September Marks Nick Jr. Month at Nickelodeon Family Suites by Holiday Inn

September Marks Nick Jr. Month at Nickelodeon Family Suites by Holiday Inn

Month-Long Celebration to Include Activities for Preschoolers Like Dora the Explorer Parties, LazyTown Workouts and Meet-and-Greets With Blue's Clues' Joe

NEW YORK, Aug. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Beginning Sept. 1, the Nickelodeon Family Suites by Holiday Inn in Orlando, Florida will feature a month of Nick Jr.-themed, family-oriented activities in celebration of Nick Jr. Month.

Special events include parties with preschoolers' favorite Latina heroine, Dora the Explorer, guest appearances by Blue's Clues' Joe (Donovan Patton), LazyTown workouts, "Let's Just Play" triathlons and more. Arts and crafts demonstrations will also be available for preschoolers throughout the month, including how to make Blue's Clues Handy Dandy Scrapbooks; Little Bill Family Frames; The Backyardigans Birdhouses; Go, Diego, Go! Wooden Zoo Puzzles; Dora the Explorer Backpacks and Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends Sun Catchers. In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15), many of the events throughout the month, including a Dora the Explorer Sing-a-Long Fiesta, will be Hispanic-themed and feature Nick Jr. costumed characters.

In addition, during Nick Jr. Month at the hotel, character breakfasts will be offered free on weekdays, a $54 value for a family of four, giving kids a chance to dine with their favorite characters like SpongeBob SquarePants. Also available in the month of September is "Nick After Dark," where kids can enjoy a parents-free evening of Nick-style games and entertainment, backstage passes to Studio Nick and hands-on introductions to Nickelodeon's signature green slime.

The full line-up of activities is as follows (please note, schedules may change throughout the month):

Sneak-peeks of Go, Diego, Go!
* Sept. 1-6
Jack's Big Music Show premiere followed by meet-and-greet with Jack
* Sept. 10-11

Story time with Joe and Blue from Blue's Clues followed by meet-and-greets with Joe and Blue

* Sept. 17 and 24
Meet Joe and Blue from Blue's Clues
* Sept. 17 and 24
Special Nick Jr. live performances
* Sept. 10-12 - Blue's Room Live!
* Sept. 13-15 - Dora the Explorer's Sing-a-Long Fiesta
Blue's Clues scavenger hunt
* Sept. 6, 13, 20 and 27

"Let's Just Play" triathlon featuring 'Putt Putt' golf, basketball hoops and shuffleboard

* Sept. 7, 14, 21 and 28

Dora the Explorer Fiesta featuring Hispanic-themed arts and crafts, pinata and photos with Dora

* Sept. 7, 14, 21 and 28
Go, Diego, Go! scavenger hunt
* Sept. 8, 15, 22 and 29
'Get Your Move On with LazyTown' workout
* Sept. 9, 16, 23 and 30

Nick Jr. Dance Party (includes Latin dancing in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month)

* Sept. 9, 16, 23 and 30

Officially opened over Memorial Day weekend 2005, Nickelodeon Family Suites by Holiday Inn is a destination vacation for families. Located in Lake Buena Vista and convenient to Orlando's major theme park attractions, the resort features 2- and 3-Bedroom KidSuites(R) units with Nick-themed bedrooms for kids; a separate adult bedroom with a king- or queen-size bed; a parlor area that includes a 25" TV, pull-out sofa and rocking chair, and game table; and more.

Two Nick-themed water park-style pools include waterslides, flumes, poolside games, and erupting geysers. One of the pools produces the ultimate splashdown under a 400-gallon dump tank. The Mall, which is the hub of all activity for the hotel, features a food court with nationally branded eateries and Studio Nick, a million dollar state-of-the-art theater presenting nightly, live, interactive Nickelodeon entertainment for families. Kids can enjoy The Arcade, a 3,000-square-foot game room with prizes and a movie and game rental shop; and, Nicktoons Café where daily character breakfasts take place. In addition, a Kid's Spa features services such as hair braiding, hair wraps and temporary tattoos. The resort also participates in Holiday Inn's hallmark Kids Eat Free and Kids Stay Free programs.

For more information about Nickelodeon Family Suites by Holiday Inn visit http://www.nickhotel.com/ or call (866) GO2-NICK. Rates during Nick Jr. Month start at $189 for a Nick-themed 2-bedroom kidsuite.

About the Family Suites Resort Team

Family Suites Resort is a joint venture of two of America's most experienced hospitality companies: Family Suites Hotel Holdings of Orlando (FSHH) and Miller Global Properties of Denver.

-- FSHH's Terry Whaples is operating partner and president of Nickelodeon
Family Suites by Holiday Inn(R) and has developed, owned and operated
numerous Holiday Inn properties for more than 30 years. She co-
founded the Family Suites property with her longtime business partners
Henri Landwirth (who is also founder of Give Kids the World, a Central
Florida charity that provides comprehensive free resort stays for
terminally ill children and their families), U.S. Senator and
Astronaut John Glenn, and Ed Rudman, co-founder and chairman of Pell
Rudman, a Boston wealth management firm.
-- Miller Global is a real estate company that develops, acquires,
operates and owns hotels, office buildings and mixed use properties
throughout the United States and Europe. Headed by President Jim
Miller, the company has been involved in 68 properties representing
more than $2 billion of asset value comprising 8.25 million-square-
feet of office space and 1,500 hotel rooms. Prior to forming Miller
Global, various principals were involved in the development,
management and/or ownership of such prestigious hotels as The Lodge at
Pebble Beach, The Inn at Spanish Bay, Aspen's Little Nell Hotel, and
The Beverly Hills Hotel.

About Nick Jr.

Nick Jr. is a specially designed programming block airing on Nickelodeon weekdays from 9 a.m.- 2 p.m. (ET/PT) and weekends on CBS (check local listings). Completely dedicated to preschoolers ages 2-5, Nick Jr.'s Emmy, Peabody and Parents' Choice Award-winning programs are curriculum based, fun and commercial free. At Nick Jr., kids play to learn with innovative, original shows created just for them.

About Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon, now in its 26th year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The company includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, online, recreation, books, magazines, and feature films. Nickelodeon's U.S. television network is seen in more than 89 million households and has been the number-one-rated basic cable network for ten consecutive years. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom International Inc.

About Holiday Inn

Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts is part of the InterContinental Hotels Group family of brands with global headquarters in the U.K. and American headquarters in Atlanta. With more than 1,400 properties worldwide and nearly 1,000 in the U.S., Holiday Inn is the most recognized lodging brand in the world and certainly the most iconic. Since 1952, Holiday Inn hotels have provided the services that business travelers need, while also offering a comfortable, casual atmosphere where vacationing guests can relax and enjoy amenities such as restaurants and room service, swimming pools, fitness centers, and comfortable lounges. Additional features such as meeting space and onsite business centers, KidSuites(R) rooms, Holidome(R) recreation centers, the Kids Eat Free and Kids Stay Free programs, and Priority Club Rewards memberships have helped to establish the Holiday Inn brand as "America's Hotel." Call 1-800-HOLIDAY or log onto http://www.holiday-inn.com/ for more information or to book a reservation.

Source: Nickelodeon

CONTACT: Nancy Hostler, +1-212-846-7491, or Joanna Roses,
+1-212-846-7326, both of Nickelodeon; or Wendy Jo Moyer of Nickelodeon Family
Suites by Holiday Inn, +1-407-423-8006, or Virginia Osbourne of Holiday Inn,
+1-770-604-2037

Web site: http://www.nick.com/
http://www.nickhotel.com/
http://www.holiday-inn.com/

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