8 Best Theme Parks in Seoul

Lotte World, boasting a world-class scale, is a theme park where you can enjoy a variety of rides and cultural performances regardless of the weather or season. The theme park has a pleasant environment for enjoying all its exciting, thrilling rides.

Lotte World consists of the indoor Adventure and outdoor Magic Island floating on a lake. After passing through the entrance, you first encounter the Adventure area. The Adventure area is a huge dome-shaped indoor theme park open 365 days a year regardless of the weather or the season. Featuring 22 rides, it is also a venue for different seasonal festivals including the Rio Samba Carnival and Christmas Festival. The Magic Island, located in the middle of Seokchon Lake, has a total of 17 rides. Among them, the Gyro Swing and Gyro Drop are the most popular with thrill-seekers. You can also enjoy boating on the lake. Have a romantic moment with your loved one aboard a Geneva cruise or a swan boat.

Seoul Land, Korea's first amusement park, has been loved for a long time since its opening in 1988. Take a trip down memory lane at Seoul Land, which evokes the nostalgia of your childhood. The theme park consists of five unique neighborhoods: World Plaza, Adventure Land, Fantasy Land, Future Land, and Samcheolli Land. The Adventure Land and Fantasy Land feature dynamic rides that provide excitement and thrills. Among the most popular is the pirate ship, which is essential to an amusement park, along with hair-raising water rides.

The Future Land, with horrifying rides, await those who seek a greater level of thrills. The Shot Drop cascading riders on a free-fall at a frightening speed of 85 km/h, and the Sky X catapulting riders into the sky are some of the most popular rides in Seoul Land. Seoul Land also hosts various cultural events. Check out the event and festival schedule before your visit.

Seoul Children's Grand Park is a theme park for children with various experiential and cultural facilities including a zoo, an amusement park, and a botanical garden that extend over a large natural area. Featuring walking trails throughout the park, adults will also find themselves having a pleasant time in the park. The park is a perfect destination to relive your childhood together with your family, friends, and lover. Free admission brings another good reason for visiting Seoul Children's Grand Park. It is truly a space for all.

The park has many interesting attractions to enhance your experience including musical fountains, concert halls in the forest, Arisu Promotion Center, and Seoul Children's Museum (experiential educational center), as well as many spaces for relaxation and rest. Participate in an array of experiential programs for children and families (animal exploration class, ecological tour, etc.) that operate all year round. Recall your happy childhood memories with exciting activities.

Satisfy the curiosity of children at this lively theme park where children can experience various jobs. KidZania Seoul is a work experience theme park allowing children to experience various jobs in a realistic mini-city through different activities. With programs supported by leading companies, children can role play in various real-life jobs. Allowing them to role play as a flight attendant, firefighter, anchor, or even an entertainer, this small city will excite the curiosity in your children.

KidZania is a preferred destination by parents who want to teach their children the concept of economics. In KidZania, job experiencing activities are considered as economic activities. Earning and spending Kidzos, the currency of KidZania, children can learn the relationship between work and money and key economic concepts such as expenses, income, savings, and taxes. Visit KidZania for the job experience that will help your kids dream about their future.

Pororo Park is an indoor play space where the entire family can have fun while children develop their emotions and dreams. Pororo Park Jamsil is located on the 3rd basement floor of Lotte World Adventure. The park is an amusement park designed for preschoolers with different kinds of rides, a kids cafe, and various cultural facilities. There are also photo zones perfect for taking family portraits. The facility consists of two floors. You can find Pororo's house, a playground, a merry-go-round, and a small Ferris wheel on the first floor.

In particular, Pororo's house is very popular as it recreates the character's house from the animated series. On the second floor you can find Loopy's kitchen, a small train track, a ball pool, and a cypress playground. A variety of foods are served at the cafeteria Yori Jori Kitchen. Have a fun, healing day with your kids at Pororo Park.

Sealala Water Park, located in the city centre, is a place where you can have fun in the water throughout the year. Also equipped with hot springs and jjimjilbang (Korean dry sauna), the park satisfies the diverse needs of visitors. Despite its relatively small size, it has all that one would expect from a water park, including a lazy river, an artificial beach, water slides for children, and Aqua Kids Land.

The Jjimjilbang provides an opportunity to experience the different types of Korean dry saunas, consisting of a red clay kiln room, a far-infrared ray room, and an ice room, along with a sleeping room and a recreational room for children. The park is a popular destination for families, friends and couples. Enjoy playing in the water and experience the unique jjimjilbang culture in one place.

Teseum Teddy Bear Theme Park, located in Jongno-gu, Seoul, is an open, unique exhibition space that allows visitors to touch and hold teddy bears on display. Meet teddy bears that are loved by people of all ages and genders in this unique space, which will provide you with a rare experience. Teseum is a tourist attraction popular not only in Korea but also abroad. The two branches in Korea can be found in Seoul and on Jeju Island. In particular, the Seoul branch is popular with parents and children thanks to its easy accessibility. Children love this park as they can cuddle cute teddy bears.

Teseum is also well-known for its self-therapy program using teddy bears. The therapy program is a psychotherapy program where participants choose a teddy bear they like, give it a name, unburden themselves to it, and take a nap with the teddy bear. Isn't it amazing that simply talking to a cuddly teddy bear has a healing effect? Meet all the teddy bears with your children.

Vaunce Trampoline Park is an indoor sports space where kids can run and jump to their heart's content on safe and hygienic trampolines. The park is also a unique dating destination for adults. Experience the world of jumping at Vaunce Trampoline Park Samseong. The Samseong branch has a Hologate stand and multi-sports zones. The Hologate stand is an experiential VR experience where you can enjoy various games in virtual reality wearing a headset. Various types of games and contents will make you lose track of time.

The multi-sport zones are lined with air mats on the floors, so anyone can participate in exciting activities without worrying about getting hurt. Security personnel called "Vaunce heroes" are stationed at various locations. In addition to providing a safe atmosphere, they take care of children and guide them through learning activities, further reassuring parents. It is a place worth visiting especially for tourists with children.