WooBang Land

Yesterday we went with another family of friends to WooBang Land, an amusement park located right here in Daegu.  The park is relatively inexpensive... coming from the sunshine state, where a one day pass can be upwards of 80$, the 26,000 won per person is fairly cheap. 

of course, if you want to save even more money, there is the annual mambership :)



If you liked that last slide, you are in for a treat!  This park was filled with typos, konglish, and just plain hilarious straightforwardness in it's signs.  Also, very little in the way of handicap accessibility, which is always funny.  Here are the stairs at the entrance to the park.







This is the notice to get on the SkyRide... you know, the gondola type ride.  But drunken people and inflammables are not allowed.







Here, the kids are on the ride climbing up to the tower.

  

WooBang Tower is, from what I have heard (from a sort of reliable source), the tallest tower like this in Asia.  At the top is a restaruant, observation deck, and of course, bungee jumping. 

Pretty simple.

This is the view from the observation deck.

What observation deck is complete without a SKY TOILET?



Really, who hasn't had a nightmare JUST like this before... a city of millions... watching...



If you are going to bungee jump you have to wear these jump suits and harnesses... unfortunately blue and yellow are not my colors, so no jumping for me...

The view of the amusement park.

R-Man wanted to ride the space ship. Notice the KOR on the shuttle.  That felt weird.





Hungry?  It's NEW!



Of course this place is decked out with tons of flowers and shrubs.  It was really pretty and smelled good... well, not the squid.

Instead we decide to get ice cream stuffed waffles.  This is pure genius.  Make a waffle.  Fold it in half.  Stuff it with ice cream.  DUH!  Why didn't we think of this???

This train drives right through the middle of the street, and you'd better move. 

OK, back to the ice cream waffle. 

There is also a zoo in the park... only not exactly a real zoo.



First exhibit... rabbits you can throw carrots at... ahem... I mean, to.



I had to add this picture because I just can not get over the grossness of everyone in the zoo using the same bar of soap to wash their hands.  That blue nub is the bar, and it screws onto a mount in the wall.  You wet your hands, then rub them on the bar of soap that is suspended from the wall, and then rinse.  The soap is worn down because about 1000 people have used it in just this morning.  To me it is right up there with those cloth towels that wrap back up around into themselves...  you know, like they still have in Canada... YUCK, germ fest!

anyway, the zoo has obscure creatures like chipmunks,

mice

more mice, hamsters,

and this smiling pig.

After we dragged the kids out of there (with clean hands) we came upon this display, so if we don't see you... "Happy Halloween!"

The next ride was, ok, imagine this... you take some leftover roller coaster track, only the flat part, and connect it in a big loop.  What might you ride on that, you ask?  You ride a bicycle...



...built for two... complete with pedaling.



And you had better not carry glasses, camera, and personal to take on.

awwwww... especially for me?  This was the packaging from the candy store.



While I was getting sweet love, Pooks went on the Tambourine, which reminded me of Canobie Lake Park.  There are no seatbelts, you just hang on and get bounced around.

 

Cuttlefish is like a small squid (see next picture), and here you can get Rost Butter Cuttlefish.  No thanks.

The next ride was sledding down artificial turf that was being sprayed with water. Pooks goes first.

R-Man goes next... see the hoses on the left? 

OK, last crazy thing of the day.  Have you ever seen the BubbleBoy episode from Seinfeld?  Well, Pooks and R-Man got to be real Bubble Kids... Here you can see a pile of empty bubbles, and the guy is blowing one up.

R-Man steps inside his bubble.

Then they push him into the pool.

Pooks getting into hers.

And they are off... like hamsters.

Last was the haunted castle... with this delightful warning to not push, nor play a trick...

Of course, that only incited me to push and play a trick...  oh yeah, and it's the MOOPS!

:)  xoxoxoxo