Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, Florida, US, is to open a new Sesame Street-themed attraction scheduled to debut in Spring 2010.

Featuring Elmo, Big Bird and a range of other characters, Sesame Street Safari of Fun will comprise rides, shows and adventures designed to celebrate the spirit of Africa. It will include a new 'Air Grover' junior roller coaster designed for parents and children to ride together; plus kid-sized rides such as 'Zoe-Patra & the Hippos of the Nile', a flume ride; 'Rosita's Djembe Fly-Away', a swing ride; and 'Elmo's Safari Go-Round', a tribal-inspired carousel.

Elsewhere, 'Oscar's Swamp Stomp' will offer water fun and 'Bert & Ernie's Water Hole' is a wet play area featuring bubblers, geysers, jets and dumping buckets. In addition to the rides and play areas, "Sesame Street presents Lights, Camera, Imagination!" will run in the park's 4-D theatre, located in Timbuktu. Visitors will also be able to share breakfast and lunch with Elmo and the rest of the characters on specified days at an outdoor dining facility adjacent to the new land.

Sesame Street Safari of Fun will be created where Land of the Dragons is situated at the moment and will double the area's current size. Busch Entertainment Corporation operates ten Worlds of Discovery, including SeaWorld parks in Orlando, San Diego and San Antonio; Busch Gardens Tampa Bay and Adventure Island in Tampa Bay and Busch Gardens Europe and Water Country USA in Williamsburg, Va.; Discovery Cove and Aquatica in Orlando; and Sesame Place near Philadelphia.