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| Attractions | |
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| Total | 6 |
| Other rides | 5 |
| Sea World | |
| Coordinates | 27°57′28″S153°25′32″E / 27.957650°S 153.425613°E |
| Status | Operating |
| Opened | October 1999 |
| Replaced | Cartoon 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]
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.
| Ride names | Description | Manufacturer | Status | |||||
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| 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 | |||||
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