Everland

Everland () is South Korea's largest theme park. Located at the Everland Resort in Yongin, a city in Gyeonggi-do, it receives 5.85 million visitors annually and was ranked nineteenth in the world for amusement park attendance in 2018. As of 2010, Everland is measured to be approximately 1,200,000 square yards in size. Along with its main attractions, Everland includes a zoo and water park known as Caribbean Bay. Everland is operated by Samsung C&T Corporation (formerly known as Samsung Everland, Cheil Industries), which is a subsidiary of the Samsung Group.

This park was formerly called "Jayeon Nongwon" which roughly translates to "natural farm." Its former English name was "Yongin Farmland."

History

* 1972 Planning of Yongin Forest Complex
* 1974 Yongin Forest Complex was named Yongin Natural Farm
* 1976 Opened under the name of Yongin Natural Farm (the largest theme park in Korea ever since).
* 1985 Rose Festival Open
* 1986 the tenth anniversary of its opening
* 1993 Accumulated entry of 40 million people
* 1996 In March, the existing name, Natural Farm, renamed the current name Everland
* 1996 Joongang Development Company acquired Everland to begin renovations
* 1996 Caribbean Bay Open in July
* 2006 Everland Resort BI Change
* 2006 the 30th anniversary of its opening
* 2016 40th anniversary, 20th anniversary of the opening of Caribbean Bay.

Ticket fee

Themed areas

Everland is divided into five zones: Global Fair, Zoo-Topia, European Adventure, Magic Land and American Adventure.

Global Fair

Global Fair is primarily a place for food, souvenirs and pictures as visitors make their way into and out of the park. There are many shops, and restaurants as well as services such as stroller rental and lockers.

Zootopia

Zootopia is an animal-themed portion. There is a petting zoo, pony rides, and animal shows. There is a small zoo with birds, polar bears, sea lions, penguins, bears, lions, tigers, primates and more. A safari bus ride is available which shows animals such as ligers and bears roaming in a contained habitat. The visitors stay in the bus. Amazon Express is a raft ride, where most visitors get splashed. The petting zoo provides animals such as goats and sheep to pet. Kosik, one of Zoo-Topia's elephants, made headlines when he demonstrated an ability to imitate Korean words.

European Adventure

European Adventure has many restaurants in European styles. The architecture imitates European styles. There is a flower garden encircled by a train, games and arcades. A favorite attraction here is the Mystery Mansion where visitors can shoot at the ghosts. In March 2008, a ride named "T Express" was added. It is the first roller-coaster in Korea to be constructed out of wood.

Magic Land

Magic land is an elaborate array of buildings and rides. There is a portion called Aesop's Village where the characters and themes are primarily drawn from the fables of Aesop. The Ferris wheel provided views of the whole park until it closed in 2011 to allow for more rides. There is a log flume, a futuristic flying ride, and a robot ride. With the rides, there are restaurants and stands.

American Adventure

Themes from American history are presented in this portion of the park. There is one western themed ride located in this section called ‘Rodeo’.

In Rock Ville the theme is the 1950s and its music. The Double Rock Spin is a main attraction as live bands play near the Rolling X-Train, a roller coaster in the park.

Attractions

Roller Coasters

T Express

The T Express, debuted in 2006, is the first wooden roller coaster and the largest of any kind in South Korea. The T Express is the 6th longest wooden coaster in the world at long. The steepest point is the first drop, and the slope here is 77 degrees. Its name comes from the logo of conglomerate SK Corporation's SK Telecom service.

Jigu Maul (Global Village)

The Jigu Maul (literally means "Global village") was established in August 1985 as the first dark boat ride in South Korea. It shows worldwide traditions, cultural customs, scenery with dolls and iconic miniatures from more than 18 countries very similar to the "It's a Small World" attraction at Disney Parks. However, due to safety reasons, it was torn down in 2016. There is a children's playground called "Hide Away" in the current location.

Characteristics of Jigu Maul

* Europe has dolls representing Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Italy, France, England, Spain and Sweden.
* The Arctic and North Pole features dolls representing Scandinavia.
* America has dolls representing Brazil, Mexico and United States with a miniaturized Golden Gate in San Francisco, Times Square and Statue of Liberty in New York City.
* Africa has wild animals with natural forest and dolls representing Egypt, South Africa, Ethiopia, Uganda and Kenya's ethic group of Maasai people.
* Asia has dolls representing India, China with a miniaturized Tiantan (Temple of Heaven) in Beijing, Japan with Matsuri folkdancing, Korea with traditional percussion performance named Samulnori and fan dancing named Buchaechum at a miniaturized Namdaemun in Seoul.

Festival

Everland hosts the Tulip Festival from March to April each year. At the festival, visitors can enjoy various spring attractions such as Everland representative photo spot 'magic tree', the streets that look like they have moved from French flower market, and 'Aesop's umbrella street'. In addition, there are special performances for anyone, such as musicals and parades.

Attendance

Gallery

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Image:Korea-Yongin-Everland-26.jpg, View of a crouching tiger from a Safari Adventure bus
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Image:Korea-Yongin-Everland-10.jpg, Children riding on the camel at Everland
Image:EverlandAnimalNursery.jpg, A scene of the animal nursery at the zoo at Everland
Image:Korea-Yongin-Everland-37.jpg, A meerkat at zootopia at Everland
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Image:Korea-Yongin-Everland-18.jpg, Everland at dusk

See also

* Lotte World
* Seoul Land
* Children's Grand Park

References

External links

*
Everland , Official Korea Tourism Organization

{{Zoos of South Korea

Everland Resort
Buildings and structures in Yongin
Samsung subsidiaries
Parks in Gyeonggi Province
Amusement parks in South Korea
1976 establishments in South Korea