Lotte World Adventure Busan (Magic Forest)

[Garet]

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The opening of Lotte World Theme Park, located in the Osiria Tourist Complex in Gijang-gun, Busan, has been postponed to March next year. Lotte World decided to postpone it for six months because the installation of overseas rides was delayed in the aftermath of Corona 19 and the content needs to be strengthened.

Hotel Lotte Lotte World announced on the 25th that it would postpone the opening of 'Lotte World Adventure Busan', a tourist complex in Osiria, Gijang-gun, Busan to March next year . The opening was postponed from May of this year to the end of this month, but as it was delayed by another six months, the opening this year became impossible.

Busan Lotte World Adventure Oh Syria in Gijang County Tourist Complex 15 10 000 8000 The large theme park, which accounts for more than ㎡. 17 boarding and viewing facilities will be installed, and various performances and parades will be held. In particular, two types of rides, 'Giant Digger' and 'Giant Splash', were decided to be introduced for the first time in Asia. Lotte World explained that the opening was postponed in consideration of the delayed installation of the amusement rides. In the aftermath of Corona 19, the introduction of some rides imported from abroad was delayed, and the entry of technicians in charge of installation and supervision was also delayed. A Lotte World official said, " In the aftermath of Corona 19 , construction of major facilities has been delayed." He continued, “After the installation of the amusement facilities is completed, safety inspections are carried out. The fact that the aftermath of Corona 19, such as the spread of a mutated virus , does not subside easily, also seems to have affected the postponement of the opening. This is because opening a theme park that can attract crowds can come as a burden while social distancing measures are intensified nationwide.

Even if it was not about the spread of Corona 19 and delays in the installation of rides, it was difficult to open at the end of this month in the first place. On the 23rd of last month , Lotte World applied for 'Lotte World Adventure Busan building use approval' to the Gijang-gun Office, but it has not yet received the construction permit.

An official from the Creative Architecture Division of the Gijang-gun Office said, “There are many related departments and institutions, so the completion can only be processed after comprehensive opinions are reflected.

Lotte World Adventure Busan is considered a key facility in the theme park area of the Osiria Tourist Complex, which is about 500,000 square meters. With Skyline Luge , which opened in July of this year, expectations are rising that it will attract a large number of people from all over the country.

However, concerns are raised that the traffic congestion in the Gijang-gun area will worsen if the Osiria tourism complex is activated in earnest.

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[Garet]

Park map has been released or at least shown up on the Korean theme park enthusiast message board. In case people comment on how few rides there are, (I think 11 total: Power Splash, Blue Fire clone, kiddie coaster, giant discovery ride, splash ride, cow themed merry go round, chairswings, set of frog hoppers, farmyard bumper cars, small children spinning ride, swan dumbo like ride) see my comments on the previous page about how Lotte would probably rather you aren't in the park all day. In a nutshell, quite often an entertainment park is part of the deal of getting permission to build your complex, and in this case the premium outlet, shopping mall and cinema are all owned by.... Lotte.

 

 

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[Garet]

Testing has begun on the two big coasters:

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[Hilltopper39]

That Luge Attraction looks kind of awesome, and I'm surprised there's not one of those in Gatlinburg by now lol.

[Garet]

^ I know I've mentioned it numerous times in this thread already about how many there are, but between each Lotte World update it seems a new Luge park, zip line or alpine coaster opens somewhere in Korea. I was just at a mountain area with a 250m slide down the mountain and an alpine coaster. Sadly missed out on both because they make you do a training course before riding the alpine coaster and sign waivers and I wasn't prepared to wait hours for the next slot.

That and I was 1kg too heavy with shoes on for the slide because I always forget some places in Asia carry 90kg or even 80kg limit for things. It sucks because the weight limit was 2kg lighter when we arrived than advertised online but I have no-one to blame but myself because I've lived in Asia long enough to know the limits are very low here but kept keeping my weight way too close to the maximum line. 

[Hilltopper39]

1 hour ago, Garet said:

^ I know I've mentioned it numerous times in this thread already about how many there are, but between each Lotte World update it seems a new Luge park, zip line or alpine coaster opens somewhere in Korea. I was just at a mountain area with a 250m slide down the mountain and an alpine coaster. Sadly missed out on both because they make you do a training course before riding the alpine coaster and sign waivers and I wasn't prepared to wait hours for the next slot.

That and I was 1kg too heavy with shoes on for the slide because I always forget some places in Asia carry 90kg or even 80kg limit for things. It sucks because the weight limit was 2kg lighter when we arrived than advertised online but I have no-one to blame but myself because I've lived in Asia long enough to know the limits are very low here but kept keeping my weight way too close to the maximum line. 

Well if there's a weight limit involved might as well forget about it for Gatlinburg.......

[Garet]

^Luge and alpine coasters seem to be most forgiving. My issue is my son can't ride alone so the weight limit is for both of us on one car. Most Luge's here run a limit of 120kg per car. Some luge and alpine coasters are 100kg though combined. 90kg is more for some zip-lines and water park slides. I remember some parks in China had 80kg limits for some bigger roller-coasters in their Lotte World knock-off park.

[Garet]

The main website has gone live confirming an opening date of 31st of March: https://adventurebusan.lotteworld.com/kor/main/index.do Soft opening will be from 17th-20th and 24th March looking at the attractions opening schedule but it seems the flume ride isn't ready yet.

The list of attractions is here: https://adventurebusan.lotteworld.com/kor/enjoy/atrn/list.do?pageIndex=4&scrollData=Y&ctgry=ATRN&detailsKey=140&orgSrchTag=

16 attractions in total although one of those is a playground and another is a talking tree so 14 rides for the park, most of which are aimed at younger audiences. A one day ticket is 47,000 won (around $38) and the park will sell skip the line tickets: 15,000 to skip 2 lines or 27,000 to skip 4.

 

There are 3 big rides for the park, the Mack Blue Fire clone and Power Splash and the Zamperla pendulum, named: Giant Digger, Giant Splash, and Giant Swing. It does seem on brand considering the sisters parks bigger rides are: Gyro Swing, Gyro Spin, and Gyro Drop.

 

[Garet]

Didn't some of the Zamperla swings at Six Flags also have issues shaking? The ride was supposed to be open by this weekend but Lotte have extended the closure to 11 days and now the website lists it as closed until Monday.

 

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The large amusement ride at Lotte World in Busan, which has been shut down for 9 days due to loud noise and vibration, has been found to have been poorly installed from the beginning. This can be confirmed by reading the 'Lotte World Adventure Busan Giant Swing Accident Report' from

the Korea Testing & Research Institute ( KTC

), which was obtained through the office of People Power Party member Kwak Gyu-taek on the 23rd. According to the report, the cause of the accident is presumed to be an 'unknown synchronous control' problem in the Giant Swing drive unit.

This caused noise and vibration, and the drive unit's lubricant seems to have leaked outside.

Lotte World is currently investigating the exact cause by calling in the overseas company that manufactured the ride. According to the report, in a regular inspection conducted by KTC

in November of last year, the Giant Swing was judged to be 'suitable', but three issues requiring separate management were also found. The inspection company recommended that these be managed by listing them as 'special notes'. First, the drive pinions (connecting gears) 2 and 3 should have been finally fastened with bolts, but the inspection agency confirmed that the relevant area was welded over the bolts. In response, the operator said, "(In 2021), a problem occurred with the relevant fastening area during the initial installation, so it was welded over the bolts to prevent it from coming loose," and the inspection agency wrote in the report, "Since this is not a normal mechanical assembly method, we have instructed that this be managed as a special note."

In addition, the inspection agency found that the upper fixing bolts of the passenger compartment and the pillar fixing bolts were in the opposite direction and recommended that management be carried out.

An official from Rep. Kwak Gyu-taek's office stated, "This means that there were problems from the time of initial installation, and that they were operating roughly by welding instead of using the normal method," and "The fact that they managed the drive unit problem so sloppily, of all places, means that they neglected the most important safety."

A Lotte World official explained, "We did the welding once more for safety management, and we conduct daily inspections of the welded parts," and "The pillar and fixing bolts were also connected in the opposite direction, and the engineer in charge of manufacturing the ride directly confirmed that there were no problems with operation." It was

also confirmed that some of the gears of the Giant Swing's drive unit were damaged last year, and Lotte World replaced them.

When the local government inspected Lotte World in September last year ahead of the Chuseok holiday at the request of the Korea Occupational Safety & Health Agency, the inspection agency confirmed these findings and gave its opinion that "improvement is necessary."

Lotte World said, "We found damage during our own inspection and replaced it, and it was not something new that was pointed out during the inspection by the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency."

An official from Rep. Kwak's office said, "As soon as the election is over, we plan to inspect Lotte World Busan and other major theme parks and come up with safety enhancement measures."

At around 7:45 p.m. on the 14th, 18 passengers were left shaking in fear for 3 minutes when a loud noise and vibration occurred during operation at Lotte World Busan's 'Giant Swing.'

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