Monday, August 30, 2010

Woobang Land: Korean Theme Park

Not too much happening with the travelling Chambless clan lately. Between the heat and other things to keep busy with we've been sticking close to home. But since this was a four day weekend for the hubby, we decided to do something. We wanted to go to one of the big amusement parks near Seoul, but after checking the train schedule (because driving in/near Seoul is a nightmare!) we decided that's best left for an overnight adventure. We settled on Woobang Tower Land, a small park here in nearby Daegu.

It was virtually a ghost town since we went on a weekday, which was great because it meant no lines, but not so great because they weren't having any shows either. However, we were there for the kids to have fun, and have fun they did! The oldest had her BFF with her so it was a fantastic day for her, regardless of the rides.


The park itself was kind of old and run down; like our friend said, a little paint would go a long way. The restaurants in the park of course cater to Koreans, so not a lot of preferential choices for us. They sell hot dogs, which are really what we would call corn dogs, and they also had cotton candy and churros! They also had "peanut buttered roast squid", but I'd already had enough roasted squid for the day so I couldn't get anymore. (yeah right!)

We didn't make it outside of the kiddie ride area, except for one roller coaster Matt rode on. The best 'ride' in the park however wasn't actually a ride. It was a sledding hill. Once we convinced our daughter to get on she loved it!