{"id":1323,"date":"2026-03-22T01:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/22\/a-minecraft-theme-park-will-open-in-london-in-2027\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T01:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T17:30:00","slug":"a-minecraft-theme-park-will-open-in-london-in-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/22\/a-minecraft-theme-park-will-open-in-london-in-2027\/","title":{"rendered":"A Minecraft theme park will open in London in 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/minecraft-has-now-sold-over-300-million-copies-094225081.html\" data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\">best-selling game of all time<\/a> is moving from the virtual to the physical. Minecraft World, a permanent Greater London theme park based on the game, is scheduled to open in 2027. The announcement came during Minecraft Live 2026.<\/p>\n<p>It will be a new section in Chessington World of Adventures, a theme park with a built-in zoo. The resort is a 35-minute train ride from London&#8217;s Waterloo station.<\/p>\n<p>Details are still fairly light on the park. But we know it will include a roller coaster, &#8220;interactive adventures&#8221; and &#8220;epic block-built playscapes.&#8221; Torfi Frans \u00d3lafsson, the game franchise&#8217;s creative director, said they&#8217;re aiming for &#8220;an experience that feels immersive, authentic and welcoming.&#8221; Naturally, that will include welcoming you to open your wallet in Minecraft-themed retail and dining spots.<\/p>\n<p>The park is a collaboration between Mojang Studios and Merlin Entertainments, the world&#8217;s second-largest theme park builder. (A certain <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/entertainment\/disney-teases-an-olaf-robot-for-its-parks-151017739.html\" data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\">rodent-led empire<\/a> is first.)<\/p>\n<p>If visiting the full theme park in England isn&#8217;t your thing, the latest location of the game\u2019s (also real-world) pop-up events will open in May. Minecraft Experience: Moonlight Trail will let visitors in Buenos Aires, Argentina, go on an hour-long outdoor nighttime adventure. As its name suggests, you&#8217;ll &#8220;walk a moonlit trail\u201d through iconic Minecraft biomes. Along the way, you\u2019ll craft gear, mine diamonds, battle mobs and \u201chelp restore an ancient beacon.&#8221; The event opens in May.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d29szjachogqwa.cloudfront.net\/images\/user-uploaded\/mcv_tinytakeover_1_village_stampede_1920x1080.png\" data-crop-orig-src=\"https:\/\/d29szjachogqwa.cloudfront.net\/images\/user-uploaded\/mcv_tinytakeover_1_village_stampede_1920x1080.png\" alt=\"Screenshot from Minecraft. A character walks through a village, followed by a gaggle of babies of various species.\" data-uuid=\"2db2487d-2f96-415c-b7f3-77d6a6d4f68e\" \/><figcaption>The game&#8217;s next big drop, Tiny Takeover, arrives on Tuesday.<\/figcaption><div class=\"photo-credit\">Mojang Studios<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Not all of Minecraft Live&#8217;s announcements were about real-world empire building. <em>Minecraft<\/em>, the game, is getting some updates, too. Its next big drop, <em>Tiny Takeover<\/em>, will live up to the billing with a redesigned &#8220;cuter&#8221; look for baby mobs. The update will also add a golden dandelion, which you can feed to a baby mob to make it stay young forever. (Or, at least until you feed it a second one.) <em>Tiny Takeover<\/em> arrives on March 24.<\/p>\n<p>Mojang also teased the next drop after that. Later this year, <em>Chaos Cubed<\/em> will add a sulfur cube that changes properties when absorbing different materials. &#8220;There is a lot of variety in what the cube can do,&#8221; Mojang promises. &#8220;Just like there are balls with different &#8216;bounciness&#8217; and behavior, the sulfur cube can have different physics.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the long-rumored <em>Minecraft Dungeons II<\/em> game is official. We&#8217;re still extremely light on details about the sequel to <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/minecraft-dungeons-preview-interview-130029404.html\" data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\">the 2020 spinoff<\/a>, aside from the fact that you can wishlist it on March 21.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/a-minecraft-theme-park-will-open-in-london-in-2027-173000917.html?src=rss<\/p><p>Please credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/obagg.com\">OBA Blog<\/a> &raquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/22\/a-minecraft-theme-park-will-open-in-london-in-2027\/\">A Minecraft theme park will open in London in 2027<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The best-selling game of all time is moving from the virtual to the physical. Minecraft World, a permanent Greater London theme park based on the game, is scheduled to open in 2027. The announcement came during Minecraft Live 2026. It will be a new section in Chessington World of Adventures, a theme park with a built-in zoo. The resort is a 35-minute train ride from London&#8217;s Waterloo station. Details are still fairly light on the park. But we know it will include a roller coaster, &#8220;interactive adventures&#8221; and &#8220;epic block-built playscapes.&#8221; Torfi Frans \u00d3lafsson, the game franchise&#8217;s creative director, said they&#8217;re aiming for &#8220;an experience that feels immersive, authentic and welcoming.&#8221; Naturally, that will include welcoming you to open your wallet in Minecraft-themed retail and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-share"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}