Nickelodeon Land is a themed children's area at the
Sea World theme park
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on the
Gold Coast
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,
Australia
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.
The area currently features 6 operating rides as well as some other attractions.
History
In 1981, Sea World opened the Carousel. Prior to October 1999, Sea World the area where Beach Break Bay currently stands was part of the Sea World Lake.
The land was filled in for the construction of Cartoon Network Cartoon Beach which opened in October 1999.
This saw the introduction of several rides including Air-See Rescue, Airborne Barrel Brigade, Dexter's Time Machine, Toon Point Lighthouse and Woody's Beachtrucks.
In 2007, work began on the removal of the Cartoon Network theme. On 29 September 2007, Sesame Street Beach officially opened replacing Cartoon Network Cartoon Beach. This saw the introduction of a new ride, an SBF Visa Group Happy Tower named Big Bird Bounce as well as a show stage adjacent to the area. The stage was used for Bert and Ernie's Island Holiday.
In late 2011, Sesame Street Beach was converted into the generic Beach Break Bay theme.
The show stage now shows Dora's Best Friends Adventure.
In April 2015, Sea World announced it was going to refurbish Beach Break Bay, and add four new rides. A Zamperla roller coaster is rumoured as one of the additions.
Eventually those plans were scrapped and replaced with plans for a
Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon (often shortened to Nick) is an American pay television television channel, channel which launched on April 1, 1979, as the first cable channel for children. It is run by Paramount Global through its List of assets owned by Param ...
area. The new rides will still be added however. Nickelodeon Land opened in September 2015.
Rides
Gallery
File:Bert and Ernie's Big Dive (Sea World).jpg, Bert and Ernie's Big Dive (was Sea Climb, replaced by SpongeBob's Boating School Blast)
File:Elmo's Sea Subs (Sea World).jpg, Elmo's Sea Safari (was Air Sea Explorer, now Boots' Banana Boogie)
File:Air Sea Explorer 1 - Sea World.jpg, Air Sea Explorer (now Boots' Banana Boogie)
File:Beach Dump Trucks - Sea World.jpg, Beach Dump Trucks (replaced by Bikini Bottom Crosstown Express)
See also
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Kids WB Fun Zone
Kids' WB Fun Zone is a themed attraction in Warner Bros. Movie World on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia based on the Looney Tunes cartoons. The attraction was originally named Looney Tunes Village and was renamed in late 2007 when two n ...
References
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Amusement rides introduced in 1999
Amusement rides that closed in 2007
Amusement rides introduced in 2007
Amusement rides that closed in 2011
Amusement rides introduced in 2011
1999 establishments in Australia