Jay Jay's Flight School

Jay Jay's Flight School is a dark ride at Nickelodeon Universe in the Mall of America. It is based on Jay Jay the Jet Plane and features a number of characters from the show, including Tracy, Herky, Snuffy and Tuffy.

Attraction Summary:
Jay Jay's Flight School is a dark ride at Nickelodeon Universe in the Mall of America. It is based on Jay Jay the Jet Plane and features a number of characters from the show, including Tracy, Herky, Snuffy and Tuffy. The attraction opened with Nickelodeon Universe on March 15th 2008.

Queue:
The queue for this attraction starts outside near SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom Plunge where guests can see some planes flying around above them as they wait in line. The queue then goes inside the building where guests can see a sign that says "Jay Jay's Flight School" and some pictures of planes on the wall. Guests then go outside again to wait in another part of the queue before going back inside for one last time, this time into an area with more pictures on the walls and a TV screen showing clips from Jay Jay episodes as well as other Nickelodeon shows such as Dora The Explorer, Go Diego Go!, Blue's Clues, The Backyardigans and Wonder Pets. Guests then go outside again to wait in the final part of the queue before going into a room with more pictures on the walls and another TV screen showing clips from Jay Jay episodes as well as other Nickelodeon shows such as Dora The Explorer, Go Diego Go!, Blue's Clues, The Backyardigans and Wonder Pets.

Pre-show:
The pre-show for this attraction starts when guests enter a room where they can see a TV screen showing clips from Jay Jay episodes as well as other Nickelodeon shows such as Dora The Explorer, Go Diego Go!, Blue's Clues, The Backyardigans and Wonder Pets. Guests then go into another room where they can see more pictures on the walls before going into the final room where guests are shown a video of Tracy telling them that she is about to take them for their first flight lesson.

The ride:
Guests board one of two trains (each train has two cars) and are taken on a journey around the ride. The first part of the ride takes guests through some clouds where they can see Tracy flying in front of them before going into a room with pictures on the walls showing Jay Jay, Herky, Snuffy and Tuffy playing together. Guests then go outside again to see more planes flying around above them before going back inside for one last time to unload from their trains at an area with more pictures on the walls.

Trivia:
The ride is based on the Jay Jay The Jet Plane TV show. It opened with Nickelodeon Universe on March 15th 2008. This attraction was originally going to be called "Jay Jay's Flight School" but it was changed to just "Flight School". In 2009, this attraction closed for a few months and reopened as "Jay Jay's Flight School".