Lotte World

Saturday, September 4th 2010

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Seoul, South Korea

Park Guide By: Gavin Jones

Photos By: Gavin Jones

Imagine how Disneyland would have turned out if Walt was on crack, and you get Lotteworld! Located in the Jamsil area of Seoul, Lotteworld is a huge complex consisting of a hotel, department store, outlet mall, swimming pool, bowling alley, Korea's biggest shooting range, move theaters, and an ice-rink.

Of course, the main focus here is Lotteworld Adventure and Magic Island. Both of these are accessable using the same ticket (around 15 pounds for an all inclusive). Lotteworld Adventure is the indoor section of the park, and Magic Island is located outside, surrounded by Sukchon Lake.

This place really is a world-class park, boasting its fair share of world firsts and some of the best themed rides to be found anywhere.

Plans/applications have also been put forward by Lotte to construct Lotteworld 2 on a patch of land they own next to the existing Lotteworld. The proposal would cost an estmated $1,250,000,000 and includes an 800m (2,625ft) hotel, which, if built, would be the world's tallest building. Fingers crossed........

The future tallest building in the world at 2, 695ft, is over 1000ft taller than the current world's tallest building Taipei 101 at 1,670ft.

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gavin
Posts: 2465 Location: Wrexham. The arsehole of Wales.	A quick word of advice regarding Lotteworld; NEVER go on a weekend or during a school holiday, the crowds will be simply horrendous. Go early on a schoolday and you're pretty much guaranteed to get walk-ons on most of the rides until the late afternoon.
rollermonkey
Posts: 804 Location: Great Lakes, IL	I like Lotte World. I just have a LOTTE of complaints about it. The park map isn't very helpful, just TRY to find Comet Express on the first try! (I never found it my first time there and had to ask for help the second time!) Th indoor portion of the park is easily one of the most impressive indoor parks in the world if not the #1. The outdoor portion is a hodge podge, with the Disney rip-off castle and the amazing looking Atlantis Adventure. The park seems to have nearly the complete Intamin catalogue of rides from the Gyro Swing to the Aqua-Trax and the monorail between. The park is also one of the most consistently crowded parks I have ever seen with multi-hour waits for nearly everything, even the flats! Finally, my #1 gripe? GRRRR! Why is Atlantis Adventure closed every time I go?