On June 7, 1990,
Universal Studios Florida opened with an attraction named
Nickelodeon Studios. It was a television taping studio for the
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 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 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==