esor's HAEppiness!: South Korea 2014: Day 3

June 8, 2014
Day 3

SEOUL LAND

South Korea has plenty of theme parks they have Everland which is the largest theme park in the country, Lotte World which is the largest "indoor theme park" in the world, Seoul Land located in Seoul Grand Park, which is smaller than Everland and they also have Children's Grand Park.

I've been to Everland last September 2013 and visited Lotte World twice in 2012 (Feb & Nov). And now we are going to visit Seoul Land to complete our amusement/theme park tour ^_^

Lotte World

Everland

Welcome to Seoul Land!

flowers overload!

Address
181, Gwangmyeong-ro, Gwacheon-si, Gyeonggi-do
경기도 과천시 광명로 181 (막계동)

How to get here:
Seoul Grand Park Station (Subway Line 4), Exit 2
Ride the elephant train (cost 1000 won), Seoul Land is the last stop.

Seoul Land Map

Admission Fees:

Admission only
Day-time : Adult 20,000 won / Youth 17,000 won / Children 15,000 won
Night-time : Adult 18,000 won / Youth 15,000 won / Children 13,000 won
One day pass
Adult 34,000 won / Youth 30,000 won / Children 27,000 won
* Admission + unlimited free use of all attractions (except experiential facilities/ coin facilities/ special exhibitions/ special performances) cr: Seoul Land (visitkorea)

We only pay for admission fee of 15,000 won instead of 20,000 won because to foreign discount ^_^ . Yes it is for admission only, we just want to explore Seoul Land and watch special performance (if there is).

Seoul Land "World Square"

Seoul Land Leaning Tower

Seoul Land has unique themes presented in the World Plaza, Adventure Land, Fantasy Land, Tomorrow Land, Samchulli Hill and others.

World Plaza has Kids Land which is available for children under 130cm and GameWorld that has various coin operated amusement facilities.

Adventure Land has Shooting Gallery, Bumper Boats, Remote Control Boats, Sudden Attack, Sky Adventure(challenger), Sky Adventure (beginner), Kiddy Coaster, Den of Lost Thieves, King Viking, and Flume Ride.

Fantasy Land has Electronic Game Arcade, Midway Game, Mini Bumper Cars, Peter Pan, Cloud Bread, Kambu Airplane, Dragon Tank, Arpo Swing, Lava Twister, Canimals Circus, Rudolf 2 Loop Coaster, Wate Walk, Hi-Roller, Action Zone, Convoy Race, Musical Carousel, Sky Cycle, World Cup, Kartrider Bumper, Big Merry-Go-Round, Vroomiz Hill.

Tomorrow Land has Mini Viking, X Flyer, Black Hole 2000, Zeppelin, Rock Cafe, Double Loop Coaster, Crazy Mouse, Crazy House, Frog Hopper, Sky X, Shot Drop, Motion Theater, Super Telecombat, Tilt House, and Time Machine 5d 360.

Black Hole 2000

Samchulli Hill has Outdoor Pool(only open during summer), Snow Sled (winter only), Hutos Media Town, Archery Ranger, Haunted House and Top Spin.

This month of June Seoul Land has Character Festival, wherein popular cartoon characters will appear in parades and visitors will have the opportunity to take pictures with them.

We had a lot of photo-ops in Seoul Land, also a lot of locals here compared to Everland and Lotte World. If I would rate these 3 theme park, my vote goes to Everland but this is kinda far from Seoul but really worth a visit. But Seoul land is not bad at all, for kids and kids at heart will surely enjoy this place.

Off to our next destination... SEOUL ZOO!

SEOUL ZOO
Address
102, Daegongwongwangjang-ro, Gwacheon-si, Gyeonggi-do
경기도 과천시 대공원광장로 102 (막계동)

Seoul Zoo Map

How to get here:

Seoul Grand Park Station (Subway Line 4), Exit 2
*From Seoul Land we just walked a few minutes to Seoul Zoo.

Admission Fees: 3,000 won

Operating Hours
Summer(09:00 ~ 19:00)/ Winter(09:00 ~18:00)/ Night opening (July 17 ~ August 28): 09:00~22:00
* Last admission: 1hr before the closing time

Free Zoo Shuttle Bus Information
Operating Hours: 10am to 5pm
Arrival Frequency: Every 15 minutes from the departure point (Large Herbivores Pavilion)
Every 30 minutes during lunch time (11:30am - 1:30pm)
Bus operation may stop in case of excessive number of zoo visitors

We just walked from Seoul Land to Seoul Zoo, good thing the weather is just perfect! The zoo has rare gorilla and about 360 kinds of animals, and total of 3,200 creatures from all over the world.

What to see here?

This zoo has a lot to offer: