Collin County kids get early look at Universal Kids Resort in Frisco

Staff lined the entrance at Universal Kids Resort to greet nearly 400 children from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Collin County a day before the Frisco park opened to the public. The preview, held June 24, gave local kids an early look at one of North Texas’ largest new attractions before the first paying guests arrived.

Universal Kids Resort is scheduled to open July 1, 2026, in Frisco, and Universal says the property is designed specifically for families with young children. Its public materials say the park will include seven themed lands built around DreamWorks, Illumination and Nickelodeon properties, along with an on-site 300-room hotel. The company also set aside six preview days, running June 24 through June 29, before opening day.

For the Boys & Girls Clubs of Collin County, the visit put a large regional entertainment project within reach of children from across the area. The organization says it impacts more than 15,000 children and teenagers in Collin County and surrounding communities, making the resort visit a visible example of how the park can touch local families before it begins pulling in broader tourism traffic.

The timing also fits into a longer rollout that Frisco has been building toward for more than two years. The city’s theme-park page says the concept was proposed in January 2023, officially introduced in December 2023 and later updated in 2025 with details about the themed lands. City posts have framed the project as a major addition to Frisco’s mix of sports, family entertainment and large-scale destination development.

That makes the June 24 preview more than a simple first look. It showed how Universal Kids Resort is being introduced to Collin County: not only as a commercial attraction, but as a place trying to build early ties with the families and youth groups most likely to shape its local reputation. The preview also offered a test case for access, with a select group of children seeing the park before the summer crowds arrive and before the resort starts competing for visitor dollars across North Texas.