With less than two weeks until the grand opening of Paramount's Kings Island, and more importantly, the debut of Nickelodeon Universe, we figured it was time for one last look at the "ride-fetus" that will surely be the 2006 Golden Ticket Award winner!

Some things you will notice is:

• Danny Phantom's Flyers being tested using bags of ice for weight!
• Final touches on Plankton's Plunge.
• Avatar, with it's car now stocked on the track waiting for it's finishing paint job.
• New colors for everything!

Also, we were told to relay to you that two of the new food stands for Nickelodeon Universe will be called "Ice Cream" and "Snow Cones" and they'll serve... well, ice cream and snow cones.

Don't forget that opening weekend, there's a character breakfast at 10:00 in the Festhaus. Traditional breakfast foods such as French Toast and sausage will be served. The cost is $9.99.

A special thank you goes out once again to PKI's Marketing Dream Team v2.0, Maureen and Jennifer for spending another afternoon with us and making this update possible. Thank you!

Click here to see the photos!

Regards,

Ryan

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NICE RYAN

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Are they making a new Fast Pass lane ?

Nice Pics. I would think that by now, with the park opening in less then 9 days that everything would be done. Is Nick U going to open on time or not?

No, it appears as if they were adding a drain. One thing I noticed was new cars on the Hampton Car Ride, now called Go Diego Go (formerly Huck`s Hot Rods). Gone are the firetrucks that were on it last year!

The whole area is looking good!

I must say I am suprised that they Atom Smashers run on an extension cord. http://photos.pkicentral.com/displayimage.php?pos=-2994

The whole area is looking great, nice pictures!

Two questions though: How tall is Planktons plunge? and are both sides of the avatar cut-out thing going to be painted?

Did Maureen or Jennifer give any details as to the future of the FoC tunnel? Is it off for rehab, or gone for good?

Did Maureen or Jennifer give any details as to the future of the FoC tunnel? Is it off for rehab, or gone for good?

Is it off for rehab or gone for good?

Yes.

um sorry if this has been answered or asked but is the giggle coaser the old scooby doo and haunted castle and if so what happened to all the theming i mean the castle is still there and doesnt fit a giggle coaste rtheme if not sorry for being an idiot

Two questions though: How tall is Planktons plunge? and are both sides of the avatar cut-out thing going to be painted?

Plankton's Plunge is no more than 30-50ft or so. Both sides of the Avatar will be painted by opening day!

Thankyou Bodda.

Plankton's Plunge doesn't look that tall in the pictures but I'll take your word for it because you've actually seen it in person.

um sorry if this has been answered or asked but is the giggle coaser the old scooby doo and haunted castle and if so what happened to all the theming i mean the castle is still there and doesnt fit a giggle coaste rtheme if not sorry for being an idiot

No, Scooby Doo and the Haunted Castle is still there. Little Bill's Giggle Coaster is a retheme of Top Cat's Taxi Jam, which was a retheme of the Scooby Zoom.

Edit: Sorry for the double post!

Edited April 6, 200620 yr by Delirium13

I would like to kindly remind all users that when you are linking to a image in the photo gallery you need to link to the static link found below the picture and not the URL in your address bar.

Inncorrect: http://photos.pkicentral.com/displayimage....album=136&pos=1

Correct: http://photos.pkicentral.com/displayimage.php?pos=-2966

Please tell me there's more to the spongebob thing than just a blue paint job.

I`d say Plankton`s Plunge is in the range of twenty five feet. It definantely is not 50 feet tall. I`m sure there are still a bunch of little details to be added, especially to the Spongebob attraction.

Just uploaded my pics. Ryan pretty much got a good chunk of it up in his pics, but I have a few more detailed pics to share.

Enjoy!

Eeehh gad those bumper cars look bad. Thanks for the pics man, i'm glad to see the place coming along. We've had such a great look into the window of how ki builds things this year. Thanks for the hard work you put into this site, it's alot of time and effort man.

Eeehh gad those bumper cars look bad.

I'm shocked that you think that. Bill and I agreed that they were the best retheme of the area.

Eeehh gad those bumper cars look bad.

I think they look sweet! Once again guys you got some great pics and made a greqat update. This is what a fansite is all about, getting the updates, even if the opening day is less than 10 days away! Nick Universe is coming along grand and the rest of the park looks great as well. Thanks for the great updates guys.

-Nemo

I would like to kindly remind all users that when you are linking to a image in the photo gallery you need to link to the static link found below the picture and not the URL in your address bar.

Inncorrect: http://photos.pkicentral.com/displayimage....album=136&pos=1

Correct: http://photos.pkicentral.com/displayimage.php?pos=-2966

Oops. Thanks for the reminder. I'll have to fix mine.

I like the cars themselves but the building it self is bland, I would have made the awning around it rounded or elliptical, I think it would have looked a lot neater, however I think it's looking great and I'm looking forward to visiting to see it. I believe it will be done by opening day for sure.

Wow! I like the new paint job on the old Huck's Hot Rods ride. It took me a while to figure out what it was at first. What are they calling that ride now?

It looks awesome! Eight more days!

I like the TIMMY's air tours paint job

NU is looking nice, question is does it really look better than HBL did or is basically a repaint and some new rides?

From what I have seen absolutely nowhere near Suess Landing quality like so many people were claiming it would be. Anyone that has seen it agree or disagree with this observation.

But I do know the kiddies will enjoy it.

Has any one directly compared it to being on par with Seuss Landing? And no, they are not just simply repainting the existing rides. The Kiddie Whip has been moved with a new shelter built over it. The Go Diego Go ride has had some new cars added to replace the fire trucks. Jimmy Neutron`s Atom Smashers have all new cars, or at least all new fiberglass bodies replacing the boulder bumper bodies. Additionally, the HB Carousel will be getting horses to replace the HB characters. Not to mention the various facade changes to the restaurants, Atom Smashers and the station are of the Azul`s Aventura train ride.

maybe i'm way out of the loop....

but hat happend to avtar being a Disk-o coaster like SURVIVOR.... what happend? What kind of car is that on the track? does it do anything special or just go back and forth?

It has been known for quite some time that that was going to be the car used on Avatar. It is a skater car, on a disko style track. The car will spin like the disko car. The only difference is that the seats are not outward facing. Which means the ride is geared more towards families than thrill seekers like the Survivor ride at PGA.

Plankton's Plunge

This ride will be Loud, just giving you a heads up... you could hear it across the Country Fair area of Dollywood, its just unbearable, it sounds like a crazy Air compressor, LOUD LOUD LOUD.

It really looks like it'll be ready in just a week! I also appreciate the new concrete going in, it feels a litle more comfortable on those hot days, compared to the black asphalt surfaces found in most of the park.