Field Trip to Tongdo Fantasia Amusement Park

Last Saturday, we went with 15 of our students on a field trip to an amusement park called Tongdo Fantasia, followed by dinner at Outback Steakhouse. We were worried about the cold November weather, but it turned out to be a beautiful day!
Omni bus:
It took about an hour to get there, but having a TV and DVD player on our new Omni bus made it a breeze. The kids got to watch "The Incredibles" on the way there and "Ratatouille" on the way back.

Frank and Henry on the bus

Melissa and Josephine (the other foreign teacher we work with)
Tongdo Fantasia:
The amusement park was pretty nice, in a remote town surrounded by mountains. It had standard rides, like a big roller coaster, bumper cars, Ferris wheel, the viking, etc. It also had a petting zoo and 3-D movie which was our nap time since it was all in Korean. The roller coater was by far the most popular ride for most of the kids. Some of the kids rode it about 12 times continuously! Thankfully, the park was empty so we didn't have to wait in any lines.

A view from the Ferris wheel

Frank with some fourth graders

Minnie (the new Korean teacher), Ally, and Melissa

Jessica, Lily, Wan, and Henry eating burgers for lunch

Willie, a first grader

This goose was hilarious and kept yelling at the kids to give it food!

Some students and Jessie on the hot air balloon ride

The petting zoo was kind of odd...who has ever heard of dogs in a zoo? I guess considering they eat dogs here, it makes a little sense.

In the center of the park was a castle that really resembled the Magic Kingdom.

Another Disney resemblance...a blonde Snow White with a risque top!

Frank and Martin

Dinner at Outback Steakhouse
After spending about 4 hours at the amusement park, we headed to Outback for dinner. We had a private room in the back of the restaurant with 2 long tables, which worked out really well. One of our student's was celebrating his 10th birthday, so his mom called ahead of time and had the servers sing to him and bring out ice cream for all of us, which was really thoughtful.

The servers singing...but not in English.

Happy Birthday, June!