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ORLANDO (AP) — SeaWorld Orlando, Busch Gardens and other theme parks owned by Busch Entertainment Corp. are getting a new collective name and new ticket prices, owners of the parks said Friday.
The new pricing scheme is aimed at enticing people to visit more than one park, increasing savings the more parks a guest visits. Under the new pricing plan, it is cheaper for visitors to buy multi-park tickets rather than separate tickets to the parks.
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For example, a two-park ticket for admission to SeaWorld and the new Aquatica water park in Orlando will cost $89.95. That's about $17 less than two separate tickets to the attractions would cost. A $339 ticket would grant admission to four parks: Discovery Cove, SeaWorld, Busch Gardens and Aquatica over multiple days. The basic one park entry price will go up in some cases — a $3 price increase at SeaWorld, to $67.95. One ticket to Busch Gardens Tampa Bay also goes up $3, to $64.95 The whole group of attractions also will have a new brand name: "Worlds of Discovery," which replaces Anheuser-Busch Adventure Parks. The group includes SeaWorld parks in Orlando, San Diego and San Antonio; Busch Gardens Africa and Adventure Island in the Tampa area; Busch Gardens Europe and Water Country USA in Williamsburg, Va.; Discovery Cove in Orlando; and Sesame Place near Philadelphia. Aquatica, SeaWorld's waterpark, is being built in Orlando and is expected to open in 2008. Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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