sesame place

Get ready to shop, Bucks County’s Sesame Place is opening the largest Sesame Street-themed retail store in the world.

Teachers can get free passes to Sesame Place for the 2024 season.

The fun at Bucks County’s Sesame Place is getting extra “Splashy” for the 2023 summer season.

Several more families have joined a federal discrimination lawsuit against Bucks County’s Sesame Place and its parent company after a viral video appeared to show a costumed character ignoring Black children earlier this year.

A Connecticut mother is joining a $25 million lawsuit, claiming that her young Black child was discriminated against at New York’s Legoland theme park — a similar claim that a Brooklyn mother made about a costumed character at a Sesame Place park, sparking the lawsuit.

Attorneys spoke to Sesame Place Thursday alongside civil rights activists, seeking ways to teach more inclusivity in the theme park. NBC10’s Johnny Archer has the details.

Civil rights activists said it was a “day of progress” after a meeting with the owners of Sesame Place in Bucks County over recent claims of discrimination.

Civil rights activists spoke with the owners of Sesame Place Thursday afternoon to work to find a resolution to the racial discrimination accusations sparked by a viral video.

NBC10’s Miguel Martinez-Valle reports from outside Bucks County’s Sesame Place Philadelphia Thursday morning ahead of a meeting of park leadership with the family behind a viral video that alleged racial discrimination. Rev. Jesse Jackson will also take part in the meeting.

Sesame Place in Pennsylvania announced a series of actions Tuesday aimed at bolstering diversity and inclusion education among its employees on the heels of a viral video showing a character denying an interaction to two young Black girls at the park.

Sesame Place announced that by the end of September, all employees will have to complete bias and inclusivity training. This follows a viral video and long list of complaints from families for seemingly racist actions against children.

In an NBC10 exclusive, a former Sesame Place employee shared some insight to the training performers receive at the Bucks County theme park. NBC10’s Deanna Durante reports.

A Baltimore family released another video showing alleged racial discrimination at Sesame Place Philadelphia. The family, separate from another family alleging the same thing, is now filing suit. NBC10’s Leah Uko reports.

The group of attorneys filing a class action lawsuit against SeaWorld released the video that they say proves their claims of racism at Sesame Place in Bucks County. NBC10’s Leah Uko has the latest.

Law firms in the area have filed a class action lawsuit against SeaWorld, Sesame Place Philadelphia’s parent company, for alleged instances of “pervasive and appalling” discrimination against children. NBC10’s Leah Uko has the latest.

Following a high-profile case of alleged racial discrimination against two Black girls, SeaWorld is being sued for other alleged instances of “pervasive and appalling” discrimination against children at Sesame Place Philadelphia.

Dozens of protestors gathered outside Sesame Place amusement park in Pennsylvania amid claims of discrimination made by two families. NBC10’s Karen Hua has the latest.

Newly released video appears to show a character at Sesame Place Philadelphia denying an interaction to two young Black girls while then greeting people next to the pair, a gesture the family’s lawyer says showed racist intent and contradicts the theme park’s original claims following the incident.

A new video that shows a character at Sesame Place Philadelphia apparently denying two Black girls a greeting seems to contradict the theme park’s claims following the incident.

Mental health expert Sheila Robinson-Kiss takes her daughter to Sesame Place every summer. When the 10-year-old became aware of social media posts alleging bias against Black children at the theme park, she was heartbroken. In a conversation with LX News host Ashley Holt, Robinson-Kiss shares how she discussed the issue with her daughter and offers advice to other parents.