A household of lovely pink pigs is making themselves proper at house in Texas, and so they cannot wait so that you can come over and bounce up and down in muddy puddles with them.
On Saturday, Merlin Entertainments opened the nation’s second Peppa Pig Theme Park within the Dallas-Fort Value space, following the success of the first location in Winter Haven, Florida.
The brand new Peppa Pig Theme Park is in North Richland Hills, a northeastern suburb of Fort Value. It is subsequent door to the 17-acre NRH2O Household Water Park and fewer than half-hour from the Legoland Discovery Heart and the Sea Life Grapevine aquarium.
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“Merlin Entertainments’ alternative to carry an iconic kids’s tv character to life in a theme park is really particular. We’re not solely liable for constructing this lovely park, but additionally for preserving the magic of Peppa Pig on this immersive expertise for little ones. We hope households will create recollections of a lifetime right here,” chief government officer of Merlin Entertainments Fiona Eastwood mentioned on the grand opening occasion on Feb. 28.
Tickets to Peppa Pig Theme Park begin at $27.99 per particular person and embody one free digital picture obtain and one free digital video obtain. There are additionally packages that embody Peppa Pig ears and different collectible gadgets, and annual passes can be found for $99 per particular person. Kids beneath 2 years of age don’t require a ticket to go to the park.
As a result of the park is close to different Melin-owned points of interest, combo tickets that embody admission to Peppa Pig World of Play Dallas, Legoland Discovery Heart and the Sea Life Grapevine aquarium are additionally out there.
Peppa Pig Theme Park’s Texas location has 5 rides, a water play space and a great deal of actions designed only for youngsters. Daddy Pig’s Curler Coaster is an ideal first curler coaster for little ones however could even make dad and mom set free a squeal or two. The opposite rides embody Peppa Pig’s Balloon Journey, Grandad Canine’s Pirate Boat Journey, Grampy Rabbit’s Dinosaur Journey and Mr. Bull’s Excessive Striker.
In between rides, youngsters can go to play areas throughout the park, such because the Muddy Puddles Splash Pad (carry a swimsuit and a towel to dry off after), a bicycle and tricycle path, a playground, and a Enjoyable Truthful with free carnival video games and character meet-and-greets. Eating is accessible at Miss Rabbit’s Diner, with kid-friendly menu gadgets like pizza, sandwiches and “muddy puddle milkshakes.”
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Like different Merlin-owned points of interest, the brand new Peppa Pig Theme Park emphasizes accessibility. Many rides and factors of curiosity have been designed with wheelchair customers in thoughts; the park additionally has accreditation by means of the Worldwide Board of Credentialing and Persevering with Schooling Requirements as a Licensed Autism Heart, which means workers members have sensory consciousness coaching, and every attraction has a sensory information for folks.
What units Peppa Pig Theme Park other than different parks is that it’s particularly geared towards youthful youngsters. Kids will not need to be caught within the stroller shuffling from trip to trip all day lengthy. Peppa Pig Theme Park is sufficiently small and laid out so that youngsters can run round and discover (whereas their dad and mom try and sustain with them).
Its smaller measurement additionally means you may expertise your entire park in at some point, making Peppa Pig Theme Park the most recent in a development towards smaller and extra reasonably priced “micro parks,” such because the Common Youngsters Resort theme park additionally beneath improvement in Texas.
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