Pororo Park in Seoul: Everything You Need to Know

This may be a bit of niche post, but i’m writing this because it’s a post that I REALLY needed to read before I went to Seoul, South Korea with my boys. And I wish someone else had written it to make my life easier.

You see my youngest son is OBSESSED with Pororo and has been since he was a toddler. We have the toys, we have the plushies, we watch the cartoon on repeat (usually when he’s not feeling well, it’s his comfort show).

If you’re not familiar, Pororo the Little Penguin is a South Korean 3D computer animated television series. It’s considered one of the most beloved and successful animated characters in Korean history and so you’ll find this cute penguin and his buddies on everything when you land in the country: not just on toys but on snacks, beauty products, toothpaste, even on medications and vitamins!

So when we told our youngest that we were going to South Korea, the home of Pororo, the first thing he asked is if he could meet Pororo and Krong: his favourite characters from the series. And we told him yes! Then we realised this might not have been as easy as we first thought…..

Visiting The Pororo Park in Seoul

First things first, you CAN meet Pororo in Korea. Pororo Park is a chain of indoor playgrounds (in the UK we would call them soft play centres) themed around Pororo and his friends with branches all over the country. They have a website that you can view here but be warned! This isn’t updated regularly.

What they know longer have is a branch in central Seoul.

There used to be a Pororo Park in Lotte World, and if you search for the Seoul Pororo Park via Google this is the one that will come up in all of the search listings. It’s even still listed on the Pororo Park website. BUT THIS PARK HAS NOW CLOSED!

And searching for the next closest Pororo Park to Seoul that is actually open became my Everest during our trip!

I know that there is a large Pororo Park in Incheon (this is still open) but getting to Incheon from central Seoul and then back again would have taken a huge chunk of time from our trip that we just didn’t have.

Then we discovered the Yeongdeungpo branch! This is in the suburbs but it’s easy to get to, and although quite small it had everything we needed! So that you don’t have to search for hours the way I did, I’ve put all the information about this Pororo Park below:

• Branch Name: Pororo Park Yeongdeungpo
• Address: 62-1 Yeongdeungpo-dong 8(pal)-ga, Yeongdeungpo District, Seoul, South Korea
• Nearest metro station: Yeongdeungpo Market Station (Line 1). From here the park is around a 10 minute walk.

NOTE: You might think you’ve gone to the wrong place because the Pororo Park is inside a supermarket building with a Daiso attached. But if you go upstairs and past the (ridiculously affordable) food hall you’ll see the Pororo Park on your right hand side.

What Is There To Do At The Pororo Park Yeongdeungpo?

Please don’t expect some huge Disneyland-type experience here! This is just a small soft play/play area for small kids. The whole park is best suited to children aged 8 and under. But the main attraction is that absolutely everything is themed around Pororo and friends. Which meant my small person was in his element!

There are two rides in this Pororo park branch: these are small rides aimed at toddlers and young children. The first is the Pororo train ride and the second is the interactive tutuka zone: these are cars that you can drive around a small track.

These aren’t open all the time, instead opening for 20 minutes every hour, but you can see the opening times on a board by each ride.

Other fun activities were the large Pororo aqua play zone. This comprised of huge water tables with interactive elements, and I was pleased that aprons and water shoes were provided so noone got wet!

We also liked the Digital Sketch Zone where you could draw and colour your own Pororo themed pieces then scan them so that they appeared on a huge digital wall.

My man’s favourite part of the park was the soft play area, especially the Pororo fishing playground where you could use a rod to go fishing for magnetic fish (just like in the show!) and there was also a ball pond, slides, and large trampolines to play on.

For smaller children (we didn’t use these) there were smaller trampolines and a gravel digging area with small trucks and diggers for small world play. There was also a section of baby toys such as ride ons and bouncers if you have very small travelers.

But the absolute highlight of the visit for us? It has to be the stage area!

Once an hour (with a break for lunch) Pororo and/or one of this friends will come out to do a show. This changes throughout the day and can be a meet and greet, dance party, or singalong. We got to see the singalong show with Pororo and Loopy. (Did I hear the end of it that Pororo didn’t come out with Krong? I did not!)

I will admit even I stopped to dance and sing to the songs that have been blasting out of my TV on a regular basis for years! If your kid loves Pororo then the chance to see the ‘real’ penguin will make the visit worth it alone!

Practical Information

What is the Pororo Park Yeongdeungpo entry price? This depends how long you want to stay!

You pay for your entry by the hour. We went for a two hour ticket, as the park is quite small and this was definitely enough time for our son to do everything (and honestly, although we loved watching him having fun, after 2 hours the other three of us were ready for some fresh air too).

I’ve put a table with the prices below:

NOTE: You pay different prices for adults and children, and although our oldest is 12 (and far too old to join in/use the equipment) we had to pay the child price for him!

For our family of four it worked out at approx £37.50 for a two hour session, which I thought was pretty pricey (and a lot more than we would pay for a larger soft play at home). But what price on giving your kids their dreams, right?

There is a cafe inside the Pororo Park where you can get coffees, drinks and snacks. We had lattes while the boys had bottled drinks themed around Pororo and his friends. They also had Pororo cookies and marshmallow lollipops. I cannot find the receipt to tell you how much we paid but I do remember that we felt the food was quite expensive compared to other places in the city.

TIP: If you want a proper meal then head to the supermarket food court before/after your visit where you could get noodles, pizza, or fried chicken for pocket change prices. (There was a meal deal offering a pizza, drink, and side dish for 10,000 won which is £5.32).

There is also the obligatory ‘exit via the gift shop’ which our boy was delighted about! Pororo toys are hard to find in the UK so he added some new figurines to his collection.

Tips For Visiting Pororo Park Yeongdeungpo

• Pack socks. Like most play areas in Korea this is a shoes off at the door establishment (for kids and adults) so if you’re wearing sandals, pack socks for everyone.
  
• Bring small bags. There are free lockers for putting your shoes and personal belongings in but these are small, so only bring the essentials if you don’t want to carry your stuff around with you.
  
• Don’t visit over lunchtime. If the shows are important to you then don’t visit over lunch time. These shows are hourly but there is a gap between 12-2pm (presumably to give the staff lunch breaks) which means we only saw one show instead of two.
  
• Visit later in the day. The later it got, the quieter the park got.

Is The Pororo Park Worth It?

If your child has no idea who Pororo is? No, this park isn’t worth it! Go to Lotte World, or one of the other soft play centres that are much closer to the city centre! Lotte World in particular has huge playgrounds suitable for younger kids that are better than this, as well as epic theme park rides for bigger kids/adults too.

If your child loves Pororo? If meeting Pororo is their dream, like it was for my little guy? Then absolutely yes!

He got to play, dance with his favourite characters, and even stop to snack on food shaped like them! At the end of our time in South Korea, he told us that visiting this playground for a couple of hours was the highlight of his trip! I wouldn’t swap that for anything!

I hope this is helpful if your also tearing your hair out trying to find Pororo activities for your kids in Seoul! What do you think about this playground? Is it somewhere you would visit or something you think your kids would enjoy? I’d love to read your thoughts!

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