Minecraft is getting its own hotel and theme park area in the UK

Minecraft is getting a permanent home at Chessington World of Adventures, and this one goes far beyond another themed ride. A new Minecraft World area is set to open at the UK theme park in 2027, bringing a dedicated hotel, a rollercoaster named Escape the Nether, shops, food venues and interactive attractions. The project carries a reported £50 million price tag and turns a sizeable section of Chessington into a physical version of Mojang Studios’ block-built game. It’s a big move for Minecraft outside PCs, consoles and phones. Rather than placing Steve and Creepers around an existing attraction, Chessington is building an entire area around Minecraft’s familiar visual language.

Minecraft World takes over a full section of Chessington

Minecraft World will replace Chessington’s former Wild Asia area. Construction is already under way, so this isn’t a distant concept sitting on presentation slides. The new zone will use Minecraft biomes, mobs, blocks and structures across its rides and public areas. Visitors can expect play spaces, food outlets, shops and interactive sections alongside the main attractions.

There’s an obvious advantage here. Minecraft’s blocky visual style translates cleanly into physical spaces. Giant cubes, pixel textures and recognisable creatures can be recreated without needing realistic scenery or complicated visual tricks. For Chessington, it gives the park a sizeable new branded area rather than a single licensed attraction dropped into an existing section.

The Minecraft World Hotel has 69 rooms

The hotel is one of the more unusual parts of the project. Minecraft World Hotel will span four floors and contain 69 rooms. Of those, 49 will be standard rooms and 20 will sit in a premium category. Room designs will pull directly from Minecraft. Plans include pixel-style walls, block-shaped lighting, themed furniture and references to familiar objects and creatures from the game.

Rooms are being arranged with families in mind. Adult sleeping areas will sit alongside separate spaces for children, giving the building more in common with existing theme-park resort hotels than a conventional city hotel wearing Minecraft wallpaper. The theming continues outside the bedrooms.

Corridors are planned around mine-shaft designs, lifts will use game-inspired interiors and the lobby will feature Minecraft characters and mining equipment. Food and drink gets the same treatment. A Deep Sea Diner takes cues from underwater sections of Minecraft, and a hotel bar uses the Woodland Mansion as its visual reference. It sounds extensive. More useful details, such as room prices and booking dates, haven’t been released yet.

Escape the Nether is Minecraft’s rollercoaster

The headline ride is Escape the Nether, a rollercoaster built around Minecraft’s fiery Nether dimension. Riders will board minecart-style vehicles before travelling through indoor and outdoor sections. Steve and Alex form part of the story, with Nether creatures, lava-heavy scenery and familiar game elements appearing along the route.

Minecraft and minecarts have always been an easy pairing, so a coaster makes sense. Technical information remains limited. Chessington hasn’t published the ride’s speed, height, track length, capacity or height restrictions. Those numbers will matter, especially for anyone trying to work out where Escape the Nether sits beside the park’s existing rides. For now, the focus sits firmly on the Minecraft theme rather than coaster specifications.

£50 million is going into the new area

Minecraft World represents a £50 million investment in Chessington World of Adventures. Escape the Nether and the hotel take centre stage, but neither stands alone. The development covers interactive attractions, play areas, food, retail and physical recreations of Minecraft creatures and environments.

It marks a different approach from short-term game events or temporary branded attractions. Minecraft World is being built as a permanent section of the resort, complete with its own accommodation.

For Mojang Studios, it puts Minecraft into another form of entertainment without changing the basic design people recognise from the game. For Chessington, it adds a major new area tied to one of gaming’s biggest names.

Minecraft World opens in 2027

Chessington has set Minecraft World and Minecraft World Hotel for a 2027 opening, but there’s no exact date yet. Several practical details remain missing too. Hotel pricing hasn’t been announced, reservations aren’t open, and full specifications for Escape the Nether are still under wraps.

More information should arrive as construction progresses. What’s already clear is the scale. This isn’t one Minecraft ride sitting in a corner of the park. Chessington is building a hotel, a coaster and a complete themed area around the game, making Minecraft World one of its largest additions planned for 2027.