Mattel Adventure Park is an upcoming
theme park under construction in
Glendale, Arizona
Glendale () is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, located approximately northwest of Downtown Phoenix. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it had a population of 248,325.
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, a suburb in the metropolitan area of
Phoenix. It is planned to be an addition of the nearby VAI Resort. It will be the first real-world attraction to feature properties adapted from toys and games manufactured by
Mattel, as well as Arizona's first fully themed indoor/outdoor amusement park.
The park is scheduled to open on an undisclosed date in 2024.
History
The park was announced and confirmed by Mattel on their website on August 7, 2023. The Mattel website has a livestream camera to show the construction of the park in real time. Construction of the park was delayed, however Mattel confirmed that the park they would continue to plan for a soft launch in late 2024.
A second Mattel Adventure Park location in
Bonner Springs, Kansas
Bonner Springs is a city in Wyandotte, Leavenworth, and Johnson counties, Kansas, United States. It is part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 7,837. Bonner Springs was incorporated as ...
is being planned for a 2026 opening.
Areas and attractions
The park will feature two
Hot Wheels
Hot Wheels is an American brand of scale model cars introduced by American toymaker Mattel in 1968. It was the primary competitor of Matchbox until 1997, when Mattel bought Tyco Toys, then owner of Matchbox.
Many automobile manufacturers have ...
-themed roller coaster rides, called Bone Shaker and Twin Mill Racer. Bone Shaker will reach a maximum height of eighty four feet.
Other attractions include a
4D theater attraction and accompanying fully-themed beach house based on
Barbie, a complex featuring several
kiddie rides themed to
Thomas and Friends
''Thomas & Friends'' (originally known as ''Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends'' and later ''Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures!'') is a British children's television series that aired across 24 series from 1984 to 2021. Based on ''The ...
, including a train ride aboard
Thomas the Tank Engine, and a
miniature golf course with props based on classic Mattel games like
Uno and
Pictionary.
All confirmed attractions (as of November 2023) are listed below.
Roller coasters
Other rides and attractions
Location
Mattel Adventure Park will be located just south of
State Farm Stadium, home to the
Arizona Cardinals
The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in the Phoenix metropolitan area. The Cardinals compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) West division, and play t ...
, at the new VAI entertainment resort (formerly called Crystal Lagoons Island Resort), which will span sixty acres and cost one billion dollars total.
The concept for the theme park was developed in coordination with the resort's plan for expansion, whose opening will coincide with the opening of the park in 2024.
References
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Amusement parks in Arizona
Planned amusement parks
Tourist attractions in Phoenix, Arizona
Amusement parks in Phoenix, Arizona
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