104 things to do on Summer Vacation #2 Sesame Place

Living in Ocean County my whole life, like my children, I have been spoiled by Amusement Parks.  Within a stone’s throw, we have Great Adventure, Seaside, Point Pleasant and Blackbeard’s Cave.    Venturing just a bit further, there’s Storybook Land,  Wildwood, Keansburg, The Steel Pier, Ocean City and Clementon Amusement Park.

One thing I have always overlooked and I find most parents overlooking is Sesame Place.   For Jackson residents, Sesame place is very convenient, located right off of Route 195 and just across the Delaware River. 

Sesame Place may not be for everyone.   It does have a funky layout that mixes water rides with regular rides and can drive a parent crazy because the kids are in the water, out of the water all day, but for the young kids aged 2 through around 8 or 9, there’s no better park in the world for them.

We usually go to Sesame Place once or twice per summer just to do something different and for the kids, it’s always the most memorable park because it’s the only commercially themed park that the kids really identify with.   Of course Great Adventure has Bunny, but you have to actually tell the kids who Bugs Bunny is these days because those cartoons just aren’t on TV anymore.    But Sesame Place is something young kids can identify with.

The park is always clean.  There are no roving bands of teenagers because they wouldn’t want to be caught dead there.   In all it’s a great day trip and 40 minutes from the eastern most part of Jackson.

The #1 reason for dads to take their kids to Sesame Place?  Fireworks.  Just off the bridge in PA at the first exit on the way to Sesame Place, there’s about a 1/2 dozen fireworks outlets.  Just remember, it’s illegal to bring fireworks back with you to New Jersey.   When I get asked to go to Seaside or Point Pleasant, but when asked to go to Sesame Place, the car is already loaded before the question is over!