Minecraft World Theme Park Land Coming to UK Resort in 2027

The best-selling video game of all time is getting its own corner of a Greater London resort, and the people helping design it are the same YouTubers who taught millions of players how to play it. Merlin Entertainments and Mojang Studios revealed Minecraft World during Minecraft Live on March 21, 2026: a £50 million (about $70 million) theme park land set to open at Chessington World of Adventures in 2027, marking the first time Minecraft has been brought to life at a major theme park.

The land will feature a world-first Minecraft roller coaster, interactive adventures, block-built playscapes, and themed retail and dining, all drawing inspiration from the game's iconic biomes, mobs, and items. Chessington, a resort with a built-in zoo situated 35 minutes by direct train from London's Waterloo station, is operated by Merlin Entertainments, the company behind LEGOLAND, Alton Towers, and Thorpe Park, and described by Engadget as the world's second-largest theme park builder.

The £50 million Chessington project represents a portion of the broader $110 million investment in Minecraft-themed attractions across the U.S. and U.K. that Merlin first announced in November 2024. The U.S. location has not been revealed.

To make sure the land feels authentic to the game's community rather than a corporate approximation of it, Merlin and Mojang brought in Minecraft creators Grian, Aimsey, DanTDM, and LDShadowLady to help shape the design. The move matters: these are creators whose combined audiences have spent years watching Minecraft played, discussed, and built at every scale imaginable.

One thing executives were clear to rule out early: Minecraft World is not a theme-park tie-in to "A Minecraft Movie" or its upcoming 2027 sequel. Kayleen Walters, Microsoft Gaming's head of Mojang Studios and franchise development, and Angela Jobson, Merlin's senior VP of global brand marketing, told Variety that the land will be based on how players actually play the game.

"We're absolutely thrilled to be bringing Minecraft's creativity, bold adventures, and ridiculous fun to life at a theme park for the first time at Chessington World of Adventures," Jobson said. "Minecraft World will allow friends and families to play, explore and craft together on a truly epic scale."

Torfi Frans Ólafsson, senior creative director of entertainment at Mojang, framed the project as something the studio has been building toward: "Minecraft World represents a meaningful milestone in our ongoing journey to expand the Minecraft universe. We're thrilled to have partnered with Merlin Entertainments to realize a place where you can literally be in the Minecraft Overworld and have an adventure of your own with your family and friends."

Specific ride manufacturers, construction timelines beyond the 2027 target, and ticketing details have not been announced. Merlin has also not confirmed where its planned U.S. Minecraft attraction will land, leaving the other half of that $110 million pledge still without a home.