Wandering Fel

We totally did not feel we were in Taiwan when we entered the complex. Oh there is a ferris wheel here too. Taiwanese shopping mall often has ferris wheels at the top of the shopping mall's building. This is the 3rd shopping mall's ferris wheel which I spotted during my stay in Taiwan. The first was at Miramar Entertainment Park in Taipei while the second was at another big shopping mall in Kaohsiung, Dream Mall.

I have been to the theme park section, E-da Theme Park before. It is a great theme park and its design is based on the ancient city of the Greek. It also has a Greek village which looks like Santorini because the houses inside the village are painted in white and blue, which is somewhat the "official" color of Santorini. 

We saw that there is a Go Kart ride which is available near E-da Theme Park too. But since it is located outside the theme park, you don't have to pay the entrance fee to the theme park to play go-kart. 

Getting to E-da World: 

E-Da World is located in the outskirt of Kaohsiung city but E-da World has provided E-da buses from a lot of locations in Kaohsiung's city centre. We took the bus from Zuoying THSR Line (Fo Guang Shan Station). There is usually a queue for the bus so we just asked around and joined the queue. 

Anyone wanna ride this candy truck with me? I could not fit inside though. Hahaha. 

Inside a candy house belongs to the mascot of E-da Theme Park. I am still wishing for my own place here in real life. 

Seats from biscuit or pineapple tarts, maybe? 

And here lies the classic candies from my childhood. I love this bubble gum! There are 4 small chewing gum balls inside each box. I think I love the grape one the most. And my younger brother swallowed one of the bubble gum and cried afterward. Good thing, the gum did not stuck anywhere inside him and went out safely...to the loo. XD

Chocolate Bar station. It's not real though. Too bad. I would not mind making my own chocolate. Hehe.

The Candy Exhibition is free of charge. I love the fact that Taiwan has so many cute exhibitions (although not all of them are free) like 100 Years of Doraemon and Robot Kitty. 

Iniside the souvenir store, you can find all kind of merchandises from fridge magnet, keychains to cutleries from E-da Theme Park. 

The setting of the souvenir store looks nice to look at as well. Just like the outer appearance, the store is set like a Greek harbor. In Santorinish kind of design. 

At the other section of the building though, the atmosphere got kinda dark. We did not really know what's kept here but our curiosity kept us going. 

Until one of the theme park staff told us that this path led to a horror house (in a piratey kind of way). Means, there will be no ghosts but a lot of staffs are working inside to surprise you from the entrance to the exit. Oh my goodness. Our hearts are not strong enough for this kind of activity so we quickly withdrew ourselves from this section. #scaredycats

If you are also a scaredycat like, no worry. There are other sections of the building that we can explore without getting a heart attack. Hehe. 

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E-da Theme Park is basically designed in Greek style. At one glance, you may think that we have been transported to...Santorini? Hahaha. Okay, I've never been to Greece so I don't know how it looks like in real life but that the impression which I got when I see this kind of houses. =P

There is no additional admission charged to explored this Greek Village but some buildings are just decoration, just like this yellow house. You can't enter the house. Hahaha. 

You will see all the blue and white houses, totally look like Santorini, right? Hehe. Smaller and cheaper version of Santorini, it is. =P

On the way back to the entrance, we feel like we have reached Athens. LOL. I mean, just look at that building! Oh well, since I won't be able to visit Greece in near future, I suppose this will do. 

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...well let's just say it can go pretty high up to the sky. Swoosh!

Deeper into the theme park, there are more and more attractions which are suited to adrenaline junkie. Like this green roller coaster. 

If the green roller coaster does not satisfy you, there is a white roller coaster exactly at the opposite side. This one goes up at high speed and then making its way back down at higher speed. Crazy, I must say. 

My theme park buddy is, well, the opposite of adrenaline junkie. So she prefers this type of ride. You will be wet if there are naughty bystanders spraying you from the top. #warned

If you don't like thrilling rides and don't like to get wet, maybe this next ride is for you. But, you have to make sure you are not afraid of height. Haha. 

E-da Theme Park is the second theme park that I went to. The first theme park (although they call it a cultural park) is Formosa Cultural Aboriginal Park at Nantou. Comparing the two, if you like riding attractions like roller coaster, you should probably go to E-da Theme Park because there are more type of roller coaster here. But if you are a fan of One Piece, Formosa Cultural Aboriginal Park is basically designed for One Piece lover. So, probably it's best to visit both if you have the time. #bestconclusion

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The E-da Bus dropped us at the entrance of the shopping mall. We simply followed the signs and directions to E-da Theme Park and within 15 minutes, we have reached E-da Theme Park. 

The admission to E-da Theme Park is NTD899 but there is a cheaper option when you buy the admission ticket after certain timing (after 14:00 from Monday to Thursday and after 15:00 from Friday to Sunday). We reached E-da Theme Park after 15:00 on a Saturday so our ticket price is NTD650. Yeah!

Straight after you pass through the entrance gate to E-da Theme Park, you will see a giant blue rhino which is the mascot for E-da Theme Park. While he's kinda cute, I don't think he can be as famous as Hello Kitty in Japan (which is the benchmark for the character design when the creator design mascot for E-da Theme Park). Hehe. 

The complete characters of E-da Theme Park. There is a reason of why the setting of E-da Theme Park seems to resemble ancient Greece. Well, we will find out more when we go deeper into the theme park. 

How to go to E-da Theme Park?

The easiest way is to board the shuttle bus from Kaohsiung High Speed Rail Station. The E-da Bus run every 20 minutes to and from the park. The trip takes 20 minutes.