It is a huge park with variety of attractions for you & your family or friends! Children’s Grand Park is a park complex in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul. The grand park offers an amusement park, a zoo, hills and hiking trails and a beautiful garden. 62% of the park’s total area 53,000 sq. meters is filled with greenery and various facilities.
One of the world’s best Children’s Grand Park
Seoul Children’s Grand Park is designated as an educational experience place by Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education for operating various educational programs for children. The park started running during Children’s day in 1973. Hence, the park is full of attractions that are all youngster friendly.
Interesting history
A little fun history fact, Seoul Children’s Grand Park was originally the royal tomb for Myeong Seong Hwang Hu, who was the Queen of the last King, Sunjong, of the Greater Korean Empire. In 1926, the tomb was moved to Yangju-gun (currently Namyangju City) in Gyeongi Province when King Sunjong died. In 1970, by order of President Park Chung-hee, construction of the park started and opened the following year. In this post, I will be talking more about the types of rides there is!
The amusement park
The amusement park has multiple rides. Rollercoasters, bumper cars, a viking ride and many more. Best part of all, they are all children friendly and fun for adults too!
Let’s see what kind of rides do they offer there.
Rollercoaster
First, we have this thrilling roller coaster. Designed well with a finish touch of blue and yellow paint.
It is actually faster than I expected. I was 19 when I rode that and it felt like a normal rollercoaster you would ride at other amusement parks. I was quite surprised seeing kids younger than me taking the ride well. I was holding on to dear life the whole ride. It is a good rollercoaster adreaneline rush for kids, and even adults! If you don’t take rollercoasters well as an adult, you will be able to handle this rollercoaster ride at the Children’s Grand Park.
Spinning Giant Tree
Next, we have a spinning giant tree!
This is one of the chill rides. You can find this at almost every amusement park. However, I have to add though, if you don’t take spinning rides well and can get dizzy easily, this would not be the ride for you. Since the tree diameter isn’t that big, the spinning gets quite dizzy.
The drop ride
The next ride, is a drop ride. If you have been to the Lotte World amusement park, you probably know the ride Gyro Drop. The kind of ride that ascends you as high as it can go, then drops when you least expect it. This ride is similar to that, but less extreme. If you can’t get yourself to ride the Gyro Drop at Lotte World, you can start with this one at the Children Grand’s Park.
It goes up to an appropriate height suitable for kids. Besides that, the ride itself takes less than 7 minutes!
The Viking
Behold, we have the viking. This ride is actually more extreme than you would think. Don’t let the cheerfully decorated viking fool you. This viking is actually pretty subtle compared to other viking rides at other amusement parks. However, it is still doing its job of giving you the adrenaline rush without going too over the top. Personally for me and a few of my friends the ride gives you headaches. Of course, this varies for different people!
Pro tip – If you want to enjoy more of the adventure on the viking, sit at the very back. If you want to take it easy, sit somewhere in the middle.
Sky Train
They have this ride called the ‘Sky Train’. The name is self explanatory, a train operating in the sky, different from the underground subways in Korea. This ride is of course more relaxed. You can make this your last ride and enjoy the view of the park after a long day with all the other exhilarating rides!
Besides all the rides I explained in detail above, they also have bumper cars, and many other rides!
Information
Address: 216, Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul
서울특별시 광진구 능동로 216 (능동)
Homepage: www.sisul.or.kr (Korean, English)
Operating hours
- Weekdays: 10am – 6pm
- Weekends: 10am – 6.30 pm
Tickets
The tickets vary according to the amount of rides you can take with it or you can choose the whole day ticket.
- Whole day ticket (all rides): 27,000won (adults), 23,000won (teenagers & kids)
- 5 rides: 19,000won (adults), 16,000 (teenagers & kids)
- 1 ride: 5,000 (adults), 4,000 (teenagers), 3,500 (kids)
Last but not least, try to go on the weekdays if possible. Less people and you would be able to enjoy the park without crowds.
Most important of all, in today’s pandemic, masks are an absolute must. Have fun and stay safe everybody!
