Minecraft World Theme Park With Its Own Roller Coaster Is Coming in 2027
A physical Minecraft World theme park is opening in 2027 at Chessington World of Adventures near London — partnered with theme park operator Merlin Entertainments and backed by a £50 million (approximately RM297 million) investment. The park will feature a dedicated roller coaster, marking the IP’s first full-scale theme park installation.
The announcement represents a significant expansion of the Minecraft brand beyond digital products. Minecraft is one of the best-selling media franchises in history, with over 300 million copies sold across all platforms as of 2023 (Microsoft).
Minecraft World: What the Theme Park Will Include
Minecraft World at Chessington World of Adventures will be a permanent, fully immersive theme park land inspired by the game’s most iconic biomes, mobs, and items. Merlin Entertainments — the operator behind Legoland, Alton Towers, and Thorpe Park — is the operating partner building the experience.
The Roller Coaster
A world-first Minecraft-themed roller coaster is the headline attraction confirmed so far. Concept art released alongside the announcement shows the park translating the franchise’s block-based aesthetic — Overworld biomes, the mob roster, the Nether and End dimensions — into physical ride design. The roller coaster is positioned as the anchor ride within the wider Chessington land.
Location: Chessington World of Adventures, Greater London
Chessington World of Adventures sits in Greater London, approximately 30 km southwest of central London. It is accessible by train from London Waterloo (Chessington South station). For SEA visitors travelling to the UK, Chessington is a day trip from central London — a realistic addition to any itinerary that includes London.
The £50 million budget places Minecraft World among the larger single-land investments Merlin Entertainments has made in recent years, comparable in scale to the Lego Mythica expansion at Legoland Windsor.
Opening Window: 2027
The 2027 opening date places Minecraft World on a roughly two-year development horizon from announcement. Theme park constructions of this scale typically require that lead time for design, safety certification, and soft-opening preparation.
What This Means for Minecraft Fans
For players, a dedicated Minecraft theme park signals the brand’s ambition to extend beyond gaming and the Netflix animated series into physical entertainment. It follows a broader trend of gaming IP moving into theme park experiences — Nintendo’s Super Nintendo World has operated in Japan since 2021 and opened in Hollywood in 2023, demonstrating the commercial viability of the format.
The question for SEA fans is relevance of location. Chessington is a UK park — SEA visitors would need to travel to London to access it. However, the Merlin Entertainments partnership is significant: Merlin also operates Legoland Malaysia in Johor Bahru and has a growing Asia-Pacific footprint. Whether the Minecraft brand expands into Asian Merlin parks post-2027 is a question that will become more relevant as Chessington’s Minecraft World approaches launch.
What the Theme Park Could Look Like
Minecraft’s visual identity is uniquely suited to physical construction. The blocky, primary-coloured aesthetic translates naturally to large-scale park design, merchandising, and interactive exhibit formats. Merlin’s concept art shows multiple attraction zones themed to different biomes, with the roller coaster as the centrepiece. Expect significant food and merchandise integration — that is the economic model that makes a £50 million theme park investment viable.
What Happens Next
Merlin Entertainments and Mojang are expected to release further construction updates and attraction reveals through 2026 as the project moves into its public-facing phase. The Chessington website has already opened a sign-up page for Minecraft World updates.
GamesHarbour will update this article when additional attraction details, ticket pricing, and any Asia-Pacific expansion plans are confirmed.
Source: Merlin Entertainments official announcement — Minecraft World at Chessington, March 2026
Image: Mojang Studios / Microsoft
