Go City(r) - San Diego

This is a very value if you plan and us it right. I had a 3 day pass.I had it planned so we were at the first attraction everyday when it opened. Planning the day out so that we reached our last attraction around 5 pm.. that way we could stay til close. We were able to hit all the attractions we wanted to see. The key to using the go card is planning. Some of the places we got to see.

I experienced my first visit to the city of San Diego in May. I participated in the Out of the Darkness Overnight for Suicide Prevention Walk there and stayed a total of 8 days. I had used the GO Card for previous destinations, so I was familiar of how it worked. I purchased the 7 day pass, saving well over $400! I was travelling solo, so I could do things at my own pace. I visited the following attractions with my GO card: San Diego Zoo, USS Midway Museum, Hornblower 1 hr Cruise, Natural History Museum, Museum of Man (California Tower-additional charge to walk up to the observation deck, $10), Japanese Friendship Garden, Sports Hall of Fame, & PETCO Park Tour. These were all away from SD(furthest was the safari park about 35 miles away), but totally worth the Uber rides: Birch Aquarium, SeaWorld, Belmont Park, Museum of Making Music, Legoland, & San Diego Zoo Safari Park. I also purchased the 2 day hop on/off trolley tour, as well as a night tour and a trip to La Jolla. I highly recommend this card, it is a real $$ saver, very convenient to download the app and have right on your phone. The site also gives you tips on your trip, directions on how to get to locations and estimated durations for each attraction. I will definitely use this company again for any city I visit that is available! Can't wait for my next vacation! Thank you Smart Destinations!!!

The Go San Diego Card was such a great deal...we were able to rent kayaks, surfboards and boogie boards in La Jolla, race K1 cars, enjoy Belmont Park, see dolphins and sea lions and see the animals at the San Diego Safari Park and Zoo. So easy to use...highly recommend this great deal to see and do it all at an affordable cost! There is something for everyone!

I absolutely love that this is available in so many cities. I googled things to do in San Diego and this was the first thing that popped up! We bought the 3 day two adults and 1 child San Diego go card. We were able to go Legoland, Sea World, Hornblower Whale watching cruise and to both San Diego Zoo and San Diego Safari park. Thanks for allowing us to have MAJOR fun and save BIG!!!

We bought four 3-day passes and saved over $100 per person. I did a spreadsheet that calculated our cost if we bought the tickets separately vs. the cost of the Go Card. For those that want the details... Day 1 - went to USS Midway (arrived just prior to opening and headed for the control tower where lines get long as the day goes on). Walked down the street and picked up tickets for a 1 hour harbor cruise. Then headed to Belmont Park. Rides and attractions are expensive here when purchased separately so the Go Card all inclusive pass saved us some $$. Day 2 - went to San Diego zoo first thing and headed for the Panda exhibit where line gets long as the day goes on. Spent 5 hours at the zoo (very cool place). Then walked from the zoo to check out some of the museums in Balboa Park. Went to model train museum and Japanese Friendship garden (we would have went to more places but a certain 13 year old would have none of that). Day 3 - went to 9am Speed Boat Adventures. This was fun and the guide was great (this was one of 3 premium attractions the Go Pass lets you choose from and choose this one over Sea World or the Trolley). Then we drove to La Jolla and grabbed some lunch and then headed to the La Jolla Kayak tour place. The Go Pass benefit is only for renting kayaks with no guide. We opted for the tour so we had a guide to give us commentary and keep us on track. We received a 40% discount off the regular guide price for a 2 man kayak. It helped that we planned the 3 days out and fit as much as we could in those 3 days. Make sure you try to get places close to each other so you are not wasting time driving from place to place (the drive to La Jolla took quite a bit of time due to traffic and once we arrived it took a good amount of time to find a parking spot). Make sure you factor in the Go Pass 5pm expire time. Also note that as long as you get into Belmont Park before 5pm, the unlimited ride wrist band you get from Go Pass is good until park closing. After our 3 day go pass we spent the remaining 2 days of our vacation doing whatever we wanted (Coronado, Friendship Park and walked a lonely beach, tried the very fun Bird scooters). That's a wrap.