Since the 1990s, '' Nickelodeon'', a worldwide children's television network and franchise, owned by Paramount Global, has had an involvement in the creation and theming of amusement parks Amusement ride, rides. Several amusement parks have featured themed areas entirely devoted to the Nickelodeon brand whilst others have featured standalone attractions. Nickelodeon attractions currently exist at Movie Park Germany, Pleasure Beach Blackpool, Mall of America and Sea World (Australia), Sea World, as well as American Dream Meadowlands. Attractions previously existed at California's Great America, Canada's Wonderland, Carowinds, Dreamworld (Australia), Dreamworld, Kings Dominion, Kings Island, Universal Studios Florida, Universal Studios Hollywood and WhiteWater World.

History

On June 7, 1990, Universal Studios Florida opened with an attraction named Nickelodeon Studios. It was a television taping studio for the Cable channel, cable television channel Nickelodeon. In 1995, ''Nickelodeon Splat City'' opened at three former Paramount Parks: California's Great America, Kings Dominion and Kings Island. These attractions were inspired by the game shows that aired on the television network and generally involved slime. In 1999, Kings Dominion closed Nickelodeon Splat City in preparation for the opening of its 2000 attraction, Nickelodeon Central. ''Nickelodeon Central'' brought a retheme of many of the park's children's rides as well as the addition of new ones. Kings Island followed suit, closing its Splat City in 2000 and opening ''Nickelodeon Central'' in 2001. This area would later be expanded and renamed ''Nickelodeon Universe'' in 2006. In 2002, Australian theme park Dreamworld (Australia), Dreamworld opened Nickelodeon Central. In 2003, ''Nickelodeon Central'' opened at California's Great America, Canada's Wonderland and Carowinds, and Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast opened in Universal Studios Florida. Expansions of these areas took place in 2005, 2006 and 2008 for Carowinds, Kings Island and Dreamworld, respectively. The Kings Island area was also renamed to ''Nickelodeon Universe'' at the same time. In 2007, Movie Park Germany opened a similar area entitled ''Nickland''. In 2007, it was announced that ''Nickelodeon Universe'' would be opening in Mall of America in 2008, replacing ''Camp Snoopy''. In 2009 and 2010, Cedar Fair terminated their contract with Nickelodeon resulting in all of the areas being rethemed to ''Planet Snoopy''. In early 2011, at a cost of million, Pleasure Beach Blackpool opened ''Nickelodeon Land''. By mid-2011, Dreamworld (Australia), Dreamworld had closed their ''Nickelodeon Central'' and rethemed it to the generic Kid's World theme (it was later revealed that the park had struck a deal with DreamWorks Animation). In 2012, Universal's Superstar Parade had its first performance which features floats based on ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' and ''Dora the Explorer'' and later opened a SpongeBob gift shop in Woody Woodpecker's Kidzone. In September 2016, it was announced that a new ''Nickelodeon Universe'' would open in the upcoming ''American Dream Meadowlands'' mall and entertainment complex owned by the Triple Five Group, which also owns the Mall of America. Nickelodeon Universe American Dream opened to visitors on 25 October 2019.

Locations

Attractions

Below is a list of all of the attractions at Nickelodeon themed areas around the world. The dates shown in the columns refer to the opening and closing dates for the ride under that name. It does not mean that the ride was closed and/or removed.

Shows

Below is a list of all of the Nickelodeon-themed shows which have been shown at theme parks around the world. The dates shown in the columns refer to the opening and closing dates for the show. Some parks have multiple shows in the one theatre, hence overlapping dates.

Character appearances

A variety of Nickelodeon costumed characters have been showcased at theme parks, parades, and other themed-entertainment experiences. Since the mid-2000's, these costumes have been designed and fabricated by Custom Characters Inc., a company that Nickelodeon Experience Design often collaborates with. *''Aaahh!!! Real Monsters'': Krumm, Ickis *''The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius'': Jimmy Neutron *''The Angry Beavers'': Norbert, Daggett *''Avatar: The Last Airbender'': Aang *''Back at the Barnyard'': Otis *''The Backyardigans'': Uniqua, Pablo, Tyrone *''Blue's Clues'': Blue *''Bubble Guppies'': Molly, Gil, Bubble Puppy *Butterbean's Café, Butterbean's Cafe: Butterbean *''Danny Phantom'': List of Danny Phantom characters#Danny Phantom, Danny Phantom *''Dora the Explorer'': Dora, Diego, Jaguar, Boots *''The Fairly OddParents'': Cosmo, Wanda *''Fanboy & Chum Chum'': Fanboy, Chum Chum *''Hey Arnold!'': Arnold Shortman *''Little Bill'': Little Bill *''The Loud House'': List of The Loud House characters#Lincoln Loud, Lincoln Loud *Nella the Princess Knight: Nella *''Ni Hao Kai-Lan'': Kai-Lan *''PAW Patrol'': Chase, Marshall, Rubble, Skye, Rocky, Zuma *''The Ren & Stimpy Show'': Ren and Stimpy (characters), Ren, Ren and Stimpy (characters), Stimpy *Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Leonardo, Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Donatello, Raphael (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Raphael, Michelangelo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Michelangelo *''Rocko's Modern Life'': Rocko *''Rugrats'': Tommy Pickles, List of Rugrats characters#Chuckie, Chuckie Finster, Angelica Pickles, Phil DeVille, Lil DeVille, Susie Carmichael, Lou Pickles *Santiago of the Seas: Santiago *''Shimmer and Shine'': Shimmer, Shine *''SpongeBob SquarePants'': SpongeBob SquarePants (character), SpongeBob SquarePants, Patrick Star, Squidward Tentacles, Sandy Cheeks, Mr. Krabs, Pearl Krabs, Mrs. Puff *''Sunny Day (TV series), Sunny Day'': Sunny *''Team Umizoomi'': Milli, Geo *''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'': Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Leonardo, Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Donatello, Raphael (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Raphael, Michelangelo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Michelangelo, Foot Clan, Foot Soldier, April O'Neil *''T.U.F.F. Puppy'': Dudley Puppy *''The Wild Thornberrys'': Eliza Thornberry, Donnie Thornberry *''Winx Club'': Bloom, Stella, Aisha *''Wonder Pets!'': Linny, Tuck, Ming Ming

Gallery

File:Angry Beavers Spooty Spin sign.jpg, Angry Beavers Spooty Spin at Dreamworld File:Angry Beavers Spooty Spin.jpg, Angry Beavers Spooty Spin at Dreamworld File:Avatar Airbender (Nickelodeon Land).jpg, Avatar Airbender at Pleasure Beach Blackpool File:Avatarairglider.jpg, Avatar Air Glider at Movie Park Germany File:Entrance Jimmy Neutron's Atomic Flyer.JPG, Jimmy Neutron's Atomic Flyer at Movie Park Germany File:SFC Jimmy Neutron.jpg, Jimmy Neutron's Atomic Flyer at Movie Park Germany File:Nickelodeon Studios in Hard Rock Cafe.jpg, Nickelodeon Studios at Universal Studios Florida File:Rugrats Runaway Reptar entrance.jpg, Rugrats Runaway Reptar at Dreamworld File:Runaway Reptar Roller Coaster.jpg, Rugrats Runaway Reptar at Dreamworld File:PKI-Rugrat's Runaway Reptar.jpg, Rugrats Runaway Reptar at Kings Island File:The Slime Bowl (Dreamworld).jpg, Slime Bowl at Dreamworld File:Nick Central at Dreamworld 2.jpg, Slime Time Live at Dreamworld File:Swinger Zinger (Dreamworld).jpg, Swinger Zinger at Dreamworld File:Wild Thornberrys Rainforest Rampage.jpg, Wild Thornberrys Rainforest Rampage at Dreamworld

References

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