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Beast Land refers to a temporary theme park in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, opened by YouTuber MrBeast on November 13th, 2025, as part of the entertainment festival Riyadh Season 2025-2026. Beast Land was advertised as a real-world actualization of MrBeast challenges seen in his viral videos. MrBeast's Beast Land inspired controversy online. Some users believed that Beast Land's Saudi Arabian location was problematic, due to the country's reported use of indentured migrant workers for construction projects. In memes, Beast Land was humorously portrayed as dangerous and poorly made.

History

On May 1st, 2025, Saudi government official Turki Al-Sheikh shared a post on his Instagram^[1] account @turki, announcing that YouTuber MrBeast had signed with Riyadh Season, an annual entertainment festival in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,^[2] to "bring world class experiences like MrBeast Park and epic challenges to Saudi Arabia for the first time." The post gained over 490,500 likes in six months.

On September 28th, Turki Al-Sheikh uploaded a YouTube^[3] video on his channel, promoting Riyadh Season 2025-2026 and Beast Land with YouTubers IShowSpeed and KSI. Over two months, the video received roughly 2.1 million views.

On November 6th, 2025, the YouTube^[4] channels for Turki Al-Sheikh and Riyadh Season uploaded a Short with MrBeast, again promoting Beast Land. MrBeast revealed that the park was set to open on November 13th. Over one week, the video gained over 32,400 views.

On November 12th, MrBeast shared a video on Twitter / X, ^[5] announcing, "Beast Land opens in less than 24 hours," in the caption. The video showed MrBeast standing in front of the amusement park. In a day, it received over 3.1 million views and 18,000 likes.

On November 13th, 2025, MrBeast posted a TikTok^[11] video that showed himself in front of a crowd on opening day of Beast Land. The video received over 167,400 likes in four hours.

Features

Beast Land includes rollercoasters and a drop tower, among other amusement park rides, as well as custom-made games inspired by the challenges in MrBeast's videos, according to a YouTube Short^[4] shared by Turki Al-Sheikh and Riyadh Season in early November 2025.

Beast Land is one of 11 "zones" at the Riyadh Season 2025-2026 festival, according to its website.^[6]

Online Reaction

On November 6th, 2025, internet publication Dexerto shared a post on X^[7] about the launch of Beast Land, gaining over 9.4 million views and 12,000 likes in a week.

The post amassed viral quote-tweets reacting to Beast Land. For instance, on November 6th, X^[8] user @M1das_OW2 quoted the post, attaching a GIF from the Despicable Me film franchise, captioned, "Getting on the MrBeast land rollercoaster and being sent directly to hell after they find out I'm friends with a gay person." The post gained over 6,900 likes in a week.

On that same day, X^[9] user @53gaDr3amca5t quote-tweeted Dexerto, writing, "I'm not a Muslim but surely a foreigner establishing a 'Beast Land' in the land of Mecca would be setting off all sorts of alarms right," gaining over 28,000 likes in a week.

On November 7th, 2025, Redditor Inside_Snow7657 shared a GIF Caption meme to the /r/whenthe^[12] subreddit, showing cartoon characters SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star on a dangerous rollercoaster, captioned, "Mr. Beast's New Theme Park." Over six days, the post received over 1,900 upvotes.

On November 12th, 2025, X^[10] user @thehorizon2b2t quote-tweeted MrBeast's drone video that previewed Beast Land a day before its opening day. @thehorizon2b2t wrote, "How many slaves ya'll think it took to build this," gaining over 19,000 likes in a day.

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