Nickelodeon Studios
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Exterior of the former Nickelodeon Studios Orlando facility from the Hard Rock Café at Universal Studios Florida.
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| Universal Studios Florida | |
| Area | Production Central |
| Status | Closed |
| Opening date | June 7, 1990 |
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| Theme | Nickelodeon Shows |
| Duration | 40 |
 Universal Express available |
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Nickelodeon Studios Orlando was a television taping studio as well as an original family attraction at Universal Studios Florida, which opened on June 7, 1990. The studios closed on April 30, 2005.
In November 1988, Nickelodeon joined the Universal Studios Florida team to make its very first production studio. In spring 1989, they filmed its first show there, Super Sloppy Double Dare. On June 7, 1990, the studio (along with the park) officially opened. The facility was a working studio where many Nickelodeon and Nickelodeon GAS shows were produced, with the first being Double Dare. It consisted of soundstages 18 and 19, along with a central building between them that housed both Nickelodeon production offices, dressing rooms, makeup rooms, the Gak Kitchen, and the Game Lab live show located on Stage 17 for guests of Universal Studios Florida. Soundstage 21, located directly behind Stages 17 and 18, was also part of the production facility in the early 1990s when a larger sound stage was needed for the taping of Nickelodeon/Global Guts. Stage 21 was not "owned" or part of the studio contract Nickelodeon had with Universal, but was leased separately for the time of their productions on it.
While Nick Studios was in production there were many orange benches scattered around the facility, incorporating shapes like a human footprint, carrot, finger, cruise ship, wave, cloud, etc., reflecting the network's station IDs. Some of these benches were moved to the "Control Room" at Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast, which closed in 2011. Also scattered around the property were Nicktoons cutouts for photo opportunities. A gift shop was also located near the Slime Geyser, featuring then-popular Nickelodeon characters on the front of the building.
By the summer of 2001, Nickelodeon Studios was down to a double-digit number of employees, and had begun to see a steady decline in visitors as Nickelodeon's live-action productions began to transition from game and stunt shows with audience participation to traditional sitcoms, many of which required closed-set production which discouraged visitors from viewing tapings. The majority of Nickelodeon production had moved to the closed-set Nickelodeon on Sunset facility in Hollywood, California. Nickelodeon Studios permanently closed its doors on April 30, 2005, after Nickelodeon had gradually moved its administration to the MTV Networks headquarters in Santa Monica, California, and One Astor Plaza in New York City and its live-action production arm to the Nickelodeon on Sunset. The final program taped there was Nickelodeon SPLAT! on August 17, 2004.
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