Lake Winnie has launched their best sale of the year for 2027 season passes that also includes the remainder of 2026, including Spookah. You will also get a “Bring-A-Friend” (BAF) in 2026 and 3 BAF’s in 2027. The park even laid out its intended sales for Black Friday, the Holidays and Preseason next year to show this is the best offer. This is quite the sale and a significantly better package offer than previous years. If you and a friend intend to visit Lake Winnie this fall you’d nearly break even with one of you getting a season pass and you could go three more times for free next year. Lake Winnie has some great classic rides like the Boat Chute, the ACE Landmark Cannon Ball Roller Coaster and the upcoming new Lookout Mountain Safari Roller Coaster. At over 100 years old there’s a character to Lake Winnie that’s not replicated many other places. This great deal lasts until November 1st, so grab it while you can!

Wild Adventures has always excelled at helping their local community with food drives, toy drives and other charitable efforts.  As part of their 30th Anniversary, they have created a Round Up Partners program on their online store. So, for example, if you purchase a $99 2027 Gold Pass online like I did earlier this week ($94 as a renewal), you’ll be given the opportunity to round up to the next dollar for charity. Each month there will be a new local partner that you can donate to and with tax you’ll inevitably end up with an odd number to round up. This will work for anything you purchase online including admission tickets, a cabana or a Season Pass.

Scooter Pals are essentially a scooter or ECV in fun and fuzzy packaging. The Scooter Pals website says they’re, “More than just a ride, these ScooterPals Fur-Wheelers® are a full-fledged animal attraction.” They have great names like Lumi McSparklepants the Unicorn, Boogie P. the Giant Panda and Rey’s the Giraffe. They are often found at places like zoos, but they’re now also available at Six Flags Darien Lake right near Rolling Thunder. You can rent a Scooter Pal for a $5 activation fee plus $0.39/minute. That’s the activation fee plus $23.40/hour. During a recent visit later in the day we saw several people enjoying them with a good percentage of the Scooter Pals rented.

Busch Gardens Tampa has begun selling 2027 Fun Cards that include the rest of 2026 as well for only $114.99. As an added bonus you also get an Adventure Island Fun Card included! Fun Cards have their limitations compared to season passes in that there are some blackout dates and there’s no in park discount or free parking. However, you do get the most important thing, admission to the parks at Busch Gardens until December 31, 2027 and until October 24, 2027 at Adventure Island. Blackout dates are really light for 2027 too, just 8 days for BGT and 7 for Adventure Island. This year Busch Gardens plans to offer “Fun Card Rewards” that include “special offers and discounts to limited-time experiences and free guest tickets to bring a friend”. If you visit more than a handful of times a season pass may make more sense with the free parking and food discount. However, a season pass is nearly double the cost of a fun card, only good for 12 months and doesn’t include the water park. Just consider your situation before picking one or the other and often in you’re planning a weekend trip 1-2 times a year a Fun Card can be way more economical than standard tickets. Busch Gardens says this is their best offer of the year, so if you’re planning a trip in the next 16 months it could make sense to get a Fun Card.

Florida Resident Teachers (Grades PreK-12) can get a free annual pass to LEGOLAND Florida that also includes Madame Tussauds Orlando, SEA LIFE Orlando, and The Orlando Eye! There are about 60 blackout dates (like spring break, Saturdays in the summer, weekends in October, Thanksgiving week and Christmas week), but free is free. Admission to the LEGOLAND Florida Water Park is not included in the standard Teacher Pass but you can purchase the Teacher Pass + Water Park for $59.99 which will remove those blackout dates too! You could use it for a scouting trip for your school as LEGOLAND Florida also offers tickets for field trips as low as $19.99/student.

SeaWorld San Antonio is offering Texas credentialed Pre-K-12 school teachers a FREE SeaWorld Teacher Card that provides unlimited admission to SeaWorld San Antonio. The Teacher Card is good from the time of redemption through January 3, 2027. Teachers can add unlimited visits to Aquatica for only $39. OR add both unlimited Aquatica PLUS Parking for only $84. If you’re a Texas teacher getting a free pass is an easy decision. No doubt during the remainder of the year you’ll be able to catch one of the many sales so non-teacher friends and family inexpensively join you too.