For the third year, Busch Gardens is once again going to host a Food and Wine Festival.The annual event will take place every weekend from March 4 to April 30. And this year, an extra weekend will be included, making the event span nine weekends instead of eight! We don’t have all of the concerts…
SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment announced leadership changes for the company’s parks in Orlando and Tampa. Jim Dean, President of Busch Gardens Tampa and Adventure Island, has been named park president of the company’s Orlando parks, SeaWorld, Aquatica and Discovery Cove. “Jim is an outstanding theme park leader who has led excellence, performance and growth in…
For a limited time, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay is offering two great ways to save this year with the BOGO 2017 Fun Card Deal and the FREE 2017 Busch Gardens Tampa Bay and SeaWorld Orlando Preschool Card! FREE 2017 SeaWorld and Busch Gardens Preschool Card Busch Gardens is bringing back a limited-time offer by popular demand,…
Earlier this week the SeaWorld and Busch Gardens chain announced multiple layoffs throughout their entire chain of parks. Many of these layoffs included zoological employees, and the sudden closure of the interactive Jambo Junction exhibit at Busch Gardens Tampa. Jambo Junction was a small exhibit in Nairobi area of the park with opportunities to feed…
Earlier this week, SeaWorld confirmed that 320 employees across the entire SeaWorld chain will lose their jobs as part of a company wide restructure to cut costs. This announcement comes two years after the company announced its last round of layoffs, which also affected over 300 employees. Over 60 employees at SeaWorld San Diego…
The theme for the 2016 IAAPA conference in Orlando, Florida was every experience matters. During the conference’s kickoff event, IAAPA announced the winner of the biannual Applause Award. Biannually, since 1980, the Applause Award is presented by an international committee of theme park and amusement industry professionals. The prestigeous award honors an amusement park whose management,…
2017 is shaping up to be a big year for Busch Gardens Tampa! With the addition of Cobra’s Curse in 2016, 2017 will mostly be an off year as far as major attraction additions, but there are some new events, and even a temporary annual pass special being offered! From now until January 3, 2017,…
The last two weekends of October from 11am to 2pm, Busch Gardens Tampa is hosting a fun, kid-friendly, Halloween event that will take place at the Sesame Street Safari of Fun kids area. Sesame Street Halloween Kids Weekends will include animal encounters, a hay bale maze, character parades, and best of all, trick-or-treat candy stations! The event…
Hurricane Matthew is upon the Central Florida area, and for the first time in a very long time, ALL Central Florida theme parks remain closed on Friday, October 7. Most closed early Thursday, October 6. Here is everything we know so far: All four Walt Disney World parks closed at 5 PM on Thursday and…
Christmas Town, Busch Gardens’ annual holiday celebration, will return for its fifth year beginning November 25 and run select nights through December 31. Christmas Town will feature over two million lights, festive treats, holiday attractions, and the all new Rudolph’s Winter Wonderland. PLUS two Christmas themed attractions! NEW! Rudolph’s Winter Wonderland: Meet and take photos…
Howl O Scream, Tampa’s most popular Halloween event, is now open at Busch Gardens. For 21 select nights, guests can experience the terrifying horrors from Sept. 23 through Oct. 30 at 7:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. this year’s theme is the Evil Encore! Howl-O-Scream 2016 returns with seven haunted houses, two of which are new and…
A new baby spotted hyena has just been introduced to the hyena clan at Busch Gardens Tampa’s Edge of Africa habitat! The 20-week-old male cub was born at the park on April 3, 2016, and is named “Mandazi” for his sweet personality after a traditional pastry found on the Swahili coast. The cub is healthy and…