Seoul Fun~ Day2 @ Lotte World

       After a fruitful "back to the past" tour in Korean Folk Village, we were looking forward for something modern and fun ~ the Lotte World! Lotte world is a large recreation centre in Seoul. It consists of the world largest indoor theme park, outdoor amusement park, luxury hotels, Star avenue, shopping malls, sports facilities and also a movie theatre. It is even in the World Guinness Record for its famous indoor theme park. A wonderful place for you to spend the day in Seoul especially with kids. 

       We arrived at Lotte World around 7pm that day as we were allured by the shops in the metro station. Well,  nothing we could do with the inherited uncontrollable girl's characteristic in this shopping paradise :D

Eating...

Shopping~~~ :P

Again, we bought our night time day pass ticket with our Korea Pass which enable us to get a discount of 6000KRW;) Not forget to mention, the ticket would be cheaper if you enter the park after 4pm or after 7pm.

Normal admission ticket: 25000 KRW

Admission after 4pm: 21000 KRW

Admission after 7pm:  14500 KRW

Day pass ticket : 40000KRW

Night time Day Pass Ticket: 31000KRW

* Day pass ticket is for free access to all facilities including the folk museum. So if you plan to have rides in the park, it's more convenient to just get the day pass.  

Anyway, we regretted to buy a night time day pass as we just manage to enjoy two of the rides because of the long queue. Summer is really a peak season for vacations. Thus, I recommend you to buy an admission ticket and buy the rides you prefer to take. It's more worthy. 

We were welcomed with Rio Samba Carnival parade at 7pm. The parade features a variety of entries with different costume, theme and dance.

Lotte world is divided into two theme parks - "Lotte World Adventure" for indoor and "Lotte World Magic Land" for outdoor. Lotte World Adventure is surrounded with buildings from different countries with various kind of facilities and entertainment. 

Here come our first ride in the Lotte World Adventure, Camelot Carrousel that every girl dreams of. It's definitely a romantic ride for couples!

Crowd in the Lotte World indoor theme park. 

Group photo with Lotte World mascot, Lotty and Lorry.

We were lucky enough to catch up with the performance on stage. Hip hop and B-box rocks!!!!


Besides the theme park, Lotte World Adventure has the best ice rink in South Korea. The ice rink is big and you can have the joy of skating with natural sunlight from the sky through the glass ceiling. Anyway, you have to pay the admission as it is not included in one day pass.

The day was getting dark, it's time to explore the outdoor theme park, Magic Land. I was amazed by the dazzling magic castle when we entered the Magic Land. It glows at night, like magic! This reminded me of my sweet memories in Paris Disneyland where I saw the Sleeping Beauty Castle :)

Magic Land is famous with the thrilling high altitude rides. Be prepared to taste the thrilling sensation in this amusement park.  

In the magic castle, you need to know some simple magic to enter this toilet :D Yee Pei knows the trick. Let's see how she did it!

Deng...Deng....XD The trick was "to push"

It's time for dinner! There were some food stall and restaurant in Lotte World, but we went for street food in Lotte Mart :D

Sno-kones, little ice ball in syrup. Not my cup of tea :P 

Finally, I tasted the most famous street food in Korea, Tteokbukki (Spicy ricecake stew). I am drooling for it whenever I think of this sweet, hot and a bit sour yummy chewy ricecake. Oh No! I miss it so much!

We spent more than an hour in Lotte Mart. Well, there were just too many things that I never seen before in the Mart. I was a like a kid, and learning a lot from my pretty KTO Korean expert, Yee Pei about Korea food and etc. It was a great lesson.

We did a crazy shopping in Lotte Mart with our Korea Pass too. Cool! :) After that, we headed to the Lotte World Star Avenue which is located at the Lotte World South Entrance. Star avenue is a venue to display hallyu stars' possessions, handprints and more. Too bad we missed the chance to enter as the star avenue closed at 9PM. (we shopped too long in Lotte Mart!!!). Anyway, we did able to capture some photos in the Star Showcase at least :P

Handsome Jang Keun Suo photos and his possessions.

Rain!!

When we were on our back to our Hanok, we met a very sweet and friendly Korean couple. They helped us to carry our things from Lotte Mart with their bike (4 big bags !My goodness :D). With that, we ended our delightful day two. Big thanks to them!

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Travel info: 

Lotte World

Ticket price: 
Normal admission ticket: 25000 KRW

Admission After 4pm: 21000 KRW

Admission after 7pm:  14500 KRW

Day pass ticket : 40000KRW

Night time Day Pass Ticket: 31000KRW

Operating hours: 9:30am -11:00pm (Fri-Sun)

                               9:30am- 10:00pm (Mon-Thurs)

Open All Year Round!

Star Avenue

Admission: 10000KRW
**Free admission for Lotte World Day Pass ticket holder **

Operating hours: 
10:00am - 9:00pm

Transportation: 

Jamsil Station (Seoul Subway Line 2 & 8), Exit 4.
**Lotte World is directly connected to the station**

Travel tips: 

1. Do remember to take a free pamphlet, It's useful for you to choose your favourite games, 
    food and facilities.

2. If you visit during peak season, do spare some time for queuing. 

3. You can buy a cheaper admission ticket after 4pm and after 7pm. 
4. You can use your Korea Pass in Lotte Mart, swipe as you like :) 
5. Remember to claim tax refund after purchase, fill in the form in tax refund counter in the mart, 
    then claim it in airport.

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