History of Everland

Yongin Everland


	History of Everland
	1976 - 04 Opened the Natural Far 1979 - 07 Opened the Safari (current Safari World) 1985 - 06 Opened at night for the Rose Festival 1987 - 12 Opened the Snow Sled 1992 - 04 Opened the Tulip Festival 1996 - 03 brand identity was changed to Everland 1996 - 07 Opened Caribbean Bay, the world’s first indoor and outdoor water park 1996 - 09 Everland won the grand prize at the Customer Satisfaction, Management Conference organized by KMAC, Won the Bronze Tower Order of Industrial Service Merit at the 23rd Tourism Promotion Awards 1997 - 05 Everland registered with the first CS certificate in Korea 1997 - 10 Everland won both the ISO 9002 and ISO 14001 for the first time among the top-ranked theme parks in the world 1997 - 12 Everland selected as top seventh theme parks in the world by the Amusement Business Magazine, Won special prize at IAAPA Awards in service training sector 1999 - 09 Everland won Grand Prize at Customer Satisfaction Management Conference for 4 consecutive years 1999 - 11 Won Grand Prize at IAAPA Awards in service training sector 2000 - 12 Listed in the Hall of Fame of Customer Satisfaction Management by KMAC Selected as one of six major amusement parks in the world by Amusement Business of America 2001 - 05 Received 100 million visitors 2002 - 05 Homepage of Everland awarded first place in the leisure sector by KMA for three consecutive years 2002 - 12 Acquired a Certificate of Excellence for its Service Quality (Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy) 2003 - 06 Won Grand Prize at 2003 Trust Company Awards organized by Korea Economic Daily, Korea Marketing Institute) 2003 - 12 Won the Presidential Prize in the brand sector of the Korea Design and Brand Awards organized by the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy 2005 - 02 Opened a theme park type zoo called “Animal Wonder World” 2005 - 07 Opened an animal performance theater called “Animal Wonder Stage” 2005 - 10 Opened Aesop's Village, the first Aesop-based theme park in the world 2006 - 01 Changed its brand identity into Everland Resort 2006 - 03 Opened 30th anniversary “Carnival Fantasy Parade” 2006 - 06 Everland Ranked as one of four major theme parks in the world (Forbes) 2006 - 06 Opened “Cabin Hostel New Wings” 2007 - 04 Opened Friendly Monkey Valley, Korea, the nation’s first anthropoid-themed space 2008 - 03 Everland begins the operation of the nation’s first wooden rollercoaster, the T-Express 2008 - 07 Caribbean Bay opens Wild River to the public 2008 - 10 Caribbean Bay Selected as top third water park in the world by TEA 2008 - 11 Caribbean Bay wins the Must-See Waterpark Award from IAAPA 2009 - 03 Opened world’s first White Tiger Safari 2009 - 04 Everland launched the multi-media show, Dream of Laciun 2010 - 03 Everland opened the nation’s first Safari of Herbivorous Animals 2010 - 04 Partnership for joint marketing with Ocean Park in Hong Kong 2010 - 09 Everland ranked top in KCSI for 16 consecutive years 2010 - 10 Everland ranked top on KS-SQI for 11 consecutive years 2011 - 06 Caribbean Bay opened AquaLoop, the first capsule-type body-slide in Korea 2011 - 09 Horror experience space, Horror Maze II opened 2012 - 05 New-concept playground dedicated to children, Kizcovery opened 2012 - 07 Co-produced with Dreamworks, Musical Madagascar LIVE opened 2012 - 09 Horror Maze II opened 2012 - 09 Amenities moving 300m, Skycruise opened 2013 - 04 The largest ecological safari in Korea, Lost Valley opened 2013 - 06 Kolleen PARK’s Summer Night Jukebox opened 2013 - 07 The world’s first K-POP hologram concert hall opened 2013 - 08 The accumulative number of visitors exceeded 200 million in Everland!! Source: official site of Everland (2014)