American Dreams Meadowlands w/
Nickelodeon Universe
Mall / Theme Park / Waterpark
(Formerly known as the Xanadu project)
East Rutherford, New Jersey
Triple Five
 Attraction / Development News - (9/21/2025) We’ve finally got some good news from the American Dream / Nickelodeon Universe park. After quietly closing down in January 2024, the TMNT Shellraiser roller coaster (Gerstaluer) is now confirmed as finally being REOPEN.
A few notes however based on reports of those who went by... you can expect long wait times as we’ve heard that the cars are overshooting their parking position in the station frequently, resulting in the ride ops having to shut-down and manually push the cars back into the proper unload position so the restraints will open. And.... if you were hoping the 20-month downtime would result in a buttery-smooth ride... don’t get your hopes up. Apparently the ride experience is rougher than ever, with a couple of complaints about feeling like you’re riding though “potholes” in a few areas for some reason. So whatever they were doing for over a year and a half while it was closed... a nice refurbishment was not on the list. Sorry... but at least it’s open again, so time to get your ride in while you can.
Oh... speaking of which... another warning... rides on Shellraiser can not be had by just purchasing the correct number of ride points at this time, apparently Nickelodeon Universe is requiring the purchase of a full wristband admission to get a ride on this coaster.
(2/9/2025) According to the local news the American Dream mall in New Jersey has once again missed their semi-annual interest payment that was due on February 1st, 2025. As mentioned in previous reports, this is not the first time American Dream has failed to make payments, though apparently after several delays, the bank did receive a large payment finally in August 2024. Unfortunately that large payment apparently depleted the reserve accounts, and there was not enough to cover the new February 1st payment.
The future of the American Dream is unknown right now, as many have reported over the past year that a number of the amusement rides have also been closed down quite some time, including the park’s biggest coaster, TMNT Shellraiser, which has been sitting closed for over a year now with no sign of activity.
2026 - Nothing is known if the attraction will have anything new to open this year or not.
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