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Find ways to get deals on Sea World Orlando tickets! Updated 7/26/10. Related info-- www.Have-Fun-in-the-USA.com HOME :: Latest News :: List of SeaWorld Orlando's Attractions :: Kraken Roller Coaster :: Manta Roller Coaster Journey to Atlantis :: Seaworld Orlando's Shamu Show :: Penguin Encounter :: Seaworld Orlando Hours :: Seaworld Orlando Discount Tickets :: Aquatica Attractions :: Aquatica Hours :: Sea World Orlando Discount TicketsNever head to the park without first checking for deals!In the slide show above, you're viewing pictures of fun Sea World Orlando attractions! If you'd like to visit Sea World Orlando, planning in advance can help save you money. This page can give you some ideas about which discounts are best for you and your family. Note: Deal for FREE SeaWorld Orlando tickets for tourists stranded by Icelandic volcanic ash has now ended. What kind of Sea World Orlando deals are available?Are discounts available for Sea World Orlando? Yes, always. The key is to planning ahead before venturing to the park. Almost anyone can get a discount of some kind UNLESS they simply walk up to the Sea World ticket booths without doing some advance thinking.Are Sea World Orlando discounts very substantial? Sometimes yes, and sometimes no. But any discount at all is better than paying for full price tickets! How do you know if you're really getting a discount? This is an important question! At the current time, there are a number of "discount" ticket outlets (both on-line and in Orlando) which are selling tickets that are actually more expensive than the print-at-home Sea World discounts being offered by the park's website! Since print-at-home discounts are the absolutely easiest Sea World deals that you can get, starting your search should begin at the SeaWorld.com website...where you'll always find some sort of a discount waiting for you which requires only a bare minimum of effort. SeaWorld.com's Print-at-home DiscountsA reliable and minimum-effort way to get discounts for SeaWorld OrlandoBefore trying other ticket discounters, you should know the REAL advance-purchase price for which you can get your tickets through Sea World itself. Ticket discounters will truly sell you a ticket that's lower than what you'll pay if you walk up to the theme park's ticket booths. However, they can actually charge MORE than SeaWorld Orlando's own print-at-home price! (On the other hand, sometimes you actually CAN get a cheaper ticket price from discount agencies. The situation changes from time to time. It's up to YOU to know what's a good deal & what's not; the discount agencies are certainly not going to TELL you!) There are always 2 sets of prices on the SeaWorld.com website: those for Florida residents, and those for out-of-state visitors. * Current Non-resident Discounts: As of July, 2010, SeaWorld has a print-at-home discount going which allows adults to pay the children's price for tickets plus get a 2nd day at SeaWorld free, as well...IF they purchase ahead of time through the SeaWorld.com website. (Instead of paying the gate price of $78.95, you'd pay only $68.95...more than a 10% discount.) In addition, by adding visits to SeaWorld's "sister" parks (Aquatica water park in Orlando; and/or Busch Gardens theme park in Tampa) you can reap an even larger percentage of savings by getting multi-park discount tickets. You may use the following link to check Sea World Orlando's current non-resident print-at-home discounts which are being offered. * Current discounts for Florida residents: Florida residents have some very good offers on the SeaWorld.com website...including a Fun Card which is good for admission for the rest of 2010 (but costs even less than a 1-day full-priced ticket!) Another very good deal is a 2-day/2-park ticket for the price of a SeaWorld ticket alone. (Guests may choose to use their FREE day at either the Aquatica water park or at Busch Gardens in Tampa, FL.) You may use the following link to check out the current deals on SeaWorld Orlando's Florida Resident's Discount Tickets page of SeaWorld.com * SUMMER 2010 SUPER SPECIAL: SEA WORLD CARES $5 KID'S TICKET! SeaWorld wants to make sure that you and your family get to have some fun this summer...despite the economy. And, they have a good online special right now that will give you a substantial discount if you have children age 12 and under. With the purchase of a full-price adult ticket ($78.95) you may purchase a cheap Sea World Orlando ticket for your child at the tremendous price of only $5! You need to purchase one full price adult ticket for every $5 children's SeaWorld ticket. (Other kids in your family must pay the $68.95 regular kid's price.) Here's a link to the special ordering page for the Sea World Orlando Cares $5 Kid's Ticket. * TWILIGHT SUPER-SAVER TICKET: ONLY $39.99 AFTER 3 PM! Another terrific way to get cheap Sea World Orlando ticket is to plan your visit so that you enter after 3 pm. Since the park stays open late during the summer, you'll still get to enjoy hours of fun...at a price which will please your wallet! You may purchase your ticket online at SeaWorld's official website. Here's a link which will bypass Home Page and take you directly to the $39.99 Twilight discount ticket page of their site. Sea World Orlando's EZ Pay annual passesThe most "painless" way to pay for park admission...and possibly the cheapest option for frequent visitors, tooDo you think you would even notice $6.24 coming out of your bank account every month? Probably not...but you actually CAN get a 1-park Sea World Orlando annual pass for that meager monthly payment! (That's with a 2-year commitment; a 1-year pass would cost $8.32 per month.) Even if you have 4 family members, the amount deducted from your account will probably not be missed each month. Yet, you'll be able to enjoy SeaWorld Orlando's roller coasters, Shamu shows, and other fun attractions for as long as you keep your membership.You may add SeaWorld Orlando's "sister" parks to your pass, too. For only a few dollars more, you can add your choice of Busch Gardens, Aquatica or the Adventure Island water park in Tampa to your annual pass. Or, you can add all 4 of them. Or, you can add ALL of the Sea World Parks across the country by getting the Platinum pass. Sea World-lovers should seriously consider this easy-pay plan, in my opinion. I've had my EZ Pay Platinum pass since 2006, and have saved LOTS of money because of it. (Pass holders get discounts on parking, food, merchandise and Sea World tours in addition to the admission benefits.) Monthly deductions come out of my account every month. The amount is so small that I truly don't miss it. Yet, I know that when it's time to go to Sea World, I don't have to worry. I show my pass...and into the park I go! SeaWorld doesn't pay me to recommend their annual passports; I simply feel very happy to have such a painless way to visit the parks & want to share my experience with it. There really haven't been any glitches in the years that I've had my pass. They've never taken more money than they're supposed to, nor denied me admission when I've been paid-up...nor denied me admission to any of Sea World's sister parks, either (since I have the Platinum plan, which includes these.) Would an EZ Pay annual pass work for you, too? Maybe...or maybe not. If you don't live or visit regularly in the area of a Sea World park, you may not use your pass enough to make it worth your while. However, many families live hundreds of miles away from Orlando...yet visit the city yearly (or more frequently, even.) If you fall into that category, the Sea World annual pass could very well be the perfect budget-stretcher for your group. For more Sea World Orlando annual pass info, here's a link to the Annual Pass page of the SeaWorld Orlando website. If you would prefer to talk over the various options with a Sea World customer service rep, you may call the toll-free phone number 1-888-800-5447. Other SeaWorld Orlando coupons, discounts and special offersPepsi can discounts, AAA member savings and more!Note: SeaWorld NEVER has Coke can discounts! Some readers have asked about this....but whenever Sea World Orlando runs a soda can special, it's always with Pepsi. (Theme parks always advertise with the same company whose drinks they sell inside the park. Since Sea World serves Pepsi products, they advertise on cans of Pepsi products.) 2.) SeaWorld Twitter discounts: SeaWorld sends out frequent tweets to its fans. It can actually wear you out to read them all. MOST of their tweets are about animal care and theme park news. But every once in awhile, you'll get news of a good discount or special offer. For example, in mid-April when a number of European travelers were stranded in Orlando unexpectedly (by volcanic ash from Iceland grounding many flights,) SeaWorld unexpectedly sent a tweet inviting these luckless tourist to visit the theme park for free! No, you might not get a special deal right when you need it. But, you'll learn plenty about SeaWorld...and you just might pick up a discount when you're least expecting to find one! 3.) Are you an AAA member? Sea World Orlando is a member of the "Show your pass and save" program. The discount is small (about $5 for an adult ticket,) but if you've walked up to the ticket booth without any other discount plan, at least it's better than no discount at all. More substantial discounts can often be found at an AAA office. However, not every AAA office carries tickets for Sea World Orlando (especially the AAA offices which are closer to a different Sea World location.) If you live where they're not available, you can drop into an AAA office in Florida before heading to Sea World Orlando to see what discounts are currently available. If you'd like to check for information online, here's a link to the AAA.com website. 4.) SeaWorld discounts from your hotel: A number of Orlando and Kissimmee hotels & motels have discounts available. You may want to ask at the front desk to see if your hotel is one of them. You may be asked to purchase the tickets directly from someone at the hotel, however. If you feel uncomfortable with this, simply say no. Military discounts: 1 free ticket per year---for you AND 3 dependents!Are you an active member of the military? If so, you can get the very best Sea World Orlando discount tickets of all---the price is absolutely free! (Activated or drilling reservists and National Guardsmen are included in this program, as well.) Up to 3 direct dependents may accompany you to the park...also for free.You need to register for this program. This may be done either on-line in advance...or at the park. How many free tickets can you get? You and your family may attend 1 Sea World Park per year (for each year of your service. If you skip a year, you can't double-up and visit 2 parks during the next year, however.) This not only includes Sea World Orlando, but its sister-parks, as well (such as Busch Gardens and Aquatica.) Note: this program may (or may not) end at any time. Called "Here's to the Heroes," this free-ticket program for military members has been in place for a number of years. However, during this time Anheuser-Busch has always owned the Sea World Parks. Since the parks were recently sold, it is still unclear whether or not the new park owners will continue the program indefinitely. For more information about the military free Sea World tickets, here's a link to Sea World's "Here's to the Heroes" website. Timeshare tour discount tickets to Sea World OrlandoYou'll get substantial discounts; you'll also have to sit through a 2-hour presentationTaking time-share tours are a way to get substantially discounted Sea World Orlando tickets. I've used that method myself in the past. The tickets are indeed "real," and you won't have any problem getting the park to accept them. Opportunities for taking timeshare tours abound in Orlando; if you're not approached about taking one at your hotel, you may be asked about it while visiting a store or even a tourist attraction.Tours invariably start out pleasantly. You may be offered high-quality food from a light buffet. You make small-talk with your tour guide. You get to look through beautiful buildings which boast lavish decor and exciting amenities. When the tour is over, the trouble begins. If you don't wish to make a purchase, you'll be put through some high-pressure tactics meant to make you feel like an idiot before you are allowed to get your tickets and leave. If you do like the timeshares and make a purchase, you will have just gotten yourself into an expensive deal that will eventually make the cost of Sea World tickets look cheap by comparison. Worse yet, if you default on your payments due to unforeseen financial trouble, you'll end up with a big blot on your credit record. The ticket deals are real and substantial. But only YOU can decide if the negative aspects of the situation are worth it to you. Risking ticket fraud for SeaWorld Orlando discountsNot every Sea World Orlando ticket discount is a good deal. This is especially true if you pay for a ticket which has been already used. Although this seems so incredible that it could never happen, I know that it does.Recently, I was standing in line behind a couple who presented tickets which wouldn't work in SeaWorld's scanners. The couple was informed that the tickets had already been scanned before. Their faces were simply crestfallen. "But we paid for them!" was not a good enough answer. When you pay for tickets from a place such as Ebay or Craig's List, you may---or may NOT---get what you paid for. There are amazing deals to be had on the internet. Is the "deal" you're considering legitimate? If you're not certain, why take a chance? Being rejected at the turnstiles would undoubtedly be an experience you'd remember with anguish for years to come.
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