Head on over to Everland, Korea’s best theme park, to enjoy some spooky, spine-chilling festivities for the Halloween season!
Prepare your costume and candy – Halloween’s just around the corner! It’s the time when ghosts, zombies, witches, and all other things spooky appear.
Halloween in Korea has become a cultural event that is celebrated in certain areas, including theme parks.
Everland, the largest theme park in Korea, hosts Halloween festivals every year, and this year they offer 2 main festivals: “Happy Halloween” for kids and “Blood City Dark Xircus” for horror lovers.
Everything from the entrance sign to parade floats and trees is covered with carved pumpkins, smiling jack-o-lanterns, ghoulish ghosts, and gargoyles…
If there’s a place that takes their themes very seriously, it’s Everland. They’ve got something for thrill-seekers of all ages.
Now let’s get into the series of attractions in store for all of you!
Happy Halloween Wicked Parade
Blood City: Dark Xircus
For this year’s Halloween season, Everland theme park has unveiled its even more terrifying horror zone than last year called Blood City 2, and it is packed with various haunted rides and attractions.
If you head over to the Horror Village, you will feel like walking through one of your most horrific nightmares; the kind that you’ll be glad you woke up from.
1. Horror T-Express
T Express, the most popular ride in Everland, is now haunted. Try and ride the haunted version of T Express in the dark!
| When: After 7:30 pm
| Where: T-Express
※Check Q-Pass ticket with which you can have the fast entrance of Horror T-Express! → N/A
※Check the Everland application to see if the rides need to be reserved first and for the latest information on all rides!
2. Horror Amazon Express
Watch out for zombie human hunters who are after you in the dark! There will be Zombie’s attack, the roar of the fallen demons, and the unimaginable fear.
| When: After 7:30 pm
| Where: Amazon Express
※Check Q-Pass ticket with which you can have the fast entrance of Horror Amazon! → N/A
※Entry restrictions for visitors under 14 years old.
※Check the Everland application to see if the rides need to be reserved first and for the latest information on all rides!
3. Horror Maze → N/A this year due to the pandemic
By far the most terrifying and spine-chilling experience is the Horror Maze.
You pay 5,000 KRW to walk in the dark in groups of four to six and bump into many different types of ghosts and ghouls that’ll have you letting out blood-curdling screams, as you try and find your way out. It’s definitely not for the faint-hearted.
Check out this terrifying teaser below for the maze from a few years back featuring 2PM and miss A’s Suzy.
| When: Check operating hours every day on Everland App due to time variability.
| Where: Horror Maze
| Fee: 5,000 KRW
※Entry restrictions for visitors under 14 years old.
※Check the Everland application to see if the rides need to be reserved first and for the latest information on all rides!
4. Horror Safari → N/A this year due to the pandemic
Also, Horror Safari is waiting for you. As your bus descends into the darkness, you’ll start to feel a sense of dread and want to head back, but zombies will chase you and try to terrorize your bus.
Will the bus be able to return without becoming torn apart or stranded? Most importantly, will YOU be able to return alive?
| Note: The Horror Safari is a horror experience that does not involve animal-watching.
| When: After 7:00 pm
| Where: Safari World
| Fee: 5,000 KRW
※Check Q-Pass ticket with which you can have the fast entrance of real animal safari. Q-Pass does not cover the fast entrance to Horror Safari. → N/A
※Entry restrictions for visitors under 14 years old.
※Check the Everland application to see if the rides need to be reserved first and for the latest information on all rides!
5. Crazy Zombie Hunt → N/A this year due to the pandemic
Zombie Prison is another major attraction in a horror village haunted by cursed souls who tried over and over again to calm their souls but failed.
Enjoy the flash mob performance put on by shambling corpses in their gruesome, decaying states in the ruined ghost town.
| When: Check operating hours every day on Everland App due to time variability.
| Where: Crazy Zombie Hunt
※The schedule is subject to change due to weather.
6. Korean School Uniform 1 Day Rental → N/A
Everland, being the biggest theme park in Korea, it is the spot to go to for Korean students to have a fun and exciting time. Now, you can experience Everland like a Korean student by renting the Korean school uniforms! This is surely a different and unique experience for you to enjoy Korea to the fullest!
| Where: Everland Theme Park
The Best Deals for Everland Tickets
If you would like to enjoy the essence of Everland in one day or half-day, these tickets below offer you the best deals!
※ Everland Chuseok Half-Day Afternoon Pass is open until October 11! Do not miss this reasonable price.
Everland Ticket
| Everland One Day Pass
| Everland Half-day Afternoon Pass
How to get to Everland
Since the park is located outside of Seoul in Yongin City, it will be best for you to book a shuttle bus package that comes with a ticket and a shuttle bus ride. Departure and arrival locations include most of the main areas of Seoul/Suwon such as Hongik University, Myeongdong and Seoul Station.
Transfer package
| Everland Round-trip Shuttle Bus
| Everland Discount Ticket & Shuttle Bus Package
| Everland Discount Ticket + Q-Pass (Express Pass) + Shuttle Bus→ N/A
| Everland Discount Ticket & Private Van Transfer Package
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Photo Credits :
Everland Official Website
Everland Official Facebook Page
Everland Official Blog
Everland Official Webzine
Can kids below 14 enter when accompanied by adults? like horror safari
Hi, Jong! Please refer to the Everland official website for more details: http://www.everland.com/web/multi/english/everland/main.html