Nickelodeon Hotels & Resorts Orlando will open by 2026 in Kissimmee, Fla. with lodging (and slime!) for vacationers and permanent residents.
Nickelodeon Hotels & Resorts Orlando, Opening by 2026
The project was first announced last year, and today we received details about onsite amenities.
Nickelodeon Hotels & Resorts Orlando will feature:
- 400 hotel rooms and condo units
- AquaNick water park
- Le Spatula, a restaurant inspired by “SpongeBob SquarePants”
- Mikey’s Pizzeria, a restaurant inspired by “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”
- Snick Lounge, a hang-out spot for games, sports, and music
- Nickelodeon-themed retail
- Club Nick (details not mentioned)
- Character greetings with stars from “SpongeBob SquarePants,” “Paw Patrol,” “Dora,” and “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”
- Opportunities to get slimed
Nickelodeon Hotels & Resorts currently has other locations in Punta Cana and Riviera Maya.
Nickelodeon’s History in Orlando
Orlando was previously the location of Nickelodeon Suites Resort (aka Nick Hotel), a Holiday Inn property with Nickelodeon-themed rooms, campus décor, shows, 4D rides, and character greetings. The Nick branding was removed in 2016, and today the hotel is known as Holiday Inn Resort Orlando Suites – Waterpark.
Photos by Attractions Magazine
To a generation of kids, Nickelodeon and Orlando were synonymous with one another, even before the former Nickelodeon Suites opened.
In the early years of Universal Studios Florida, the park was home to Nickelodeon Studios, a working production facility that filmed shows such as “Kenan & Kel” and “Double Dare.” All filming had shuttered by 2005; today, the building is where guests watch performances of “The Grinchmas Who-liday Spectacular” during the holiday season (with the facility annexed as part of Universal Islands of Adventure instead of Universal Studios Florida).
Nearby, Jimmy Neutron’s Nicktoon Blast, a simulator attraction, operated from 2003-2011 inside the building now home to Despicable Me Minion Mayhem.
From 2012-2022, characters from “SpongeBob SquarePants” and “Dora the Explorer” appeared in “Universal’s Superstar Parade.” To this day, the retail location SpongeBob StorePants remains at the park, featuring merchandise and character greetings.
A Nickelodeon time capsule buried at Universal in the ’90s was later relocated to the former Nick Hotel, and now resides at Nickelodeon’s headquarters in California.
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