Barbie’s Seashore Home is coming to Kansas Metropolis, Kansas.
Mattel and Epic Resort Locations revealed Monday that they may open a second Mattel Journey Park location in Bonner Springs, Kansas — a city within the Kansas Metropolis metro space — in 2026. This information comes lower than a yr after the duo introduced the world’s first Mattel Adventure Park will open in Glendale, Arizona, in 2024 as a part of the upcoming Vai Resort.
“We’re proud and excited to announce Kansas Metropolis, Kansas, because the second themed leisure vacation spot location for Mattel Journey Park, an Epic Resort Locations licensing partnership with Mattel,” Mark Cornell, president of Epic Resort Locations, stated in a press launch. “We’re bringing Mattel’s powerhouse manufacturers to life by means of state-of-the-art expertise and fascinating experiences. This new vacation spot is certain to supply infinite enjoyable for the entire household.”
Primarily based on what we all know to this point, it looks like each parks have comparable choices. The discharge saying the brand new location states that Mattel Journey Park Kansas Metropolis will supply the identical “extremely anticipated points of interest” as Mattel Journey Park Glendale. These points of interest embrace two Scorching Wheels curler coasters referred to as Scorching Wheels Bone Shaker: The Final Experience and Scorching Wheels Twin Mill Racer.
Scorching Wheels Bone Shaker: The Final Experience is a family-friendly coaster that can climb to a top of 84 ft and can characteristic the basic Scorching Wheels sizzling rod cranium design. With its double loop and two corkscrew maneuvers, thrill seekers will love the Scorching Wheels Twin Mill Racer coaster.
Mattel Journey Park Kansas Metropolis may even have a He-Man versus Skeletor laser tag enviornment designed to appear to be Fortress Grayskull, an 18-hole miniature golf course impressed by basic Mattel video games like Magic 8 Ball and Pictionary, and an Uno-themed play space.
Youthful guests will benefit from the “Thomas & Mates” space with 5 rides and points of interest, together with an indoor play house.
Kens and Barbies of all ages will really feel proper at dwelling on the park’s larger-than-life Barbie Seashore Home. This interactive attraction will characteristic a Barbie Dream Closet Expertise that makes use of hologram expertise to carry Barbie to life. It will even have a Barbie-themed flying theater and a Barbie-themed rooftop restaurant and bar.
“Mattel Journey Park Kansas Metropolis will carry our iconic manufacturers to life with epic curler coasters, family-friendly points of interest, an immersive theatre, themed eating, and a lot extra,” stated Josh Silverman, chief franchise officer at Mattel. “We’re thrilled to develop these themed leisure locations and invite new followers to expertise the world of Mattel in all-new methods as they create lasting recollections with family members.”
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Along with Glendale’s Mattel Journey Park, there may be an upcoming Peppa Pig theme park in Dallas and a Universal theme park designed for young kids coming to Frisco, Texas. Mattel Journey Park Kansas Metropolis is the newest in a development towards smaller, family-friendly theme parks dubbed micro parks. These parks are smaller than conventional theme parks and do not require the identical degree of planning, cash or time to get pleasure from. This leaves time to expertise different space points of interest and actions throughout your trip.
Control TPG for updates on all of those parks. You too can go to the Mattel Adventure Park website for an up-to-date checklist of points of interest and extra particulars on the progress at each Mattel theme parks.
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