My family and I really love Korea and well, Korean Food; we like the fact that almost everything is grilled and has lots of veggies. I’ve always been seeing Dong Won whenever I drive home from school, so one time I’ve brought my friends here to try the food, and we did not get disappointed. I’ve then brought more friends here, then my sister, and recently my entire family. Honestly, what I like most about Dong Won is that they refill the side dishes without any additional charge and without any limit. We really love side dishes, (or banchan as they call it in Korea) and disappointingly, in some Korean restos that we’ve been to, they always had a certain ‘limit’. Anyway, the food here is great! There is also some Korean authenticity when you dine in here; close enough as to how it would be like when you dine in Korea.
I have already been to Seoul Korea for three times already; and everytime we are here, we always tend to go to the same places (we’re weird, I know). One of the places that we usually go to is in Lotte World. Being a kid-at-heart, theme parks have always been a part of our itinerary, more so now that I have a nephew and a niece. We travel together everytime, and we are always composed of a group of 6 adults, and one child.
Lotte World is situated in Seoul. It can easily be accessed either through a cab or the subway. The flag rate recently (2014) has escalated as compared to when we were here in 2011 and 2012, so we’ve decided to just ride the train (and let’s face it, it feels more “korean” taking the subway).
Lotte World is located in Sincheon-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea.
It is made up of two main sections, the outdoor park and the indoor park. When we were here for the first two times, we only stayed in the indoor park and I don’t know the reason why haha!
There is also a direct line through the subway going to lotte world so it is really convenient. Plus, commuting is Seoul is a Breeze because all the subways are interconnected; you just have to be careful not to enter or exit in the wrong line. If you’ll ride the subway, just find:
Jamsil Station (Seoul Subway Line 2 & 8), Exit 4.
So anyways, is open all-year round. Its hours of operation on weekdays (Monday to Thursday) is 9:30 a.m. to 10p.m., while on weekends (Friday to Sunday)the hours of operation are from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
The admission rates when we were here last april 2014 are the following:
ADULTS: (18 years and over)
= 44,000Won
TEENAGERS (13-17years),
= 38,000 Won
CHILDREN (3-12years), and
= 34,000 Won
BABIES (12months to 2years)
= 11,000 Won
Late Admission tickets are also being offered by Lotte World starting 4pm, which is approximately 75% off. We availed this for we came in late and since only my 5 year old nephew would be riding on the attractions, it is more worth it haha!
Here are my pics from the trip:
Trevi Fountain inside Lotte World the outside theme park: “magic island”they also have a parade scheduled at 2:30 pm and 7:00 pm
I’ve been to Seoul three times already. The first time that I went here was Spring 2011, then followed by Spring 2012, and then the the last one was Last Spring 2014. This is the perfect season for me because there is a certain lightness in the mood of everybody around. Winter has just ended. The flowers are beginning to bloom. There are many colors around. And the weather is just so perfect! Here are the shots that I took from my phone:
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