This guide covers Lotte World tickets and the After-4 ticket that takes ₩12,000 off the adult price, whether the Magic Pass fast pass is worth it, the rides that matter in Lotte World Adventure and on Magic Island, including the new MapleStory zone, what queues are really like on weekdays and weekends, height limits for young children, the ice rink and folk museum, and how to combine the park with Seoul Sky and the cherry blossoms of Seokchon Lake. Prices were checked in October 2026; treat them as the right order of magnitude, because the park adjusts prices and runs frequent promotions. For how Lotte World compares with Seoul’s other paid attractions, start with our guide to Seoul’s ticketed attractions.
Lotte World at a glance
| What | Detail (September 2026) |
|---|---|
| Where | Jamsil, south-east Seoul, beside Jamsil Station (Lines 2 and 8) |
| The two parks | Lotte World Adventure (indoor) and Magic Island (outdoor, on Seokchon Lake), on one ticket |
| Day pass | ₩64,000 for an adult at the gate, or ₩67,000 with the Folk Museum; often cheaper through the booking platforms |
| After-4 ticket | Entry from 16:00; ₩52,000 for an adult (₩55,000 with the Folk Museum), ₩12,000 below the day pass |
| Magic Pass | A paid fast pass for a set number of rides, sold in limited numbers |
| Opening hours | From 10:00, usually until 21:00 or 22:00; check the date |
| Height limits | Atlantis, Gyro Drop and the other big rides have minimum and maximum heights; check each ride in the Lotte World app |
| New in 2026 | Maple Island, a permanent MapleStory zone on Magic Island with three new rides |
| Next door | Seoul Sky, Lotte World Aquarium, Lotte World Mall, Seokchon Lake |
| Time needed | Most of a day for the day pass; the After-4 ticket runs from 16:00 to closing, which varies by date |
The short version: buy online, go on a weekday, head to Magic Island first while the queues are short and the weather holds, do the indoor rides in the afternoon, and consider the After-4 ticket if you only want the big rides and the night parade.
Lotte World in a nutshell
Lotte World opened in 1989 as part of a huge complex of hotel, department store and park built by the Lotte group in Jamsil, the area around the 1988 Olympic venues. Its indoor half, Lotte World Adventure, sits under a vast glass dome and holds most of the park’s rides, shows, restaurants and shops, with an ice rink on the lowest level. A bridge leads out to Magic Island, an outdoor section on an island in Seokchon Lake, with the park’s fairy-tale castle, its biggest thrill rides and, since April 2026, a new zone themed on the Korean video game MapleStory.
Do not confuse it with Lotte World Adventure Busan, a separate outdoor park that opened near Busan in 2022. If you are booking tickets, check that you are buying for Seoul.
Lotte World tickets
Day pass or After-4?
A one-day adult pass costs ₩64,000 at the gate, or ₩67,000 including the Folk Museum, with lower prices for teenagers, children and toddlers. The After-4 ticket gives entry from 16:00 until closing for ₩52,000 (₩55,000 with the Folk Museum), a saving of ₩12,000. Which you want depends on what you are there for:
- Choose the day pass if you have children who want to do everything, if you want to see the daytime parade and shows, or if you are visiting at the weekend, when the queues mean you will do fewer rides per hour.
- Choose After-4 if you are mainly after the big rides and the night parade, if you are combining the park with Seoul Sky or shopping earlier in the day, or if you are travelling without children on a weekday. With the park open until 21:00 or 22:00, five or six hours on a quiet weekday is enough to ride most of the headline attractions.
Buy online, not at the gate
The booking platforms, including Klook, KKday and Trip.com, often sell Lotte World day passes to foreign visitors below the gate price, so compare them before you turn up and pay at the ticket office. Most are QR codes or e-vouchers you scan or exchange at the entrance, so read the instructions and bring your passport. Combos with the Lotte World Aquarium or Seoul Sky next door are often cheaper than buying each separately.
If you are buying a Discover Seoul Pass, Lotte World is on its list of included attractions. The pass now comes in 72-hour (₩90,000) and 120-hour (₩130,000) versions, plus Pick 3 Basic (₩49,000, three attractions within five days) and Pick 3 Theme Park (₩70,000, also valid for five days). A Lotte World day ticket costs less than the 72-hour pass on its own, so that one only pays off if you fill the other days with paid sights too. Check the current list before you rely on it; our guide to Seoul discount passes has the maths.
The Magic Pass: is the fast pass worth it?
The Magic Pass is Lotte World’s paid fast pass. You buy it for a set number of rides, and it lets you use a dedicated, much shorter entrance for those rides instead of the main queue. It is sold in limited numbers each day, so on a busy weekend it can sell out; check availability in the Lotte World app or at the park when you arrive.
Two rules catch people out. First, it is a pass for a fixed number of rides, not unlimited fast access. Second, several of the most popular rides, including Atlantis, Comet Express, French Revolution, the Flume Ride and the Fury of the Pharaoh, cannot be ridden more than once on the Magic Pass, so plan to use each credit on a different headline ride.
Is it worth it? On a weekend or school holiday, when the Atlantis queue can stretch, yes: a three-ride pass spent on the three longest queues of the day saves a lot of standing around. On a weekday in term time, when the queues are much shorter, it is usually not worth the extra money. Buy your ticket first, look at the wait times in the app when you arrive, and decide then.
Lotte World Adventure: the indoor park
The indoor park is the heart of Lotte World and the reason it works in any weather. Under the dome you will find themed streets of shops and restaurants, stages for shows, and the rides. Highlights include:
- The Fury of the Pharaoh: a jeep ride through an Egyptian tomb, in the style of a certain whip-carrying archaeologist, and one of the park’s most popular rides.
- French Revolution: a looping indoor roller coaster that races around the dome.
- The Flume Ride: a log flume inside the building, so you can get wet in January.
- Adventures of Sinbad: a gentle boat ride through scenes from the stories, good for all ages.
- The Conquistador: a swinging pirate ship over the fairy-tale village.
- The balloon ride: little baskets that circle the upper reaches of the dome, with the best view of the whole indoor park.
The parades run through the indoor park, with a daytime parade and a night parade on most days. Check the day’s schedule in the app or on the boards near the entrance, and claim a spot on the upper balconies for the best view.
Magic Island and the new Maple Island
Magic Island is the outdoor half, set on an island in Seokchon Lake, and it is where the outdoor thrill rides are.
- Atlantis Adventure: the park’s signature roller coaster, a fast, low-slung ride that skims the lake and hurtles through themed ruins. It has a height limit and queues can build, so check both in the app before you head over.
- Gyro Drop: a drop tower that lifts you high above the lake before a free fall. Riders must meet a height requirement.
- Gyro Swing and the other thrill rides around the island, most with height limits that rule out younger children.
In April 2026 Lotte World opened Maple Island, a permanent zone on Magic Island built with Nexon, the company behind the long-running MapleStory game. Its three new rides are Stone Express, a roller coaster themed on the game’s forest world; Arcana Ride, which circles a giant spirit tree on a rail; and Eos Tower, a drop ride set in the game’s toy kingdom. If you or your children grew up on MapleStory, it is the park’s big novelty. If you did not, the rides are still fun, but expect the zone to be crowded for a while.
Magic Island is outdoors, so its rides stop in heavy rain, strong wind and, in winter, the coldest weather. That is why the standard advice is to do it first: if the weather turns in the afternoon, you have already done the rides that would close.
Which rides actually matter?
If your time is limited, prioritise by who you are:
- Thrill-seekers: Atlantis, Gyro Drop, the new Maple Island coaster and drop ride, French Revolution, then the Fury of the Pharaoh.
- Families with children aged six to ten: the Fury of the Pharaoh, the Flume Ride, Adventures of Sinbad, the balloon ride, the Maple Island rail ride and the parades.
- Families with toddlers: the gentle rides in the indoor park, the parades, the balloon ride and the Folk Museum’s miniature villages, with the aquarium next door as a back-up.
- Couples: Atlantis and the Gyro Drop by day, the balloon ride and the night parade, and a walk around Seokchon Lake afterwards.
Queues: the weekday versus weekend reality
This is the single biggest factor in how much you enjoy Lotte World. On a weekday in term time, most rides have waits of minutes rather than hours, and you can ride the headline attractions in a few hours. On weekends, public holidays and school holidays, particularly in late July and August, Atlantis and the other big rides can have waits of an hour or two, and the indoor park gets very crowded. School trips can also fill the park on weekdays in spring and autumn, so arriving at opening pays off whatever the day.
A plan that works on most days:
- Arrive before opening, with your ticket on your phone and the Lotte World app installed.
- Go straight to Magic Island and ride Atlantis first, then Gyro Drop and the Maple Island rides.
- Head indoors for lunch, early or late, to avoid the peak.
- Spend the afternoon on the indoor rides, which are largely unaffected by weather.
- Catch the night parade, then leave straight from the park into Jamsil Station.
Lotte World with young children
Lotte World is the better of Seoul’s two big theme parks for young children. It is on the subway, largely indoors, and there are toilets, baby facilities and food everywhere. There are plenty of gentle rides for small children in the indoor park, alongside the parades and shows. The limits come with height: Gyro Drop, Atlantis and the other bigger rides have minimum heights, so check the limits for anything your children have set their hearts on. Toddlers pay little or nothing, depending on age, so check the child and baby prices before you buy.
Pushchairs are manageable on the main levels of the indoor park, though the crowds make them hard work at weekends. For more on Seoul with small children, see our guides to Seoul with kids and Seoul with toddlers and babies.
Beyond the rides: the ice rink, the folk museum and next door
The ice rink
The Lotte World Ice Rink sits on the lowest level of the indoor park, overlooked by the rides and galleries above. It is open to the public with its own ticket and skate hire, separate from the park ticket, and it makes a good hour for families who have had enough of queues. Check its session times, which sometimes close for events or maintenance.
The Lotte World Folk Museum
Tucked into the complex is the Lotte World Folk Museum, with dioramas, miniature villages and reconstructions of Korean life across the centuries. Admission has usually been included with park tickets, so check yours. It is a pleasant, air-conditioned hour and an easy way to give children a sense of Korean history between rides.
Seoul Sky, the aquarium and the mall
Lotte World Tower, the tallest building in Korea, stands next door, with the Seoul Sky observatory at the top, the Lotte World Aquarium at its foot and Lotte World Mall linking everything underground. A day that combines the park with an evening at Seoul Sky is one of the classic Seoul days, and combination tickets often make it cheaper. For shopping in the mall and the duty-free store in the tower, see our guides to shopping in Seoul and duty-free shopping.
Seokchon Lake and the cherry blossoms
Magic Island sits in the western half of Seokchon Lake, and the walking path around the lake, about 2.5 kilometres for the full loop, is one of the best cherry blossom walks in Seoul. In early April the lake is ringed by around a thousand cherry trees, a festival takes over the paths, and the views of the castle and the tower through the blossom are spectacular. It is also extremely busy, especially at weekends and in the evenings, so go early. The rest of the year the lake is a lovely, free place to walk off a day of rides. Our cherry blossom guide has the usual timing.
A Korean trend: school uniforms at Lotte World
Do not be surprised to see groups of adults in Korean school uniforms. Wearing gyobok, often rented from shops near Jamsil Station, has become a popular way for Korean friends and couples to spend a day at Lotte World, partly for nostalgia and partly for the photographs. It is the Lotte World equivalent of hanbok at the palaces, and visitors are welcome to join in.
Getting there and practical tips
Lotte World is a short walk from Jamsil Station, on Lines 2 and 8. Subway fares start at ₩1,550 with a T-money card and rise with distance; our subway guide explains the rest.
- Install the Lotte World app before you go, for wait times, show schedules and the Magic Pass.
- Use the lockers near the entrance for coats and shopping, especially in winter.
- Eat off-peak. Eating before or after the usual lunch hour saves time, and the mall next door has more choice.
- Bring a layer for Magic Island in winter and something waterproof if the forecast is mixed.
- Charge your phone. Your ticket, the app and the queue times all live on it.
Sample plans
- The full day: arrive at 10:00, Magic Island until lunch, the indoor park all afternoon, the Folk Museum and the parade, and the night parade before you leave.
- The After-4 evening: Seoul Sky or the aquarium in the afternoon, the park from 16:00, Magic Island first while it is light, indoor rides after dark, and the night parade.
- The rainy day: the indoor park, the ice rink and the Folk Museum, with Magic Island only if the rain clears. Our guide to rainy-day activities in Seoul has more ideas.
- The cherry blossom day: an early walk around Seokchon Lake, the park from opening, and Seoul Sky at sunset.
Seasonal events
Lotte World changes its decorations, parades and shows with the seasons, and the themed periods are when it is at its most atmospheric, and its busiest. Autumn brings a Halloween season that is hugely popular with Korean teenagers and students, with costumes, spooky decorations and evening events, while winter brings Christmas decorations, a giant tree and festive parades under the dome. Spring belongs to the cherry blossoms around Seokchon Lake. Check the Lotte World app or website for the current season’s events and dates.
Where to stay near Lotte World
You do not need to stay in Jamsil to visit Lotte World, since it is so well connected by subway, but it is a pleasant base if you are combining the park with Seoul Sky, Seokchon Lake and the Olympic Park area. Lotte Hotel World is attached to the complex, Signiel Seoul occupies the upper floors of Lotte World Tower for a splurge, and the Sofitel Ambassador overlooks Seokchon Lake. Staying here puts you on Line 2, which runs straight to Gangnam and City Hall, but it is a long way from Hongdae and the palaces. Our guides to where to stay in Seoul and the best hotels in Gangnam compare it with the other bases.
Is Lotte World worth it?
For families, for anyone who loves theme parks, and for anyone with a rainy day to fill, yes. It is convenient, it is fun, it works in any weather, and the combination of the indoor park, Magic Island, the new MapleStory zone, the ice rink and Seoul Sky next door makes for a very full day. Buying online and going on a weekday transform the value.
Adults who are not theme-park people, however, can skip it without regret. It is not a specifically Korean experience, and the full-price ticket is the most expensive single admission most visitors buy in Seoul. If you want serious roller coasters and animals and have a full day to spare, Everland outside the city is the bigger park; our Everland guide explains the journey. The rule that holds up is simple: Lotte World wins on convenience and bad weather; Everland wins on coasters, outdoor space and animals.
If you are deciding between Lotte World and Everland rather than planning a day at one of them, our Lotte World vs Everland comparison sets the two side by side: rides, animals, weather, queues, the free Smart Queue against the paid Magic Pass, and the real cost of each day once you add the journey.
For the tower half of a Jamsil day, our Seoul Sky guide explains the tickets, the Fast Pass and the glass-floored Sky Deck, and suggests how to time a visit around the park, including a late-night trip up on Fridays and Saturdays, when the observatory stays open until 23:00.
Frequently asked questions
How much are Lotte World tickets?
An adult one-day pass is ₩64,000 at the gate for the park alone or ₩67,000 with the Folk Museum; teenagers, children and toddlers pay less. From 16:00 the After-4 ticket costs an adult ₩52,000, or ₩55,000 with the Folk Museum. Booking platforms often sell tickets to foreign visitors below the gate price.
Is the Lotte World Magic Pass worth it?
On weekends and holidays, usually yes, especially if you use it on rides with long waits that day, such as Atlantis. On quiet weekdays it is rarely worth the money. It covers a fixed number of rides, some rides cannot be repeated on it, and it can sell out.
Is Lotte World indoors?
Mostly. Lotte World Adventure is a huge indoor park under a glass dome, and it works in any weather. Magic Island, with Atlantis, Gyro Drop and the new Maple Island zone, is outdoors, and its rides stop in heavy rain, strong wind and very cold weather.
What are the height limits at Lotte World?
Atlantis and Gyro Drop both have minimum and maximum heights, as do other thrill rides, and there are gentle rides for younger children. Check the limits for specific rides in the app before you go.
How long do you need at Lotte World?
Five to eight hours for a full day. The After-4 ticket runs from 16:00 until closing, and closing times vary, so check the day’s hours and pick the rides you most want before you go in.
How do I get to Lotte World?
Take the subway to Jamsil Station, on Lines 2 and 8, and follow the signs to the park, a short walk away.
Is Lotte World or Everland better?
Lotte World for convenience, bad weather, young children and short trips; Everland for big coasters, safaris and a full day out. Many families on longer trips do both.
Final thoughts
Lotte World is the easiest big day out in Seoul: a subway ride away, open late, and immune to the weather. Buy your ticket online, go on a weekday if you can, ride Magic Island first, and decide on the Magic Pass when you see the queues. Finish with the night parade or a trip up Seoul Sky, and it is one of the most enjoyable days a family can have in the city. For the other paid attractions worth your money, see our guide to Seoul’s ticketed attractions.
Photo Credits
Lotte World Adventure and its ice rink at night: Lotte World Adventure (5587583207) by InSapphoWeTrust from Los Angeles, California, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Inside Lotte World Adventure by day: Khitai7 by Khitai (a flickr user), CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The bridge to Magic Island and the Magic Castle: Lotte magic castle by Yuliafichtl, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Atlantis Adventure: Atlantis Adventure 2011 1 by Jeremy Thompson from Los Angeles, California, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Thrill rides on Magic Island: Lotte World (롯데월드입니다) by Jenny1219, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Seokchon Lake cherry blossoms: Seokchon Lake Cherry Blossoms 2020 by Ox1997cow, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.