During Spring Break, SeaWorld San Antonio Texas opened a fantastic new venue – Sesame Street Bay of Play! What an incredible wonder world for the wee ones! This is where it’s at! SeaWorld wanted to give the characters of Sesame Street a BIG Texas welcome.
We were fortunate enough to be able to attend the Grand Opening of Sesame Street Bay of Play with Elmo, Big Bird, Cookie Monster and a host of Sesame Street friends.
Stinkpot and I rode a number of the rides together. The merry-go-round is so whimsical and fun – the photo just doesn’t do it justice.
Climbing and sliding for the adventuresome kid!
We stayed and played there until our tummies told us that it was time for lunch. Not far, we found a great all-you-can-eat pasta & pizza buffet, Rosita’s Buffet. Perfect for the kids and us. And the price was less that $10 per adult and $6 for kids under 9. And it included the refillable fountain drinks! We felt that we got our money’s worth, especially inside a theme park.
After lunch, we decided to stroll around the park and enjoy a show, or two, or three. Our first show was Azul: Lure of the Sea featuring our beloved sea creatures, dolphins.
Even flying dolphins wouldn’t keep Lil Bit from taking his nap!
We also saw the entertaining Cannery Row Caper featuring sea lions and walruses.
We wanted to watch the special showing of a 4-D movie featuring the Muppets. The movie was aimed at preschoolers so Stinkpot enjoyed it; however, the older kids weren’t as entertained as the little ones. The show has since been replaced by Pirates 4-D. [A 4-D movie is a 3-D movie that adds physical effects such as vibration, air and water. It is a thrilling experience!]
We then went to enjoy one of the last showings of the Shamu show, Believe. The show began with a trainer coming out and welcoming us to the show. Then — the recorded message came on that said due to threatening weather, the show had been cancelled. We were surprised by this since there wasn’t so much as a cloud in the sky. Then another trainer came running up and said, “Sorry folks, we pushed the wrong button.” The audience chuckled, and after a few moments, the show began, for real this time. A few of the more entertaining elements were not in this Believe show, probably stemming from the death of a trainer at SeaWorld Orlando last year. The show mainly focused on the splashing the killer whale does with his tail fin. The first 20 rows were drenched! However, toward the end of the show – the electricity went out! In the entire park! Only for a few minutes, but long enough to end the show. We just happened to be at the one show with a rough start and abrupt end.
However, we are excited that the all-new Shamu show, One Ocean, opens this month! We will be returning later this summer to catch this one!
We ended the day back at Bay of Play to play in the water! We let Stinkpot loose, and he had a ball on the splash pads until closing time, which during spring break was 6 p.m.
We had such a great time that we are planning to return again this summer. Longer hours. A new Shamu show. We can’t wait!
Disclaimer: Although SeaWorld provided us tickets into the park for a video contest, the views and opinions of our experience at SeaWorld are my own. The opinions in this post were not influenced by the free passes. I was not monetarily compensated since SeaWorld has no idea that I have this website.
