![]() It'll also be open year round, unlike its predecessor. The nearly 17-acre Sesame Place will include family-friendly thrill rides, parades, live shows, and character interactions. ![]() The park was built at the former site of SeaWorld's Aquatica San Diego water park, which closed after its 2021 summer season. It's owned by SeaWorld and is the company's latest effort to move away from live animal shows, which had drawn worldwide criticism over its impact on whales and prompted profits to plunge, including at its San Diego park. "We've all been kind of locked up for the last year and everyone's ready to get back out," said Jim Lake, the park's president. The theme park couldn't be opening at a better time, with people emerging from pandemic boredom and itching for a new experience. SeaWorld’s Sesame Place San Diego in Chula Vista will be the only theme park on the West Coast that is based on the world and characters of Sesame Street. (KGTV) - There's a lot of multi-generational excitement as Sesame Street will come to life in San Diego County’s South Bay. If you’re a Sesame Street family, this is definitely the spot for you.CHULA VISTA, Calif. Sesame Place runs regular specials and deals. I recommend looking up coupon codes before you go. It’s the perfect destination for a day trip from Philly: spend half the day watching shows and riding the rides, and as it warms up, transition to the water park. Last year, we visited Sesame Place in early June before school let out, and we had the run of the place. It was primarily parents wanting to spent quality time with their small children. Unlike most theme parks, we didn’t see many teenagers. I appreciated the laid-back, non-rushed atmosphere, even during the times when it got a little crowded. One day, we enjoyed a barbecue where Harry got to take pictures with his favorite characters. The characters, too, are very accessible through meet-and-greets in different areas. Harry especially enjoyed the small-scale rides all perfect for his height, like the Grover roller coaster, splash pads, and water slides. There were enough rides, restaurants, and water attractions to keep the crowds occupied. Even visiting over Labor Day-one of Sesame Place’s most crowded weekends-we never had to wait in lines for too long. The park itself if relatively small, but it’s not super crowded. Parade security gently escorted Harry out of the street, but that moment stands out as so honest and precious to me. At one point, he even darted into the center of the parade, so excited to see his favorite-Super Grover. Young kids recognize these characters walking down the street, singing and dancing on stage. They can have lunch with Elmo, who teaches them letters shake hands with Cookie Monster, who teaches them to share and snap a photo with the Count, who teaches them to…well, count. There’s plenty aimed at toddlers, and all of it centers on characters they recognize. It’s the perfect theme park for kids 8 and under-even as young as toddlers. We went to Sesame Place for Harry’s 3rd birthday and again this past year. To be honest, my expectations weren’t too high because I hadn’t seen the park in 30 years. So then flash forward to when my son Harry was old enough-I told my husband that I wanted all of us to venture to the theme park he’d never heard of growing up in the midwest. Sesame Place became one of my first real memories. My parents took my sisters and me to Sesame Place around the time it opened in 1980, and I remember it to this day as one of the most fun places I ever visited as a little kid. I knew about Sesame Place because growing up, I lived in West Virginia, near the Pennsylvania state line. The park is about a half hour drive from Philadelphia, in Longhorn, Pennsylvania. It’s called Sesame Place-the Sesame Street theme park, complete with rides, a water park, costumed characters, shows, and more. There’s a magical place in Pennsylvania that few people beyond the east coast know about.
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