Everland

Everland
Location Everland Resort, Yongin, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Coordinates 37°17′44″N 127°12′14″E / 37.295632°N 127.203999°E / 37.295632; 127.203999Coordinates: 37°17′44″N 127°12′14″E / 37.295632°N 127.203999°E / 37.295632; 127.203999
Owner Samsung C&T Resort & Construction Group
Opened 1976[1]
Previous names Farmland
Operating season year-round
Visitors per annum 7.38 million[2]
Area 250[3]
Rides
Roller coasters 5
Website http://www.everland.co.kr/
Everland
Hangul 에버랜드
Revised Romanization Ebeoraendeu
McCune–Reischauer Ebǒraendǔ

Everland is South Korea's largest theme park. Located at the Everland Resort in Yongin, a city in Gyeonggi-do, it has 7.3 million visitors per year[2] and was ranked sixteenth in the world for amusement park attendance in 2014.[2] 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 "Farmland."[4]

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 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 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 a spectacular view 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 many restaurants and stands.

American Adventure

Themes from American history are presented in this portion of the park. There is one Wild West ride, the rodeo."Eagle fortress" was closed down.

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

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

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

Eagle's Fortress (closed) 1992 Arrow Dynamics South Korea's first suspended coaster. Limited to 40 miles per hour (64 km/h) by a trim brake on the drop when opening, but now reaches 52 miles per hour (84 km/h) since the trim brake was eliminated.
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.

T Express

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 (1,779 m) long. It is the steepest, with the first drop inclined at 77 degrees. Its name comes from the logo of conglomerate SK Corporation's SK Telecom service.

Characteristics and records of T Express (2009)

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[5] such as it's a Small World at Disneyland Park in California.

Characteristics of Jigu Maul

Attendance

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Worldwide rank
6,600,000[6] 6,169,000[7] 6,884,000[8] 6,570,000[9] N/A 7,303,000[2] 7,381,000[2] 7,423,000[10] 14

See also

References

  1. ↑ "History of the Resort". everland.com. Samsung Everland. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "TEA/AECOM 2014 Global Attractions Attendance Report Report" (PDF). Themed Entertainment Association. 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Everland". everland.com. Samsung Everland. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  4. ↑ Discussion about name (in Korean)
  5. ↑ everland. everland. Retrieved on 2013-07-12.
  6. ↑ "TEA/AECOM 2008 Global Attractions Report" (PDF). Themed Entertainment Association. 2008. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
  7. ↑ "TEA/AECOM 2009 Global Attractions Report" (PDF). Themed Entertainment Association. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 2, 2010. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
  8. ↑ "TEA/AECOM 2010 Global Attractions Report" (PDF). Themed Entertainment Association. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 19, 2011. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
  9. ↑ "TEA/AECOM 2011 Global Attractions Report" (PDF). Themed Entertainment Association. 2011. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
  10. ↑ "TEA/AECOM 2015 Global Attractions Attendance Report Report" (PDF). Themed Entertainment Association. 2016. Retrieved June 3, 2016.

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