San Diego Sea World Discount Tickets

How much do Sea World tickets cost?

Planning ahead may keep you from paying full price for your tickets!

SeaWorld San Diego discount tickets: Is it easy to get San Diego Sea World discount tickets? YES---incredibly easy! In fact, if you plan ahead, you'll almost ALWAYS find a Sea World discount ticket of one type or another. In the following sections on this page, we'll discuss the various types of discounts that SeaWorld San Diego offers. Then, take your pick!

Note: this page is about SeaWorld California discounts. Be sure to see our Sea World Orlando Discounts page if you'll be heading to the SeaWorld park in Florida!

SeaWorld San Diego one-day discounts

Good SeaWorld deals thru the AAA automobile club and ARES Discount Travel...plus a SeaWorld discount coupons from the State of California

Currently, at the time of this update, the park's best specials are for either (1) a 2012 Fun Pass, or (2) a 7-day pass...BOTH of which cost the same amount as a 1-day ticket. The difference? With the 2012 Fun Pass, you get admission for ALL of 2012 for the same price as a one-day ticket...BUT you have to cope with some blackout dates. (You can't visit the park on some of the most popular days of the year: May 26th & 27th; July 21st and 28th; August 4th and 11th; and September 2nd.) On the other hand, the 7-day "length of stay" ticket has NO blackout dates so that visitors for the Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends can use them...along with others who need to visit on Saturdays in the busy summertime months. For information about the Fun Card, you'll want to check SeaWorld's SeaWorld Annual Pass page and then click on the link that says "Fun Cards."

Specials on the SeaWorld website change throughout the year, so if either one of these discounts appeals to you, then you may wish to purchase them before the park moves on to other discount offers.

Note: before purchasing a Fun Pass, you may also wish to consider SeaWorld Annual Passes, as well. Annual passes do cost more than Fun Passes, but they come with more perks. AND, if you get an annual pass instead of a Fun Card, you may be eligible for EZ Payment plans which let you pay in small monthly amounts!)

2.) ARES Travel discount tickets: The popular Southern California travel discount agency, ARES Travel, is now selling SeaWorld discount tickets. The deals they offer change from time to time. Here's a link to the SeaWorld San Diego discount tickets page of the ARES Travel website so you can check out the current print-at-home specials. Note: some of the specials even include transportation from Anaheim, for those of you who will be visiting Disneyland, but didn't bring your car with you.

3.) AAA Discount Tickets: The popular AAA automobile club has three different types of discount tickets. (Note: you have to be a member of the AAA to be eligible.) (1.) SeaWorld discount tickets sold through your local AAA office; (2.) Promo codes for AAA members to use on SeaWorld San Diego's official website; and (3.) "Show your card and save" discounts (that you can get in-person at SeaWorld's ticket booths.) Since AAA discounts change from time to time, and can be different depending on the region where you live, it's always best for members to check the AAA website to get the freshest, latest information. Here's a link to the www.AAA.com website, for your convenience.

4.) Sea World coupon from the State of California's official tourism website: California has an official website for visitors; it's www.VisitCalifornia.com. Even better for YOU, the state's tourism website has coupons for many popular California attractions. This year, SeaWorld is offering a special coupon that lets adults enter SeaWorld San Diego for the price of a kid's ticket! This is a print-at-home coupon which you may run off at home or at work, then take to the theme park with you and use at SeaWorld San Diego's ticket booths. What's more, this coupon is good clear through December 31, 2012! Here's a link to the State of California Tourism Bureau's money-saving coupons at Here's a link so that you can see all of their www.VisitCalifornia.com/Fun-Spots You'll find the Sea World Coupon down near the end of the page. San Diego visitors will probably want to look at the coupons for the Midway Museum, San Diego Zoo and Legoland, as well.

5.) SeaWorld Twitter or Facebook discounts: Are you a Twitter or Facebook user? SeaWorld has accounts with both of these social media sites. The SeaWorld parks are very dedicated to the social media, and they post frequently...but mostly about what their animals are doing. I haven't found them to be a great source of discounts, but every now and then, something comes along.

Multi-Park Specials

Get good combo discounts if you're also going to visit other Southern California attractions

1.) San Diego Go Card multi-attraction discount program---

The popular San Diego Go Card multi-attraction discount pass has now included Sea World on its long list of attractions included in the program. This is such exciting news for San Diego visitors because it makes the cost of one-day visits to Sea World more affordable than ever before!

The San Diego Go Card is ideal for out-of-town vacationers because it allows them to see a wide variety of San Diego's fabulous attractions...WITHOUT having to pay full price at ANY of them!

All of San Diego's most popular tourist attractions are included in the Go San Diego Card discount ticket program. For one low price, you may visit Legoland and its on-site Sea Life Aquarium; you may tour the world-famous San Diego Zoo and its sister-park, The San Diego Wildlife Park.

Other popular places to visit in San Diego that are included on this popular San Diego sight-seeing plan include Knott's Soak City water park in Chula Vista (open seasonally); the museums of Balboa Park; the San Diego Embarcadero's USS Midway Museum; plus a host of other attractions and tours...including Gaslamp Quarter tours, whale-watching cruises, harbor tours, and day-trips to Mexico!

The biggest drawback? Having to plan ahead about how many days you'd like to tour & what sights you'd like to see on your San Diego trip. That's because the Go San Diego card isn't sold at any of its member attractions. It's best to order the Go Cards ahead of time, because there are only a small handful of offices where you can pick them up when you arrive. I've used the Go Card discount pass myself...and I can vouch for the fact that it's readily accepted at the member attractions on its list.

For further information about this terrific discount, please check out the colorful ad to your right. No purchase is necessary to obtain complete info about the Go Card plan.


2.) The San Diego 3-for-1 Ticket---This multi-park special gives you "free run" of 3 world-famous San Diego attractions for 5 consecutive days. These 3 attractions are: SeaWorld San Diego, the San Diego Zoo at Balboa Park, and the San Diego Wild Life Park in Escondido (north San Diego County.) While at the San Diego Zoo, you'll enjoy the use of the guided bus tour, the express bus, and the Skyfari aerial tram---extra features you're sure to enjoy, since the San Diego Zoo is so large that it's easy to get completely worn out if you skimp & purchase an admission which doesn't include the bus tours.

The cost for this 3-attraction pass is $135 for adults and $105 for children. You may purchase your tickets in person at any one of these 3 attractions, or on-line at the SeaWorld multi-park tickets page of their website. (This ticket is cheaper at Costco, if you live near a Costco which offers them; see next paragraph for details.)


2a.) Costco 3-for-1 Ticket Discount---These 3 for 1 tickets are available at select Costco stores for even less money! In fact, this deal offers a pretty good savings, but you might have to work for it. As of the last time we checked, this discount is not available online at Costco.com, nor is it available at every store. Nor is it available in every season of the year. Your best bet to find this is to call around to Costco stores near you to see if they have it in stock. This is not just available in the San Diego area. Nearby cities like Las Vegas and the Phoenix area have either sold this exact deal or similar San Diego discount tickets, depending on the store.


3.) SeaWorld/Universal Studios combo tickets--- Many visitors to Southern California plan to visit both SeaWorld San Diego AND Universal Studios Hollywood, anyway---so why not buy a ticket that covers BOTH parks AND saves you money at the same time? The Southern California Value Pass costs $125/adults or $115/kids. Here's a link to the SeaWorld multi-park tickets page of their website where you can read more about these multi-park specials and decide which one would be best for you and your family (look under the "Book Online" tab.)


4.) The 2012 Southern California City Pass---

This 5-park pass saves you more than 30% over purchasing your tickets to these same attractions separately! That's like getting a free admission to one of the attractions! You'll get 3 days at Disneyland Park and Disney's California Adventure Park (these are "park hopper" tickets which let you roam freely back and forth between the 2 theme parks in the same day); 1 day's admission to Universal Studios Hollywood; and 1 day's admission to Sea World in San Diego. The Southern California City Pass prices are $279 for adults and kids age 10 & over; and $239 for kids ages 3 thru 9. Children age 2 and under are admitted free to the included attractions.

The City Pass is a terrific discount. It keeps even the most ambitious tourists busy! I've used the CityPass special offer myself when showing my own out-of-town relatives around town...and have found it to be easy-to-use and hassle-free. For more info on the Southern California CityPass, please check out the colorful CityPass ad to your right. No purchase is necessary to obtain further information about this plan.

Sea World Discount Tickets -- Silver, Platinum, and Conservation Annual Passports

1.) If you'll be visiting SeaWorld San Diego several times this year---which is not hard to do. If you visit several times during the spring & summer, then return for the park's Halloween and Christmas seasonal events, you'll find it cheaper to purchase an annual pass rather than rely on 1-day ticket discounts. Both the Silver and the Platinum annual passes include free parking. Considering that SeaWorld parking costs $14+ on each park visit, the frequent Sea World guest will save money in the long run by buying a premium annual pass instead of the Fun Card.

2.) If you'd like to take advantage of SeaWorld's "EZ Pay Option" (which is available for purchasing an annual pass...but NOT for purchasing a SeaWorld Fun Card)...then you'll be able to pay for your family's passes in easy, interest-free payments spread over the entire year.

The SeaWorld/Busch Gardens theme parks where you'll get free admission if you're a Platinum pass holder (or 50%-off admission prices if you're a Silver annual pass member) are as follows---
* SeaWorld Orlando (Florida)
* Aquatica water park (adjacent to Sea World Orlando)
* SeaWorld San Antonio (Texas)
* Aquatica water park, San Antonio location
* Busch Gardens theme park in Tampa, Florida
* Adventure Island water park (across from Busch Gardens in Tampa)
* Busch Gardens theme park in Williamsburg, Virginia
* Water Country USA in Virginia
* Sesame Place in Pennsylvania

ANNUAL PASS INFO AT SEAWORLD.COM: If you'd like to check out the current prices & benefits for a SeaWorld annual pass, here's a link to the SeaWorld San Diego website where you can find more information:

1.) SeaWorld Silver Annual Passes
2.) For Platinum Pass information, so to the SeaWorld Silver Pass page, then find the "Platinum Passes" tab & click it
3.) For Fun Card information, so to the SeaWorld Silver Pass page, then find the "Fun Cards" tab & click it. Note: the Fun Card is actually a SEASON pass, not an ANNUAL pass. So, it will expire at the end of the calendar year...and doesn't actually last for an entire 12 months (like an annual pass does.)

Sea World Discount Tickets -- FREE admission for military personnel and families!!!

With SeaWorld's "Here's to the Heroes" program, you and 3 dependents will each get a free day's admission to SeaWorld San Diego! Come enjoy all of the rides, shows and exhibits that Sea World has to offer!

You may sign up for your FREE TICKETS on-line, and also at the park's ticket booths. What a deal!

If you're interested in signing up for this program on-line, you may use the following link to head to the "Here's to the Heroes" sign-up page.











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