Tampa Hotel near Busch Gardens

[kcsteve]

A pleasant turn of events will put me in Florida 2/21 - 2/23. I'm going to see a band in Orlando, but decided to turn this into a mini thrillseeking adventure. I'm flying into Tampa because it's cheaper and I don't have to leave at 0-dark-thirty on the 23rd. Given this, I'll hit BGT whilst I'm in town.

 

I was last there in January 2008. I bought a hotel and park package through the BGT website. If memory serves, and I'm reading Google Maps right, I stayed in what is now the Baymont Inn & Suites Tampa (E on the below map, N 30th and Bougainvillea). That hotel is no longer a BGT partner hotel.

 

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I didn't have any issues or complaints at the time, but it was four years ago. Online reviews of the hotels in the area seem to suggest the area isn't terribly great. But it is the internet.

 

I'm leaning toward the Hyatt Place, which is just a little further north. I'll be able to hit the park all three days I'm there, so a package deal with a length-of-stay ticket is nice. Are the partner hotels a safe bet? Would you recommend staying elsewhere?

 

Thanks, Robb, and or anyone else.

[SharkTums]

Stay somewhere on Fowler for the 'safest' place. The hotels on Busch Blvd are older, more rundown, and not as nice of an area.