Has SpongeBob SquarePants Displaced Mickey Mouse? How To Stay In SpongeBob's Home At Bikini Bottom
Has SpongeBob SquarePants Displaced Mickey Mouse? How To Stay In SpongeBob's Home At Bikini Bottom
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Children and parents alike, by now, are familiar with the unmistakable television theme song, performed by Patrick Pinney, which opens an animated show by asking: “Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?”
“SpongeBob SquarePants,” is the enthusiastic, boisterous reply of children on the show and watching in their living rooms. Nickelodeon, too, is thrilled by SpongeBob, since the cartoon character, created by marine biologist Stephen Hillenburg, is the modern Mickey Mouse. The show has been the network’s highest-rated ever since its’ 1999 debut and has generated more than $8-billion in merchandising revenue. Long before Walt Disney could know the full extent of the amazing, eventual worldwide growth of his amusement parks and movie studio, he stated, “It all started with a mouse.” In the case of Nickelodeon, it all started with a snarky sponge and who works as a fry cook at the “Krusty Krab” and pals around with a starfish named Patrick, who lives under a rock just down from SpongeBob’s octopus neighbor “Squidward.”      
Until now, SpongeBob’s watery world has been a pretty tough setting to visit, but this summer that will change when Nickelodeon Hotels and Resorts invites parents and their children to stay in his undersea “Pineapple Villa” in the Dominican Republic at Punta Cana.
Nickelodeon Hotels and Resorts invites parents and their children to stay in his undersea “Pineapple Villa”
The opening will be Nickelodeon’s first international hotel property (operated by Karisma Hotels and Resorts), and SpongeBob SquarePants will serve as the cable network’s de-facto ambassador.   
“The Pineapple Villa combines sleek modern design with fun for Nickelodeon fans and luxury resort lovers alike,” says Armando Chomat, Executive V.P. of Sales and Marketing for Karisma Hotels and Resorts. “It’s inspired by SpongeBob SquarePants’ own home in Bikini Bottom and is as stylish as it is playful.”
Chomat insists the Pineapple Villa will allow parents to be a hero to their kids and still enjoy an upscale vacation because SpongeBob apparently lives better than the cartoon indicates: Bikini Bottom’s most famous address, 124 Conch Street, will have two bedrooms and three bathrooms with 2,292 square-feet of indoor and outdoor living area.
The cartoon immersion begins immediately as guests enter the pineapple-shaped fiberglass structure through a special, replica foyer and soon recognize the color palate, textures, décor and furnishings replicate iconic pieces from SpongeBob’s undersea home.