Much of Sesame is hands-on interactive; if you'll be wearing her the whole time it might not be as much fun.
Not wild about the Crayola Experience, it was way better back when you actually went to the factory. Now it feels more like paying for market placement and then they sell the stuff on the way out. At MSRP. Plus, Easton is a good hours drive from Sesame. There are a couple good brew pubs at least.
For the same time drive time, you could do Please Touch and Smith Playground in Philadelphia. For half that drive, you could do the Childrens Museum and train ride in New Hope.
One good thing about Dutch Wonderland is the access to great outlet shopping across the street. Pottery Barn, PBKids, West Elm, Reading China and Glass, Calico Corners, plus all of the usual premium outlet stores. The Strasburg RR and PA Railroad Museum are nearby. I was there Thursday; DS informs me the famous engine is without face at the moment. I would avoid Day Out With Thomas unless your kid is really, really into it. It is beyond crazy, those they always have that guy with the Kettle Corn which is a real treat.
Post by spaghettisquash on May 16, 2016 17:51:11 GMT -5
I'm not a huge fan of Sesame Place. I met up with my parents last year (they live about ten minutes away) and it was too overwhelming for my daughter who was 2.5 at the time. The problem with Hershey is that all the kids' rides are spread throughout the park and not clustered together and its hilly.
We really like Dutch Wonderland. If you are considering Crayola Factory, you could do Dorney Park instead. It's smaller and less crowded than SP or HP. Has Camp Snoopy and an attached water park. It's about an hour north of SP and an hour or so away from Crayola.
I'd pick idlewild and soak zone in ligonier, pa if you are coming this way. They have Daniel tiger and lots of fun kids stuff. It's cheaper and more laid back. Bonus -- we could have a Pittsburgh gtg there!
Oh I'd be in, we have season passes to Idlewild! I love how the toddler stuff is laid out, it's easy to get around and very shady and picnic friendly.
We need to plan this gtg this year. We have passed too. So much fun!
I have never been to Sesame Place since we have season passes to Hershey. We used to get the combo passes to DW but stopped as the timing we would go after I got of work would just be the suck on Rt 30. Hershey is closer for us.
I will disagree with Auntie and say the Dutch Wonderland is nice, yes it changed hands twice but the good thing is that it isn't over commercialized like Hershey as Hershey was one of those owners (my summers were spent at Hershey as a kid and I remember tickets being $13 as teenagers). It is a walkable park and we could do everything the kids wanted to do between 5-8. We have never been to the water park there.
I will also disagree and say that we have had season passes to Hershey since my 6 year old was two and my daughter was an infant. There are a ton of rides for toddler, heck my youngest rode the Flying Falcon at 2 (with her father). We easily spend 4:30-9:30 just riding kiddie rides. They can easily open and close the waterpark if I let them. Both kids are on the spectrum and H or I will typically take them by ourselves. My son gets easily overstimmed so we do get a pass for him.