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Showing posts with label sky splash. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sky splash. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

The Super Sibling Search

Sky Splash is a six story high water ride where guests ride in a large raft and glide under over-sized props including a giant Rubber Duckie.
Image from themeparkreview

The attraction opened on May 20, 1995 and a contest was held to promote the opening. The contest was promoted thusly:
Sesame Place is calling all twins, triplets, quadruplets, quintuplets or more! The Sesame Street-themed play park in Langhorne, Pa., is looking for all multiplebirth children (3-15 years old) to help launch the opening of a new water adventure called Sky Splash.
There were over 750 applicants and over 50 families were chosen to participate.

Reading Eagle - Aug 6, 1995

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Mix ‘n’ Match Twiddle Tracks

Mix ‘n’ Match Twiddle Tracks is an attraction at Sesame Place located in the Twiddlebugs Land section of the park.

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Twiddlebug Land opened in 1993 and is possibly the best themed section of the whole park. Guests get to experience being the size of bugs due to the wonderful details.


Based on the small bugs who live under Ernie & Bert's window, the land is themed with wonderful touches like giant paperclips holding up signage. 


To board the attraction kids line up in a queue made from over-sized playing cards.

The cars look like little matchboxes. Kids climb in and pump a handle to move the car on the tracks, similar to how an old "mining car" works.


The tracks wind around a small area underneath Sky Splash. Tunnels are made from giant buckets and flower pots.

This is a very simple attraction, but provides a bit of exercise (as kids use the handle to propel their own car) and teaches them a bit about the levers and mechanical resilience.


After your child finishes riding, they exit by an oversized button held up by a giant paper clip.


Thursday, June 28, 2012

Greg Brady rides Sky Splash

 Image from flickeflu

When Sky Splash opened in 1995,  Sesame Place wanted to make... well... a big splash.

They made the opening day a big event. They put out a search for twins, triplets and quadruplets to ride the attraction on opening day. The opening was attended by the cast of the CTW show "Ghostwriter".

Barry Williams was also on hand. Barry is best known for his role as Greg Brady in The Brady Bunch.

He was on the very first Sky Splash ride: