This wet slide has eight lanes and drops nine feet on a 45-foot course. Next to the "Zoom Flume" will be the "Slippery Slope" which also opens in June. Sliders come out of the "Zoom Flume" tube into a spin-out basin made of the same super slick material, and drop another six feet into a splash pool at the bottom.
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Favorites are the " Amazing Mumford's Water Maze", where children crawl through colorful metal chambers and net tubes as water sprays from all directions, and " Herry's Hands Over Water" where youngsters use a rope ladder with a series of rings to pull themselves across a water-covered surface.Ĭoming in June will be more water-oriented activities including a 120-foot-long "Zoom Flume" which has an ice-slick spongy vinyl surface sprayed with water. Moms and dads are encouraged to pack a change of clothes and bring their children in swimsuits, especially during hot summer days. The laps are electronically timed so that pedalers can try to beat their personal best times as well as their friends.Īctivities that get kids wet continue to be the most popular with young Sesame Place visitors. Bikers on the four lanes of the Sesame 500 track take off when a flashing electronic starter similar to those found at most drag strips gives the "go" sign. The three-wheeled vehicles travel a 500-foot course which includes hairpin turns and spin-out areas. New in 1983 is the "Sesame 500", a specially created race track for "big wheel" type bikes. And there are play things for children of different age and skill levels. The outdoor activities at Sesame Place draw on a variety of physical skills from climbing, jumping and sliding to crawling, gliding and spinning. The Sesame Place animals will include performing dogs, cats and birds. Bert and Ernie will perform a song and dance show at regular intervals during the day in the outdoor play area near the "Nets and Climbs."īoth adults and children also will enjoy a new outdoor live animal show produced by Ray Berwick, who has trained animals for the movies for many years. This year, families can also discover new live entertainment at Sesame Place as Bert and Ernie, popular Muppet characters, take up residence in the park along with another Muppet creation called " The Honker". This cry of delight in discovering new things and mastering new skills is what the Sesame Place experience is all about for families with children ages 3 to 13. "Look at me!" is the most commonly heard cry from children as they go from one outdoor play activity to another at Sesame Place in Irving, Texas.
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The section included two detailed articles describing the park's attractions, which are quoted in full below. The Muenster Enterprise, a local newspaper for Muenster, Texas and Cooke County, printed a special Focus section about Sesame Place in its edition.
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The Oak Ridge Boys music video for " Thank God For Kids" was filmed there, as was a segment of Jerry Haynes' local kids magazine format TV show Peppermint Place, which was syndicated in 108 US markets at one point. The heart transplant led to her eventual death in 1990. She had wanted to visit a theme park, but wasn't deemed fit to do so. Stormie Jones, the 6-year-old recipient of the first simultaneous heart and liver transplant, was visited by three walkaround characters from the park. There was also a rope course, flash shadow room and a maze. Right next door was a ball pit replica of Ernie's bathtub, with a figure of Ernie in the tub. Of note was a replica of 123 Sesame Street where an animatronic Big Bird head could be seen from behind the doors in his nest, while photo puppets of Grover, Bert, The Count and Prairie Dawn were in the windows. Like Tokyo Sesame Place, the park's entrance was Big Bird's head. In a contrast to its Pennsylvania counterpart, Texas' Sesame Place was mostly indoors. The park was located at 183 and Esters its parking lot is now a Walmart Supercenter, the park itself is a dollar store. Midway between Dallas and Fort Worth, the Busch Entertainment park was 7 acres, cost an estimated $10 million, and was targeted to children age 3-13. 1984 shirt for Sesame Place Olympics, open to elementary schoolsĪ Sesame Place theme park opened in Irving, Texas in 1982, but didn't find success, closing in 1984.