We just returned from USF and Slime Time Live.
On Wednesday, 4/12 we walked by the line for slime time tickets at around 11:00 and there were only 5-10 people in line. We went on the nick studios tour hoping I could convince my daughter that was enough(no Luck). When we got out of that show at about 11:30 the roped off area where people line up for tickets was 3/4 full. We got in line and waited for tickets. People sit on the ground and wait. We met lots of people. Everyone takes turns going to get drinks ect. They told us that tickets would be given out at 2:00pm and the rule was 1 ticket per person in line. (NO FOTL HERE) There was an age requirement, but I'm sure a 6 yr old next to me in line got in. At about 1:30 they started asking for kids ages 9-12 who wanted to be contestants to line up on the curb opposite the line shoulder to shoulder. Parents stayed in ticket line to secure their spot. They auditioned kids (they said they were looking for loud energetic kids)by first having them yell their name,as a woman walked by. She had the kids she liked step forward and gave them a slip of paper. They excused the others and repeated the process 3 or 4 more times having the kids yell slime time, cheer,ect. In the end they picked 9 kids for the day. The surprising thing was my daughter was among them. It was now 2:00 and we were given papers to fill out and tild to return at 2:45.(I know the did much the same for the older kids after this.)
We quickly returned to the Hard Rock Hotel and called my parents at home to tape the program.(nick does not have tapes available)
We returned at 2:45 and went inside with the kids. They asked them questions about favorite food, shows interests ect. and took their pictures for the nick website. Then they gave them all clothes to change into.(even underwear in case they get slimed) We had to go sit in the audience at 3:00 but they brought the kids out in groups and kept the others in a tent in the shade until it was their turn. My daughter was in the second group. She did not get picked to be in the slime chair. After their segment is over,the go change back into their own clothes. They do not get to keep the Slime Time shirts. They were given a nick paddle w/ball attached, and a nick magazine. The kids that get in the chair but do not get slimed get a shirt. The kids who get slimed get a scooter that is delivered to them in 2-3 months.
By the time we were allowed to leave the audience it was about 5:00pm. We went and bought our slime time shirts and returned to the hotel.
Was it worth it? Both my daughter 10 and my 7 yr old son who got to sit in the front row and was on TV almost as much as his sister would yes.
I think it was and experience they will never forget, but I could have enjoyed my last day of vacation much more in other ways.
