Sesame Place characters

A list of walk-around Sesame Street characters appearing at Sesame Place theme parks in Pennsylvania and San Diego, with the year of their debut. They can be found roaming around the park for meet-and-greet sessions, as well as in shows and parades.

Current

Regular

Abby Cadabby2007

Bert and Ernie1983

Big Bird1986

Cookie Monster1987

Count von Count1992

Dinger2014
Pennsylvania only

Elmo1992

Gonger2019
Pennsylvania only

Grover1988

Honker (purple) 2014
Pennsylvania only

Julia2018

Murray Monster2011
Pennsylvania only

Oscar the Grouchdebuted as a walk-around in 2012 (previously appeared as a puppet from 1994-2012, and still in Not Too Spooky Halloween Radio Show)

Prairie Dawn1988

Rosita1994

Mr. Snuffleupagus2019
Pennsylvania only

Super Grover(unknown; 1998 at the latest)

Tango2022 (Pennsylvania)
2023 (San Diego)

Telly Monster1994

Zoe1996

Seasonal

Lightning 2016
(Christmas)
Pennsylvania only

Baby Bear2005
Seasonal character as of 2018 (previously a regular character)
Pennsylvania only

Incidental

Characters who appear in stage shows, parades, and pre-shows. Most of these are puppets rather than walk-arounds.

BarkleyNeighborhood Street Party parade
2011

VelvetElmo the Musical stage show
2014

ChickensElmo the Musical stage show
2014

Abbot the RabbitElmo the Musical stage show (Halloween edition)
2014

Mr. McNuttyMagic of Art stage show
2016

Maya Monsterpre-shows
2018

Discontinued characters

Honkers Pink and Green (1983-92)
Purple (1989-92)

Jackman WolfRock Around the Block Parade (1997-2010)

Hoots the OwlRock Around the Block Parade (1997-2009)

Tessie Twiddlebug (1993-2000)

Thomas Twiddlebug (1993-2000)