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Seoul Square Skating Rink

At Seoul Plaza, you can ice skate amid the dynamic energy of downtown Seoul. The rink opens at 10:00am. The surface of the runk is cleaned and resurfaced for 30 minutes every hour. Skate rental is included with your admission ticket.

The biggest merits of the ice skating rink are its convenient location, as it is placed at the center of downtown Seoul with easy access by public transportations, and the affordable ticket price – only 1,000 won per hour. After skating, it is just a short walk to Gwanghwamun Square and the Insa-dong neighborhood, where you can enjoy a variety of tourist attractions.

• Seoul Square Skating Rink
• ☞ Period: December 14, 2012 – February 3, 2013 (no closing day)
• ☞ Hours: Sun - Thu 10:00 – 22:00 / Fri, Sat, and National Holidays 10:00 – 23:00
• ☞ Fees: 1,000 won per hour (including admission fee and rental fee)
  * Make sure to bring gloves (or purchase ones on site)
• ☞ Convenient facilities: toilet, book café, coin operated lockers, lounge, outdoor tables, and heater
• ☞ Homepage: http://www.seoulskate.or.kr/eng.php (Korean, English)
• ☞ Nearby Attractions: Gwanghwamun Square, Cheonggyecheon Stream, Insadong, Deoksugung Palace

Lotte World Ice Rink (indoor)

Photo credit: Lotte World

An indoor ice rink is located on the 3rd basement floor of Lotte World, one of the major amusement parks in Korea. A glass ceiling lets in natural sunlight while protecting skaters from inclement weather or extreme temperatures. At night, moving laser lights add to the atmosphere. Around the ice rink are family restaurants and cafés where you can enjoy a nice cup of coffee or a pleasant dinner while enjoying views of the rink. On weekends, there is ‘Christmas band on ice’ at 2:30p.m. featuring figure skating performances to Christmas carols. Upon presenting your ice skating rink ticket, you can get a 2,000 won discount if you choose to purchase a Lotte World all-day ticket, so don’t forget to enjoy other fun rides at Lotte World.

• Lotte World Indoor Ice Skating Rink
• ☞ Period: Open all year round
• ☞ Hours: Three hours per one entry (inclusive of ice resurfacing period)

• Hours

  High Season (Jul-Aug / Dec-Feb)		Low Season (Mar-Jun / Sep-Nov)
  Mon - Fri	Sat, Sun, Holidays	Mon - Fri	Sat, Sun, Holidays
  11:00 - 22:30	10:00 - 22:30	10:00 - 21:30	10:00 - 22:30

• ☞ Fees: Adults & Youths 14,000 won, Children 13,000 won (inclusive of admission fee and rental fees for skating shoes & a helmet)
  * Admission not allowed for children ages 7 or younger
  * Make sure to bring your gloves (or may purchase ones on site)
• ☞ Night Laser Show Time: High season 21:20 – 22:00 / Low season Weekday 20:50 – 21:10 / Sat, Sun & Holidays 21:20 – 22:00
• ☞ Convenient facilities: coin operated locker, dressing rooms, tables and chairs, restaurants & cafés
• ☞ Homepage: http://www.lotteworld.com/Family_sports/menu01.asp?mn=Mn101 (Korean)
• ☞ Nearby attractions: Olympic Park, Children's Grand Park, Seokchon Lake

Everland Snow Buster

Photo credit: Everland

Everland Snow Buster, located in Yongin, Gyeonggi-do Province, boasts a wide variety of high-speed sledding slopes. There are three slope types: Jungfrau, Eiger, and Munch Children's Sled. Eiger, in particular, offers twice as much fun and thrill with its 200m curved slope. Family visitors can share a two-person sled, or fly down the slopes solo in a one-person sled. A newly created lift takes the sledders up to the top while they are seated on their tube sleds. With this new lift in place, sled riders no longer need to carry their sled up to the top of the hill. Heaters are placed around the ride for riders to warm their hands as needed.
As the Everland all-day ticket covers Snow Buster, you may also want to enjoy the other fun rides of the amusement park after enjoying your sled ride. At night, fantastic light displays will double the festivity in the air.

• Everland
• ☞ Period: December 14, 2012 – February 28, 2013
• ☞ Hours: Mon – Fri 10:30 – 18:00 / Sat, Sun and Holidays 10:30 – 18:00
  * Operating hours and opening/closing time may vary in the event of unexpected conditions
• ☞ Everland Daypass: Adults 40,000 won, Youths 34,000 won, Children 31,000 won
• ☞ Convenient facilities: coin operated lockers, indoor heater, lounge/snack bar, restaurants & cafeteria 
• ☞ Homepage: http://www.everland.com/web/multi/english/everland/main.html (Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
• ☞ Nearby Attractions: Caribbean Bay, Korean Folk Village, Yongin Recreational Forest

Seoul Land Snow Sled Park

Photo credit: Seoul Land

The Snow Sled Park in Seoul Land, located in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi-do Province, is a perfect family outing place for the ultimate winter experience. Flat plastic snow sleds provide high-speed fun. For safety, separate courses have been created for adults and children respectively. The children's slope, where parents may ride sleds with their children, is the most popular among family visitors. Without an automated lift ride to take you up the hill, you may bring your own sled and walk up to the top for another ride.

At a playground adjacent to the slope, you can enjoy winter fun while making a snowman and having a snow fight. At the playground is a snow sledding ride field exclusively for toddlers and young children. The all-day pass for Seoul Land covers the Snow Sled Park, but the general admission ticket does not. In this case, you would need to pay an additional 3,000 won to enter Snow Sled Park.

• Seoul Land
• ☞ Period: December 10, 2012 – February 28, 2013
• ☞ Hours: 10:00 – 17:00
  * Operating hours and opening/closing time may vary per unexpected conditions
• ☞ Seoul Land Day-pass: Adults 31,000 won, Youths 27,000 won, Children 24,000 won
• ☞ Seoul Land Admission Fees: Adults 18,000 won, Youths 15,000 won, Children 13,000 won
  (Seoul Land Day-pass / Annual Pass holders can enter the sled park for free. Big 5 Pass / Admission ticket holders can enter the sled park with extra 3,000 won.)
• ☞ Convenient facilities: coin operated lockers, lounge/snack bar, wood-burning stove, restaurants & cafeteria
 
• ☞ Homepage: http://eng.seoulland.co.kr/ (Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
• ☞ Nearby Attractions: Seoul Race Park, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Cheonggyesan Mountain

Other Skating & Sledding Facilities

• <Skating Rink>

• Other Skating & Sledding Facilities

  Skating Rink	Period	Hours	Fees
  Garden 5 Ice Rink	December 7, 2012 – February 17, 2013	Mon - Fri 12:10 - 20:50 Sat - Sun 12:10 - 22:00 * 10:00 - 12:10: Not open to General visitors due to skating lessons	*Admission Children: 1,000 won Youth: 1,500 won Adults: 2,000 won *Rental: 1,000 won
  Olympic Park Ice Skating Rink	December 12, 2012 – February 3, 2013	Mon - Fri 09:00 – 20:30	*Admission: 1,500 won *Rental: 1,000 won
  World Cup Park Ice Skating Rink	December 2,2012 – February 20, 2013	Mon-Sun 10:00-22:00	*Admission + Rental: 4,000 won (first 2hours), 1,000 won per extra hour
  Mokdong Ice Rink	Open year round	Mon - Fri 14:00 - 18:00 Sat – Sun 12:00 – 18:00	*Admission Children: 3,000 won Youth: 3,500 won Adults: 4,000 won *Rental: 3,000 won (first 2 hours), 1,000 won per extra hour
  Grand Hyatt Seoul Ice Skating Rink	December 1, 2012 – February 28, 2013	Mon - Fri 12:00 - 21:00 Sat – Sun, National holidays 10:00 – 22:00 * Temporarily run from 10:00 to 22:00 from December 22 through the end of January	*Admission Mon – Fri: 24,200 won Sat – Sun: 28,600 won *Rental: 18,700 won
  Korea University Ice Skating Rink	Open year round	Mon - Sun 14:00 - 18:00 *Summer/Winter Vacation Period Mon – Sat: 13:00 – 18:00 Sun: 14:00 – 18:00	*Admission Children: 5,000 won Youth: 5,500 won Adults: 6,000 won *Rental: 3,000 won

• <Sledding Park>

• Other Skating & Sledding Facilities

  Snow Sledding Park	Period	Hours	Fees
  Supia	December 15, 2012 – February 27, 2013	Mon - Sun 09:00 – 18:00	5,000 won Day Pass: 8,000 won (available sledge and rides)
  Noeul Park Snow Sled in World Cup Park	December 2, 2012 – February 20, 2013	Mon-Sun 10:00-18:00	Day Pass: 8,000 won
  Korean Children's Center Snow Sledding Field	December 14, 2012 – February 24, 2013	Mon-Sun 09:30-17:00	8,000 won Day Pass: 12,000 won (includes snow sledding and catching icefish)

  * Period and hours may vary in the event of unexpected conditions

Last updated in December, 2012