Orlando ticket prices vs the gate
Most ticket comparisons show two numbers: a “gate price” and theirs. The gate figure is usually a struck regular price that the park itself is currently discounting, so the saving is measured against a price nobody pays. Below are three columns instead — what the park strikes through, what the park is actually charging today, and what we charge — each read from the park's own ticket page on 2026-09-13 and linked. On some parks we are not the cheapest, and those rows say so.
| Park | Gatestruck price | Park todaywhat they sell at | Ourswhat we charge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aquatica Orlandoread 2026-09-13 | $114.99 | $51.99 | $55.00$3.01 more |
| Busch Gardens Tamparead 2026-09-11 | $147.99 | $61.99 | $66.00$4.01 more |
| Disney Worldread 2026-09-11 | $119.00 | no sale price — gate is the price | — |
| LEGOLAND Floridaread 2026-09-11 | $129.00 | no sale price — gate is the price | $67.00$62.00 less |
| SeaWorld Orlandoread 2026-09-11 | $147.99 | $59.99 | $79.00$19.01 more |
Single-day adult admission. Park figures read from each park's own ticket page on the date shown; our figures are the price checkout charges, for the cheapest of the next 30 bookable days. Universal Orlando, Islands of Adventure and Epic Universe are not listed: those parks do not publish a price our reader can see, and we would rather omit a park than print a number we cannot source.
Where we are not the cheapest
On 3 parksthe park's own current promotion beats our price. Buying direct from the park is the cheaper option there today, and here is what you would be paying us for instead:
- Aquatica Orlando — the park is selling at $51.99; we charge $55.00, $3.01 more. Our ticket is any-day: it is not locked to a date, where the park's promotional price is. If your dates are fixed, buy from the park.
- Busch Gardens Tampa — the park is selling at $61.99; we charge $66.00, $4.01 more. Our ticket includes $10 of in-park spend, which is a real difference but is not a discount on admission.
- SeaWorld Orlando — the park is selling at $59.99; we charge $79.00, $19.01 more. Our ticket is any-day: it is not locked to a date, where the park's promotional price is. If your dates are fixed, buy from the park.
A family of four, one day at each park
Two adults and two children, one single-day ticket each at Aquatica Orlando, Busch Gardens Tampa, LEGOLAND Florida, SeaWorld Orlando. Compared against what each park is charging today — not against the struck price.
- Buying from each park at today's price
- $1211.88
- Buying from us
- $1068.00
- You pay us less by
- $143.88
Worth being precise about where that comes from: it is LEGOLAND Florida, where the park runs no promotion and our price is well under the gate. On Aquatica Orlando and Busch Gardens Tampa and SeaWorld Orlando you would pay less buying direct today. A single-park trip to Aquatica Orlando or Busch Gardens Tampa or SeaWorld Orlando is not a trip where we are the cheapest option, and we would rather you knew that here than found it out afterwards.
Why the gate column is usually wrong
A park does not publish a field called “gate price”. It publishes what it is selling for today, which is usually a promotion shown beside a struck regular price. Taking the struck number and calling it the gate produces a bigger saving on paper and a claim that does not survive contact with the park's own website. We know because we published one: until September 2026 our SeaWorld pages advertised a saving against $147.99 while the park was selling at $59.99. We removed it, and the table above is what replaced it.