Saying goodbye to Aquatica San Diego
- Cookie Monster Mixer 6-story-tall tube slide with giant funnel finale
- Oscar the Grouch-themed family raft slide
- Bert and Ernie-themed towers with 6 tube slides
- Snuffleupagus tower complex with 6 body slides
- 350-foot-long mat racing slide
- 4-story-tall water play tower with 500-gallon dump bucket
- 500,000-gallon wave pool
- 1,250-foot-long lazy river
One attraction that unfortunately won't make the transition from Aquatica to Sesame Place San Diego is Hoo Roo Run, which is a body slide with an 80-foot-drop (and a very high height restriction), which won't really fit the family friendly theme of Sesame Place San Diego and will be removed from the Aquatica water park after next year.
Though it might seem a little weird to convert an existing water park into a theme park aimed at children, it's worth remembering that Aquatica San Diego hasn't exactly been the best-performing water park under the SeaWorld Parks and Resorts umbrella, and hasn't actually recieved a new attraction since 2014, just one year after this park's original conversion from Knott's Soak City park. This park also doesn't have the marine life exhibits other Aquatica parks have, which have always made this location one that doesn't quite live up to the Aquatica theme so familiar to those who have been to other locations.
By injecting a new theme, adding more rides, and making this a combination theme park and water park (kind of like LEGOLAND Florida), SeaWorld can hopefully draw more families to this destination in the coming years.
A specific opening date has not been revealed for Sesame Place: San Diego, but we know that work on the transformation will begin soon, with 2020 being the last one for Aquatica San Diego and the new park opening in 2021.
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