Sesame Place San Diego Eintrittskarte

We went to Sesame Place San Diego for my son’s second birthday and I couldn’t be happier that we went despite the many negative reviews. It’s SO cute and we had so much fun!! The decorations and theming are just incredibly. 10/10 on that! It’s definitely expensive but every single theme park is and there are (semi) cost effective ways of doing it! Absolutely buy tickets ahead of time to save some money! Tickets are like $20 more at the gate. I don’t recommend pre-paying for parking. I did and it was pointless - literally nobody checked or scanned anything when we pulled into the parking lot. I don’t know how common that is but if we do come back (which I would like to - probably when they have a free child ticket promo or something like that going on) I’ll definitely just risk it and pay at the lot if I end up having to pay. I’m very annoyed that I wasted $40 on that one. I recommend buying the all day dining pass. I didn’t see an option to buy it at the park but it’s available on their website/on the app. The food portions are both huge and expensive and with the dining deal you get an entire meal including a drink every 90 minutes. If you’re there all day you can eat *6* times. We did one adult meal deal and one kids meal deal for two adults and a toddler and we definitely could have gotten away with just one adult deal with how much food they gave! The food options were a bit lacking (Telly’s was out of all of their sides for example) but what they did have tasted pretty solid for a theme park. The kids meals also came with fruit which was a nice addition. It was very clean and the staff were all very nice. Some of them were more helpful than others but I don’t expect perfection from customer service workers at all times. The merchandise is expensive and there’s A LOT OF IT but once again, it’s a theme park. They have 50% off merchandise after the exit that I wish I had known about. You can leave and re-enter the park so you could hypothetically go directly to the exit, but clearance merchandise to satisfy the itch, and then head right back into the park! The weather wasn’t fantastic when we went so the water rides were closed but I was totally okay with that and there was still plenty to do! My son absolutely LOVED meeting all of the characters that were out. It was a bit disappointing that not every character was out for a meet and greet (he loves Abby) but he was obsessed with Cookie Monster and Elmo! They were so kind and patient to a toddler that is just learning the concept of boundaries and I appreciate that so much. It wasn’t very busy so the lines weren’t too long for the meet & greets or the rides. A fast-pass may be worth it later in the summer but just like the parking pass, I think I’ll risk it and see how it is when we get there. There were plenty of rides he could go on and they were a lot of fun even as an adult in my opinion. There would be have been even more had the water rides been open but I was just there for the vibes honestly and it was so much fun. The shows were so energetic and fun - absolutely loved them! We didn’t watch the parade because we left for nap time but I’m sure it was amazing. I wish I had taken more pictures of the building facades and decorations because they were impeccable. I highly, highly recommend going if you’re considering it and have children that like Sesame Street. Or if you like Sesame Street. I’m not going to lie I think I was more excited than my toddler when we walked in! But yeah, definitely wouldn’t pre-pay for magic queue (I didn’t do that this time around but the lines were so short) or parking next time.

Everything costs. There. Now that that has been said, we had a great time! We had free tickets but still managed to spend money parking, a locker and eating. Highly recommend going in the off-season and readying for water play. We had a perfectly warm day in October and enjoyed the water activities and the rides. The water is NOT heated! We had a perfect weekend for it and all of the rides are friendly to just about any size of walker. The bright colors and characters added to the excitement of the day and I recommend getting the all day eating pass as soon as you walk in. You can snack as a family on a meal or two every 90 minutes and this really was a good value for our money as we bought one adult pass (for 1 adult and 3 children) and cashed it in every chance we got. Facilities were available and clean for changing, nursing and going to the bathroom. We loved snapping pictures on Sesame street too!

tldr: avoid at all cost. Unless you read future reviews saying they have got their act together please do not put your family through this. Its just not worth the couple of decent rides they have Easily the WORST theme park experience of our lives. We have been to a lot of parks, and all of the ones in southern California multiple times. Not just this one is the smallest, it is the worst organized and operated. You will notice right from the parking lot, there is no order, the attendants are busy bickering amongst themselves.. at one point blocking a whole lane oblivious to the traffic behind them. Then the ticket counter person has no clue what various options are available. We checked for both dining package or the magic queue ones and he just pointed us to the screen, when we asked a question he was clueless and his response was you can get the details online. WTF. The lines move excruciatingly slow. You know how when you get inside other parks the staff is cheerful(at least pretending to be), playing with little kids, all and all at least pretend to make it a wonderful place…. Every single worker/staff/lifeguard/cashier/operator was in such foul mood as if they were held there against their wishes. I promise you I am not trying to be a jerk or a Karen, but the energy/enthusiasm of the staff matters was so obviously missing. We asked folks for directions, they didn’t know them. The napkin bin at the restaurant was empty so we asked the lady at the cashier for some extra ones, she said if they are not here go check out the ones at the next restaurant… I am carrying a tray full of exorbitantly expensive and blah food with two kids 6 and 8…. Magic Queue is a joke …a) no one checks if you have it or not. People would just go in whichever line and no one cared … there was no order of release … whoever stepped up first got it. I had magic queue and still had to wait for about 7 or 8 people from the regular queue just because the attendant there was questioning his life choices and could not care less. I didn’t feel comfortable pushing forward with a little kid so I just waited for him to notice which he did after 15 mins. The guest service station is a joke. It should be called guest torture … most rude, unknowledgeable, bored and inconsiderate attendants ever. It’s a small park but prices are comparable to other parks. The park has potential … couple of rides are fun for kids, the tide pool is big (although I am not sure how diligent the crew would be with cleaning practices though)…. But the organization is just pathetic…. There are not enough chairs to sit down for a few minutes… even after getting our food from the restaurant we had to wander around for more than 20 minutes before we could find someplace to sit and eat …. Hardly any shade. Basically the crew and the organization of the park ruined the trip for us. I regret wasting a few hundred dollars here. This is the first time ever my kids have returned from a park and absolutely not excited about the day. My little one even said I would rather go to the zoo(which is not her top choice) than go here again. The people who work their are clearly not trained or severely underpaid. Its not a fun place. Just putting up a few slides does not make a theme park. Compared to any other park in Southern California,( or even nationwide) .... This place was HUGE LET DOWN.