Day 3: Lotte World ( 롯데 월드 ), The Largest Indoor Theme Park in South Korea

Many visitors have a dilemma of choosing which theme park to go in Korea, Everland or Lotte World? We too had the same problem. Lotte World is located at Jamsil station in Seoul and is easily accessed to via the subway. Everland on the other hand, is NOT inside Seoul and you have to travel at least 1 hour in order to reach there. In summary, if you LOVE theme park and rides, I felt that Everland might be a better choice. As we are not great fans of theme parks, we choose Lotte World and the best thing is that it is near Hangang River which is where we were heading to after the park.

Lotte World 롯데 월드 is the world's largest indoor theme park. There is an ice-skating rink inside the indoor park! For the indoor rides, you can find roller coaster, balloon ride, viking, horse carousel, an arcade, mirror maze, monorail etc. Lotte World also has an outdoor park called "Magic Island" which resembles DisneyLand. There are gryo drop, gyro swing, bungee drop, spinning swing and more. Kiddy rides and games are also available.

The outdoor park, Magic Island

indoor ice skating rink

indoor park

Since we went during October, there is a halloween party & parade at Lotte World. There are different themes for different seasons. Check out their website for more details.

You can choose to buy the whole day admission ticket (with or without rides) or the nighttime (after 4pm, with or without rides) ticket. They were having a promotion for that day and we used our discount coupon (found in the box when you buy T-money card) and got an extra discount. The total we paid for a nighttime ticket after the discounts was 23,000 Won (SGD 25) which includes all the rides in the park.

We also visited the Lotte Star Avenue at the South Entrance, where you get to see a gallery of your favourite korean celebrities like Bae Yong-Jun, Choi Ji-Woo, Song Seung-Heon and Rain. Since we purchased the full-day passport, we get to visit the Star Avenue free of charge. The Star Avenue admission costs 10,000 Won (SGD 11) for independent visits. Although we are not hallyu-fans, we visited the gallery to take some shots. We noticed that there is an area just outside the Star Avenue entrance where you do not have to buy tickets to pose with the stars. It is the Star Showcase where items such as video clips, costumes and photos which are related to individual stars, are displayed for viewing and photo taking.

My favourite korean actor, Song Seung Heon ,with co-star Song Hye Kyo in "Autumn In My Heart"

Many of you will shout when you see this ;p

How to get there:
by subway: Jamsil station (line 2 and 8), use exit 4, the underground plaza
other ways to get to Lotte World