This one shows the extended balcony on Dockside Tavern. 

 

I really hope they're going to work some magic to make the new roof at least resemble the old roof - bullnose edging rather than flat...

I was down the coast yesterday, so popped into SW at around 3pm, it was definitely not open, and didn't look like it would be happening in the next few days.  Kids were told before getting there it wasn't likely to be happening, they got over it.  Fairly quiet crowd for the first weekend of the school holidays, the kids had a few rides on Vikings Revenge, and the rest of the time we just looked at animal exhibits.  It was the first visit in a few years that one of the polar bears was doing something other than sleeping when we were looking in, so that was cool.  

Gold Coast Theme Parks FB page posted these photos today. Seems like most of the rides theming and signage is done. And most, if not all vegetation and pathways are done. I would guess that it will be open within the next week.

Yay bullnose roof!

having a look at the photos it appears  that we have a names for two of the rides in Nickelodeon Land. according to the sign of the attraction of the Kid's Roller Coaster, the attraction is due to be called "SpongeBob's Boating School Blast" the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ride in the third photo is due to be called "Ultimate Ninja Flyers" 

i quickly went into SW today (the park was very busy, with quite long queues for the rides) to check out progress and see if there was anything else I could comment on. I couldn't really get photos of anything else other than the ones posted yesterday, due to machinery, vegetation and workers. It appears that all pathways are complete, vegetation is in (there is quite a bit with a number of palm tree around the area). I couldn't remember the names of the rides, but 3 of the rides are spongebob themed, one TMNT and one Dora the Explorer. The area is looking very good overall. I would say by the looks of things it will be opening in the first week of October.

SW have posted on FB that Nickelodeon land is Now Open.

Ride names are: Dora’s Festiva Carousel, Boots’ Banana Bash, Bikini Bottom Crosstown Express, Patrick’s Jellyfish Frenzy, SpongeBob’s Boating School Coaster and Donatello’s Ninja Flyers.

Edited September 25, 201510 yr by themagician

Ehh... Why give the worst Ninja Turtle his own ride!

Because everyone thinks he's the worst Ninja Turtle - it's sympathy naming.

Ehh... Why give the worst Ninja Turtle his own ride!

Pretty sure in the show he uses his bo like a helicopter blade.  He was also always the tech wiz so he could have designed and built them?

So what happened to the Unlimited members 'sneak peek' event for the new kids area that they were advertising in an earlier email? Was it canned because of them running late with the original opening date?

^I would say that they still had that planned, but due to the delays and complaints by people of the advertising being apparently wrong (which I don't think it is, as it said 'opening these school holidays', it didn't say 'opening for the start of the school holidays'). And now people are complaining on FB because they weren't given notice about it opening today. When I went yesterday, from what I saw, I wouldn't have said it was going to open today.

People will always find something to complain about. 

When the complaints are about petty technicalities, it means that things are pretty good overall!

Some photos of the new kiddy area from today :)

They also have a new TMNT mini show!

 

New kiddy coaster

Thanks for the photos. Looks really good. Is there a show where the Dora show was, or is it the same show?

Still same show :/ Oh and apparently the kids area is a "sneak peek" according to the sign. So much for Unlimited members getting in first lol. Oh well...

 

 

Edited September 26, 201510 yr by OceanGirl

That TMNT bicycle plane thing looks fun. The more you pedal, the more you go up!

I Will have a go on it when I have my nephew and nieces with me!

Yeah the theming is great in the new area. I love the TMNT section in particular! They did really well doing it up, and it has life-sized statues of all 4 turtles surrounding it.

My family and I simultaneously went on the kiddy coaster, that was as fun as could be expected for the 2 laps it goes for. Was over pretty fast. Not sure if this is permanent or maybe just a school holiday thing, since the queues are obviously quite long atm. My 5 year old loved it regardless, came off it telling the operator that it was the "best ride ever" lol.

I particularly liked the new Spongebob orange submarine ride. It's also more intense than the Wiggles boat one at Dreamworld, it goes faster and also spins in circles as it sways from side to side, changing from anti-clockwise to clockwise halfway through. The jellyfish 'teacups' ride is kinda cool too, as they do a figure 8 path around each other instead of just the usual circle laps. As pushbutton mentioned, the TMNT cycle copter things are pretty cool as you have to pedal to go higher.

Loved the TMNT show, even if it didn't go for very long (10 mins?) it was still entertaining and pulled a pretty impressive crowd.

All in all I think Sea World should give themselves a big pat on the back for this one, even if they ran late opening it

Edited September 26, 201510 yr by OceanGirl

My final contributions on this topic lol... enjoy

If they are saying it's a sneak peek does that mean that after the holidays it will be closing again so they can finish things off.

Is the Dockside Tavern open again?

Is the Dockside Tavern open again?

Still closed. Could spot glass sheets up and wood panels on the verandah, so apparently not quite finished yet with the renos.

Can you control the spin on the 'teacups' like at Wiggles World, or do they spin at a set speed?

Gold Coast Theme Park's FB did an update of Nickelodeon Land and they included an image of the current progress of the Dockside Tavern

I'll be heading down once the holiday crowd subsides. It looks like a great expansion to the park's offerings. My only real complaint is that the Dora Carousel looks a little tacky, but I'm sure kids would love it.

I went to SW this afternoon to check it out, and overall I'm impressed. I think the rides they've got are good, and theming of the space is also good. The park was busy, as expected, but the kids area was very busy. By the looks on kids faces they were enjoying the rides very much. Once the dockside tavern is done and they open up the connection between COTD and NL it will be good. The character statue/figurines that you can have photos with are really good.