The Wandering Disciple

From the moment you walk in and head to check-in, you have entered the bright colorful world of Nickelodeon cartoons. The Nickelodeon Suites Hotel in Orlando brings the cartoon characters to life and lets you immerse yourself in their world. Here you could meet all of you favorite Nick Toons friends and have the time of your life on your Central Florida vacation. But the Nickelodeon Suites Hotel closed its doors in 2016 and was re branded as the new Holiday Inn Orlando Suites. While the Nick feel may be gone, the water park remains and it is still a great choice for your Central Florida trip. (Photo: May 9, 2011)

A large bucket of slime spills over the pool area the the Nickelodeon Suites Resort.  Several times daily, guest of the hotel gather under the giant bucket and countdown to the release of hundreds of gallons of green slime colored water.  (Photo: May 9, 2011)

The colorful world of Nickelodeon cartoons comes to life at the Nickelodeon Suite Resort in Orlando. Pool, games and shows help keep all members of the family laughing and having a great time during their stay. (Photo: May 11, 2011)

Spongebob Squarepants greets hotel guests at the Nickelodeon Hotel in Orlando. The colorful characters of the Nick cartoons come to life to interact with kids. The kid-themed resort also features two large pools with waterparks, entertaining stage shows, 4-D movies and much more. (Photo: May 10, 2011)

The colorful world of Bikini Bottom comes to life in SpongeBob's Krabby Patty Celebration at the Nickelodeon Suites Resort in Central Florida.  Join Spongebob, Patrick and Squidward as they try and keep the Krabby Patty out of the hands of the evil Plankton.  (Photo: May 9, 2011)

5, 4, 3, 2, 1...slime! Lots of the gooey green slime to go around during the daily mass sliming at the Nickelodeon Hotel in Orlando. The hotel themed around the popular Nickelodeon cartoons features two water parks, miniature golf, entertaining shows, 3-D movies and much more. (Photo: May 9, 2011)

Lake Buena Vista, Florida: An early morning rise got us ready for the second day of our trip. Today we were going to the Magic Kingdom, the best park in Walt Disney World for kids. The day began with a bus ride to the Magic Kingdom. We booked the 8am bus ride on the complimentary bus that ran from the resort to Disney. The bus shared the route with the Animal Kingdom park as well but despite this being the first bus of the day and both parks opened at 9am, the bus was pretty empty. The bus dropped us off at the Transportation and Ticket Center and then we took the monorail from the TTC to the Magic Kingdom. We made it to the park in time for the opening ceremony as we watched Mickey and Minnie arrive to the Main Street Train Station with all his friends to open the park to all the guests that have accumulated at the park entrance. One the ceremony was over and the rope dropped, we headed straight to Tomorrowland. Our first goal once we reached Tomorrowland was to ride the To...

Orlando, Florida: A short drive from all of the major central Florida attraction lies a resort that is an attraction in itself. Whether you want to have fun in the sun or kick back and relax by the pool one thing is certain, at Nickelodeon Suites Resort the entire family will have the slime of their life. The 24-acre all suites resort was opened in June 2005. Located off South International Drive, the resort is a short drive to Disney, Universal and Sea World. The resort features 777 suites ranging from a one bedroom to three bedrooms. The one and three bedroom suites feature a full kitchen while the two bedroom has a kitchenette. The two and three bedroom Kids Suites feature a separate kids room that has Nickelodeon themed rooms featuring SpongeBob SquarePants and Dora the Explorer. The rooms are located in fourteen buildings that surround the two water parks, the Lagoon and the Oasis. The highlight of the resort is the water park areas, which there are two of. The main wate...

Orlando, Florida: We decided to utilize our Disney season passes to celebrate our son's sixth birthday by taking a three day trip to Disney World. For the first time in many trips to the mouse of the mouse, we decided to stay off-site at the Nickelodeon Studios Suites off International Drive. We checked into the hotel early and our room was already available. The check-in was simple and the staff was very polite. They gave us a complimentary upgrade from a standard room to a pool view room. We were assigned room 152 of the oasis building, a fifth floor unit overlooking the oasis pool. The room is a two bedroom suite with a kitchenette consisting of a microwave, fridge and coffeemaker. The master bedroom has a queen size bed while the second bedroom had 2 twin beds. After we moved our bags into the room, we headed out to explore the resort. We toured the ground and then headed to the lagoon activity area where we played some basketball and mini golf. Afterwards we headed to...