Many people expressed how they never imagined there would be so much to explore and experience in Seoul for 16 days with 3 kids. So I thought I’d start this ‘It’s Seoul Good’ series because Seoul has been so good to us. We pretty much covered our planned itinerary (and more) when we were there in June.
And YES!!!!! there is much to do because Seoul has a place for kids too.
For my mission-loving, Running Man-crazed family, that is.
If your family is like ours and loves Running Man – the long standing variety show (we were fans since Episode 1) – and are old enough to try Running Man-style missions, you absolutely need to form a team and head to Insadong.
A pity we didn’t wear our Running Man t-shirts complete with our name tags like crazy fans.
At Running Man Thematic Experience Center at Jongno-gu, Insadong 5-gil, 종로 1.2.3.4 가동 (it’s at B1/F of SM Duty Free Shop/ Hana Building), you have up to ONE hour to complete all the missions in the place, earn as many R-coins as you can to score a badge. There are 6 experience zones where you can attempt it individually…
As a pair…
Or cheat a little like us if it gets difficult – and tap on team work!
Kwangsoo would be proud.
If you have it planned in your itinerary, get a headstart with discounts from Klook or Trazy or kkday. If not, it’s straightforward to purchase tickets from the folks at the counter. Ask if they speak English and there would be someone who would be able to explain how it works to you.
What was our experience like? To be honest, I knew about it but didn’t think this was something worth our time and money – because ‘is it BO LIAO or not to do this on our holiday???‘ (loosely translated, bo liao is ‘doing something silly’ in Singlish). I had going to this experience center parked at the back of my mind as a back up if we’ve done all that we wanted to do – our cultural tours, our street eats, our NANTA show, our day trip to Nami, our zoos and whatnots, etc etc etc – and it would be one of the last things we might do/ can do if we really ran out of things to do.
So I didn’t tell the fam about it for our day out at Insadong.
Turns out, we serendipitiously chanced upon it while looking for a toilet on the way back from checking out Poo Cafe and Ssamzegil and well, I think we can all guess what happened.
Like what do you mean you didn’t wanna tell us till we run out of things to do?
What were you thinking to not come here on our very first family trip to Seoul?
Hey, we love Running Man, shouldn’t we do this?
C’mon, mama, let’s go, we want to do this now!
Please, it’s gotta be Running Man. Even if it’s bo-liao.
My husband was the one that found me most ridiculous to stash it for like, Day 16.
DUH, no brainer, we are here. Let’s go.
And so, on our 3rd day in Seoul, we had one of the best times of our lives.
Makes us all wanna watch re-runs of Running Man again and again!
This experience just makes me realise that it was a good thing I did not plan for Lotte World or Everland. My kids would not go on rides and coasters but give them Running Man, they will do it again and again.
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IT’S SEOUL GOOD: Read more on our Seoul Adventures here at the jimjilbang!
3 Comments
Wow a whole family who loves Korean variety show is not ordinary. It’s nice that you all have at least one show that you all love and share interest in. I can see that you all have a great time visiting the place in Seoul. Keep it up!
I love the title of your post. I can see that this is really a fun experience for you and your family. The kids are having so much fun and for sure they love it there. The place is very much accommodating to everybody.
Yes, it was awesome!