Minecraft: The blocky look is coming to an amusement park for the first time
Minecraft is considered one of the best-selling games in the world. Now it is also set to find its way into an amusement park.
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For the first time, an amusement park is to receive Minecraft attractions. “Chessington World of Adventures”, southwest of London, is considered one of the largest amusement parks in Great Britain and, in addition to a zoo, already has themed worlds in the style of Jumanji and Paw Patrol. In cooperation with Mojang Studios, the operator now wants to add “Minecraft World” to the amusement park.
The companies are planning, among other things, “the first ever Minecraft rollercoaster, the world’s biggest Minecraft shop, tasty Minecraft-themed food” and further attractions, as the Minecraft development studio Mojang announced at the weekend. The construction of “Minecraft World” will cost 50 million British pounds (about 58 million euros), Merlin Entertainments also writes in a press release. The Minecraft attractions are expected to open as early as 2027. For “that feeling of entering the game for the first time – But this time in real life”, the companies are working closely with English-speaking Minecraft YouTubers.
(Image: Mojang/Merlin)
As early as 2024, Mojang Studios and Merlin Entertainments announced that they would work together on “location-based attractions”. At that time, investments of 85 million British pounds (about 98 million euros) were mentioned for attractions in the United Kingdom and the USA. According to information from the BBC, corresponding discussions between the companies can be traced back eight years.
More than a video game
Minecraft has already been sold over 300 million times worldwide, making it one of the most successful video games. However, the Microsoft subsidiary Mojang has been expanding the brand beyond the actual game for some time. Just a few months ago, a sequel to the Minecraft film, released in 2025, was announced. The streaming studio also announced a Minecraft series on Netflix in 2024 together with Mojang.
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Bringing a video game into the real world as an amusement park is not an entirely new concept. In 2021, “Super Nintendo World” opened as part of Universal Studios Japan. At the beginning of this year, the “Pokepark Kanto,” an amusement park in the style of the Pokemon games, opened its gates in Japan – just in time for the 30th Pokemon anniversary.
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