Everland

Everland Resort is a theme park in Yongin, a city in Gyeonggi-do province, South Korea.

Everland Resort is a theme park in Yongin, a city in Gyeonggi-do province, South Korea. Everland is South Korea's largest theme park. In 2007, Everland ranked tenth in the world for amusement park attendance[1]. Along with its main attractions, Everland also includes a zoo and a water park known as Caribbean Bay. Everland is operated by Samsung Everland, which is a subsidiary of the 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.[2]

The name of the park is of note, as the name is "Everland" of English origin. In Korean, the name is approximated as "Ebeoraendeu" - in other words, there is no authentic Korean name for the park. This park was formerly called "Ja Yeon Nong Won."

T Express

Main article: 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 5,838 feet long. It is also the steepest, with the first drop inclined at 77 degrees. Its name comes from the logo of conglomerate SK's SK Telecom service.

Characteristics & Records of T Express (2008)

  • South Korea's first wooden roller coaster
  • World's steepest wooden roller coaster (77 degrees)
  • Drop : 57m (7th in the world)
  • Attraction time : 3min 00sec (the longest in Asia, 7th in the world)
  • Air time : 12 times (the most air times in South Korea)
  • Altitude : 56m (the highest in Asia, 3rd in the world)
  • Maximum Speed : 104km/h (the fastest in Asia, 8th in the world)
  • [+] Gravity Force : 4.5g
  • [-] Gravity Force : -1.2g

Everland

Everland is divided into 5 distinct 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 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 animal shows. There is also a small zoo with polar bears, sea lions, penguins, bears, tigers and primates. A safari bus ride is available which shows animals such as ligers and bears roaming in a contained habitat. The visitors are caged up in the bus. Amazon Express is a raft ride, where most visitors get wet to varying degrees. 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 various European styles. The architecture imitates different European styles. 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. In March 2008, a new 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 here provides a spectacular view of the whole park. There are also a log ride, futuristic flying ride, and robot ride, along with restaurants and arcades.

American Adventure

Themes from American history are presented in this portion of the park. There are old west rides, including "Eagle's Fortress" thrill ride, and the 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.

Roller coasters

Ride Year Opened Manufacturer Description
T Express 2008 Intamin AG South Korea's highest, fastest, longest, steepest roller coaster. Also South Korea's first wooden coaster.

It has world's steepest wooden roller coaster record (77 degrees, 2009)

Eagle Fortress 1992 Arrow Dynamics South Korea's first suspended coaster. Reached up to 40 miles per hour (64km/h) by a trim brake on the drop when opening, but now reaches 52 miles per hour (85km/h) by eliminating the trim brake.
Rolling-X Train 1988 Arrow Dynamics (Trains built by Vekoma) Built for the celebration of 1988 Seoul Olympics. Two loops and two corkscrews. Former name was "Fantasy Express"
Herky & Timmy's Racing Coaster 2005 Vekoma A Family roller coaster placed in Aesop's village.
Dragon Coaster 1987 Zamperla A two circuit powered roller coaster.

Everland Speedway

Everland Speedway is South Korea's first racing track. The speedway has held racing events of various scales. It also gives opportunities to experience and enjoy race car driving for ordinary people with no previous racing experience..

Caribbean Bay

Main article: Caribbean Bay

Caribbean Bay is South Korea's Largest(2009) water park. Outdoor zone is not open all year due to weather conditions (Winter and Rainy Seasons). Aquatic center(inside) opens all year. It is divided into 5 distinct zones.

Wild River

Wild River(opened at 2008 summer) is zone for extreme water play. It has 6 water tube slides including Tower Bumerango(the most extreme attraction in Caribbean Bay)

Sea Wave

Main attraction in Sea Wave zone is Wave Pool. It generates 2.4m artificial wave. It also has sandy rest zone.

Aquatic Center

Aquatic Center is indoor zone in Caribbean Bay. It has several normal pools, 3 water slides, indoor wave pool, spas, and saunas. It opens all year.

Fortress

Fortress is for fun water play. It has streaming pool(named ‘Lazy Pool’), Surfing Ride, Adventure pool and spas

Bay Slide

Bay Slide is for water ride. It has 6 tube rides and 3 water bobsleighs.

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Kristina Bosak
15 March 2016
Love this place???? Looks and feels like a fairytale with good quality roller coasters, you will be scared; all the facilities like cafes and souvenir shops are easy reachable and with range of choice❤️
Paul Gabion
27 November 2017
You have to spend a whole day to enjoy Everland! In the morning and afternoon, you spend your time on rides and shows, while in the evening, get to enjoy the light parade and the fireworks show!
Mohammad
24 April 2017
Best rides : Double Rock Spin-T Express -Columbus Adventure-Thunder Falls -Let’s Twist-Rolling X-Train-Lost Valley -Thunder Falls- Amazon Express . (Hologram Theater was ok) . MUST CHECK THE PANDA !
Jess C
18 October 2014
Super fun and exciting rides! The light show at night was pretty interesting too. Queues for the rides were long but they do state the estimated waiting time. T-express is not for the faint at heart!
Naoki Ferrio
13 April 2017
Prepare a whole day to explore many interesting rides, including a mini zoo!. A few rides are closed due to the weather. You also need to buy added tickets for a few rides, eg: roller coaster.
Hadeel
17 September 2019
The place is so beautiful. Don't miss Safari park, panda world♥️ and T express. Though one day is not enough if you wanna try all the rides.
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0.1km from 551-11 Yuun-ri, Pogog-eup, Cheoin-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea Get directions
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