Lotte World is gearing up to welcome families spending the Lunar New Year holiday in Seoul. The entertainment complex will offer special experiences, attractions, and prizes at three Seoul venues—Lotte World Adventure, Lotte World Aquarium, and Seoul Sky—for visitors looking to create memorable moments with their children.
According to Lotte World on January 10, Lotte World Adventure will run holiday programs from January 14 to 18. During this period, Lotte World characters including Lotty and Lorry will don traditional hanbok attire to greet visitors at the main gate at the 10 a.m. opening. They will exchange holiday greetings and hold photo sessions with guests. Additional photo opportunities with costumed characters and performers will take place at the carousel at 11 a.m. and noon. In the afternoon, visitors can enjoy traditional folk games with performers throughout the park.
A winter festival themed around the popular animation IP "Catch! Teenieping" will also be held. Daily afternoon parades along the parade route will feature Teenieping theme songs, characters, and even a Teenieping bus. Photo sessions will be held twice daily at the Meeting Plaza.
Prize events are also abundant. The "Forever Moments on White Day" event running through January 22 will award one first-prize winner the chance to enjoy Adventure on White Day evening along with a 5-don gold Lotty figurine. Two second-prize winners will receive Signiel hotel accommodation vouchers.
The Lotte World Folk Museum will offer folk culture content throughout the holiday. Visitors can experience various traditional games including tuho (arrow throwing), yut fortune-telling, beona (spinning plate) tricks, and ttakji (paper tile flipping) throughout the museum.
Traditional New Year blessing experiences are also available. The Wondeok Gate in the Goryeo Hall will host daily "Blessings Descend" events where participants can make dried pollack crafts, create protective charms, and write New Year wishes to hang on strings for good fortune. At the Samguk Hall, visitors can fill lucky pouches with grains matching their wishes—rice for wealth and black beans for academic success. Both events require separate participation fees.
Lotte World Aquarium will hold special sea lion ecology presentations twice daily from January 13 to 18. Visitors can receive traditional deep bows from hanbok-clad aquarists and sea lions. A yut game competition between sea lions and visitors is also in preparation. Penguins, typically seen only in their tanks, will appear before visitors during the holiday. The daily afternoon "Baby Penguin Health Checkup Trip" program will show penguins being transported to the veterinary clinic in dedicated strollers.
Time with capybaras, the aquarium's new additions this year, has also been arranged. The new ecology presentation "Capybara's Munching Mukbang Time" will be held twice daily at the basement-level capybara tank. Those who register in advance for the feeding toy-making experience can create food mobiles to be used during the presentation.
Seoul Sky observatory at Lotte World Tower will host 30-minute traditional Korean music busking performances on the 118th floor each evening from January 16 to 18. On January 16, "Ullim," a contemporary Korean music group blending traditional and popular music, will perform. On January 17 and 18, fusion Korean music group "K-Sori," known for their distinctive musical style, will take the stage.