Saturday, January 06, 2007

Lotte World

Continuing our quest to visit every amusement park in Korea (well at least in Seoul and Suwon) we ventured to Lotte World (pronounced Lot Tae World) during the holidays. This particular amusement park is part of a huge complex that includes Lotte World Hotel, Lotte Department store, a shopping mall, a five-cinema multiplex, a billiard hall, an art gallery, and a wide variety of restaurants and fast food stalls. The subway stop is actually under the department store, so you don’t even have to go outside to get from the subway to the shopping centre. The park itself is one of the largest indoor amusement parks in Asia, if not the world. It consists of a wide variety of rides and attractions, an ice-skating rink, a bowling alley, a swimming pool, a folk museum, and an outdoor section (that you get to via monorail) called Magic Island. Speaking of magic, Harper got a Harry Potter magic trick set from Santa this year, so he was very keen to see the magic show while we were there. He was even more excited when the magician actually did a trick that he knew how to do. Promise was a little scared during the show as there was lots of loud music and smoke. The kids particularly enjoyed the balloon ride around the park, and the Frog Hop ride – they both laughed their heads off on this one. It was a great day and we all had a lot of fun – the Koreans certainly do a good job of providing plenty of entertainment for families.

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