Theme Park Tickets (LA Area)

Hi all,
After much thumbing through the forums, running the search engines, and browsing all the way to the end of the Internet and back - I finally purchased tickets for a wild week of theme-park frenzy. Below is a list of how I scored. Hopefully you can benefit.

(Note: several places have tickets that only are good through the end of April. The prices shown are good through the end of May and in most cases the end of 2006. This caught me off guard on more than one occassion. I am not a resident of Southern California, so missed on out some of the good pricing for home folks! Prices below are non-Cali resident. Note 2: I am not affiliated with any travel industry and have no ties to any of the providers listed below. There I said it )

I ended up using Recreation Connection Recreation Connection for "everything" other than Disney. You can browse their listings and prices without being a member. Simply press the member link on the link for go here.
For instance (all adult pricing), SeaWorld is $42.50 and Universal Studios is $35 (each good through the end of May). The San Diego Zoo is $25 at RC. I ordered through them as the shipping costs offset the savings I found elsewhere at Get Away Today Vacations where the price was $19.75 per adult Ticket. Nice price if you only have a zoo trip planned!
If you are not affiliated with an organization that is a partner of Recreation Connection (this is where it gets interesting), you can sign up your organization at Wild at Work. Simply follow the link in the top right hand side to register. The Theme Park Tickets for the LA area at WildatWord sends you to Recreation Connection! You can purchase tickets through RC by being a member of Wild at Work. It Costs Nothing to Join! The only Credit Card information given was on the ticket order form!

As far as Disney, I was not happy with what I was finding with the less than attractive pricing on the one and two day tickets. I came across Tickets 2 Fun seeing some nice prices for Disney's shorter visit tickets. Prices: 1Day Park Hopper Adult is $63.75 with the 2Day Hopper at $95. (Shipping for two Disney tickets was $6.) Other prices are decent and worth a look. I actually found this site after all of my other goodies arrived in the mail. Similar as above in that you have to be a member. This was simple by following the instructions. It was during the weekend so the registration email took a couple of days.

All in all I scored (all Adult Pricing):
1 Day Disney Park Hopper 63.75 ($5.95 S/H) (Via Tx2Fun)
Knotts Berry $23.95 (Rec Connect)
SeaWorld $42.50 (Rec Connect)
San Diego Zoo $25.00 (Rec Connect)

Hopefully this will give some assistance during the bargain shopping for travels.
Happy Trails,
Jerry


PS We also have plans of hitting Universal - - - thinking of going the VIP Route. There goes the money saved bargain hunting!

Thanks OP. I knew about Recreation Connection but didn't know how to purchase if you are not a members. Now, I have to wait until they list universal tickets beyond May as I am going there in 1st week of June.

aprince04 said: Hi all,
After much thumbing through the forums, running the search engines, and browsing all the way to the end of the Internet and back - I finally purchased tickets for a wild week of theme-park frenzy. Below is a list of how I scored. Hopefully you can benefit.

(Note: several places have tickets that only are good through the end of April. The prices shown are good through the end of May and in most cases the end of 2006. This caught me off guard on more than one occassion. I am not a resident of Southern California, so missed on out some of the good pricing for home folks! Prices below are non-Cali resident. Note 2: I am not affiliated with any travel industry and have no ties to any of the providers listed below. There I said it )

I ended up using Recreation Connection Recreation Connection for "everything" other than Disney. You can browse their listings and prices without being a member. Simply press the member link on the link for go here.
For instance (all adult pricing), SeaWorld is $42.50 and Universal Studios is $35 (each good through the end of May). The San Diego Zoo is $25 at RC. I ordered through them as the shipping costs offset the savings I found elsewhere at Get Away Today Vacations where the price was $19.75 per adult Ticket. Nice price if you only have a zoo trip planned!
If you are not affiliated with an organization that is a partner of Recreation Connection (this is where it gets interesting), you can sign up your organization at Wild at Work. Simply follow the link in the top right hand side to register. The Theme Park Tickets for the LA area at WildatWord sends you to Recreation Connection! You can purchase tickets through RC by being a member of Wild at Work. It Costs Nothing to Join! The only Credit Card information given was on the ticket order form!

As far as Disney, I was not happy with what I was finding with the less than attractive pricing on the one and two day tickets. I came across Tickets 2 Fun seeing some nice prices for Disney's shorter visit tickets. Prices: 1Day Park Hopper Adult is $63.75 with the 2Day Hopper at $95. (Shipping for two Disney tickets was $6.) Other prices are decent and worth a look. I actually found this site after all of my other goodies arrived in the mail. Similar as above in that you have to be a member. This was simple by following the instructions. It was during the weekend so the registration email took a couple of days.

All in all I scored (all Adult Pricing):
1 Day Disney Park Hopper 63.75 ($5.95 S/H) (Via Tx2Fun)
Knotts Berry $23.95 (Rec Connect)
SeaWorld $42.50 (Rec Connect)
San Diego Zoo $25.00 (Rec Connect)

Hopefully this will give some assistance during the bargain shopping for travels.
Happy Trails,
Jerry


PS We also have plans of hitting Universal - - - thinking of going the VIP Route. There goes the money saved bargain hunting!

I saw the deal from Costco - it's pretty decent. It didn't work for us in that we don't have a membership which adds a minimal amount to the total (of course one could go the 5-percent add-on for non-members). Mainly our plans would not make full use of the package. Though it is a good deal worth mentioning again!
Jerry