Day 7 (19 Feb 08) Pictures of Lotte World Adventure Park

We ended the day at Korea's largest indoor theme park, Lotte World Adventure Park where we tried some of the exciting rides (Big 5 tickets included). We were able to explore the theme park on our own till its closing time (11pm) as the hotel we were staying were just within walking distance. There were some rides that we wanted to try but had to skipped due to the long queue. Lotte World is a theme park filled with the most thrilling rides, an ice rink, and different kinds of parades as well as a folk museum, a lake, and much more.






It is also the filming site of the Korean Drama "Stairways of Heaven" and the theme park was where the drama's 2 main characters, Song-ju and Jeong-seo played as children and rode the Camelot Carrousel. One floor below the carrousel is the ice rink where they skated in one scene. As an adult, Tae-hwa paints a mural next to the carrousel. This spot was often used as a backdrop for filming Stairway to Heaven, making it memorable to fans. My favourite ride was of course the carrousel (the menagerie of wooden horses revolving in a dreamy trail) :> and i took lots of pictures to show my mum who loves the drama.





Lotte World is divided into an 'Adventure theme' once you are inside the building, and outside is a ‘Magic Island’ theme next to Seokchonhosu Lake. We initially wanted to take the monorail outside but there was also a long queue and we heard from some of our other tour members who had gone outside that the rides there were also having long queues and we decided to go for other less popular rides. We also spent alot of time exploring the countless quaint shop found throughout the vast grounds. Hubby and me also watched the 30 minutes World Carnival parade where 200 performers sing and dance to music, which adds more excitement to the theme park. The parade takes place at 2pm and 7.30pm, and the laser show is held at 9.30pm.





We had dinner at the food court which was located next to the ice rink and hubby was so excited when he saw the ice rink as he had not ice skate for a long time. Lotte World Ice Rink is known as the finest ice rink in Korea. Screams of joy from the rides can be heard at the ice rink. This is because the ice rink is in the same building as the amusement park. Thus, people can enjoy skating within an exciting atmosphere and delightful background.

I did not skate as i had enough excitment from horse riding and skiing and prefer to just relax at the food court. I was able to watch hubby skate and write my journal while relaxing with a nice cup of iced coffee. I also went ng shopping at the huge supermarket nearby and the sourvenir shops. I ended up buying 2 cute notebooks and was also able to catch the laser show from the ice rink. We left the place around 10.45pm after the ice rink closed at 10.30pm. My only regret was not able to go for all the rides in the theme park. I would definitely want to go back again :> hehe the past 1 week have been a very exciting and fun trip for hubby and me and we would be going back to Singapore the next day. Time really passes very fast when you are enjoying yourself.