Looking back at these photos, I almost want to cry. SOMEONE TAKE ME BACK TO KOREA!!
One of the most unique places we went to (Aside from the amazing Hello Kitty Cafe) was Lotte World: an indoor amusement park. Yes, the rides, including some roller coasters were hosted indoors! I had no idea what I expect when we first arrived, but I was absolutely blown away as soon as we walked in. I’ll show you what I mean…
Inside this three story building, there’s a huuuuge skating rink. While our jaws are still dropped and being dragged on the ground, let’s add a hot air balloon ride that overlooks the entire indoor park, shall we? For someone who is terrified of heights, I’m still amazed that I didn’t cry on this ride. 6 of us were squished like canned sardines into a tiny basket for this hot air balloon ride. It was such an amazing view of the overall park, I couldn’t help but take photos. Below the balloons is a photo of the meticulously detailed queue that we stood in to wait for these balloons.
My second favourite ride was, hands down,
Drunken Buckets (hey, I didn’t name these rides). Picture your traditional tea cup ride where you have a little wheel in the middle of the bucket to control how fast (or slowly) your bucket spins. Now imagine 5 people on a mission to get someone in the bucket to puke. I could not for the life of me stop laughing!! I kept crashing into the people I was sitting next to and had to close my eyes at one point because I was feeling so dizzy. By the end of it, I’m sure I was walking on par with an intoxicated person for the next 30 seconds of my life…
I couldn’t help but go for a snack break after a morning of craziness. We stopped off at the candy shop to buy some (extremely overpriced) sweet treats before heading to the outdoor portion of the park. As if having an amazing indoor park wasn’t enough, there was an outdoor portion too!
While we were in line for a roller coaster, we were approached by these cute kids dressed up in animal outfits. The cow actually came over to ask us if we were American and why we decided to come to Korea. We chatted with them for about 5 minutes before I mustered up the courage to ask them for a photo. Look at how cute they are! I wish I had the guts to go to an amusement park dressed up as a pack of animals!
Speaking of getting dressed up, can I quickly comment on the over-the-top cute factor of Korean couples? Amusement parks must be the best date places in Korea because 60% of the couples I saw at the park were matching with their other half from head to toe. No joke! I chuckled after seeing one couple in the exact same outfit down to the grey-bottomed socks and Adidas slipper-looking-sandals. Some of the boys even wore oversized, sequin-covered hair bow headbands to match with their girlfriends. If this isn’t love, I don’t know what is. ; )
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