Go San Francisco Card

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We went to more places and did more activities than we would have without it! Sea World, Midway, Harbor Cruise, San Diego Zoo, Kayaking in the ocean (highly recommended) Belmont Park, I only wish we could have stayed longer and used a 5 day card!! We will absolutely purchase these cards everywhere we can! The Wave House refused to allow us entry and were very rude that we tried to use the card. Obviously they need to reevaluate being part of this program, otherwise every one else was awesome and the card was no problem to use.

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We purchased a 7-day pass and visited as many attractions as my 14-year old niece (visiting from Taiwan) was able to handle. The bike rentals and hop on/off trolley are a great way to get around town. We even took the bikes to Angel Island since we had them all day! The 2.5 hr drive to Monterey from SF was worthwhile just for the whale watching. We saw a number of blue and humpback whales.

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This card is easy to use, and is well worth it, in the discounts alone. If we had paid individually for the tours we did, we would have paid nearly twice as much. There were no issues using the card, and the vendors gladly took it as payment.

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I got a two-day pass for my family (two adults, three kids). Very easy to use - just showed the card and received admittance to the attractions. No hassles. The attractions covered are great - had so much to choose from. Favorites included the Exploratorium, Calif. Academy of Sciences and the Gray Line hop on/off trolley tour. Highly recommended, no complaints!

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After one day of use, the card had more than paid for itself. It's great that most things you can do more than once as long as it is on separate days. Every place we went to knew about the cards and gladly accepted them. It was very hard to find something we wanted to do that wasn't included on the card. Transportation would have been a great plus, but it is not included. I encourage you to buy a bart or muni pass, only because it is so much easier to get around town that way. Also, make sure you plan what you want to do for the day, so you make it to what you want before the cards stop working.

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Check the site before you buy. Some locations have very limited days, some weekends during fall. You don't wish to buy a 3 day pass if sites are not open the days you are in town. We broke even, ( with a broken hand could not bicyccle the bridge. )

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We decided on a staycation this year and played tourist at home. I found out about the card doing a search for things to do in the bay area. By purchasing the 5 day card we were able to do all those things that are nearby but that we don't do because we live here. Fortunately they do give you a great book with maps showing attractions located within walking distance of each other. We know the bay area so it might have been easier for us to plan because we know the area and could make the most use of the card therefore getting the most for our money. We spent 2 days touring museums and local attrations in SF, 1 day in Monterey at Chris' Whale Watching (which I always wanted to do), it was awesome, and 2 days at the Six Flags Discovery Kingdom. We just handed the attractions our cards they ran them through a machine and viola! done. No cash to have to carry around. Super convenient. We will do the same thing next year. Maybe try another major city, but maybe not, we had so much fun. Just one note. Plan for paying for parking and transportation which can be expensive in SF.

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I purchased the 7 day card for my husband, three boys, and I. We used it in Monterey, Napa, and San Francisco. We did not have to carry as much cash because we had the cards. The merchants were knowledgeable of the card and we had no trouble using them. We even used it at several restaurants and took advantage of 20% off our bill. I would recommend it to a friend especially if they were planning to travel to the different cities like we did. Thanks, We really enjoyed the card.

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If you plan ahead of time, you'll get the most value for the card. Alcatraz is not included, so plan your Alcatraz trip either before you start using the card, or after the card has expired. My husband and I honeymooned with this card and had an awesome time! The science museum is amazing and has an aquarium in it that is, in my opinion better than the aquarium that's on Fishermans Wharf.

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Alcatraz is included, but only if you buy your card(s) from Alcatraz. We went there to purchase the 3-day cards (6 people) and to make reservations for Alcatraz on a future date. The man there was unbelievably rude about the card; treated us like we were stupid, but we had done lots of research and knew we wanted the cards and knew the rules of use. If we hadn't done so much research, his attitude would have changed our minds. I don't understand why we could only buy them thru Alcatraz because it did not cost more to do so. Using the cards was great. The only thing I didn't like was having to find Coffee Adventures to get our cable car tickets. That was very inconvenient. We chose to spend a day down in Monterey for whale watching and exploring that fisherman's wharf, then another day at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom. That meant that we had only one more day to cram in everything else we wanted to do in SF. 5-day cards would have been better for us, except for the money. We did the Golden Gate bay cruise, then tried to get to Golden Gate Park via Muni (city bus). After spending about 1 1/2 hours, we only made it 1/2 way there, so we had to give up. Very disappointed that we were unable to go to California Academy of Sciences. No idea it would be so hard to get there. There was just no way to do it time-wise, since most things close early, and you can't use the cards after 5:30 anyway. Weird because Aquarium of the Bay is open until 8 pm. We had to spend time getting back to where we started because our Alcatraz reservation was that afternoon. On the same day, though, we were able to make it to Alcatraz, Aquarium of the Bay, S.S. Jeremiah O'Brien, and ride the cable car. Wish we hadn't bothered with the cable car after all. All in all, I'm glad we bought the cards, and it was well worth the money. Even though we had our car, I do wish transportation was included. (I don't count the cable car as real transportation as it took forever to wait for a car with any room on it.) SF was supposed to be easily navigable, but we found that the various maps all have flaws, and even our GPS couldn't figure out how to get to some areas. If the card included transportation, that would have been a great help.