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North Texas children will soon be able to play in the world of animated TV icon Peppa Pig. The Peppa Pig Theme Park, based on the animated children’s series that debuted in 2004, will open in North Richland Hills early next year.
Peppa Pig is the most famous British pig since A.A. Milne created Piglet. The series is so popular among the elementary-school-and-under demographic that American parents have reported changes in their children’s speech to an acquired British accent and vocabulary. (Maybe this is why Stewie from Family Guy favors the queen’s English; he watched too much BBC.)
The animated pig is also confusing Quora users, who ask, “Are Muslim children allowed to watch Peppa Pig or is considered Haram?”
The theme park was due to open later this year, but that was postponed. This week, a new opening date was announced for March 1, 2025.
The park will include splash pads, interactive features and five rides. It adds to a growing series of Peppa Theme Parks including a location in Florida and one in Germany. It also adds to a growing list of amusement parks in North Texas, including a water park in Garland called Surf & Swim, and the Universal Studios Park in Frisco, both scheduled to open in 2026.
A basic admission pass to the Peppa Pig Park will cost $27.99. Presale tickets will be available in November.
The North Richlands Hills attraction isn’t even open yet but it already has bad reviews – at least from PETA. The animal rights nonprofit, as we reported in May, has an issue with the theme park’s food, which will include meat-based options.
As we wrote in May, PETA sent a letter to Hasbro and Merlin Entertainments: “The letter, penned by PETA senior director Danielle Katz, begins with words of gratitude to the long-running Peppa Pig cartoon for ‘showing the world that pigs aren’t sources of bacon but individuals with emotions and unique personalities’ before ranting about the perceived hypocrisy of selling meat and dairy products in the park.
‘You clearly recognize the irony of selling pig meat,’ Katz writes, referring to the absence of pork products at the existing Peppa Pig Theme Park in Florida. ‘So why sell products made from other exploited animals like Carol Cow or Mrs. Cow?'”
Despite PETA’s protests, the theme park has not responded with any dietary updates. The Florida park’s menu includes a smoked brisket melt, grilled cheese sandwiches and something that sounds so worth it even though no amount of Lactaid could help you digest it: the “muddy puddle milkshake.” However, vegans can still … pig out … on meals such as the “exotic grains bowl.”
