Chessington World of Adventures Resort

[Matt N]

And we won't know with Minecraft till its complete to compare it to Super Nintendo World I think could compete with the one at Universal Studios Hollywood.

I think asking Merlin’s Minecraft efforts to compare to Super Nintendo World is a tall order. Universal’s lands cost hundreds of millions of dollars each, whereas Chessington’s Minecraft land was pegged at £20m, if I’m remembering rightly? Merlin’s financial might just isn’t at the same level.

Minecraft is arguably a bit more A-list than some IPs Merlin have gone with, though, so I do wonder if that might lead to a higher level of quality.

 

[Hid]

I think asking Merlin’s Minecraft efforts to compare to Super Nintendo World is a tall order. Universal’s lands cost hundreds of millions of dollars each, whereas Chessington’s Minecraft land was pegged at £20m, if I’m remembering rightly? Merlin’s financial might just isn’t at the same level.

Minecraft is arguably a bit more A-list than some IPs Merlin have gone with, though, so I do wonder if that might lead to a higher level of quality.

Wasn't it £80 Million pledged

 

[Danny]

Wasn't it £80 Million pledged

That's for the entire package, not Chessington only.

 

[Matt N]

Wasn't it £80 Million pledged

£80m was for multiple Minecraft attractions across multiple Merlin sites. If I’m not mistaken, isn’t there a Legoland somewhere that’s rumoured to be doing a Minecraft attraction as well?