A Nostalgia Blast at Nickelodeon Universe

Hey all!

Today, we're visiting the Mall of America, the largest mall in the United States, to explore Nickelodeon Universe, an indoor theme park that features elements and themes from the beloved Nickelodeon cartoon channel. With attractions ranging from roller coasters to meet-and-greets with popular cartoon characters, it's a must-visit for any Nickelodeon fan!

We started our day with a ride on Back at the Barnyard's Hayride, a small children's roller coaster with gentle hills and drops. The ride is made engaging by character-themed Easter eggs scattered throughout, making it an ideal first roller coaster for kids.

Next, we headed to SpongeBob's Rock Bottom Plunge. This Euro-Fighter roller coaster includes a vertical lift, a vertical drop, and overbanked turns and inversions. It's the park's main thrill ride and is quite exhilarating, especially as the top of the ride gets remarkably close to the ceiling. We also enjoyed the Easter eggs from the classic SpongeBob episode "Rock Bottom." This ride is a must if you're spending the day at the Mall.

Afterward, we enjoyed a ride on the family roller coaster that spans the entire perimeter of the park, The Pepsi Orange Streak! This ride is quite fun, offering small pops of air time throughout. It is also the longest ride in the park and features two chain lifts. It's perfect for those who aren't ready for the larger rides but still want a great view of the park.

We then made our way to the Avatar Airbender Half Pipe Rollercoaster. This ride has two gondolas that spin on a skateboard-like platform as the ride traverses two vertical spikes, launching you mere feet from the mall's skylight. This is a pretty thrilling ride and is not recommended for those who get motion sickness from spinning.

Last but not least, we experienced the Fairly Odd Rollercoaster. This spinning roller coaster heavily interacts with the front area of the park and also gets you very close to the Backyardigans Swing Along ride. We got some pretty good spins on this ride and had some small pops of air time.

Overall, this is a great indoor amusement park and a perfect fix for when the regional parks are closed for the season. Also, unlike its sister park in New Jersey, most of their main headlining attractions are open! With that, let's get into the photo report!

Welcome to Nickelodeon Universe at Mall of America! The Fairly Odd Rollercoaster is in the distance!

As You enter, you can see that The Fairly Odd Rollercoaster interacts with the Backyardigans Swing Along Ride

Because we all know you want this.... A Random Mug Shot of this Guy....

We have no shame on our first ride!

Next on... Is this a Rollercoaster???

I wonder what's crazy About Em'...

Off to the SpongeBob Corner of the park!

Time to go hit ROCK BOTTOM!

Up They Go!

Down They Go!

The Fact this was built 15 or so years after the park was built in this space is impressive

Pepsi Orange Streak is Next!

The Orange streak gives you a great birds eye view of the park

Not Pictured.... Bit the Orange Streak also interacts with the Log Flume.

Are Next ride is Avatar: Air Bender

The ride slowly rises back and forth as it spins you

Until you almost hit the Malls Skylight!

Last but not least, we headed to get a ride on the Fairly Odd Coaster.

The Fairly Odd Rollercoaster twists and turns high above the park and spins you in the process as you are face to face with other riders.

The Entrance is a little tricky to find

The ride packs a lot into the little space it has.

I'm not sure what Character this is....

OMG! The Sponge Bob Pineapple.....

And with that.... We Conclude our Visit

Thanks for Reading!

As Always, Keep On Coast'N'