Lotte World, at Jamsil Station in Seoul is the largest indoor theme park in the world! Mel and I went there last year, but it's been closed for repairs for the last 7 or 8 months. Why? Too many deaths, in fact, Koreans have nicknamed the park "Death World"!! Meh, we had fun. The park has been rebranded as "Lotte World Season 2" although all of the rides are the same as they were in Season 1. As far as admission prices go, Lotte World is retty affordable as it only costs 34,000 for a full day at the park.
The indoor section, first floor (there are 4 floors)
The outdoor section is also really large, with a lot of thrill rides to try. The above ride, the Gyro Swing, swings riders while also rotating. At the steepest angle you are staring straight down at the ground, with a flimsy korean seatbelt keeping you from falling out.
Although the lines were soo soo soo long we were able to go on the Gyro Drop (above) twice. It was similar to the Tower of Terror at Disney World, except when you get alllll the way to the top the ride starts trembling like it's broken! Ahhhhh!!!!!
Lotte World employs a shocking number of flamboyant Russians to perform in parades and skits around the park.
There are also two roller coasters, a flume (90 minute wait- Good thing we'd just bought our Dong headbands to distract us!), a carousel, a rafting ride, 3D movie, and lots of carnival-type rides. Of course there were also lots of friendly park attendants to make us feel comfortable with their "Korean wave". They wave you off on every ride and sometimes (like in the above video), they continue to wave for the complete duration of the ride! The girl in the video had been waving like that for a good minute straight before I took out my camera. Tell me she won't have carpel tunnel in a few years !
If you're feeling like taking in a bit of history during the day you can always drop by the Folk Museum. Wait a minute... does that say "Fork Museum"? That's my kind of place!
All in all we had a fantastic day and we got to go on all the best rides. The only downside was when Shaun and I were thrown in jail and Mel and Shanda had to bail us out :(
Check back soon for an exciting Boney M update!
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