Nickelodeon Star And "iCarly" Actress Miranda Cosgrove Attends The Opening Ceremony Of Universal Studios Orlando's New "Despicable Me Minion Mayhem" Theme Park Attraction

From the Associated Press via TheHuffingtonPost.com:

Despicable Me ride opens at Universal Orlando

ORLANDO, Fla. — A new 3-D ride based on the "Despicable Me" movie opened Monday at the Universal Studios park in Orlando.

Like the 2010 movie, the Universal ride, called "Despicable Me Minion Mayhem," features the villain Gru (voiced in the movie and on the ride by Steve Carell), his three adopted daughters and the minion characters.

Riders enter through Gru's house, pick up 3-D "minion goggles" and are scanned for "human germs" before going off for minion training. The ride includes water sprayers, anti-gravity rooms, a minion dance party and other features.

The ride replaces Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast simulator and utilizes a sophisticated digital 3-D projection system.

Miranda Cosgrove, star of the "iCarly" Nickelodeon show who voices Margo on the ride and in the film, attended Monday's opening ceremony.

Nickelodeon UK Unveils The Second "Camp Orange" 2012 Team - The "Surf Turtles"

To celebrate Nickelodeon UK starting to premiere and show the second series of "Camp Orange UK", Nickelodeon's adventure reality show for best friends, "Camp Orange 2012", this summer on Nickelodeon UK and Ireland and Nickelodeon HD UK as part of "Summer on Nickelodeon 2012", Nickelodeon UK have begun airing a series of "Camp Orange 2012" Nickelodeon Shorts (vignettes) which will be unveiling and giving Nickelodeon UK viewers and "Camp Orange" fans a first look at the children selected to be contestants on the second season of "Camp Orange UK", along with announcing their "Camp Orange" teams' "Camp Orange" team names.

The second episode of Nickelodeon UK's brand new "You Are Coming With Us To Camp Orange" Nickelodeon UK short series features Nickelodeon UK and Ireland presenters Anna Williamson and Jamie Rickers (Jamie & Anna) popping in at one of the contestants' homes to surprise two best friends (Frankie & Tom) who are watching television with the bad news that they are no longer on the shortlist to be contestants on "Camp Orange" UK 2012, and then giving them the exciting news that they "Are Coming With Us To Camp Orange" to be campers on "Camp Orange" 2012, and will be competing in "Camp Orange 2012" with the "Camp Orange" team name the "Surf Turtles":