spring & summer (through Sept. 1, 2008). The Fun Card is only $56.95, the same price as a regular single-day ticket. Note: They're usually only available until the end of May, so buy them soon! Click here to buy Fun Cards online.
NEW! 2 Days for 1 Kid's Price Ticket deal!
Now through August 31st, adult Virginia residents can get a Busch Gardens Virginia ticket to visit for two days...and pay only the kid's single-day price of $49.95! You have until September 14 to use your second day. It's like getting the second day for free! Click here to order this special ticket deal.
And remember, whenever you decide to visit, be sure to check our Busch Gardens Virginia Hours & Operating Schedule page to find out whether the park is open that day (it's only open daily June-August) and what time it closes that night.
Planning on staying at Busch Gardens Virginia more than one day?
Keep reading to see how to save $10 off the Combo ticket!
Multi-Day Tickets
Busch Gardens Europe Discovery Ticket - $69.95
Looking for unlimited fun and the best value during your Spring Williamsburg getaway? The Discovery Tickets gets you unlimited admission for 7 consecutive days March 21 through May 9, 2008.
Busch Gardens and Water Country USA Discovery Ticket - $79.95
This is your best value if you want unlimited fun and the flexibility of going back and forth between both parks. Visit BG and Water Country USA, BG's nearby waterpark, unlimited times for 7 consecutive calendar days May 10 – September 7, 2008.
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| Buy funky hats like this outside "The Big Bad Wolf." |
Want to save an additional $10? Tourism is down, so the money-saving discounts are proliferating like rabbits! Order your ticket from www.vavacationvalues.com (a new savings site hosted by Busch Gardens) and you'll get the Busch Gardens and Water Country USA Discovery Ticket deal for only $69.95...plus a savings book for Prime Outlets Williamsburg!
Williamsburg Bounce Ticket - $123.50 for adults; $102.50 kids 6-17; Under 6 = free
If you really want to do Williamsburg, this is your very best bet, because this ticket lets you "bounce" between Busch Gardens Europe and Colonial Williamsburg as many times as you want within a 7-day period. You can even do one attraction in the morning, then go to the other that same afternoon or evening.
Here's an even better bonus: If you visit between May 10th and September 7th, the Bounce Ticket gets you into Water Country USA at no additional charge.
Here's how to get 20% off the Bounce Ticket!Order your ticket from www.vavacationvalues.com and you'll get the Bounce Ticket deal for only $98.80 per adult, and $82.00 per child...plus get a Prime Outlets Williamsburg book of coupons.
Busch Gardens Williamsburg Passes
1 Park Pass - Busch Gardens Virginia
Individual Passes: $124.95/ 4-Pack: $93.71 each (25 %savings) (Used to be called the "Silver Passport")
2 Park Pass - Busch Gardens & Water Country USA
Individual Passes: $154.95/ 4-Pack: $116.21 each (25% savings)
(Used to be called the "Gold Passport")
Platinum Passport - Busch Gardens & Water Country USA PLUS 8 other Anheuser-Busch parks nationwide for TWO years
Individual Passes: $334.95/ 4-Pack: $251.21 each (25% savings)
Why go Platinum? If you're a truly serious park-lover who really gets around, this is your best bet. You'll also get free general parking, preferred parking at the BG Virginia parks (if available), and a variety of other discounts, shop savings, etc.
To help ease the budget pain, they offer an EZ pay option, which allows you to be billed in 3 "EZ" installments (24 installments for the 3-Pass).
1-Pass, 2-Pass, & Platinum Benefits:
Here are the EXTRAS your passports provide--
- Free General Parking; Discounted preferred parking
- 10% discount at Busch Gardens merchandise shops
- 10% discount at Busch Gardens restaurants
- Discounts on single-day tickets for friends and relatives at Busch Gardens
- 50% discount for passport members only to all other Anheuser-Busch Adventure Parks (excluding Discovery Cove, Aquatica & Virginia Parks)- 1-Pass and 2-Pass only
- 10% savings on golf, dining, merchandise, tennis & the spa at the Kingsmill Resort
- Member Appreciation nights on Sunday nights during the Summer Concert Series
- Pass Member "Advantage Pricing" on select products in restaurants and merchandise shops
TIP! If you buy a pass...
Since you'll need to keep pulling out your passport to get discounts everytime you buy or eat something at Busch Gardens Virginia, I recommend that you get a plastic card holder. Clip it to a lanyard or cord around your neck. You won't lose it, and won't have to keep fumbling for your wallet. I think you get these card holders at the Passport Sales window in the Guest Relations building just to the right after you enter the park.
Get a New Quick Queue Fast Pass!
Want to maximize your visit by hitting ALL the major rides? Hate to wait in line? It may be worth your while to spring for the new
To find out how Quick Queue works here, click here.
Parking
Yes, you have to pay for Busch Gardens Virginia parking (unless you have a 1 Pass, 2 Pass, or Platinum Passport ticket, in which case parking is free).
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| The gardens in Italy. |
Parking is $10 per day, which really adds up over time--so much so that I thought of upgrading my Fun Card to a 1 Pass just to get free parking. (Since my kids don't drive and will be coming with me, it wouldn't have made sense to upgrade them too).
But, I know that if I buy my parking pass online in advance, I'll get a 10% discount, so I'll pay only $9 per day.
Using a parking rate of $9 per day, to make the $68 fee to upgrade to a 1-Pass worth it, we would have to visit the park 8 times in a season. I really don't expect to do that, so I decided to stick with the Fun Card and just keep buying my parking passes online.
Here's the Busch Gardens Virginia link for getting a 10% discount on parking.
Campers & Preferred Parking (which is located in the New France parking lot, closer to the entrance) is $15. If you're in reasonably good shape, the preferred parking lot is just a short walk to the park entrance, so you won't have to wait for the tram.
Personally, my kids look forward to riding on the tram and would disappointed if we had preferred parking. But on really crowded days, the tram lines for the regular lots can get long. So you'll have to decide if it's worth it for you to spring for preferred parking.
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