Everland

Template:Korean name Everland Resort is a theme park in Yongin, a suburb of Seoul, South Korea. Everland is South Korea's largest theme park. According to the 2002 statistics, Everland ranked sixth in attendance[1]. Along with its main attractions, Everland also includes a zoo and a water park, known as Caribbean Bay. Everland is owned by Samsung Everland, which is a subsidiary of Samsung group.

Everland is often compared to Disneyland by those who have visited both parks, as some consider the architecture, scale, themes and general atmosphere to be very similar.

Everland is divided into 5 distinct zones; Global Fair, Zoo-Topia, European Adventure, Magic Land and American Adventure. Caribbean Bay water park requires an additional ticket, and is not open all year due to weather conditions.

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 special services such as stroller rental and lockers.

Zoo-Topia

Zoo-Topia is an animal themed portion. There is a petting zoo, pony rides, and anmial shows. There is also a small zoo with polar bears, sea lions penguins, bears and tigers and primates. A safari bus ride is available which shows animals roaming in their natural habitat. The visitors are caged up in the bus. Amazon express is a white water trip, where most visitors get wet to varying degrees.

European Adventure

European Adventure has many restaurants in various European styles. There is lots of architecture some of which is Dutch and others Roman in design. There is a flower garden encircled by a train, games and arcades. A favorite attraction here is the Mystery Mansion in which visitors can shoot at the ghosts.

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 here provides a spectacular view of the whole park. There is a log ride, futuristic flying ride, robot ride. There are many restaurants and arcades.

American Adventure

Themes from American history come to life in this portion of the park. There are old west rides, including "Eagle's Fortess" thrill ride, and the rodeo. In Rocks 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.

Gallery

• 
  A tiger in the zoo-topia sector of Everland
• 
  The view from a bus safari adventure

External links

• Everland Official Homepage