After you have parked your car remember to take a picture of what section of the parking lot you are in. This will help you get on the right shuttle bus back to your car when you leave. When arriving in the park, skip the ticket lines that everyone else is going through. Pass those and find the big pavilion that says Foreigners Ticket Booth. We had a 50% off coupon for our tickets and we got in only having to pay 86,000 won. (We were given this coupon at Dragon Hill Lodge at the tours desk. We were told you could find coupons on the Everland website too.)
Everland, in my opinion, is South Korea's Disneyland. It is separated into five parts. Global Fair, American Adventure, Magic Land, European Adventure, and Zoo Topia.
Global Fair is the first part of the park. This part consists of Guest Services, shops, and restaurants.
I suggest your first stop be in Zoo Topia. The lines for the Safari World, Lost Valley, and Amazon Express fill up quickly later on during the day. We went on the Safari World and the Lost Valley tour and had a blast. There were so many exhibits to visit in Zoo Topia that we didn't get to see them all. On our next trip we will have to make sure we see the Polar Bears we missed.
Our next stop was European Adventure. We were starving by this point and couldn't find a lot of options near us. We ended up eating chicken on a stick, a corndog, and two hotdogs. The Spicy Chicken on a Stick was very good, Gracie loved her corndog, but Jack and I hated the hot dogs. They were questionable sausage dogs with soft doughy bread that wasn't cooked all the way.
After eating our lunch we rode on the Sky Lift over to American Adventure. There we ran smack dab into KFC. I think we all felt a blow from that. Along with KFC they had three other American restaurants. The rides here were geared more towards older kids and adults. Our kids were just under the height limit for these rides. We decided since there wasn't many things that interested the kids in American Adventure we would move on.
Our last stop was in Magic Land. This was geared more towards children and families. We rode on a kiddie roller coaster where we bought a picture of Jack and Gracie having a blast. At this point it was in the afternoon and the crowds were starting to get a little larger. We had to wait in line for about twenty minutes to ride Thunder Falls but it wasn't the fifty minute wait that the wait sign had shown when we arrived in line. Thunder Falls was a fun log ride that went backwards at one drop and got us soaked the last drop that went straight down. Remember to buy a poncho, bring a bag that won't soak up water, or rent a locker. I had to push my bag under two layers of shirts so it wouldn't get wet with the rollercoaster picture we had inside. (It didn't get wet by the way) There were a lot of kiddie rides and the kids had a wonderful time.
We stopped in to check out Charactorium which is an air conditioned building with lots of computerized games, crafts, and toys to play with.
We had a great time in all of the five parts of the park but Magic Land was our favorite. There were tons of rides to go on and even a spooky fun house for the kids. The bonus was we only paid 10,000 more won to come to Everland for an all day adventure than to the Coex Aquarium that only lasted an hour. Throughout the year there are different holiday events at the park and we hope to travel back to Everland to experience Halloween and Christmas. We had a great day and enjoyed our trip to Everland and we will definitely be back for a visit soon.
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