Busch Gardens Adventure island Review

Really nice water park.parking $25.I recommend the all day dinning ticket.you can save a lot on food and drinks.

Burned my feet on the Asphalt but the park is always fun. Plus now they're open til nine on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday to keep the fun going.

Fun water park. Can get crowded. Food service slow no matter how big the crowd. Need more self serve to avoid employee slowness.

Solid water park close to Busch Gardens. Definitely worth adding to your vacation down to the area or to an annual pass for residents. Only drawback is that some of the attractions were down, which is disappointing for a park that only opens seasonally every year.

For the price of admission, season pass - the best deal for a water park. It can get crowded with long lines but that is with any park. You can bring water bottles in so bring your own and save $. They don't allow outside food/drink, but leave it in a cooler in your car and eat lunch at the picnic tables in the parking lot if you are trying to save $. Overall great deal.

Expensive food & drinks but good wholesome family fun

We had a great time but be prepared for waiting in lines and crowds of people..If you pay for preferred parking get there early because it fills up quickly on a Saturday..

The park was fun. Our kids had a good time. We have yearly passes that we received as a gift.

The park is ok. It is not as clean as it counterparts in Virginia.

We will likely use our passes for the year, but not renew based on the cleanliness of the park, or lack thereof.

1st of all I will say that I am soooo thankful that this part of my Busch Gardens package.
There is absolutely NO precautions here.Why bother to wear a mask in when you are definitely exposed once you are in.Most hand sanitizers were out.Also if you have children under 42" you have the great options of a wave pool,swimming pool, 2 splashing pads and that's it.The navigations are so confusing and rules should be posted way before you get in line and not announced once you have waited in line or get to the top,like how many riders must be on the tubes.Even the kids were ready to leave after an hour.They settled for the pool that was overly crowded. Just an awful experience especially when you can pay $5 parking and go to any beach to go swimming.

Horrible.. Overall the parkis nice. The problem is the lines.. They had no staff.. So u would be in line for an hr just to get a refill. I hv annual passes but i would not be back. Also if you go to Aquatica Sea world or Busch gardens with your pass your guest gets in for half the cost. At Adventure Island they give you a 7 dollar discount.. Really..

They change rules. And added height restrictions to the children side slides. It is not posted at the bottom when you enter and you don't get notified until you get to the top. Last year there was no height restriction for those two slides and my grandson Road them all year long. This year we get to the top and are told he's too short and he cried the whole way home. Thanks Adventure Island for ruining what was supposed to be a great day

I adventure island, and I think it is a great way to interact with your family. I think it is better than Busch Gardens because during the summer in Florida it gets super hot. And at adventure island the rides are full of water and they're a couple of fun pools too!!! You should definitely go there!!!

Many attractions for young people and children hardly anything for the elderly.

Love this place but don't like how adventure island let these girls/ woman walk around with there butt's hanging out while little kids are there to have fun it's a child establishment

Not what it used to be at all anymore , summer nights till 8:30 on selected night with AMAZING entertainment now closes at 7 every day no entertainment , no more coolers, and the list goes on and ...... it's sad

I like Busch gardens because the rides are always getting better and faster.

Adventure island was tons of fun. The only think I had trouble with was the cabana prices. It's like they kept upping the prices the more we talked about them... but other than that, the park was a great place.

Got to ride the new Solar Vortex ride. Was a great ride and was a bunch of fun

Really good even without anyone 10 out of 10 wouldgo again

Living local, my family and I have been going to Adventure Island for many years. The water rides are so cool! However, it was great in the old days... you could bring in coolers and sit in the picnic areas inside the park and eat/drink. You use to be able to find a great covered area to relax, but today you have to pay $100+ to rent most covered areas. The food is great but the lines are so long. You think that the park would have all registers open for the summer, but they don't. The food is very expensive. Yes they have a meal plan for $35+ but it does not include the snack areas, which are expensive also, $8 for a large dipndots ice cream. If this is a family park they might want to go back to the "old days", when is was awesome and affordable.

Great park. Some long waits but that happens regardless of where you go.

I so much fun ever today we going back again and 3 more weeks love it.

It was Awesome. But I had a pair of shoes stolen from my stroller, and the staff literally laughed in my face saying there's nothing they can do.
I understand if you can't do anything but a little common courtesy could go a long way.

Rude employees, when you can find one.
No help , if you need it

Rides weren t bad and they had so much shade which was a huge surprise. We got there when they first opened and there was almost nobody there. Plenty of umbrellas with chairs to park your things. It s very unorganized. The staff....... wow..... they were some of the rudest, most unprofessional, least helpful people I ve come across. They are too busy talking amongst each other to help anyone, or say hi, even after you greet them. And forget asking them a question because that is a huge burden on them. I will point out that there were two friendly staff members and of course I got their names so I will point them out. Shelly and Ember was how the park spelt her name but she said that it was Amber.

It was so much fun the lazy river is clean and the line is fast we went there in the morning and stayed for six hours so it was so fun

Complicated park layout ... all floor types heat up considerably with the sun and do not have water diffusion systems as in other water parks to reduce the heat of the same ...

Came down here from South Carolina and I have to say that this place is amazing. Spent all day at this park and had a great time with family.

Had an amazing time with my kids. Weather was perfect. Its Saturday and I was surprised that it was not as packed as I thought would be. We got there early. Got in just as they opened and started going to the slides. We were done by 130pm. I have the anual pass and will be returning soon.

I have been going to Adventure Island since I was 10 years old, over 30 years. Many changes have taken place, not all good unfortunately. This year the parking is up to $25. I have a annual pass and get my parking for free but would never recommend any of my family who visit Florida to come here. Sure it's fun, but the $25 to park is ridiculous. Especially on top of the ticket price. And no longer being able to bring in coolers for drinks and food is a big letdown so that's another added expense for families. I know you can leave a cooler in your car and schlep all your wet kids out to the parking lot to the picnic area but that's not worth it either. Hopefully some good changes will come next year!

I would actually give this no stars because there was love bugs all over the food and tables. Half of the slides were closed

Great fun for the whole family. Get your ya-yas in the wa-wa at aventure island.

Fun place for kids and the family. Although with summer I recommend water shoes the ground is really hot and will hurt and burn your feet

I Went Their Yesterday And This is My Opinion: Staff Was Nice. Runaway Rapids, Splash Attack, Fabian's Funport, The Lazy River And Wave Pool Were All Perfectly Fun But The BBQ Tasted Like Cardboard And The Ropes Which You Had To Climb On To Get To Some Of The Slides Made Your Feet Throb. I Would Definitely Recommend Holding Your Shoes While You Are On The Slide Instead Of Taking Them Off On The Sidewalk Or They Will Burn Your Feet Really Bad, Or You Might Actually Burn Some Of Your Own Skin Off Like It Happened To Me. Take It From Me And Don't Go To Mango Joe's. The Bathrooms Weren't That Clean. And The Water Needs To Be Heated.

Very fun and enjoyable. Only downside is the price, $60 per person..

Although the rides were fun, the crew are horrible. Most of them are completely rude, treat you with no respect, especially at the food stands. A lady that I ordered from was not friendly at all. Why the attitude? She literally gave me the rudest look when I asked her a question like uhm if you don't like your job you can leave. Very unprofessional Selena

I love the rides here they are so much fun my favorite ride is colossal curl

The park is very fun a variety of rides some for adults some for kids theres no way you can go wrong

Really fun, my favorite was the lazy river, and due to uncontrollable weather, all the slides and the lazy river were closed for atleast a half hour or more.

i like it a lot to bad the food it's so damn expensive.

We enjoyed the 1st couple hrs until the rain! It's the summer, so still Go!

Slides are worthy of all ages. Lots of space. Entry price is good, but they make up for it on food and drinks. Burgers are poor quality not worth buying

Awesome water park. Some of the best views in Tampa.

Perfect day for the water park. Great staff, fun slides and not bad pricing on food and other items.

The bird ate someone food. Don't leave your food unattended.

Love taking my boy to Adventure Island. However it bothers me that on occasion several of the big rides don't open until after the park opens. In addition a few of the major rides sometimes don't open till even noon. I think that should be stated on their website so people know before they arrive what is open and when.

First time and I wanna go back again. I really enjoy it

We had a great time but wish we could have brought our own food for my family

Thank you Isabel (Guest Correspondence
Busch Gardens) for helping me with my annual passes.

Nice park but too many stairs to climb some people have a hard time climbing so many stairs but want to and are able to enjoy the slides

They did not let me enter my baby's food, I'm not going to renovate

As usual, several rides were closed. The parking lot was intecate like a maze because they had big plants/trees in pots blocking off random lanes which didn't make sense to me and was a pest to maneuver. They may have a method to this madness, but it's annoying and I can't think of a reason. Snacks sell out way to early and they don't replenish. If you just want to go on the wave pool, lazy river, or a few rides, then great.

My family and I had so much fun. They have a lot of things for all ages. They have beach chairs, a wave pool, and a kids pool area. Great place to just spend the whole day there.

Awesome! Super time...really over-the-top nice guards!

Horrible customer service!...bad management!!....another example of Corporate greed runningamuk!!!! .... a big thumbs down...go elsewhere!

Very good all very good attention and it is a family atmosphere I really recommend ...

It is very good I recommend them for the whole family

We did go at least once a week and loved it but now they changed it to no outside food allowed and it cost so much many to buy any food there.

It's not fair to some of the shy kids with anxiety that all of the other kids cut in line so they have a hard time getting a turn on a slide also why the 3rd degree for asking for some ketchup for my chicken? Just to be cut in front of in line 3 times. Seriously can someone monitor the lines before I end my membership and visit Aquatica instead!