Once every century, on precisely the 13th year, evil comes out to play. So goes the tagline for 14 select nights this fall as Howl-O-Scream returns to Busch Gardens Tampa. Opening weekend for Howl-O-Scream 2013 is Friday and Saturday, Sept. 27 and 28. The event then runs Thursday through Saturday nights, Oct. 3-5, 10-12, …

A new ride is dropping into Busch Gardens next year, and it promises to be the first of its kind in the world. In Spring 2014 Busch Gardens Tampa is taking guests’ experiences to new heights with Falcon’s Fury, the first drop tower of its kind in the world. Additionally, with no connecting structures, it [...]

Busch Gardens’ Summer Nights promises to offer even more after-dark entertainment and fun for the whole family with a new rock-n-roll musical production, the return of favorites and a fireworks finale every night of the event. Running now through through Aug. 18, guests will experience extended park hours, special entertainment, DJs, and the thrill of [...]

Join an energetic cast featuring live singers, guitarist, dancers and even a circus act in Busch Gardens Tampa’s newest show, Born to Rock.

Characters from the DreamWorks Animation hit Madagascar franchise have crash landed at Busch Gardens in Tampa, and their “Operation: Vacation” stage show will be debuting May 18, 2013 in the Stanleyville Theater. To celebrate the arrival of the show, the Tampa park will host a premiere party weekend on May 18 and 19, complete with [...]

Viva la Música is back on Saturdays at SeaWorld and Sundays at Busch Gardens throughout April and May and will feature some of the biggest names in Latin music. The concerts are free with theme park admission and events feature Latin cuisine, concerts and arts & crafts. On Saturdays, April 9 through May 4, SeaWorld [...]

Both Adventure Island Water Park near Busch Gardens and Legoland Florida Water Park are now open for the season. Legoland Florida’s Water Park has added twice as many Lego bricks and more (below) since its debut last year. Adventure Island offers guests a chance to relax in a tropical Key West setting.  Adventure Island features [...]

Busch Gardens Tampa recently welcomed three new residents to the park. A baby aardvark was born on Feb. 6, 2013 and two baby Southern ground hornbills where hatched on Feb. 15 and 19. The healthy baby aardvark is expected to grow to more than 120 pounds within its first year of life and the hornbills [...]

Earlier today, SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment announced an addition to the parks, “Madagascar Live! Operation: Vacation,” will be an original live musical show featuring the characters from DreamWorks Animation’s Madagascar franchise. The show will debut this Summer at both Busch Gardens Tampa and SeaWorld San Diego. The 20-minute musical show follows Alex the Lion, Gloria [...]

Bands, Brew & BBQ is back on Saturdays and Sundays at SeaWorld and Sundays at Busch Gardens throughout February and March and will feature some of the biggest names in rock and country. The concerts are free with theme park admission and events feature a wide variety of beer samplings and food samplings from local [...]

SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment recently launched new mobile websites for their parks including Busch Gardens Tampa and SeaWorld Orlando. These new sites provide guests a convenient and easy way to plan their vacations and purchase and redeem tickets directly from their mobile devices. SeaWorld and Busch Gardens are some of the first in the theme park [...]

There’s a lot going on for New Year’s Eve, but not all of the theme parks will be having special events or fireworks at midnight. Here’s a list of the New Year’s Eve events. But be warned , it’s the busiest day of the year and many of the parks may close when they reach [...]

Next year, Busch Gardens is bringing in some of the biggest names of Latin and rock music along with live music from the ’30s through the ’70s. It’s their biggest lineup yet, including music’s most memorable acts at Real Music, rock artists at Bands, Brew & BBQ, and Viva La Música’s hottest Latin performers. 2013 [...]

This holiday season, Busch Gardens set out to create the newest tradition for Tampa families and now the park is adding even more holiday cheer to its calendar. To respond to enthusiastic consumer demand, Christmas Town has added an extra night and will now be open on Thursday, Dec. 20 from 6 to 11 p.m. [...]

The baby boom continues at Busch Gardens Tampa with the birth of a red kangaroo joey. He is currently in being taken care of by the animal care team at Jambo Junction, where guests can see him each day. His name is Coogie and he is a male. Coogie was born a few weeks ago [...]

Busch Gardens Tampa’s annual daytime holiday festivities kicked off this past weekend. Festivities include the shows; Christmas On Ice, Christmas Celebration, Christmas From The Heart; and festive decorations. Christmas spirit is in the air when Busch Gardens presents Christmas on Ice, a limited-engagement ice show with a cast of professional skaters bringing a graceful winter [...]

Busch Gardens Tampa is asking for help from the Facebook fans to name the new baby white rhinoceros which was born on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. The female rhino, which was originally born on the 26-acre white rhino habitat on Busch Gardens’ Serengeti Plain, has spent the last week bonding with her mother off of [...]

With as many as 15 million Americans suffering from a food allergy, SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment has introduced a new line of allergy-friendly dining initiatives from new menu options to personalized service. The new initiatives will be implemented at SeaWorld and Busch Gardens starting this fall.  “We serve millions of guests each year and are [...]

Busch Gardens welcomed a baby white rhinoceros on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. The female rhino was born on a 26-acre white rhino habitat, a part of Busch Gardens’ Serengeti Plain. The baby is the second calf born to mother Kisiri and the seventh calf born to father Tambo. Busch Gardens has celebrated a total of [...]

It’s become a tradition for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers football team cheerleaders to challenge their fears in the Dark Side of the Busch Gardens for Howl-O-Scream. This year the cheerleaders toured the new haunted houses, Blood Asylum and Circus of Superstition 3D and screamed all the way through, as you can see in the photos [...]