In the opening shot of the scene with Big Bird getting ready to leave, we see stickers on his suitcase depicting Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Montana. Big Bird had visited all those places on Sesame Street in past episodes, the first two of which happened back in the seventies.
Caroll Spinney performed Big Bird during the street scenes, but when they move into the different habitats, as well as during the song at the end, he was operated by Matt Vogel, with Spinney looping the voice later on.
Miles is the only member of the human cast not present in the street scene.
This marked the first Sesame Street appearance of Kermit the Frog since the hurricane episode from 2001.