Sesame Place in Langhorne, PA opened its beak, er, doors in July of 1980. And, sure enough, I was there in 1980. Lost on the four year old version of me was how unlikely and cool it was having a water park ten minutes from home. Not lost on four year old me was that it was Sesame Street themed, had a Big Bird bridge and soft pretzels with sesame seeds! Okay, I hated the sesame seed soft pretzel. Just didn’t get it. But, most of the things that I actually enjoyed that year are gone forever.
What’s not gone forever are my memories. Admittedly, some of them were lying dormant until I came across the right pictures. I forgot all about Tweedlebug’s Tunnel, Cookie Mountain and Monster Maze. Did all that time spent in The Computer Gallery prepare me for the dawn of the digital age? What were the weird shadows that the older kids were trying to make in The Shadow Room?
If you remember those Sesame days of old, check out this blog full of nostalgic pictures and see what memories come back to you:
