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{{Short description|Indoor theme park in Seoul, South Korea}}
{{Infobox amusement park
| name          = Lotte World
| image         = Lotte World day view 2.jpg
| caption         = Lotte World and [[Lotte World Tower]]
| lotte world       = 
| location        = [[Sincheon-dong, Seoul|Sincheon-dong]]
| location2       = [[Seoul]]
| location3       = South Korea
| coordinates     = {{Coord|37.51|127.10|type:landmark}}
| theme           = indoor planet ride<ref name="about">{{cite web|title=Introduction to Lotte World|url=http://global.lotteworld.com/contents/contents.asp?cmsCd=CM0222|publisher=Lotte World official website|access-date=3 February 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618113632/http://global.lotteworld.com/contents/contents.asp?cmsCd=CM0222|archive-date=18 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Lotte World: What to Do at the World's Biggest Indoor Theme Park|url=https://www.themeparkinsider.com/flume/201411/4287/|publisher=Theme Park Insider|date=6 November 2014|access-date=28 July 2023}}</ref>
| homepage        = {{URL|http://www.lotteworld.com/}}
| owner           = [[Lotte Corporation]]
| general_manager = 
| operator        = 
| opening_date    = {{Start date|1989|07|12}}
| closing_date    = 
| previous_names  = 
| season          = Year-round
| visitors        = 7.3 million<ref name="2015 attendance">{{cite web|title=TEA/AECOM 2015 Global Attractions Attendance Report Report|url=http://www.teaconnect.org/images/files/TEA_160_611852_160525.pdf|publisher=[[Themed Entertainment Association]]|access-date=June 3, 2016|year=2016}}</ref>| area            = {{convert|128,246|m2|abbr=on}}
| rides           = 
| coasters        = 
| water_rides     = 
| slogan          = 
| footnotes       = 
| status          = Operating
}}
{{Infobox Korean name
| title  = Lotte World
| hangul = 롯데월드
| hanja  = 
| rr     = Lotdewoldeu
| mr     = Rottewŏldŭ
}}
[[File:Lotte World seen from Lotte World Tower.jpg|thumb|Lotte World, seen from the [[Lotte World Tower]]]]
[[File:Khitai7.jpg|thumb|Lotte World]]
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'''Lotte World''' or '''Lotte World Adventure''' ({{Korean|hangul=롯데월드 어드벤처}}) is a theme park and major recreation complex in [[Seoul]], South Korea. Opened in July 1989, Lotte World consists of a large indoor [[theme park]],<ref name="seoul1">{{cite web |url=http://english.seoul.go.kr/cav/ena/aparks_view.php?idx=7964&cPage=& |title=Hi Seoul, Soul of Asia – Amusement Park, Theme Park, Overview |publisher=[[Seoul Metropolitan Government]] |access-date=2011-08-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130419062731/http://english.seoul.go.kr/cav/ena/aparks_view.php?idx=7964&cPage=& |archive-date=2013-04-19 }}</ref> an outdoor amusement park called "Magic Island", [[shopping mall]]s, a luxury [[hotel]], an observation tower, a Korean [[folk museum]], sports facilities and movie theaters. Lotte World's sister theme park, Lotte World Adventure Busan, opened in March 2022.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ahn |first=Jinwoo |date=2022-03-22 |script-title=ko:'동화 속 왕국' 롯데월드 부산 31일 공식 개장 |trans-title='kingdom in Fairy tale ' Lotte World Busan officially opened on the 31st |url=https://www.mbn.co.kr/vod/programView/1295253 |access-date=2023-03-24 |website=[[Maeil Broadcasting Network]] |language=ko}}</ref> In 2023 Lotte World received 5.1 million visitors, making it the 23rd-most visited theme park in the world that year and the tenth-most visited in Asia.<ref>{{Cite web |url = https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:us:13691780-8574-4346-89a1-7841afe1c597?viewer%21megaVerb=group-discover|title = TEA/AECOM 2023 Global Attractions Attendance Report |date = 2024 |access-date = 28 May 2025 }}</ref>

==General information==
Lotte World is located in [[Sincheon-dong, Seoul|Sincheon-dong]], Songpa District, Seoul, South Korea. It is made up of two main sections, the outdoor amusement park Magic Island,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.khan.co.kr/kh_news/khan_art_view.html?artid=201010152138215&code=920401 |script-title=ko:경향닷컴 {{pipe}} Kyunghyang.com |publisher=[[Kyunghyang Shinmun]] |date=2010-10-18 |access-date=2011-08-10}}</ref> and Adventure (indoors).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lotteworld.com/Global_eng/01_Adventure/AA001.asp?mn=Mn101 |title=LotteWorld {{pipe}} lotteworld.com}}</ref>

Lotte World is open all year long, without any holiday closings. Its operating hours are from 10 am to 9 pm. Depending on weather conditions (below 0&nbsp;°C or above 30&nbsp;°C, wind speed over 7~14m<sup>2</sup>, rain over 0.2mm) some Magic Island attractions may be closed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lotte World Adventure |date=2023-09-24 |title=Today's Park |url=https://adventure.lotteworld.com/eng/usage-guide/service/index.do |website=Lotte World Adventure}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+Ticket fee. Exit
!
!Adult
!Teenager
!Child
!Baby (under 48 month)
|-
!1 Day
|62,000 KRW (47.12 USD)
|54,000 KRW (41.04 USD)
|47,000 KRW (35.72 USD)
|15,000 KRW (11.40 USD)
|-
!After 4 PM
|50,000 KRW (38.00 USD)
|43,000 KRW (32.68 USD)
|36,000 KRW (27.36 USD)
|15,000 KRW (11.40 USD)
|}

== Opening ==
Construction started on Lotte World Adventure in 1985.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 1, 2023 |script-title=ko:[테마파크 경영 돋보기]롯데월드, 엔데믹 속 빛나는 '실내 테마파크' |url=http://www.thebell.co.kr/free/content/ArticleView.asp?key=202305301525080360105848&lcode=00 |access-date=October 27, 2023 |website=더벨뉴스 |language=ko}}</ref> It opened at 11 a.m. on July 12, 1989. Magic Island opened on March 24, 1990. It is located near [[Jamsil station|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. In 1990, the New Country Supermarket was absorbed by Lotte Shopping and changed its name to [[Lotte Department Store]] in Jamsil in 1998.

In [[Seomyeon, Busan|Seomyeon]], [[Busan]], there was Lotte World Sky Plaza, which started construction in 1992 and opened in 1996. It was not profitable due to the lack of a free pass and annual membership system. In 1999, it was demolished due to safety issues with the 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 have since changed from 9:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. since 1998 when marketing was conducted, stating "every day until 11 p.m." Lotte World rose 20 percent when sales at other theme parks in Korea fell about 20 percent during the [[:ko:대한민국의_IMF_구제금융_요청|IMF bailout]].

There are more than 40 different kinds of amusement facilities, including [[Drop tower|Gyro Drop]] and Atlantis. There are 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. In 2012, foreign tourists accounted for 10 percent of the total. Lotte Department Store Jamsil branch and duty-free shop are also famous tourist attractions. In the [[Seoul]] metropolitan area, it is considered one of the top three entertainment facilities along with Everland and Seoul Land. In 2011, it ranked 11th in the world in number of visitors, with 7.58 million visitors.

In May 2013, Lotte World Underland, a theme zone with the theme of a goblin village, was opened on the first basement floor. The 4D Shooting Theater, Media Zone, and restaurants were located in Underland as well.

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. Now, there are a gyro attractions consisting of Gyro Drop, Gyro Swing, and Gyro Spin.

Lotte World Ice Rink, which measures 36 m × 65 m (118&nbsp;ft × 213&nbsp;ft) on the third basement floor of Adventure, is a skating attraction. On the west side of Adventure was Lotte World Swimming. [[KidZania]], a children's vocational theme park, is located here.

Lotte World opened the [[Gimhae]] Lotte Water Park in Jangyu-dong, Gimhae, Gyeongsangnam-do from 2014 to 2015. In October 2014, Lotte World Aquarium was opened within Lotte World Mall in Songpa District, Seoul. In 2016, Lotte World Kids Park was opened in Eunpyeong Lotte Mall.

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

== Entertainment ==

* '''WORLD OF LIGHT''': In celebration of its 35th anniversary in 2024, Lotte World launched a new parade, 'WORLD OF LIGHT,' with a production budget of 10 billion [[South Korean won]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=기자 |first=이주상 |date=2024-05-07 |title=롯데월드 '월드 오브 라이트', 100억을 들여 만든 천상의 퍼레이드! |url=https://www.sportsseoul.com/news/read/1426214?ref=naver |access-date=2025-02-15 |website=스포츠서울 |language=ko}}</ref>

== Live shows ==
[[File:Loran illusionist - English.jpg|thumb|The illusionist '''Loran''' at the ''Magic Theatre'']]
* '''Magic Theatre:''' The « Magic Theatre » is a theatre of about 200 seats, featuring magicians and illusionists from Korea, as well as several other countries around the world. One of those was the Canadian illusionist Loran,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.loranillusion.com|title=LORAN Illusion Home Page|website=www.loranillusion.com|access-date=2016-03-08}}</ref> who was featured from July to December 1997, accomplishing more than 700 performances. Loran is an international artist whose magic is hallmarked in a Medieval-Gothic style.

==In popular culture==
* Lotte World was one of several locations used for filming the Korean drama ''[[Stairway to Heaven (South Korean TV series)|Stairway to Heaven]]'', namely the carousel, ice rink and as the seat of [[Chea Song-joo|Cha Song-joo]]'s family business.<ref>{{cite web|title=Korean TV Drama: Stairway to Heaven|url=http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/CU/CU_EN_8_5_1_7.jsp|work=[[Korea Tourism Organization]]|access-date=15 December 2012}}</ref>
* The South Korean boy band [[H.O.T. (band)|H.O.T.]] shot the video for their single "Candy" in Lotte World.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/003/0005965269?sid=102|title='여기는 롯데월드' 꿈의 나라 모험의 세계, 어느덧 사반세기|trans-title='This is Lotte World', the world of adventure, the land of dreams, already a quarter of a century ago|date=17 July 2014|website=[[Newsis]]|via=[[Naver]]|access-date=28 July 2023|language=ko}}</ref>
* Lotte World was one of several locations used for filming the Korean drama ''[[Hyde Jekyll, Me]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pdjournal.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=54323|title=SBS '하이드 지킬, 나' 롯데월드가 배경이 된 이유|trans-title='Hyde Jekyll, Me' Why Lotte World was the background|work={{ill|PD Journal|ko|PD저널}}|date=15 January 2015|access-date=28 July 2023|language=ko}}</ref>
* Lotte World was featured on the South Korean variety/reality show ''[[Welcome, First Time in Korea?]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.babytimes.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=29943|script-title=ko:'어서와 한국은 처음이지?' 웨일즈 삼형제의 놀이공원 방문기|trans-title='Welcome, First Time in Korea?' A visit to the amusement park of the three brothers in Wales|date=16 September 2019|website=Baby Times|access-date=28 July 2023|language=ko}}</ref>
* The British K-Pop girl group [[Kaachi|KAACHI]] filmed their music video "Get up" in Lotte World.<ref>{{Cite web|title=KAACHI Releases Teaser Video For Their Next Single 'GET UP'|url=https://www.allkpop.com/video/2021/10/kaachi-releases-teaser-video-for-their-next-single-get-up|access-date=2021-10-26|website=[[Allkpop]]|language=en}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|reason=See reliable sources list on [[WP:KO/RS]]|date=January 2025}}

==See also==
{{Portal|South Korea}}
* [[Lotte (conglomerate)|Lotte Group]]
* [[Everland]]
* [[Seoul Land]]
* [[Children's Grand Park, Seoul]]

'''General:'''
* [[List of South Korean tourist attractions]]
* [[Contemporary culture of South Korea]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline|Lotte World}}
* [https://www.instagram.com/happylotteworld/ Instagram]
* [https://adventure.lotteworld.com/eng/main/index.do Lotte World official website] {{in lang|en}}

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