Sea World – San Antonio And The Omni?
February 92010
We are driving from Houston to San Antonio Thursday and Friday of Next week. We booked two nights at the Omni, and they included two two-day passes to Sea World, plus a goodie bag.
We will need to buy a child's two-day ticket to Sea World. Anyone know of any discount codes or specials we can use to get this for less than face value?
Any sugestions for a place to eat near Sea World so we don;t have to pay park prices? Would prefer something in the $6 to $10 per person range. Maybe a local (not a chain) burger joint?
Any suggestions on a kid-friendly restaurant on the River for dinner one night? Again, something reasonably priced.
Also, we were thinking about stopping at Natural Bridge Caverns on the way home. Is it "stroller-friendly"? Anyone know about pricing for that?
Anything else you'd recommend for kids? We will only be there a couple of days.
Thanks!!!
1. We will need to buy a child's two-day ticket to Sea World. Anyone know of any discount codes or specials we can use to get this for less than face value?
Try HEB, they usually sell cheap tickets.
2.Any sugestions for a place to eat near Sea World so we don;t have to pay park prices? Would prefer something in the $6 to $10 per person range. Maybe a local (not a chain) burger joint?
how about taco cabana
3. Any suggestions on a kid-friendly restaurant on the River for dinner one night? Again, something reasonably priced.
I personnely dont think that the resturaunts on the riverwalk are really kid friendly. or cheap fo the matter. but how about this restuarant.
Boudro's, San Antonio Restaurant
421 E. Commerce St.
San Antonio, TX 78205
210-224-8484
4. Also, we were thinking about stopping at Natural Bridge Caverns on the way home. Is it "stroller-friendly"? Anyone know about pricing for that?
The pricing for children (3-11) is $9.95 for the normal tour. For an adult ( 12 and up) it costs $16.95, and of course it goes up for the bigger things. i personnely think think that its not really stroller friendly, because the pathways slant down and are somtimes slippery. But they do have other attractions such as the watchtower rockwall and zipline. it costs 6.95 to climb, and 8.95 to do the zipline. They also have a "mining company", its good for little kids. they get to "mine" for rocks.
5. Anything else you'd recommend for kids? We will only be there a couple of days.
ripleys beleive it or not museum, wax mueseum.
February 9th, 2010 at 11:25 am
The best place to look for this type of discounts is SearchAllDeals. Just start with a search term like "Sea World San Antonio" and "Omni San Antonio".
References :
omni: http://www.searchalldeals.com/results.html?cx=006616979543893323550%3Aydieztwyczu&q=Omni+san+antonio&sa=Search+60%2B+sites&cof=FORID%3A10#593
sea world: http://www.searchalldeals.com/results.html?cx=006616979543893323550%3Aydieztwyczu&q=Sea+World+San+Antonio&sa=Search+60%2B+sites&cof=FORID%3A10#1127
February 9th, 2010 at 12:06 pm
.Check HEB grocery they sell sea world tickets at a slight discount.
McDonald’s or Rudy’s BBQ (famous place)
River walk-Amazon Rain Forrest Restaurant on the river. Popular place.
Don’t go to any caverns right now they are all flooded because of the rain and are part of the aquifer which is almost full. of course they wont tell you that. you buy your tickets they take you to the entrance and "this is as far as we go the rest is flooded." no refunds
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been there, done that!
February 9th, 2010 at 12:48 pm
1. We will need to buy a child’s two-day ticket to Sea World. Anyone know of any discount codes or specials we can use to get this for less than face value?
Try HEB, they usually sell cheap tickets.
2.Any sugestions for a place to eat near Sea World so we don;t have to pay park prices? Would prefer something in the $6 to $10 per person range. Maybe a local (not a chain) burger joint?
how about taco cabana
3. Any suggestions on a kid-friendly restaurant on the River for dinner one night? Again, something reasonably priced.
I personnely dont think that the resturaunts on the riverwalk are really kid friendly. or cheap fo the matter. but how about this restuarant.
Boudro’s, San Antonio Restaurant
421 E. Commerce St.
San Antonio, TX 78205
210-224-8484
4. Also, we were thinking about stopping at Natural Bridge Caverns on the way home. Is it "stroller-friendly"? Anyone know about pricing for that?
The pricing for children (3-11) is $9.95 for the normal tour. For an adult ( 12 and up) it costs $16.95, and of course it goes up for the bigger things. i personnely think think that its not really stroller friendly, because the pathways slant down and are somtimes slippery. But they do have other attractions such as the watchtower rockwall and zipline. it costs 6.95 to climb, and 8.95 to do the zipline. They also have a "mining company", its good for little kids. they get to "mine" for rocks.
5. Anything else you’d recommend for kids? We will only be there a couple of days.
ripleys beleive it or not museum, wax mueseum.
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S.A. resident, and a kid
February 9th, 2010 at 1:09 pm
Ebay usually has discount coupons you can get for around .99 or so.
Rudy’s Bar B Q is very close to Sea World, but there are also some restaurants down Hwy 151 near Loop 410 that are very affordable.
Most of the restaurants on the River walk are kid friendly because of all the tourists we get.
You can also check with the concierge at the Omni, they can give you info on Natural Bridge Caverns. Splashtown is here in town and the kids will love it.
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February 9th, 2010 at 1:19 pm
When driving to Sea World we always stop at the McDonald’s that is right outside in order to save from paying park prices. There is that bbq restaurant Rudy’s which is excellent! There are many little places to eat along the way to Sea World but the closer you get to it the harder it is to find anything.
As for the tickets, I have heard HEB, we buy ours at our credit union.
We like to eat at different places on the Riverwalk every time we go and the kids want to eat at the Rainforest cafe this time. The Hard rock is fun too.
The Natural Bridge Caverns is not really stroller friendly, it is quite slippery and I agree with a previous poster about the flooding.
There is a wildlife ranch that is awesome.
http://www.wildliferanchtexas.com/home.html
I am not sure if it is closed though because of the rain. Also there is a kid museum downtown.
http://www.sakids.org/
It is wonderful and reasonably priced. We go there every time we go to San Antonio.
The boat rides downtown are great my son must go every trip.
http://www.riosanantonio.com/content/publish/tours.shtml
They will take you all over the river and explain some amazing details of the riverwalk’s history.
The zoo is also fun but I am not sure about the rain ruining anything there. There is a little train right next to where you park for the zoo. It is pretty neat.
Sea World takes at least one day, and that is not even seeing everything.Downtown is a day and if you go to Market Square, which I highly recommend, then that is a day and lots of money!
You will LOVE San Antonio! It is our favorite place and we go many times a year.
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Many Trips to San Antonio