Know Before You Go To Sesame Place

Guests can request free water at any dining location to make sure everyone stays hydrated while enjoying the park.

We have water fountains around the park so you can grab a quick sip on the run. Our water fountains are located:

• Sesame Island: The changing rooms, the boy's restrooms & the Family restroom 
• Big Bird’s Beach: The restrooms under Elmo’s Surf ‘n’ Slide
• Counts Court: The boy's restroom 

We have 2 water bottle refill stations in the park so you can refill your own cup or bottle. These water bottle refill stations are located:

• Big Bird’s Beach: The restrooms under Elmo’s Surf ‘n’ Slide
• Sesame Island: The family restroom

Guests are welcome to bring their strollers and wagons into the park. Sesame Place also rents large double strollers at the park. Strollers and wagons are not permitted inside the gift stores, indoor restaurants or theaters, so there is plenty of designated, free stroller parking outside of the major rides and theaters around the park. All bags, strollers, and wagons go through a security screening at the front gate.

 

To help ensure a safe and enjoyable experience for all guests, outside food, beverages, and coolers larger than 12" x 12" are not permitted inside Sesame Place. Guests may bring bottled water or refillable water bottles. Exceptions may be available for guests with special dietary needs, including food allergies, as well as baby food and infant formula. To request an accommodation, please contact the park prior to your visit at [email protected]. Sesame Place offers a variety of delicious dining options throughout the park, including indoor and outdoor restaurants, convenient food carts, and the popular Dine with Elmo & Friends character dining experience.

 

Sesame Place provides complimentary life jackets (US Coast Guard Type II or III) at water attractions. Guests can bring their own life jackets as long as they are US Coast Guard Type II or III life jackets and pass security inspection at the front gate. Sesame Place does not provide towels, so guests must bring their own. Souvenir towels can be purchased at our gift shops including the Sesame Place Store, Mr. Hooper’s Gift Store, Abby’s Surf Shop & Trader Bert’s Treasures.

Sesame Place Philadelphia offers a Child Swap program on select dry rides and attractions. This program is helpful when one adult wants to ride with more than one child, but the ride does not allow the entire party to ride at the same time. Once at the front of the line, the adult can ride with one child while the other waits with a non-rider. Once the ride is complete, the children switch spots and the adult can ride with the other child without having to wait in line again. Please note that Sesame Place Philadelphia Ambassadors may not supervise children or ride with a child as part of the Child Swap program. A child swap must be done by a member of the guest party to allow the children to ride. Guests are permitted to ride two consecutive times. After the second ride, they must wait one full ride cycle before riding again.

Sesame Place Philadelphia offers Large and Jumbo Locker rentals at the park so you have a secure place to store your valuables during your visit to the park. Lockers are conveniently located at the front of the park near Elmo’s Surf ‘n’ Slide as well as in the back of the park near The Count’s Splash Castle. Lockers are self-service and may be purchased online or at the park.