Nickelodeon Land
Attractions
Total6
Other rides5
Sea World
Coordinates27°57′28″S 153°25′32″E / 27.957650°S 153.425613°E / -27.957650; 153.425613
StatusOperating
OpenedOctober 1999 (1999-10)
ReplacedCartoon Network Cartoon Beach, Sesame Street Beach, Beach Break Bay

Nickelodeon Land is a themed children's area at the Sea World theme park on the Gold Coast, Australia.[1] The area currently features 6 operating rides as well as some other attractions.[2]

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.[3] The land was filled in for the construction of Cartoon Network Cartoon Beach which opened in October 1999.[3][4] 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.[4] 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.[5] In late 2011, Sesame Street Beach was converted into the generic Beach Break Bay theme.[1] The show stage now shows Dora's Best Friends Adventure.[2][6]

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.[7] Eventually those plans were scrapped and replaced with plans for a Nickelodeon area. The new rides will still be added however. Nickelodeon Land opened in September 2015.

Rides

Ride names Description Manufacturer Status
Prior to licensed theming
1981—1999		 Cartoon Network Cartoon Beach
1999—2007		 Sesame Street Beach
2007—2011		 Beach Break Bay
2011—2015		 Nickelodeon Land
2015—present
Coca-Cola Carousel Cookie Monster Cup Carousel Carousel Dora's Fiesta Carousel 30-horse carousel Arrow Dynamics Operating [8][9]
Air-See Rescue Grover's Flight School Samba Tower Zamperla Closed [10]
Airborne Barrel Brigade Elmo's Sea Safari Air Sea Explorer Boots' Banana Boogie Mini Jet Zamperla Operating [11]
Dexter's Time Machine Zoe's Sub Splash Beach Break Bay Water Play Area Water play area Unknown Closed
Toon Point Lighthouse Bert and Ernie's Big Dive Sea Climb Heege Tower Heege Freizeittechnik Closed [12]
Woody's Beachtrucks Oscar's Sweep the Beach Beach Dump Trucks Convoy Zamperla Closed [1][13]
Big Bird Bounce Beach Ball Bounce Happy Tower SBF Visa Group Closed [1][14]
Bikini Bottom Crosstown Express Rockin' Tug Zamperla Operating
Patrick's Jellyfish Frenzy Demolition Derby (tea cups) Zamperla Operating
SpongeBob's Boating School Blast Family Gravity Coaster Zamperla Operating
Donatello's Ninja Flyers Magic Bikes Zamperla Operating

Gallery

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Sea World. "Beach Break Bay". MyFun. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b Park Map, Sea World, December 2011
  3. ^ a b "Adventure Island & Adventure Island Ferry (Sea World)". Parkz. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  4. ^ a b Sea World (1999). "Surf Your Way to Cartoon Network Cartoon Beach". Press Release. Parkz. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  5. ^ Sea World (2007). "Sea World Brings the Magic of Sesame Street to the Gold Coast!". Press Release. Parkz. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  6. ^ Sea World. "Dora's Best Friends Adventure Show". MyFun. Archived from the original on 30 January 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  7. ^ "Sea World to revamp Beach Break Bay | Australian Theme Park News | Gold Coast Theme Parks". Archived from the original on 27 April 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  8. ^ Sea World. "History and Development of Sea World". MyFun. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  9. ^ "Samba Tower". Zamperla. Retrieved 26 February 2012.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ "Mini Jet". Zamperla. Retrieved 26 February 2012.[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ "Towers". Heege Freizeittechnik. Retrieved 26 February 2012.[permanent dead link]
  12. ^ "Convoy". Zamperla. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  13. ^ "Happy Towers". Drop Towers. SBF Visa Group. Archived from the original on 26 March 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2012.

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