Disclosure: I received park admission and a free safari for me and my daughters to facilitate this review. All opinions are my own honest review.
My youngest daughter recently hit a birthday mile stone… double digits… she turned 10! When I asked her what she wanted to do for her birthday, she told me that she wanted to go to Busch Gardens. So, that is what we did, and we had a BLAST! We had so much fun, that I wanted to share the many reasons for you to consider taking your kids there for their birthdays!
7 Reasons to Go to Busch Gardens for Your Kid’s Birthday
1. Animal Photo Bombers! I cannot tell you all the times that animals at Busch Gardens have photo bombed my pictures. I love it! It makes for a better picture, and we always enjoy going through our pictures to see what bombers we had that day. It makes the memories of the special day more fun!
Mr. Flamingo decided to photo bomb this one!
2. The Coasters! We are maniacs in our family! If there are coasters–we’re there! Going to Busch Gardens for my little one’s 10th birthday was cool, because she was tall enough to go on even more coasters! Wo0t! Busch Gardens has some of the best coasters in the world! They have Gwazi, Kumba, Montu, oh my!! Two of our favorites are Cheetah Hunt and SheiKra! EEEK– ra is a better name! LOL!
SheiKra is on the left and Cheetah Hunt on the right. SO much FUN!
3. Fun Rides. Not only does Busch Gardens have amazing coasters, they also have a ton of other fun rides and activities. There’s activities in Jungala; plus… Stanley Falls, Congo River Rapids, Rhino Rally, Air Grover, The Wild Surge, and SO MUCH more!! There is no way to not have fun. Fun is basically the only option!
4. Close Encounters with Incredible Animals! They have amazing opportunities like Serengeti Safari, Elephant Insider, Keeper for a Day, Heart of Africa, and a lot more! We chose the Serengeti Safari, and my sweet girl got to feed and pet one of her favorite animals–the giraffe!
5. Amazing Animals! They have a plethora of animals to see! There are animals from all over the world and various environments. Your kids will enjoy seeing cheetahs in action, hyenas, lemurs, peacocks, elephants, apes, zebras, kangaroos, tigers, rhinos, hippos, fantastic bird species, and many many more! We loved seeing the elephant’s enrichment time, and some very cool tortoises during our visit.
6. Cool Souvenirs to Remember your Special Day! Since feeding the giraffes was the highlight for my sweet, new 10 year old, she chose a very pretty kid-sized back pack with the the most adorable stuffed baby giraffe in it. She LOVES this little giraffe. Her name is Tatiana, and she is now a part of our family. She will always be a happy memory from my sweet girl’s 10th birthday celebration at Busch Gardens!
7. Happy Memories. Seriously, anyone can do the traditional birthday party, however, how many kids get to go on an amazing adventure for their birthdays?? Rather than go for the status quo, think out of the box, and take your kids to Busch Gardens for their next birthday! You will have an AMAZING time, overflowing with happy memories and joy that will last a lifetime! They will never forget that birthday–I know my little girl won’t!
I really could go on and on about the many reasons to go to Busch Gardens for your kid’s birthday, there’s the good food, shows, baby animals, special events, and more. It really is a great place to celebrate!
What is one of your favorite birthday memories from childhood?
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You’re so right… what a wonderful lifetime memory she will have! I’d love to do this for my son.
This looks absolutely amazing! I wish we lived closer to Busch Gardens! We have Moody Gardens in Galveston, but they are not this amazing.
It looks like a great place to make lasting childhood memories! My children would love the animals and the cool souvenirs. :D
This looks like so much fun! When I was a kid we had a local drive through safari type place and I think it closed when I was an older teen, but I have great memories of driving through and my mom getting all panicky when it looked like an ostrich was going to eat our windshield wipers. I’d love to take Gaby to a place like Busch Gardens . . . so much to do and see.
Looks like a fantastic place to visit! My 6 year old would flip out over all the fun stuff there, especially the animals!
What an awesome birthday! That is one I am sure she will never forget. My son would love it!
Looks like a fabulous times! I can’t wait to go visit Busch Gardens one day. it’s been on our list of places.
I agree, it’s a fabulous place to celebrate a birthday!
My daughter would love this. She isn’t into rides but likes animals.
Zoos are such a great place to take a family trip to, birthday or just because. I actually never thought to have a birthday there, but I’m sure that would be a really fun time and you definitely have a lot of party animals (ha!) to help celebrate.
I must be too old – I cannot recall birthdays when I was little. I am all for traveling and making memories.
I loved Busch Gardens so much as a child, I think we went every month. Of course, we used to live in the same city as the park.
I agree! I remember going there as a child. It was one of my best experiences of my childhood. :)
I love Busch Gardens and any day is a good day to visit!
Too bad it’s 2,000 miles from my house to Busch Gardens. I was there several years ago and it was fun.
Oh I have always wanted to go here!! I love rollercoasters!! I am definitely going to take my kiddos when they are older..and what an awesome birthday it would be there! Looks like you guys had a great time! :)
this looks like a lot of fun..but i have to take my grand-kids to the dallas,tx zoo about once a year….wished they had rides other than train ride…..
This looks like such a fun place for kids. I wish we lived closer.
I think it would be less special for us since we go all the time! We have So much fun there! :P It looks like you had a blast!
I have been to a few theme parks but we went to Busch Gardens when I was a kid and I still have vivid memories of it.
I hope to take my daughters there soon. I love the backpack.
The animal photo-bombers are the BEST! I always love the great pics of my kids with the awesome wildlife!
Heehee “animals photo bombers”………I love it. Never thought about that but I have a few zoo pics like that myself.
I’ve never thought of doing Busch Gardens for a kid’s birthday party. Great idea. Thanks for sharing!
I’ve never been to Busch Gardens – this is definitely a wonderful birthday idea!! I had no idea there were so many attractions – all ages could have a wonderful time. I need to keep this in mind!!!
Went there many years ago with my mom – we loved it :)
I love the combination of thrill rides and more subdued animal area. You’re not kidding about it being a great birthday activity!
Looks like a lot of fun. I wish that we had a Busch Gardens anywhere near by.
I was at Busch Gardens in Tampa about 10 years ago and loved it. I would love to take my kids someday.
Sounds like very good reasons to me. Wish we were closer.
I think I have been everywhere but Busch Gardens! I really want to take my girls. I see so many great things about it.
We went to Busch Gardens once when the kids were young and they still talk about it. It was a lot of fun!
I never thought of throwing a kid’s birthday party at the zoo but seeing those amazing rides convinces me it can be something.
I remember having huge family birthday parties when I was little! Our family had kind of shrunk so I think this would be a great idea for my son’s birthday!
That looks like such a super fun day! It would be fun for a birthday or for ANY day actually!
I have never been to Busch Gardens, but I have heard it is a lot of fun! I wish to go some day!
Growing up we lived two hours away from Canada’s Wonderland. It is a Theme park with a lot of roller coasters. We would go whenever one of our friends had a birthday. It was so much fun i will always remember our trips. Busch Gardens looks like a great place to spend a day making great memories.
My son would love to go there for his birthday. Too bad we live way to far away.
I completely forgot about Busch Gardens. We went long time ago when we lived in FL. it was fun
Yep, that does look like a great place to celebrate a birthday! And the giraffe was a nice souvenir for her to take home!
Busch Gardens is one of my family’s fave places to visit! We could look at the animals all day!
Now this would be an amazing spot for a party! I know a lot of kids that would be dying for their birthday to be spent at Busch Gardens!
I used to be a passholder. IT’s so much fun for kids and grownups alike.
We’re in Michigan and kiddo birthday is in January. I am sure FL would be great in January (ugh snow) but it wouldn’t be practical as traveling that time of year is really hard. Maybe a summer trip!
My husband and I celebrated our 17th wedding anniversary at Busch Gardens this year. We had so much fun.
I went there when I was a child. Looks like a fun birthday treat.
I’ve always wanted to see Busch Gardens. It would be so awesome to hang with the family there.
My kids would love to do this for their birthdays- or any time, really! Looks like a blast!
That looks like soo much fun! I wish we lived closer so that we could go there.
Of all of the times I’ve been to Busch Gardens, I don’t think I’ve ever done the safari. I know I’m missing out, but our friends are always to excited to get to the rides!
We took our daughter to Busch Garden’s several years ago. It was a lot of fun. She got to have lunch with Elmo and everything. Definitely a place that we will be going back to.
Hi Lara,
Excellent post. I have been to Busch Gardens with my daughter. We loved it so much. My daughter asked to have her 10th birthday party there. I was searching for fun ideas for her 10th birthday and I am so glad I found your site. I’m in for another fun and invigorating time at BG. Birthday party it is! Thanks