Lotte World Mall: Soft-Opening

Like a moth drawn into the lights....people were flocking into this newly-opened Lotte World Mall.

With all the festivities around, lots of popped-out character balloons were being displayed. 

It's huge. I guess this is by far the huge-est(?) mall in Korea. 

I mean, the plaza itself was vast enough to go around.. 

with the nearly completed Lotte Tower in its vicinities...with cranes and all.. 

but, never mind that. The kids' main attractions were none other than the various types of Pororo in his style imaginable. 

What could be more endearing than these, eh? The kids themselves? 

Oh, boy.... 

and..not to mention the huge inflatable balloons of Pororo, Patty, and Larva characters....^^ 

and..Tayo bus, too. I mean...all of these were for the soft-opening of the mall? c'mon. I wonder if they're a permanent exhibition. But, unlikely...

Eyra..you still like Pororo, eh? 

I think...this is only one-fifth of Lotte World Mall...

Larva Made of Clay

Though they may not really do justice to the real Larva--a character on TV--, Eyra and Freya did a good job of re-inventing the characters of the program. 

라바 or Larva really cracked me up on each of its episode.

What about these tiny figurines? 

Yes..they sure of did make me crack up...

like this one: they're about to jump, I suppose.

Oh, dear...^

Disney's Characters Displayed @ CGV (part 1)

oops, no..not this one. This Larva character is surely not Disney's, but the kids love it so much that they're drawn to try it out before we're heading towards the Disney characters display. 

Nothing special, actually. But, at least we could see the history of Mickey Mouse and his friends all across the halls and walls @ CGV, Yeouido. We solely came for this and since it didn't quite live up to what we'd expected, we didn't just go by it. Instead, we tried our best to enjoy the displays..which turned out..*oh, that'd a nice touch to this culture-plex. (yes, CGV is no longer a cineplex, it's more than that.) 

This coined word like culture-plex has turned out to be a catch-phrase referring to (almost) all CGV movie-going experiences. But, the one @ Youido is definitely THE one to be. 

Since Eyra loves Minnie and the fact that she could see the stylish displays of her favorite characters on every corner of the culture-plex turned out to be a good compensation for what we missed out.*

*I'd thought that life-size Disney characters were on display*

But, this one worked just fine, then.