Sesame Place what a great place for kids of all ages! Ticket Giveaway
This past weekend we took Marc to Sesame Place this was our first trip with him. It was well under a two hour drive from New York City out to Langhorne, PA home of sesame place. The ride was mainly uneventful other then a pit stop at a roadside Starbucks (truly the only drug of choice of my family). We arrived at the Courtyard Marriott Langhorne (the hotel and sesame place tickets were my birthday gift from my sister and father) checked in received our tickets to sesame place and waited all of 10 minutes for the next free shuttle bus to sesame place. Marc couldnt stop saying ELMO it was every 3 word out of his mouth it didnt help that the hotel lobby had a elmo cardboard cut out; that you could tell had been battered by the many kids that just came running up to it trying to give him a hug (yes, Marc was completely in that group too).
Within a 3 minutes we were being dropped off at the park. It was like pretty amazing getting to the park and seeing everyone wearing elmo and cookie monster shirts. We got into the park in a matter of a minute there was next to no lines and even on a saturday the park wasnt too crowded.
We grabbed a map and off to the rides… its important to note that half of sesame place is a dry park and the other half (ok maybe a little more then half) is a water park. Our first stop was the carousel. Marc loves carousels but he was really thrilled to be on this one… after that we did a bunch of other rides and character meet and greets. It was awesome to watch my son’s face glow – I’m sure the same way my parent’s face glowed when they had taken me all those years ago (and my wife grew up with one in the Dallas area, its now closed). Yup, Marc is a second generation Sesame Place kid (and to me thats very cool!).
I say that sesame place is great for kids of all ages because there are rides clearly suited for the 2-3 year olds which Marc loved, some rides really designed for 4-9 year olds and another whole set thats really designed for the 7-13 years olds. I noticed that on my second day there that the ages of the kids jumped to the teens, I’m sure that was based on the idea that it was about 10 degrees hotter which might be why the lines for the water park made it a little tough to go on any of the water rides.
I highly recommend going to sesame place, if its your first time it would be tough to due it all in one day but that might be why they sell so many season passes and they’re such a good deal… Sesame Place is currently offering one of our best deals of the year—purchase a 2011 Season Pass and enjoy unlimited admission the rest of this season and all of 2011! Families who purchase season passes enjoy unlimited admission to Sesame Place, a 30% discount on all food and merchandise in the park, entrance into exclusive Season Pass Member events and kids eat free at Dine With Me! with the purchase of an adult dinner.
Sesame Place’s 2011 season passes are available in three levels. Sesame Passes, $92.00 per person, gives guests unlimited admission into the park, exclusive access to member events, plus a 30% discount on food and merchandise. Big Bird Passes, $122.00 per person, allow guests additional benefits including complimentary general parking, complimentary meet-and-greets with characters, and 50% off single day admission to SeaWorld, Aquatica, and Busch Gardens. Super Grover Passports, $189.00 per person, offer the most benefits to guests. In addition to everything mentioned above, guests receive unlimited admissions to SeaWorld, Aquatica and Busch Gardens, complimentary preferred parking, and ride again privileges.
I’m a huge fan of the meet and greet which allows your some quality time with the characters before the parade, but it really gets amazing when you have the super grover pass to stay on some of the dry rides again or even better the Abby’s Magic Queue (line cutting) ticket which lets you cut the line on a bunch of dry rides and sit upfront in Elmo’s World show (and arrive late). The abby bracelet is an add on but not waiting on lines sooo worth it and they limit how many they sell!
My cousins have season passes and are on they’re 4th or 5th trip this season so clearly they’re getting their money worth. My step-sister recommends going mid week to really cut down on the crowds but for those not looking to take vacation days the abby pass will save the day on a weekend visit.
I’m hoping for another visit to check out the count’s spooktacular!
Well my friends at Sesame Place are kind enough to offer one lucky family a family 4 pack of 1 day tickets to be used some point this season.
How to win it… Contest ends 11:59pm EST. September 11, 2010.
You must comment telling us your favorite Sesame Street Character, please include some method for us to contact you in the comment (twitter or email)
You get 1 extra entry for following us on twitter – twitter.com/dadarocks
You get 1 extra entry for following Sesame Place on twitter – twitter.com/SesamePlace
You get 1 extra entry for tweeting about this contest (you can do this daily). Must contain the following information:
@SesamePlace @dadarocks – http://bit.ly/deS7GH and you must also comment with the link to your twitter message.
Example: I want to win @SesamePlace tickets from @dadarocks – http://bit.ly/deS7GH
You get 1 extra entry for becoming a FAN on facebook –facebook.com/DaDaRocks you must comment that you’re a fan
You get 1 extra entry for becoming a Fan on facebook of Sesame Place – facebook.com/SesamePlace you must comment that you’re a fan
You get 1 extra entry for subscribing to our Feedburner digest mailing (right side subscribe by email) – you must also comment that you’ve subscribed
You will have 24 hours to reply before we pick another winner!
Disclaimer: Sesame Place is providing these tickets for the raffle.
We love ELMO and ZOEY. We love SESAME STREET.
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Im a fan of Sesame Place on Facebook.
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I subscribed to your email.
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i follow you on twitter
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i am a fan on fb too
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We love snuffy and Barkley! Thanks for the chance!
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I’m a fan of dada rocks on facebook.
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I drink my morning coffee out of an Abby Cadabby cup so I would have to say she’s my favorite! Although I just adore Zoey too!
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I follow on Twitter!
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abby cadabby is#1 in our house
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i foolow you on twitter @FAMILY_TIES
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i follow sesame place on twitter
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The kids both LOVE Elmo….I think mostly because he’s red. Great giveaway! We’re in NEPA but haven’t been to SP in years. @coolbabykid
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We follow Dada Rocks on Twitter.
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Now following SP on Facebook!
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tweeted
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FAN OF SESAME PLACE ON FACEBOOK
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Following SP on Twitter!!
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Cookie Monster has been my absolute fave Sesame character forever. I even have my own stuffed CM from my best friend, which has now taken up residence in my daughter’s collection. :>
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I follow you on Twitter @goodgirlgonered
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Tweeted today: http://twitter.com/goodgirlgonered/status/22978688093
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My favorite character is Big Bird. He always has had a special place in my heart.
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I follow you on Twitter.
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I follow Sesame Place on Twitter.
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I am so excited to (hopefully) get to visit Sesame Place and my kids’ favorite character, Elmo, plus my favorite, COOOKIE MONSTER!! I’m following you, @sesameplace, like Sesame Place on FB and have retweeted your review/giveaway (http://twitter.com/mzelma/status/23031178363) and am patting my head while rubbing my belly if that help!
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My favorite is Grover! He is too funny!
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I am now subscribed by email!
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Me and my son love Elmo (mo!) and Cookie Monster (Coooo-Keeee!)
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Elmo, of course!
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tweet!
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I like you on Facebook (heather r-d)
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I like Sesame Pl on Facebook (heather r-d)
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Follow sesame place on twitter @girlgonemom
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My favorite Sesame St. character is count countula (sorry about the spelling, conde contar in Spanish, I hope that make up for it) But my little one is totally in Awe of Elmo!!!
Thanks for letting us dream with this great giveaway!
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I am follow you on Twitter, I am @coolchillmom
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I follow Sesame Place as @coolchillmom
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just tweeted
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We love Elmo!
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I follow Dadarocks @dancinghotdogs
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I follow @sesameplace and Babyboy would love to be a winner and I would be supermommy.
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MY favorite character is cookie monster. Always has. Always will be!
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I follow @dadarocks on Twitter (@kjmaje)
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I follow @sesameplace on Twitter
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definitely elmo! ilonat on twitter!
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Sesame Place is on my list of two do’s. If my daughter could she would marry Elmo.
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DaDa Rocks! Reply:
September 13th, 2010 at 5:57 pm
Congrats you’re the lucky winner!!
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DCUrbanDad Reply:
September 13th, 2010 at 5:59 pm
Seriously? Whoo hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Sesame Street has been a part of the development of children even in 70′s. I am happy that until now they didn’t stop entertaining and teaching kids of all ages.
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today’s tweet:
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Sesame is the BEST place on earth! We can’t get enough of it. My daughter loves Zoe but I love Bert and Ernie!
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we follow Dada rocks on twitter and FB and have been following SP on twitter and Fb for a while!
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My daughter is an Elmo fan- clearly she’s a fan of the classics!
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I follow you on Twitter – of course! @MacaroniKidNYC
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I follow @SesamePlace on Twitter. @MacaroniKidNYC
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I love Cookie Monster, but my daughters like Elmo and Big Bird.
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We love Elmo in our house
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I follow sesame place on twitter
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Im a fan of Sesame place on facebook
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Our favorite character would have to be Abby Cadabby.
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I follow you On Twitter
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I follow Sesame Place on Twitter
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https://twitter.com/teacherker/status/24237926856
My Tweet
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Abby is my current favorite character.
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I am a fan of Sesame Place on FB.
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Our favorite character is Elmo.
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We like Baby Bear the best cuz he talks so cute. @rocbuzz
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Too late??? We live for Elmo around here! I follow you on the twitter my friend! And sesame place too!
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I like Zoe but kiddo loves Cookie Monster. kimstoys at gmail dot com
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I follow you on twitter @thienkim kimstoys at gmail dot com
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I’m a fan of Dadarocks on FB. kimstoys at gmail dot com
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The Elmo Sesame St. party is so popular that we have dedicated this entire section to Elmo Sesame St. birthday party ideas.
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