Lotte World, Seoul, South Korea.

Lotte World is a major recreatioLotte World is a major recreation complex in Seoul, South Korea. It consists of the world's largest indoor theme park, an outdoor amusement park called "Magic Island", an artificial island inside a lake linked by monorail, shopping malls, a luxury hotel, a Korean folk museum, sports facilities, and movie theaters. Opened on July 12, 1989, Lotte World receives 7.3 million visitors each year.Lotte World is located in Sincheon-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea. It is made up of two main sections, the outdoor amusement park Magic Island, and Adventure. Lotte World is open all year long without any holiday closings and has operating hours from 9 am to 11 pm.

Lotte World Adventure started construction in August 1984, opened at 11 a.m. on July 12, 1989, and Magic Island opened on March 24, 1990. It is located near Jamsil Station on Seoul Subway Line 2 and Seoul Subway Line 8. In the early days, there was a market and a New Country Supermarket, but in 1990, the New Country Supermarket was absorbed by Lotte Shopping and changed its name to Lotte Department Store in Jamsil, Lotte Mart in 1998. In Seomyeon, Busan, there was Lotte World Sky Plaza, which started construction in 1992 and opened in 1996, but it was in the red due to the lack of a free pass system and annual membership system, and in 1999, it was demolished due to safety issues of Sky Plaza and Loop. Busan Lotte World Sky Plaza has now been replaced by Lotte Cinema multiplex theaters.

The initial hours of operation were 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., but the hours of operation have changed from 9:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. since 1998 when the marketing was conducted "every day until 11 p.m." Lotte World also rose 20 percent when sales at other theme parks in Korea fell about 20 percent during the IMF bailout, due to the Zayro Drop set up on April 11, 1998.

There are more than 40 different kinds of amusement facilities, including Gyro Drop and Atlantis, and there are also large-scale fantasy parades at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. every day except Monday. On December 12, 2007, the total number of visitors exceeded 100 million, and in 2012, foreign tourists accounted for 10 percent of the total. Lotte Department Store Jamsil branch and duty-free shop are famous for tourist attractions. In the Seoul metropolitan area, it is called one of the top three entertainment facilities along with Everland and Seoul Land. In 2011, it ranked 11th in the world with 7.58 million visitors.

In May 2013, Lotte World Underland, a theme zone with the theme of goblin village, was opened on the first basement floor, and 4D Shooting Theater, Media Zone, and restaurants were located in Underland. In the case of Magic Island, there was a high-altitude series of high-altitude fighter jets, high-altitude parachutes and high-altitude wave rides in the 1990s, but now there is a gyro series attraction consisting of Gyro Drop, Gyroswing, and Gyrospin.

Lotte World Ice Rink, which measures 36m × 65m on the third basement floor of Adventure, is known as a skating attraction. On the west side of the adventure was Lotte World Swimming, but it closed in 2008, and KidZania, a children's vocational theme park, is located there.

In addition, Lotte World opened the Gimhae Lotte Water Park in Jangyu-dong, Gimhae-si, Gyeongsangnam-do from 2014 to 2015. On October 14, 2014, Lotte World Aquarium was opened within Lotte World Mall in Songpa-gu, Seoul. In 2016, Lotte World Kids Park was opened in Eunpyeong Lotte Mall, and Lotte World Tower was opened in Songpa-gu, Seoul on April 3, 2017. The height is 555 meters, about eight times the height of Lotte World's Gyro Drop

In 2021, the Busan Lotte World Magic Forest Theme Park, also known as Osiria Theme Park, will be opened at the Dongbu Mountain Tourist Complex in Gijang-gun, Busan.

Lotte World was one of several locations used for filming the Korean drama Stairway to Heaven, namely the carousel, ice rink and as the seat of Cha Song-joo's family business.The Korean boy band H.O.T. shot the video for their single "Candy" in Lotte World. Lotte World was also featured on the Korean variety/reality lifestyle show Pajama Friends.

The theme park is divided into the indoor Lotte World Adventure, and the outdoor lakeside Magic Island, with additional amenities including a shopping mall, folk museum, ice rink, hotel, and more. The "Adventure" part of the amusement park is divided into four main floors.

- Adventure 1F
- Adventure 2F
- Adventure 3F
- Adventure 4F

Lotte World Adventure is the world's largest indoor amusement park, complete with top-of-the-line rides, fantastic parades and performances, and food from around the world. The Folk Museum displays miniature models of Korea throughout 5,000 years in history. Lotte World Garden Stage presents various themed musicals to match each season and Lotte World Star Avenue is the perfect place to experience Korean stars and the entertainment world.

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Officical Website - https://adventure.lotteworld.com