Sesame Place

Sesame Place

Did you know that there is an entire theme park in Pennsylvania dedicated to Sesame Street? We went there for last minute day trip last week. It's small, but packed with fun. I actually enjoyed the fact that the park was small. I had all three kids with me by myself, and the park was easy to manage.  

Sesame Place's target audience is families with toddlers. Which makes it great in most ways, but a pain in other ways. For example to get on the lazy river you have to wait in line and the life guard helps every single person. This is perfect if you have young children and need help. If you are like me and have older kids then it stinks to have to stand in line for so long.

The best advice I can give you is bring a bathing suit. I would guess that 65% of this park is water features. 

Again, because the park is toddler friendly most of the water play areas are shallow. I think the deepest water in the park was the lazy river. There were at least two splash pads and one very shallow pool. 

It's definitely worth the wait for the 

large family tube ride, it was so fun.

If you are not into water rides there is still plenty to do. The climbing course was massive, but a bit to difficult for my five year old. Luckily there are lots of rides (including this yellow bounce thing you see in the picture below) right next to the climbing area. This play area is great place for multiple ages. Your older kids can run around while still in sight, while you are nearby with the younger kid.

 

FREE ADMISSION for MILITARY!

If one of your family members is in the military you and your family will receive free 

admission.

This post is part of Photo Friday at Delicious Baby, Friday Daydreaming at RWeThereYetMom and BudgetTravelersSandbox.

What this family travel blog is about

 Mommytravels

Yes, I'm a mom blogger and this is a travel blog.

I'm a big believer in family vacations.  Growing up out family vacations were some of my best memories.  There was not a lot of money available for us to travel, which makes me a budget minded traveler.   This is why sometimes we camp and sometimes we stay at family resorts.  It depends on the year.

I have been lucky to travel to many fun places. I now have three children that go with me everywhere.  So, I am all about family trips and traveling with children most of the time. However, I'm a huge fan of couples trips without the kids. (That's us on an actual adults only trip!)

I will start by posting travel places that we have enjoyed the most and go from there. If you have any questions, just ask! I will answer the best I can.  Hopefully you will be able to come up with many travel ideas as you follow along.

I will be posting soon on many different places, activities and little travel tips that I have picked up from the various areas.

For example, did you know that you can take food into Disney World. We hated waiting in the the long food lines with starving children. So, I finally got smart and ask someone if we could bring in our own food. Their response, "Of course!" From then on we packed at least lunchables and were able to eat quick and get on with the fun!

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