Discounts on Bay Area day trips with kids

Summer is coming, and the kids are bored…

If you are planning a day trip to a nearby kid’s attraction, look for coupons or discount offers before you go. Here are a few:

Here’s a half off certificate for the Bay Area Discovery Museum in Tiburon. Or, if you are a card carrying Cal

Berkeley Alum, you can get  $1 off each general admission ticket for up to five (5) people and $5 off annual Museum membership. Remember to present CAA card at time of purchase to receive discount.

It’s not much of a savings, but you can get .50 off admission to the SF Zoo by ordering tickets from the SF Visitors Center. If you are a AAA member, you can get one free children’s admission (ages 4 – 14) with each full-price adult admission. To receive your discount, show your AAA card at the gate .

Here is an “everyone pay’s the kids rate” coupon for Six Flags Marine World. If you are a AAA member, you can get  up to 30% off online tickets and $5 online Print-N-Go service fee waived exclusively for AAA Members at AAA.com/sixflags; $5 off general admission; $2 off general admission at Six Flags Water Parks; 10% discount on merchandise purchases of $15 or more at all Six Flags operated locations. kids admission to the Exploratorium.

And here’s a $10 off general admission for Great America coupon.

Heading for Fisherman’s Wharf? Here’s a coupon good for$3 off adult and $1 off kids admission  (or buy 3 get 4th free) at Ripley’s Believe it or Not Musem. Check here for $1 off sundaes or 10% off chocolate purchases at Ghiradelli. Follow up your ice cream with a $3 off Wax Museum admission. (If you are an AAA member, you can show your AAA card and save $5 on adult admission and $2 on child at the Wax Museum)  And here’s a coupon for a free appetizer at the Rain Forest Cafe in Fisherman’s Wharf . If you are planning a really action packed  day (or two) at Fisherman’s Wharf, it might be worth buying a Wharf Pass. Do the math and see.

If you belong to AAA, you can present your AAA card at the California Welcome Center at PIER 39 (open daily from 10am – 8pm)  to receive a complimentary PIER 39 Fun Pack with discount offers to PIER 39′s shops, restaurants and attractions. The Fun Pack also includes two hours of free parking in the PIER 39 garage. Members can also take advantage of a special offer for a Bay Cruise aboard Blue & Gold Fleet and/or enjoy 20% off lunch or dinner at participating PIER 39 restaurants.

Your AAA card will also get you a  $5.00 off regularly priced general admission to Raging Waters in Sacramento.

Oakland A’s Games: AAA members can get $5 off Field Level and $4 off Plaza Level seating based upon availability for the A’s regular 2009 season home games when purchased at the A’s Coliseum box office. (Blackout dates: 4/10, 4/24, 5/23, 6/26, 8/22, 9/18 also Yankees, Red Sox and Giants blacked out.)