Sesame Place

After a lot of Disney related stuff going on of late, we switched gears and took the girls to see some of their favorite characters at Sesame Place. We made a long weekend of it driving down Friday and spending the weekend with our friends Ushir and Susan (along with their two sons Evan and Aaron). Ush's cousin Parimal also came along with his wife Tina, son Sahil and daughter Rhea. Going out for dinners with the 12 of us was quite a scene, but we managed pretty well.

We spent all day Saturday over at Sesame Place, which is mostly a water park. We decided we would knock out the few "dry" rides they had first, and then head over to our scheduled lunch with Big Bird and Friends before wrapping up the majority of the day at the various water rides. We started the day with your standard rides... the tea cups, the flying fish (which was like the Dumbo ride at Disney), and the balloon ride (which was essentially the same as the flying fish but balloons that you ride in). The girls did just fine on those, which is a relief since we'll be at Storyland in a few weeks, which will be a lot of those kinds of rides.

Next was lunch with Big Bird and friends (Elmo, Cookie Monster, Zoe, Bert, and Ernie). The girls got to meet each and every one of them, which was real nice. They really enjoyed seeing everyone, and we got some nice pics of them giving hugs and high fives to them all. In between going table to table meeting all the kids, the characters did little performances to further entertain everyone. It was a pretty nice little lunch, and we were happy we signed up for it.

After lunch, we got the girls changed into their bathing suits and hit all the water rides. The girls enjoyed the teeny tiny tidal pool, water slides, and even the lazy river. They just laid on their tube as we slowly went down the lazy river. The girls are doing much better with their fear of the water... the tidal pool was basically mostly ankle deep, so they loved that area, and just kept splashing each other and anyone else that came near them. They never liked it when water fell on their head, but other than that they did real well with the water.

We wrapped things up with a walk down a replica of Sesame Street itself. It was a long day, but well worth it. We all had a fantastic time, and actually look forward to going back next year.

[Sesame Place Photos]