Nickelodeon Land (Sea World)
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 area. The new rides will still be added however. Nickelodeon Land opened in September 2015.
Rides
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 | ||
Air-See Rescue | Grover's Flight School | Samba Tower | Zamperla | Closed | ||||
Airborne Barrel Brigade | Elmo's Sea Safari | Air Sea Explorer | Boots' Banana Boogie | Mini Jet | Zamperla | Operating | ||
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 | |||
Woody's Beachtrucks | Oscar's Sweep the Beach | Beach Dump Trucks | Convoy | Zamperla | Closed | |||
Big Bird Bounce | Beach Ball Bounce | Happy Tower | SBF Visa Group | Closed | ||||
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
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Bert and Ernie's Big Dive (was Sea Climb, replaced by SpongeBob's Boating School Blast)
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Elmo's Sea Safari (was Air Sea Explorer, now Boots' Banana Boogie)
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Air Sea Explorer (now Boots' Banana Boogie)
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Beach Dump Trucks (replaced by Bikini Bottom Crosstown Express)
See also
References
- ^ Sea World. "Beach Break Bay". MyFun. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ^ Park Map, Sea World, December 2011
- ^ "Adventure Island & Adventure Island Ferry (Sea World)". Parkz. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ^ Sea World (1999). "Surf Your Way to Cartoon Network Cartoon Beach". Press Release. Parkz. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ^ Sea World (2007). "Sea World Brings the Magic of Sesame Street to the Gold Coast!". Press Release. Parkz. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ^ Sea World. "Dora's Best Friends Adventure Show". MyFun. Archived from the original on 30 January 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Carousel (Sea World)". Parkz. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ^ Sea World. "History and Development of Sea World". MyFun. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ^ "Samba Tower". Zamperla. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ^ "Mini Jet". Zamperla. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ^ "Towers". Heege Freizeittechnik. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ^ "Convoy". Zamperla. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ^ "Happy Towers". Drop Towers. SBF Visa Group. Archived from the original on 26 March 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2012.