{"id":328501,"date":"2026-03-23T18:00:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T18:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/minecraft-is-becoming-a-real-life-uk-theme-park-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T18:00:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T18:00:20","slug":"minecraft-is-becoming-a-real-life-uk-theme-park-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/minecraft-is-becoming-a-real-life-uk-theme-park-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Minecraft is becoming a real life UK theme park | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/vFJxyllkZS0\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Minecraft is becoming a real life UK theme park | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vFJxyllkZS0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Minecraft is becoming a real\u2011life theme park.<\/p>\n<p>A new \u00a350 million land called Minecraft World is being built at Chessington World of Adventures, bringing the game\u2019s biomes, mobs and adventures into the real world for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>The land will feature the world\u2019s first Minecraft rollercoaster, a fully immersive walk\u2011into\u2011the\u2011game experience, and the largest Minecraft retail store anywhere. Mojang says the project is part of expanding Minecraft beyond the game, following the huge success of the Minecraft movie.<\/p>\n<p>Georgia Levy-Collins from Newsbeat speaks to the people behind the project to find out how it came together, what fans can expect in 2027, and why Merlin welcomes competition from Universal Studios UK.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our channel here: https:\/\/bbc.in\/bbcnews <\/p>\n<p>For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com\/news #Minecraft #ThemeParks #BBCGaming #bbcnews <\/p>\n<p>00:00 Minecraft World has been announced!<br \/>\n00:09 Intro<br \/>\n00:50 World first Minecraft rollercoaster<br \/>\n01:51 What is it going to feel like when you step into the world?<br \/>\n02:31 What&#8217;s going to be there?<br \/>\n03:27 Will people keep coming back?<br \/>\n04:14 Universal Studios UK competition<br \/>\n04:58 What does Mojang get out of this?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minecraft is becoming a real\u2011life theme park. 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The land will feature the world\u2019s first Minecraft rollercoaster, a fully immersive walk\u2011into\u2011the\u2011game experience, and the largest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":328502,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128810],"tags":[129894,149929,149930],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-328501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bbc-news","tag-becoming","tag-minecraft","tag-real-life"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Minecraft is becoming a real life UK theme park | BBC News | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Minecraft is becoming a real life UK theme park | BBC News for free, here on News ISC. 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