Seoul Land (or SeoulLand) is an amusement park opened in 1987, in Gwacheon, a city in Gyeonggi-do province, South Korea. It is located in the Seoul Grand Park complex. It opened just before the 1988 Summer Olympics. It has about 40 rides, including roller coasters, and movie theaters. Seasonal festivals are held in the park. It is smaller than Everland, but closer to Seoul, about one hour away from downtown. Approximately 3–3.5 million people visit the park in a year. Roughly a third of its 300,000 m2 is green space, the rest being packed with the attractions.
Seoul Land, Seoul Grand Park, and the main branch of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art are all located in the Seoul Grand Park complex. Visitors may buy general admission tickets or one-day unlimited passes. General admission allows free entry to most rides. The unlimited passes allow almost all rides to be taken for free, but exhibitions, performances, and certain other attractions have additional charges despite the unlimited pass. Children aged 2 and under are allowed in for free. Prices for other ages are as follows:
Seoul Land has five themed areas containing rides, arcades, obstacle courses, and other attractions. Many of the rides are themed with popular animation characters, such as Larva.
Kids Land (for children)Game World coin-operated video game arcadeAdventure Land
Shooting RangeBumper Boats (for children)Remote Control BoatsSky Adventure (Beginner)Sky Adventure (Challenger)Flume RideDen of Lost ThievesTikitoc Train A small, steel roller coaster for children. It runs about 16 kph (10 mph).Sudden Attack This is a real-life simulation of the "Warehouse" map from the FPS game Sudden Attack, which is popular in Korea.King Viking A swinging gondola-type ride. This type of ride is well known in South Korea, and Lotte World and Everland have similar rides.Fantasy Land
IQ Arcade coin-operated video game arcadeMidway Games coin-operated video game arcadeMini Bumper Cars (for children)Peter PanKkambu AirplaneDragon TankArpo SwingLarva TwisterCanimal CircusWater WalkHi-RollerAction ZoneCharacter 3D TheaterConvoy Race (for children)Music CarouselSky CycleWorld CupKartrider BumperBig Merry-Go-RoundCloud Bread (for children)Vroomiz Hill (for children)Rudolph 2 Loop Coaster (for children) The Saseum Sseolmae ("Reindeer Sleigh") is a powered, steel roller coaster made by Zamperla and designed for children. One ride is 56 seconds long. It opened in 1990 and still operates.Tomorrow Land
X FlyerZeppelinRock CafeCrazy HouseMotion TheaterSuper TelecombatTilt HouseTime Machine 5D 360Frog Hopper (for children) A miniature Double Shot-style tower-based ride for children.Mini Viking (for children) A pirate-ship-style ride for children.Crazy Mouse Wild Mouse roller coaster. The top speed is 28 mph and one ride is 1 minute and 22 seconds.Sky X One of the most popular rides at Seoul Land, Sky X requires reservations and has additional charges. On the ride, groups of two or three people are raised 50 meters off the ground by cable and then dropped.Shot Drop A tower-based ride similar to the Double ShotBlack Hole 2000 Steel roller coaster with two corkscrews, seven drops, and top speed of 100 kph (62 mph). One ride is 2 minutes and 45 seconds long, 15 seconds shorter than the T Express at Everland. It opened in 1990 and still operates.Galaxy Train Also known as the (Columbia) Double Loop Coaster, the "Galaxy Train" is a steel coaster made by Senyo Kogyo. It has two loops, and one ride lasts 2 minutes and 15 seconds. The top speed is 52 mph. It opened in 1988 and still operates.Samchulli ("Thousand-Mile") Hill
Outdoor PoolLarva Sledding HillHutos Media Town (for children)Archery RangeHaunted HouseTop Spin Called "Dokkaebi Wind" in Korean, this is a standard Top Spin, comparable to the Double Rock Spin at Everland.Seoul Land hosts a variety of temporary exhibits. These have included:
Early 2008: a Creation Science exhibit, organized by the Korea Association for Creation Research (KACR), which was visited by over 116,000 visitors during its three-month run
