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Mattel Adventure Park | Kansas City | Theme Park | 2026

Niles

Niles

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Well looks like we have another one.
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The all-new, family-friendly themed entertainment destination is set to open in 2026, with plans to break ground later this year.

Seems to sound very similar to the Arizona one with two coasters, RCDB stating both are from Chance with one being a Hyper GT-X.

Some other attractions named are, Barbie-themed flying theater, He-Man vs. Skeletor Laser Tag, Thomas & Friends rides and more.

Source: https://corporate.mattel.com/news/mattel-adventure-park-kansas-city-set-for-2026-opening
 
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this is also the main proposal for where the chiefs would move if they dont pass whatever tax crap their trying to do over on the missouri side right now. i was wondering if kc had capacity for another theme park but honestly it makes sense in this kind of context---even before there was all this stuff my family would take us out to legends just to **** around and go to the t rex cafe (rip)

cheers
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So bloody hell, turns out this is not just a theme park but a whole resort...

Epic Resorts are pretty much importing their ongoing Arizona project over to Kansas City and calling it Destination KCK. Park and coasters pretty much looks like a copy paste of those in Arizona. Project is fairly extensive and interesting to consider, but no way it'll be ready by... checks notes... 2026. Kansas City will be hosting six FIFA matches so perhaps the timeline is a way to build hype, but it's certain that none of this development will be ready by then.
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Changa said:
The amount of parking is just insane. America's car laws are such an influential oddity.
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I went to visit a friend at The Florida Institute of Technology (genuine known as FIT) in the early 2010s.

It's been fixed now but at the time their campus was split either side of a main road. There was no way to cross this main road via crossing or bridge, instead students were expected to either drive down to the next intersection then back up to the carpark on the other side of the road or catch a shuttle bus once every half hour that did the same thing.

It's the most American thing I had ever seen 😂
 
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Latest word from the developers. Gist is they’ve secured the land and are under contract to purchase it;
An Arizona-based developer says it has secured enough land to create a $490 million entertainment hub in Bonner Springs.
Epic Resort Destinations is the developer for Destination KCK, a massive entertainment campus planned west of the Kansas Speedway that is to include a Mattel theme park along with hotels, restaurants and other attractions. In response to an inquiry from the Kansas City Business Journal, Epic Resort Destinations CEO Glen Bilbo said the company is under contract to purchase the land needed for the project.

“Destination KCK has secured approximately 180 acres of land in Bonner Springs and is currently in escrow, navigating the entitlement process. We cannot wait to move forward with construction to bring this exciting entertainment destination to Wyandotte County!,” Bilbo stated in an email.
The project is expected to cover roughly 180 acres at the southwest corner of State Avenue and 118th Street. Destination KCK would be positioned between Wyandotte County Park to the west and Urban Outfitters’ $403 million distribution center to the east.

In April, the Bonner Springs City Council approved the creation of a sales tax revenue (STAR) bond district to support the project. STAR bonds help fund the development of new entertainment and tourism attractions throughout Kansas, and are paid off using sales tax revenue from the completed development.
County property records show no new deeds had been filed within the footprint of the project as of Friday. Jenn Joseph, a spokesperson for the project, declined to identify which addresses within the 180-acre project boundary currently are under contract.
Wyandotte County property records show approximately four properties sit within the proposed project boundary, based on the STAR bond application. According to county records those properties include:
  • 9.2 acres at 12301 State Ave.
  • 18.4 acres at 12215 State Ave.
  • 71.8 acres at 11801 State Ave.
  • 79.8 acres at 720 N. 118th St.
The Destination KCK park will have eight distinct entertainment areas centered around a 10-acre, manmade lake. Preliminary plans for the development include a $115 million Mattel Adventure Park, a theme park with attractions including a "larger-than-life" Barbie Beach House, Hot Wheels-themed roller coasters and other areas based on toys like He-Man and Thomas the Tank Engine. Also in the plans are a $73 million hotel and conference center, a $13.5 million year-round Christmas Village, a $20.5 million RV resort as well as additional hotels, restaurants and retail spaces.
Last week the Bonner Springs Planning Commission approved a request from Bilbo to amend the city’s long-term land use plan for the property at 720 N. 118th St.
The site previously was part of the proposed Bonner Crossingdevelopment that never materialized. It was zoned for light industrial last year. The developer now is asking for the property be reclassified from industrial back to mixed-use for the Mattel Adventure Park.
The Bonner Springs City Council is scheduled to review the developer’s request on Aug. 12. If the amended land-use plan is approved by the City Council, the developer must submit an official rezoning request as part of the planning process.
Epic Resort Destinations is developing the first Mattel Adventure Park in Glendale, Arizona. The 9-acre project is scheduled to open later this year, according to the Phoenix Business Journal. The Mattel park in Bonner Springs is set to open in 2026.
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Per an interview with Cindy Emerick, VP of Attraction Design, the coasters will probably be custom layouts. Compared to the Arizona location there should be more attractions outdoors, perhaps maybe a third coaster, nothing's really clear but the key words are different and more outdoors. Indoor attractions shouldn't differ much from Arizona though.

Had a closer look at the artwork provided above, not sure how final this design is (coasters are the clone layouts) but perhaps there's a small water coaster thrown in here?
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A few key details from a recent interview;
The real delta between the two parks is that we are planning on bringing four roller coasters to Kansas.
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[Will include Arizona's] “gravity-defying” Hot Wheels coasters, named ‘Hot Wheels Bone Shaker: The Ultimate Ride’ and ‘Hot Wheels Twin Mill Racer’. The former is an 84-foot-tall family coaster featuring the hot rod skull design. The latter offers a double loop and two corkscrews.
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A nice tidbit on Twin Mill Racer's energy-efficient launch system;
“Electrically, we roughly take in 200 amps, and by using a very efficient energy management system with a lithium-ion battery storage, we find ourselves with one of the most efficient launching coasters in the world. It recharges at night, when the cost of electricity is cheaper, but we’ve really pushed the envelope here: with 200 amps in and 2,000 amps out through this innovative energy management system, well, we are making magic. We are proud to be working with partners like Force Engineering out of the UK, and we are saving money and energy.”
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And a bit of ambition for thought;
Kansas City is underway, and our real business objective is to roll out at least six Epic Resort Destination properties across the United States in the next 10 years.
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