USA: Sesame Place San Diego to Open on 26 March

The second Sesame Place theme park (managed by SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment) in the USA is currently being built on an area of around 17 hectares in San Diego and will officially open on March 26 this year, as the group has now announced (cf. EAP News of 12 Nov 2021). The family experience around the characters of the popular children’s series “Sesame Street” will offer young guests and the young-at-heart 18 family-friendly attractions and rides. Other offerings will include live shows, parades and photo opportunities with “Big Bird” and co. Additional interactive guest experiences include “Elmo’s Window”, where Elmo’s bedroom window comes to life with special moments that allow guests to play, dance, and sing with Elmo and friends. The “Bike Shop Tricycle Challenge” is a motion-sensing digital game in which kids use their body to control a virtual tricycle as they collect numbers before time runs out.

In the associated water park area, “Bert’s Topsy Turvy Tunnels”, “Snuffy’s Spaghetti Slides”, “Oscar’s Rotten Rafts” and “Big Bird’s Rambling River” will provide sliding fun for visitors. For visitors who wish to relax, “Big Bird’s Beach”, a wave pool with a spacious beach area, will offer the perfect spot. “This is an exciting milestone for our company, as this is the second Sesame Place in the United States and the first new theme park we’ve opened since 2013. We are thrilled to debut this new park and add a premiere tourist destination to California that is so appealing to families. Having spent part of my career with this company at the original Sesame Place in Pennsylvania and being part of its success, I’m looking forward to continuing the legacy on the West Coast and providing a fun place to visit where life-long memories are created as fans experience what they love about the iconic show in a new way,” said Marc Swanson, SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment CEO. (eap)