Tampa Bay CityPASS is rated
4.7 out of
5 by
2395.
Rated 1 out of
5
by
Jilted. from
Never again !
It looked like a trip to each park. The fine print on days. What a waste of money!!!!! Beware , you have to rush to the parks. Kills the fun. Wasted all that money to go to the zoo which closed early for a “private “ party. Treated like a sucker
Date published: 2026-02-21
Rated 3 out of
5
by
Active older adult from
Extend time limit please
The time limit to use the CityPASS needs to be 14 days or more. We were not able to use all of the pass in 9 days.
Date published: 2026-02-18
Rated 3 out of
5
by
Bree from
Would like more options
I bought CityPASS tickets for a visit to the Tampa area. I frequently travel and always make sure to see if CityPASS is available in that city because it's such an amazing deal and easy to use. The activities offered were good but not great. I wish they had more options for teenagers. My son loved Busch Garden and the Dolphin Encounter cruise but everything else was just ok. The Lowry Zoo and Florida Aquarium are not worth the price they were charging. I honestly expected the zoo to be better for such a large city. Thank goodness for the discount cost through CityPASS. The Clearwater Aquarium really should bill itself as a marine life recovery center rather than an aquarium because we went expecting one thing and were confronted with something different. We did enjoy the dolphin feeding time there but the rest was just ok.
Date published: 2026-02-18
Rated 4 out of
5
by
Terry from
Great Deal!
The CityPass is a great deal. My only concern is using it in 9 days from the first use. Taking poor weather into account I think 2 weeks, at least, would be more reasonable.
Date published: 2026-02-16
Rated 3 out of
5
by
Nate from
Could be better
I was really looking forward to being able to leave a 5 star review when I first purchased them but unfortunately I cannot.
I purchased the CityPASS in December of 2025 so that my family and nephew could check out Tampa as we had plans to visit family in Fort Myers.
The pass itself has a good price given the places you can visit with the majority of the cost coming from being to go to Busch Gardens, the Aquarium and the Zoo. At least for us, we were really looking forward to Busch Gardens after watching multiple YouTube videos featuring the different rides and all the great activities you could do at the park.
We ultimately decided to go on 01-16-26 and given our research had a plan to take advantage of the park. Unfortunately, the day that we went, only 2 of the roller coasters were rideable and the third they had opened that day shut down two different times due to technical difficulties.
It was a major let down for all of 4 of us that could ride the coasters (excluding the nephew as he is too young) as we were really excited. On a positive note, the nephew loved seeing the animals and that was really exciting for him.
Due to scheduling we were also able to make it to the aquarium, before heading to fort myers quicker then anticipated, and that was a great experience and we all enjoyed our time there.
Overall, I do like the idea of the CityPASS and it’s a good value if everything that is featured is available but had we known that Busch Gardens wasn’t going to have everything available, we would probably have skipped out on this and purchased tickets individually.
Date published: 2026-02-05
