Located in the heart of the city, Lotte World is the perfect spot for entertainment and sightseeing. It is a theme park filled with thrilling rides, an ice rink, different kinds of parades as well as a folk museum, a lake, and much more. About 6,000,000 visitors are welcomed every year, and about 10% of the visitors are foreigners. The structure inside makes use of the natural sunlight, and it is open for visitors all year round, regardless of the weather.
Lotte World is divided into a ‘’Adventure’ theme once you are inside the building, and outside is a ‘Magic Island’ theme next to Seokchonhosu Lake. Lotte World Adventure has certain districts representing different countries with various kinds of facilities and souvenir shops. You can enjoy watching parades, numerous films, laser shows, and a variety of international cuisines even during the holidays. Magic Island is situated outdoors, where the dazzling Magic Castle is located as well as thrilling high-altitude rides that you can’t experience elsewhere. Be sure to also check out the peaceful walking trail around the lake.
One of the major reasons tourists are attracted to Lotte World is the amusement rides. The Gyro Drop and Gyro Swing are the top pleasers– a steep drop with an altitude of 70 meters, or taste the thrilling sensation of being inside a tornado. You may need to take your shoes off before you get on since mostly likely they will come off during the ride. The Flume Ride is a long boat with a high-altitude wave, and the Spanish Pirate Ship swings at an electrifying 75 degrees. Besides the excitement of these rides, Lotte World also contains a variety of parades and laser shows. The 200 performers sing and dance to music in the World Carnival Parade, which adds excitement to the theme park. The parade takes place at 2 pm and 7:30 pm, and the laser show is held in the late evening at 9:30 pm
After enjoying the rides, don’t miss skating on the ice rink as well as visiting the museum. The ice rink is situated indoors on the B3 floor, and is opened throughout the year. Its pleasant atmosphere is perfect for family and couples to enjoy. The hours are from 10:30 am to 10:30 pm, and runs even during the holidays. Its facilities include a restaurant, a ticket booth, a snack bar, a sports shop, a skate rental service, and a changing room.
Operating Hours
Mon – Thu : 09:30 – 22:00
Fri – Sun : 9:30 – 23:00
Ticket Price via Lotte World
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Folk Museum
Opened in January of 1989 in Jamsil, the place of Songpa Market and Songpa-sandaenori, Lotte Folk Museum was born as a cultural service of Lotte Group for the people. It is a lively cultural space with 5000 years of history and tradition of Korea that is easily accessible and enjoyable to the people. Traditionally, museum’s roles were collection, storage and exhibition of historical remains, but the current role includes being a place of interests to the tourists in order to expose people of the world to our history and tradition that is easily accessible and enjoyable to the public. Thus, the Folk Museum transcends the concept of showcase exhibitions, and uses various exhibition techniques such as diorama, miniature village, restored historical remains so that Koreans and foreigners alike can understand our history easily without prior special knowledge.
There are performance stages for traditional music and dance, and a market street with traditional Korean foods, recreating the lively atmosphere of the traditional markets so that visitors can enjoy the traditional culture through direct experience.
The history and traditional culture of a country cannot be understood through a short time of learning and watching. It can be understood properly when a person can experience and feel it directly while enjoying it. Lotte World Folk Museum is a cultural space and tourist attraction for natural understanding of our history and traditional culture while enjoying it. We will strive to improve ourselves in the future.
source : visitkorea and LotteWorld
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