Sesame Street Party Parade

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The Sesame Street Party Parade (formerly Neighborhood Street Party) is a parade that appears in various Sesame Place and SeaWorld theme parks across the United States. It features the Sesame Street characters riding on floats, with some themed after famous locales like Hooper's Store, and stopping to interact and dance with guests along the parade route.
==About==
The first iteration of the parade, then named "Neighborhood Street Party," debuted on April 30, 2011 at the original Sesame Place, replacing the park's long-running Rock Around the Block Parade. A nighttime version was introduced on June 18, 2011. The parade was directed and written by Sherri-Lynn Draper.
In 2018, the parade was added to the SeaWorld parks in San Antonio and San Diego. This version was the first to use the name, "Sesame Street Party Parade," which became the more common name. The floats were reconstructed and some of the characters moved places. Murray Monster is not featured, and sections of the soundtrack were redubbed with newly recorded lines from Elmo and Abby Cadabby. 
Another version premiered at Sesame Street Land at SeaWorld Orlando in 2019. This version excludes some floats and the order of songs is changed, which results in more new lines from Elmo and Abby. In 2022, SeaWorld San Diego's parade relocated to Sesame Place San Diego for its grand opening.
Official description:
==Floats==
The parade contains nine floats. The characters however will move from float to float so they don't have a specific location. 
The parade begins with Big Bird and other walk-around characters (normally Rosita and Telly Monster), followed by one of the following two floats: Opening or Sunny Days.
* Opening: Added in 2015, this is a float that represents a Sesame Street building. The float's LED screen displays video, pictures, and has a "Welcome to the Neighborhood" sign. The SeaWorld Orlando and Sesame Place San Diego versions of the parade exclude this float. This float would be removed from the Sesame Place version of the parade by the middle of 2021, and only remains in SeaWorld San Antonio.
* Sunny Days: This float features a large inflatable smiling sun with sculptures of vegetables, a tree, a fire hydrant, a dog house with an animatronic Barkley inside and the Sesame Street sign. This float normally leads the parade, but from 2015-2021, this became the second float following the previous float's introduction. Since 2021, with the exception of SeaWorld San Antonio, it has gone back to its original place leading the parade.
* Swing-Set: The float is decked with stars, flowers and butterflies. On the top of the staircase is a roof-covered swing set. Abby Cadabby and Zoe normally ride this float.
* Hooper's Store: A small wall-less replica of Hooper's Store, with two chairs and a table inside. Bert and Ernie normally ride this float. The SeaWorld Orlando and Sesame Place San Diego versions have this as the second-to-last float, replacing the Slide float.
* Oscar's Trash Can: With a trash and junk theme, Oscar's very own trash can is on the top with of course, Oscar the Grouch inside, alongside Slimey and Sloppy.
* Letter Bugs: This float has a section for characters to stand on, and at the back, various letters of the alphabet being carried around by bugs. Elmo and Prairie Dawn normally ride this float.
* Cookie Jar: A motorized jar of cookies, usually with Cookie Monster riding.
* Count von Count's castle: An inflatable replica of the Count's Castle adorned with gargoyles appears on this float with Count von Count himself riding.
* Slide: A yellow curly slide on a flower-covered float, normally ridden by Murray Monster. Originally, this float was excluded from the SeaWorld Orlando version, however it was added in and replaced the Finale float as the last float in November of 2021. This float is not present at Sesame Place San Diego.
* Finale: The parade ends with three bikers (two live performers and Super Grover) leading the ways to a float that represents the doors to 123 Sesame Street. A giant inflatable Elmo is seen holding face balloons (previously, they were lollipops) and next to him are models of Baby David and Dorothy. The back of the float has the Sesame Street logo. This float was removed from the SeaWorld Orlando parade in November of 2021.
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==Soundtrack==
Jon Baker composed music for the parade.
* "Meet Me on Sesame Street" sung by the cast
* "Sesame Street Medley (Sesame Street Theme/I Love Trash/Rubber Duckie/Elmo's Song)" (instrumental)
* "ABC" sung by Ernie, Bert, Abby and Count Von Count
* "Do the Alphabet (song)" sung by Ernie, Bert, Abby, Count Von Count and the cast
* "Count It Higher" sung by Count Von Count, Abby and Ernie
* "Walk This Way" (instrumental)
* "Feel the Beat" (Hi-5)/"Move Your Body" (Hi-5) sung by Elmo, Zoe, Cookie Monster and the cast
* "Jump" (Flo Rida/Nelly Furtado)/"Apache [Jump on It]" (Sugarhill Gang) sung by Elmo, Cookie Monster and the cast
* "How Do You Say 'Hello'" (from Out of This World) sung by Rosita, Murray, Telly and the cast
* "No Matter What Your Language" Sung by Rosita, Telly, Murray and the cast
* "We Are Family" sung by the cast
* "Meet Me on Sesame Street (reprise)" sung by the cast
==Seasonal editions==
For the original version of the parade at Sesame Place, there have been several makeovers to coincide with special events.
===Sesame Street Halloween Parade===
Formerly known as the Neighborhood Street Party Halloween Parade, this spooky October transformation is held as part of The Count's Halloween Spooktacular and features floats and music for the season. Many of the walk-around characters also appear in Halloween costumes for the parade (such as Elmo as an astronaut, Rosita as Little Red Riding Hood, Bert and Ernie as pirates, Abby Cadabby as a princess, Zoe as a witch, Grover as Super Grover, and Telly as Indiana Jones).
;Songs:
*"Meet Me on Sesame Street" sung by the cast
*"Halloween Rules" sung by Big Bird, Elmo, Telly, Prairie Dawn and the cast
*"Ghostbusters" (instrumental) 
*"Do You Believe in Magic"/"10 Little Ghosties" sung by Count von Count and Abby Cadabby
*"Jack O'Lantern Jump" by Grover, Abby, Count von Count and the cast
*"This Is Halloween" (from The Nightmare Before Christmas) sung by Murray, Rosita and Telly
*Dance break: "The Munsters Theme" (instrumental)
*"I Want Candy" sung by the cast
*"Things That Go Bump in the Night" sung by Murray, Telly and Rosita
*"I Want Candy (reprise)"/"All Night Long (All Night)" sung by the cast
*"Meet Me on Sesame Street (reprise)" sung by the cast
===Sesame Street Christmas Parade===
Formerly known as the Neighborhood Street Party Christmas Parade, this festive transformation is held as part of A Very Furry Christmas. It features renovations to the floats and music for the season. The walk-around characters are all wearing winter attire for the parade (such as the monsters wearing hats and scarves, Big Bird wearing mittens, Elmo dressed as a toy soldier, Prairie Dawn wearing a winter dress, and Ernie and Bert wearing snow hats and winter vests).
;Songs:
*"Meet Me on Sesame Street" sung by the cast
*"Beautiful Christmas" (Big Time Rush) sung by Big Bird, Ernie, Bert and the cast
*"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!/Sleigh Ride" sung by Abby and the cast
*"Beautiful Christmas (reprise)" sung by the cast
*"Must Be Santa" sung by the cast
*"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" sung by Elmo and the cast
*"The Heart of Christmas" sung by Zoe, Elmo, and Cookie Monster
*"A Christmas Song" sung by Murray, Rosita and Telly
*"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer/Jingle Bells" sung by the cast
*"One Little Candle" (Audrey Snyder) sung by Rosita, Murray, Telly and the cast
*"Meet Me on Sesame Street (reprise)" sung by the cast
===Sesame Street Mardi Gras Parade===
This overlay to the parade is held during February-March since 2022. Promotional emails described it as: "Celebrate carnival time with floats decked out in purple, gold, and green. See your Sesame Street friends dressed up and ready to shine. Enjoy lively tunes, fancy dancing, and plenty of fun for the whole family!"
==External links==
*SesamePlace.com - parade page
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