World’s first Minecraft hotel to open in UK in 2027 with rollercoaster, themed rooms and Nether portal
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Minecraft fans will soon be able to sleep inside the bestselling video game as a new four-storey hotel prepares to open at Chessington.
Minecraft fans are set to get the ultimate gaming getaway when the world’s first Minecraft hotel opens in the UK in 2027.
The four-storey hotel will form part of a huge new Minecraft-themed land at Chessington World of Adventures in south-west London.
The £50 million project, created by Merlin Entertainments and Minecraft developer Mojang Studios, will also feature the world’s first Minecraft-themed rollercoaster, themed shops and a selection of gaming-inspired places to eat and drink.
The Minecraft World Hotel will feature 69 rooms, including 20 premium rooms and 49 standard rooms, with the entire building designed to make guests feel as though they have stepped straight inside the blocky world of the game.
Fans can expect rooms and corridors inspired by Minecraft’s most famous biomes, mobs and items, alongside blocky trees, animals, mine tunnel corridors and lifts.
There will even be an underwater-themed restaurant, while a bar will take inspiration from the game’s Woodland Mansion.
Developers have also revealed new footage showing the Minecraft World theme park taking shape, with tracks already installed for the eagerly anticipated Escape The Nether rollercoaster.
The ride will begin with guests racing through dark underground mines before bursting out through a Nether portal into the Overworld-themed section of the attraction.
Daisy Mercedes, creative producer at Merlin Entertainments, said the hotel would allow fans not only to experience Minecraft in real life but to “sleep inside it”.
She added that every room, corridor and detail had been designed with the game and its community in mind.
Mojang Studios creative lead Filip Keatley Thoms said bringing Minecraft into the physical world had presented an “entirely new” creative challenge.
The aim, he said, was to create an experience that felt authentically Minecraft while allowing guests to experience the game in a completely different way.
Minecraft is the bestselling video game of all time and has millions of players around the world.
The franchise has already made the jump to the big screen with A Minecraft Movie, which became the highest-grossing film at the UK and Ireland box office in 2025.
Now, fans will be able to go one step further – by actually checking into Minecraft for the night.