Nickelodeon Adventure Lakeside Review
Nickelodeon Adventure Lakeside, located in West Thurrock, Essex, is an attraction for kids that has rides, games, shows, meet and greets, and play equipment focused on the popular Nickelodeon TV shows SpongeBob SquarePants, Paw Patrol, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Rugrats, and various Nick Central shows.
During the half term holidays Ryan and I visited here and we had a lot of fun, Ryan especially loved the interactive and colourful nature of this day out.
If you’re interested in visiting here but would like some more information before you go, then I hope this Nickelodeon Adventure Lakeside review helps you to decide if it’s a family day out you’d like to try.
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Location
Nickelodeon Adventure Lakeside is located at:
612 The Quay, Lakeside Shopping Centre
West Thurrock,
Essex, RM20 2AD
The closest car parks to the entrance are car parks 10 and 12, at the old Debenhams end of Lakeside Shopping Centre.
If you park in car parks 10 and 12, exit the car park via the lift and head towards The Quay. There are signs showing you where within The Quay Nickelodeon Adventure Lakeside is located.
Things to do
Here’s what there is to do at Nickelodeon Adventure Lakeside:
Zones
The main attraction at Nickelodeon Adventure Lakeside are the zones, which are dedicated to different Nickelodeon shows.
Each zone has its own dedicated space within one large room, and you can explore any zone in any order, as many times as you like.
Paw Patrol Adventure Bay
This is the first zone you’ll see when you enter Nickelodeon Adventure Lakeside, and within it is a Paw Patrol Command Centre that children can climb up, and then go down on a slide.
There’s also Chase’s Police Car, Marshall’s Fire Engine, Skye’s Helicopter, and Rocky’s Recycling Truck that children can stand in and pretend to drive.
Ryan used to be a huge Paw Patrol fan, and even though he doesn’t love Paw Patrol like he used to, he still really enjoyed this zone, and had a lot of fun in it.
Nick Central
Located behind Paw Patrol is Nick Central, which has Blaze’s Monster Machine Race inside it, which is an enclosed car track where children can race cars.
It also has a tractor that children can use to pick up plastic balls and place them on a conveyor belt.
There are also climbing tubes here that children can climb through and look at illuminated panels of different Nick Central characters.
Rugrats
Just behind the climbing tubes in Nick Central is a small zone dedicated to the Rugrats, and which had a small padded area for toddlers to crawl in, and build things with padded blocks.
SpongeBob Bikini Bottom
The SpongeBob zone was the largest and most colourful zone at Nickelodeon Adventure Lakeside, even kids who don’t know who SpongeBob is, or who don’t watch it that often, or at all, will have a great time here.
Ryan’s favourite thing about this zone was the Boating School ride, where you get your photo taken for a boat licence, watch an animated video on how to drive a boat, then get to choose your own boat to drive around the boat track.
To ride a boat you need to be over 90cm tall, and under 4’s aren’t allowed to drive a boat, but they can sit next to an adult while they drive.
As you drive your boat you get to see SpongeBob’s hometown, friends, and other colourful characters.
This zone has the most interactive displays in it, there’s a lot of knobs, levers, dials, and pedals that children can operate to make displays light up, move and make sounds.
Some of the interactive displays included:
- Chum Bucket – a giant robot who rises from the ground
- Jellyfish Stampede – jellyfish that move over a sand dune
- Patrick’s Jellyfish Frenzy – a display where children try to get as many jellyfish into a net as possible
- Rock Bottom Organ – a large organ that children make music with by jumping on piano keys
- Sandy’s Rocket – children pedal a rocket to power it up
4D Cinema
There’s a 4D cinema at Nickelodeon Adventure Lakeside that shows different shows at different times.
On the day we visited there was a SpongeBob Square Pants movie, which Ryan didn’t want to see but I made him, and it turned out to be our favourite part of the day.
Once inside we were given some 3D glasses, and were rocked in our seats to dodge seashells and sea creatures, had seaweed hitting our legs and back, and were wet by bubbles as SpongeBob Square Pants caught jellyfish and explored the ocean.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The last zone we visited was the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles zone, which had an Action Zone located at the entrance with obstacles children had to climb, crawl through, and jump over.
There was a ride in here called Donatello’s Ninja Flyers, where up to two people sat in a bike and pedalled it to make it go up and down.
Meet and greets
There are a number of meet and greets that you can do during your visit, which are advertised on a board outside the Slime Café, and at the ticket area.
On the day we visited we were able to meet and greet Marshall from Paw Patrol, or Patrick from SpongeBob SquarePants.
Ryan was a bit too scared to do this, so we skipped this activity.
Shopping
There’s a shop at the ticket box that sells toys, games, and Nickelodeon themed gifts.
Food options
There’s a café at Nickelodeon Adventure Lakeside called Slime Café, which is located behind Rugrats and sells hot and cold food and drinks, and treats that you can eat at one of the tables within the café.
Ryan had an Oreo muffin, but we decided to have lunch after our visit in the Shopping Centre.
Family friendly facilities
Family friendly facilities at Nickelodeon Adventure Lakeside include:
- Baby changing facilities
- Highchairs in the Slime Café
- Birthday parties
Opening times
Nickelodeon Adventure Lakeside is open as follows:
- Monday – Friday 10am – 3.00pm
- Saturday – Sunday 10am – 6.00pm
For up to date opening times please visit the website.
Ticket prices
Tickets to Nickelodeon Adventure Lakeside cost:
Online prices
- £5.99 adults
- £5.50 seniors and students
- £11.99 children
- £9.99 disabled children
- Free children under 90cm (get their ticket when you arrive)
- £27.99 family of 3 (1 adult + 2 children)
- £29.99 family of 4 (2 adults + 2 children)
Ticket box prices
- £7.50 adults
- £7.00 seniors and students
- £14.99 children
- £12.85 disabled children
- Free children under 90cm (get their ticket when you arrive)
- £34.90 family of 3 (1 adult + 2 children)
- £37.90 family of 4 (2 adults + 2 children)
Membership
Membership to Nickelodeon Adventure Lakeside costs:
- £19.00 adults
- £37.50 children
- £87.50 family of 3 (1 adult + 2 children)
- £95.00 family of 4 (2 adults + 2 children)
Membership has the following benefits:
- Unlimited visits
- 10% off purchases at the Slime Café
- 10% off retail store purchases
- 10% off birthday parties
- 20% off photos
Adults must visit with a child, or entry will be refused.
When booking online you need to book your day of visit and your arrival time slot. Arrival time slots are 30 minute intervals starting at 10.00am and ending at 1.00pm on weekdays, 4.00pm on weekends.
You must arrive in your 30 minute arrival time slot to guarantee entry.
For up to date ticket prices please visit Nickelodeon Adventure Lakeside ticket prices.
Parking
Parking is free.
My thoughts
I think that Nickelodeon Adventure Lakeside is a great morning or afternoon out, and it doesn’t matter if your child is a Nickelodeon fan or not because everything is colourful, interactive, and fun, there’s no need to know any of the characters.
Due to some of the zones having things that children under 90cm can’t use, it may be a place that 3-5 year olds would get the most benefit from, or if you do take a younger child, try to have an adult with them, and another adult with your older child.
I also liked that everything was located in the same area, so you could leave your buggy somewhere and easily find it again, or you could easily keep track of where a runaway child may be.
I definitely want to revisit with my younger son.
What TV themed attractions do your kids love?
