While Universal Kids Resort will officially open on July 1st, we’re at the park right now to experience it early! This is Universal’s first Texas theme park, featuring some of the most popular children’s characters, including SpongeBob, Shrek, and more.
Universal Kids Resort
The park has seven brand-new lands – Isle of Curiosity, Shrek’s Swamp, Puss in Boots Del Mar, Minions vs. Minions: Bello Bay Club, Jurassic World Adventure Camp, TrollsFest, and SpongeBob SquarePants Bikini Bottom – and we’re taking you with us through all of them!
Universal Kids Resort is a brand-new theme park located in Frisco, Texas, a suburb north of Dallas. It’s aimed at families with young children, with family-friendly characters, rides, and food, but we think it’s fun for both kids and kids-at-heart!
Universal Kids Resort
Universal Kids Resort features seven different lands themed after Shrek, SpongeBob SquarePants, Minions, Trolls, and Jurassic World. There are over 3o new attractions, dozens of new restaurants, seven new gift shops, one new show, and a whole lot more. There’s plenty to see and do, and we’re taking you along for the ride!
©Universal
We started by heading to the hotel, where we were blown away by the bright colors.
Come on in!
We also got to meet a few characters while we were there.
Hi there!
The Standard Room was built perfectly for families, and we think there’s going to be some arguments about who gets the top bunk.
Standard Hotel Room
We were not going to skip out on the pool, either. It was no entry, so anyone could walk right in, and we enjoyed lounging around and soaking in the Texas heat.
The pool
No, really. The pool might be our favorite part of the whole hotel.
The pool
FULL TOUR OF THE BRAND-NEW UNIVERSAL KIDS RESORT HOTEL
Now that we’re in, let’s check out the rest of this park!
SpongeBob SquarePants: Bikini Bottom
For our first land of the day, we had to hang out at SpongeBob SquarePants: Bikini Bottom! The land has six attractions. First, we rode Barnacle Bus, which took us on a tour of Bikini Bottom, taking in the sights and familiar faces from Goofy Goober’s to Glovey Glove and SpongeBob’s loyal pet, Gary the Snail.
Barnacle Bus
We were super excited to ride Mrs. Puff’s Boating School. We had our undersea boating license ready and rode on through. Luckily, we stayed on the road a little easier than SpongeBob.
Mrs. Puff’s Boating School
Look at Bobbing Barrels! Patrick was waving us in, and with the hot Texas sunshine, we were ready for a cooler water ride.
Bobbing Barrels
We also checked out some of the photo ops around!
Photo ops
There’s also a brand-new restaurant called Goofy Goober’s that serves the iconic Goofy Goober Sundaes.
Goofy Goober’s
Yes, dreams came true the minute we held them in our hands. It felt just like the cartoon!
IT’S GORGEOUS!
We’ll keep you updated throughout the day for a full tour of Universal Kids Resort. Stay tuned to Disney Food Blog for more Universal Kids Resort news!
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