Sesame Place San Diego - Concept Rendering

Families on the West Coast will soon be able to find their way to Sesame Street.

SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. and Sesame Workshop will open a new Sesame Place theme park in San Diego. The first Sesame Place on the West Coast will open on the site of the current Aquatica San Diego and will feature a fully immersive Sesame Street experience in addition to opening as a Certified Autism Center (CAC), mirroring its sister park in Langhorne, Pennsylvania.

“As we celebrate Sesame Street’s 50th anniversary, we are excited to share the news of a major opportunity for kids and families to connect with and learn from the brand and its beloved characters,” says Steve Youngwood, president, media and education and chief operating officer, Sesame Workshop. “The opening of Sesame Place San Diego will give guests a unique and powerful way to experience Sesame Street, enable us to connect with even more families, and further our educational mission.”

Sesame Place San Diego will feature family rides, live character shows, parades, water slides, and interactive experiences.

The original Sesame Place opened outside of Philadelphia in 1980. A second park existed in Texas from 1982-1984.

In recent years, SeaWorld has increased the Sesame Street presence at its existing parks with Sesame Street Bay of Play at SeaWorld San Diego, a Sesame Street area at SeaWorld San Antonio, and the recently opened Sesame Street Land at SeaWorld Orlando, which features six themed rides, 30 educational ways to play, and the park’s first-ever parade.

Sesame Place San Diego is slated to open in spring 2021.

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James Zahn

James Zahn

James Zahn, AKA The Rock Father, is Editor-in-Chief of The Toy Book, a Senior Editor at The Toy Insider and The Pop Insider, and Editor of The Toy Report, The Toy Book‘s weekly industry newsletter. As a pop culture and toy industry expert, Zahn has appeared as a panelist and guest at events including Comic-Con International: San Diego (SDCC) Wizard World Chicago, and the ASTRA Marketplace & Academy. Zahn has more than 30 years of experience in the entertainment, retail, and publishing industries, and is frequently called upon to offer expert commentary for publications such as Forbes, Marketwatch, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, USA Today, Reuters, the Washington Post, and more. James has appeared on History Channel’s Modern Marvels, was interviewed by Larry King and Anderson Cooper, and has been seen on Yahoo! Finance, CNN, CNBC, FOX Business, NBC, ABC, CBS, WGN, The CW, and more. Zahn joined the Adventure Media & Events family in 2016, initially serving as a member of the Parent Advisory Board after penning articles for the Netflix Stream Team, Fandango Family, PBS KIDS, Sprout Parents (now Universal Kids), PopSugar, and Chicago Parent. He eventually joined the company full time as a Senior Editor and moved up the ranks to Deputy Editor and Editor-in-Chief.

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