Busch Gardens is a chain of family theme parks, owned by SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment. SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment owns several theme parks in the United States, including Sesame Place. As of August 2006, SeaWorld Parks has the rights to use the characters from Sesame Street in four other theme parks -- two SeaWorld parks in Orlando and San Diego, and two Busch Gardens parks, Busch Gardens Europe in Williamsburg, Virginia, and Busch Gardens Africa in Tampa, Florida. Characters have appeared at SeaWorld Florida since 2007, and at SeaWorld California since 2008.