Busch Gardens Military Discounts

Waves of Honor Complimentary Admission is a tribute to the men and women of the U.S. armed forces including active-duty military, reserve soldiers, airmen, Marines, sailors, and Coast Guardsmen.

A Military Pass to Busch Gardens Tampa Bay and Adventure Island can be purchased for $152.99 by U.S. active-duty military as well via the ID.Me login. It includes unlimited admission to Busch Gardens Tampa Bay and Adventure Island until December 31, 2025 with no blockout dates and includes free parking. Not available for purchase at the park.

Waves of Honor complimentary admission permits any U.S. active duty military, activated or drilling reservist, or National Guardsman to one complimentary admission per year to either SeaWorld®, Busch Gardens®, or Sesame Place® Philadelphia for military personnel and as many as three direct dependents. The offer is valid for one park and one visit only.

Only U.S. active-duty military qualify for the Waves of Honor complimentary admission. Learn how to enjoy your prized moments with your family at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay.

The primary caregiver should contact the Guest Relations Department of the park they would like to visit. They will make accommodations for minor dependents. Proof of military status and deployment is required.

You may purchase additional tickets by visiting a base MWR office.

Yes. It would be best to verify the active-duty members' military status using ID.Me online. Meanwhile, spouses and family members of military personnel can create a ID.Me account. The complimentary/discounted tickets are only accessible to those accounts verified as service members, veterans, or retirees. Once verified, you can print out up to three direct dependent single-day admission tickets.

The primary caregiver should contact the Guest Relations Department of the park they would like to visit. They will make accommodations for minor dependents. Proof of military status and deployment is required.

No. The Waves of Honor Program only applies to U.S. military members.

Please visit ID.Me for more details on verification.

In most cases, this promotional product cannot be exchanged or transferred unless explicitly stated. Please review the terms for each offer.

No. As our special guest, the guest name is YOUR name that will appear on your ticket.
Specific promotions may also have options for dependent tickets – however, you will select a quantity for these & be prompted for each additional guest name as separate entries during checkout.

This could happen as a result of a few different issues:

• You took advantage of the promotion already last year and will be able to once again in the next period. Please see the promotion details for more information.
  Note:  If you are merely trying to find your tickets from your earlier purchase, you should have them by email or logging in to your account (IF you created a password/account). Otherwise, you can contact us to review your order and resend it.
• We may be experiencing an error in our link with “ID.Me. Please try again in 30 minutes, and if you are still unable to access your offers, use our contact us form to give us as many details as possible.
• We might have made a mistake! Please contact us as above with your details (affiliation, offer, ID.Me email, browser, and any other relevant information to help us assist).

This issue might happen for one of three reasons:
You are accessing a different offer than ID.Me has you qualified for (for instance, you’re accessing the “Active Duty” offer page when GovX has you registered as a Veteran or Retiree. ID.Me can assist in this case. Their verification support website is: https://www.id.me/
You started your process somewhere other than the park offer page to verify with ID.Me (either on their site or an external page). Start your journey by using the buttons on the offer page on the park site for which you want to access offers.
You have other ID.Me tabs or are logged into the park site already. The easiest way to continue is to open a single “incognito” window on your browser (In Chrome: Control+Shift+N; in Safari: the " “Private” tab) - then come back to the park offer page and try verifying with ID.Me through the links again.

Each offer page has individual terms for that offer; please read the details for each for eligibility requirements about the offer you’re eligible for. Every attendee will need a ticket/card, so be sure you have the correct quantity selected to account for every member of your party!

Typically, you can still visit the park you like, but you must stop at a ticket window first. If your Busch Gardens Tampa Bay ticket has not been used, one of our ambassadors can exchange it for you.