Visited Lotte World and some changes

[Tim2009]

Magic Pass now available in Smartphone app!

-Recently visited Lotte World and saw some changes regarding Magic Pass Reservation System.

Now you can make reservations on Smartphones and Kiosks installed in Lotte World.

Several new rides are available for reservation, including Bungee Drop, 4D Shooting Theater(XD Dark Ride), Jumping Fish, Dragons Wild Shooting, Desperados 3D, Drunken Basket, World Monorail, Gyro Spin, and Wild Tours(Wild Wing, Wild Valley, Wild Jungle).

Remember, Gyro Spin, Bungee Drop, Drunken Basket, and several rides can be reserved only in Smartphone app and Kiosks. Be sure to check which Magic Pass is accepted on the ride before making reservations.

How to use Magic Pass Smartphone App

How to use Magic Pass Smartphone App (con.)

-To make Reservation of Magic Pass in Smart Phone, be in mind that it's only available inside Lotte World. Don't try to use it before entering the park. Also, using Magic Pass Smart Phone App forbids you from using Magic Pass Kiosks in the park. (If you use Kiosks in the park, you can't use Smart Phone App, vice versa.)

-Only three Reservations are available for one day if you use Magic Pass Smart Phone App.

-You can check all of current waiting times of rides in Smart Phone app and Kiosks.

-To use Smart Phone app of Magic Pass:

1. Get inside Lotte World by the gate.

2. Register your ticket by scanning QR code in the ticket, or type in the mobile number of ticket, which is written on the ticket, right next to QR code. (In Korean, Mobile Number of Ticket is stated: '모바일인증번호'.)

3. Browse through the list of rides and choose the ride you want to make reservation.

4. Choose the time that you want to ride, and how many people are going to ride it. After that, make reservation and all clear! Just show the Magic Pass in SmartPhone in the Magic Pass Entrance of the ride you reserved.

View of Magic Pass Kiosks in the park

Another Photo of Magic Pass Kiosk by Korean Bloger

-If you found that using smartphone is hard, try to use this Magic Pass Kiosks, located next to information desk in Adventure, near the Wild Valley and Wild Jungle in Underland, and right next to the entrance of Castle Music Show in Magic Island.

Even it's available in English, Chinese, Japanese.

-How to use Magic Pass Kiosks:

1. Choose Language your familiar with.

2. Touch the screen to call all the lists of the rides.

3. Check the rides and touch the ride that you want to make reservation.

4. Next to screen they are two holes. One hole is labeled 'Barcode', while other one is 'Receipt'. (Not sure how does is labeled.)

5. Put your ticket inside the 'Barcode' hole to scan your ticket's barcode.

6. Receive your Magic Pass receipt inside the 'Receipt' hole.

7. Present Magic Pass receipt to attendant(with your ticket) at the entrance of Magic Pass line at the ride you made reservation.

Winter Season is forcing some rides to open late.

Ice Rink at full swing

Ice Rink at full swing 2.

Wild Tours are also popular these days.

The park is really crowded at that time of the visit. Due to winter season and low temperature, Bungee Drop, Gyro Drop, Gyro Spin didn't open until afternoon. Any rides that are closed due to weather will reopen after several test runs, so even it operates in test run, be aware that it could take long time to actually open to public. The rides are extremely crowded today, and even paid attractions like Mirror Maze and Tomb of Horror were popular today.

Mirror Maze, paid attraction with Lazer Maze inside.

Tomb Of Horror, now changed to 'Death to Escape', featuring more horrors and paths that you can choose!

Tomb of Horror was orginally named '3 Doors Later', since you have to find a correct door among 3 doors in the maze. Now it's changed to 'Death to Escape', which you have to find a way out in a terrorfying tomb, that has path that you can choose in the maze. You can either choose easy path if you're coward, or dare to step into hard path if you're up to challenge. Also there are several chances to give up if you're too scared to go on.

-I will be returning any other posts if there is anything more that I want to talk about it. Until then, see you later.

Edited January 8, 2016 by Tim2009

[Garet]

Great information, I had wanted to use the app myself but it sadly isn't available in the UK app store (even though it's on even the french one) so I didn't have a chance to use it and had to use the kiosks.

 

-To make Reservation of Magic Pass in Smart Phone, be in mind that it's only available inside Lotte World. Don't try to use it before entering the park. Also, using Magic Pass Smart Phone App forbids you from using Magic Pass Kiosks in the park. (If you use Kiosks in the park, you can't use Smart Phone App, vice versa.)

-Only three Reservations are available for one day if you use Magic Pass Smart Phone App.

 

I'm curious since I haven't been able to find out myself yet: You say the phone app is locked at 3 choices and if you use the phone app you then can't use the kiosks, do the kiosks also have this limit? When I got a ticket out of the new kiosk it just had the old style print, next reservation available after 00:00 with some new text about duplicate reservation using phone not possible, I didn't see a limit anywhere although I was only in the park for a couple of hours.

 

It seems like if using the app locks out the kiosk, if you're going for a full day then it's better to use the kiosk (I've managed to get through 2 fast-passes on my weekday trips before I had to leave for work at 1PM and I was only in the park 3 and a half hours and a 3rd would have been good to use at 1:30) and I think you could easily be up to maybe 4-5 passes before the park gets crowded around 4PM and maybe 1 or 2 after that especially with the park open until 10.

 

I'd kind of assumed it was going to be similar to my magic plus when I saw 3 reservations on the app guide, in that after the 3 had been used and the time had passed you could make more, interesting to hear it's locked.

[A.J.]

A virtual stamp! That's so adorable!

[Garet]

^ It was quite cool to watch them use a stamp on peoples phones for the phone app at the entrances! It's a circle with a giant rubber ring and some bumps to make a pattern on a dotted 5x5 square. I saw some people use the app and they stamp the phone, not sure how it works, I'm guessing the app can read which pattern the bumps make to clear the reservation when you use it.

[SharkTums]

Great information and updates, thanks for sharing!

[cfc]

"Tomb of Horror: Death to Escape" is the best name for an attraction anywhere.

[Rollercoaster Rider]

I'm going in March, God I hope that all the coasters are open.

[Tim2009]

There are two things that I forgot to state it in the post.

 

1. Smartphone recharging station

-This phone recharging station is located right next to the exit of Giant Loop in adventure, and inside Magic Castle in Magic Island.

Believe or not, it was made since I wrote a compliant to Lotte World, due to the problem regarding my smartphone during my high school trip to the park. At that time, right after arriving at Lotte World, I saw my smartphone and shocked that it was in low battery. As a result, my parents are really worried that I didn't answer the call, since my phone went off due to lack of battery power. Right after the visit, I wrote a compliant in Lotte World website, stating that I need phone recharging area in case I forgot to charge it before visiting. As a result, first phone recharging service in Lotte World was available in customer service center, and in September 1, 2013, Smartphone recharging stations were installed inside Lotte World, so you can charge the battery power of your phone at a price. Even iphone can be charged, too.

The price is 1,000 won for 1 hour.

There are lots of charging cables for convenient phone charging, and it's really great!

-How to use phone recharging station:

You will need: Your phone in low battery, some 1,000 won paper bills

Not exact one in Lotte World, but use this bill changer machine if you don't have any 1,000 won paper bill.

1. Turn off your phone first.

2. Check if there is any space available. Space with Blue light indicates available space.

3. Once it has space available, push 'charge' button next to the screen. (It is indicated in Korean as: 충전)

4. Connect the charging cable with your phone.

5. Close the door and turn the key left to lock it.

6. Be sure to keep your key safe, since it will cost 5,000 won if you lost the key.

-Enjoy your day while your phone is charging-

-Red light in your space indicates your phone is charging, and Green light indicates charging is complete.

-After charging is over:

7. Push 'Find' button next to the screen (It is indicated in Korean as: 찾기)

8. Check your space number and check your price in the screen.

(For example, left space is 1, center space is 2, right space is 3. If your phone is in the middle space, you should push 'Find' button next to the screen, and check your price of number 2. Number 2 is indicated in Korean as '2번함'.)

9. Insert 1,000 paper bills according to the price displayed in the screen. Be sure to insert one at a time to prevent any errors.

10. Insert your key and turn it to unlock it.

 

2. Change to the film of 4D Shooting Theater (XD Dark Ride)

4D Shooting Theater, located in Underland, had changed a ride film. If you didn't know this, it's good time to know about it.

-Current ride film is 'Los Banditos', a wild west shooting with robot cowboys.

Here's a little tip to help you out to score big.

-Shoot bottles and lanterns. They might help you to score more!

-Shoot Sheriff's badge to score 500 bonus points. They might appear somewhere in the screen and disappear quickly, so be fast!

-Don't shoot women! Each time if you shoot them, you will lose 500 points.

 

Edited January 25, 2016 by Tim2009

[Garet]

I'm going in March, God I hope that all the coasters are open.

 

Outside holidays or lengthy refurbishments (which it had last year) Atlantis nearly always has it's maintenance day every other Monday so as long as you avoid that day you should be fine, the schedule is put up each month anyway so if you want me to check for you ahead of time on the Korean calendar which lists the attractions I can do that but the English website they have the opposite anyway (as in the calendar is under each attraction name)

 

Personally I've always preferred Sundays over weekdays for Everland though (I've gone over it in a few TR's and the discussion thread). Word of warning though due to quite a warm winter T Express only just went down for it's annual rehab last week so it's reopening could potentially be a little bit later this year. Normally it reopens when temperatures warm up around mid-end of Feb so hopefully you will be OK. Spring can usually be the busiest period of the season (as seen by the blackout dates for the cheaper season pass: http://www.everland.com/web/everland/membership/yearly/pop.html) including weekdays so I'd assume they want it ready for the busy crowds.... not sure how late in March you are going.

[Rollercoaster Rider]

I'm going in March, God I hope that all the coasters are open.

 

Outside holidays or lengthy refurbishments (which it had last year) Atlantis nearly always has it's maintenance day every other Monday so as long as you avoid that day you should be fine, the schedule is put up each month anyway so if you want me to check for you ahead of time on the Korean calendar which lists the attractions I can do that but the English website they have the opposite anyway (as in the calendar is under each attraction name)

 

Personally I've always preferred Sundays over weekdays for Everland though (I've gone over it in a few TR's and the discussion thread). Word of warning though due to quite a warm winter T Express only just went down for it's annual rehab last week so it's reopening could potentially be a little bit later this year. Normally it reopens when temperatures warm up around mid-end of Feb so hopefully you will be OK. Spring can usually be the busiest period of the season (as seen by the blackout dates for the cheaper season pass: http://www.everland.com/web/everland/membership/yearly/pop.html) including weekdays so I'd assume they want it ready for the busy crowds.... not sure how late in March you are going.

 

March 16-26

[Garet]

^ Think you timed it very nicely then. Hopefully should be a little before the spring crowds hit but late enough winter rehabs will be over.

[Garet]

I'm going in March, God I hope that all the coasters are open.

 

Outside holidays or lengthy refurbishments (which it had last year) Atlantis nearly always has it's maintenance day every other Monday so as long as you avoid that day you should be fine, the schedule is put up each month anyway so if you want me to check for you ahead of time on the Korean calendar which lists the attractions I can do that but the English website they have the opposite anyway (as in the calendar is under each attraction name)

 

Personally I've always preferred Sundays over weekdays for Everland though (I've gone over it in a few TR's and the discussion thread). Word of warning though due to quite a warm winter T Express only just went down for it's annual rehab last week so it's reopening could potentially be a little bit later this year. Normally it reopens when temperatures warm up around mid-end of Feb so hopefully you will be OK. Spring can usually be the busiest period of the season (as seen by the blackout dates for the cheaper season pass: http://www.everland.com/web/everland/membership/yearly/pop.html) including weekdays so I'd assume they want it ready for the busy crowds.... not sure how late in March you are going.

 

March 16-26

 

If this Sunday was any indication, you've picked the perfect time to come out. With the pandas dominating the headlines upon arrival, Everland announcing them going on public display in April, and the water park completely closed until the start of April to prepare for season opening, the March crowds were extremely light, T Express was almost walk-on from 12-2PM and most popular rides such as the water rides and safari rides never rose above 30 minutes.