Seoul Sky Tickets and Sky Bridge Winter Closure: Lotte World Tower Guide
Last Updated on October 8, 2026
Quick Answer
Lotte World Tower has two separate things to buy a ticket for: the Seoul Sky (서울스카이) observatory, open all year, and the Sky Bridge (스카이브릿지), a guided walk on a glass-floored bridge that is closed every winter. This year the Sky Bridge shuts from November 30, 2026 to February 28, 2027, even though the official English ticket page still shows last winter’s dates. Observatory admission is ₩33,000 for adults and ₩29,000 for youths (as of October 2026).
The Full Answer
“Lotte World Tower observatory” is really three searches in one. People mean the ordinary observation deck, the pricier Fast Pass that skips the queue, or the Sky Bridge — a one-hour tour that walks you out onto a glass-floored bridge near the top of the tower. They are sold separately, booked differently, and only one of them has a closing season. Most of the confusion in English-language guides comes from treating them as one product.
Here is how I checked this guide. On October 8, 2026 I read the official Seoul Sky site in Korean and in English, side by side, including the ticket-price tab, the Sky Bridge introduction page, the FAQ, and the operating-hours data behind the calendar. Then I compared those against 16 English-language pages (Seoul city’s official tourism site, a wiki, resellers, and independent blogs). Where the two disagree, this guide says so. Where I could not confirm something, it says that too.
Three findings shape everything below.
- The Sky Bridge winter closure is easy to get wrong. The Korean introduction page gives the current dates. The official English price tab gave last year’s dates on the same day.
- Roughly half of the English pages that print the adult observatory price quote the old one. The price rose on April 1, 2026.
- Booking on the official site depends on how you sign in. The English interface has a route for non-members, but I could not follow it all the way to payment.
Seoul Sky Observatory Tickets and Prices
Prices below are from the official English page, which carries the same figures as the Korean one (as of October 2026). They rose on April 1, 2026, according to the operator’s own notice (공지) dated March 10.
| Ticket | Adult | Youth | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| General admission | ₩33,000 | ₩29,000 | Adult is 13 and over; youth is 36 months to age 12 |
| Seoul Sky + Aquarium package | ₩62,000 | ₩56,000 | The ₩56,000 rate also applies to seniors (65+) |
| Fast Pass | ₩62,000 for all ages | Official wording: entry straight away, no advance booking needed |
Entry is a single use. The official FAQ says you cannot re-enter on the same ticket, lost tickets are not reissued, and discounts need proof of eligibility at the gate. Groups start at 15 people. Bags can go in the lockers to the right of the ticket office.
Hours, from the official operating-hours data: 10:30 to 22:00 on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday, and 10:30 to 23:00 on Friday, Saturday and the evening before a public holiday. Ticket sales and entry stop one hour before closing.
For comparison, the other big night-view option in the city, N Seoul Tower, charges ₩29,000 for an adult (as of 2026) and closes its observatory at 22:30 on weekdays and 23:00 on weekends, with last entry 30 minutes before closing (see our guide to getting up Namsan by cable car or on foot). Seoul Sky costs a little more, and because its entry stops a full hour before closing, the practical cutoff is 21:00 on most days and 22:00 on Fridays and Saturdays.
Local tip — Budget from the official figure, not from the first English page you open. I counted nine of the 16 English pages that print an adult price: four give today’s ₩33,000, five give an older number (₩31,000 or ₩27,000). Of the six pages that quote a Sky Bridge price, two print ₩120,000 where the official figure is ₩130,000, and one blog still lists the Fast Pass at ₩50,000 instead of ₩62,000. One of the old figures appears on a page dated April 18, 2026, seventeen days after the increase. Prices change, so treat any number, including this one, as a snapshot and check the date on the page.
Fast Pass, in plain terms
The Fast Pass is a single price for every age, ₩62,000 (as of October 2026), and the official text describes it as immediate entry without advance booking. Two English guides call it on-site only. I read the current official wording and it does not say that. An older, cached Korean version of the page did, which is probably where the claim comes from. What I could not confirm is whether the Fast Pass can be bought online through the official site, so do not read the absence of “on-site only” as a promise that it can.
Sky Bridge: Winter Closure, Hours, Prices and Rules
The Sky Bridge is not an extra at the end of an observatory visit. It is its own booked tour, and it is only offered for part of the year.
Winter closure. The Sky Bridge introduction page says the tour is closed for winter from November 30, 2026 to February 28, 2027. A Korean business newspaper reported in April that the 2026 season would run until November 29, which matches: the last operating day is November 29. The observatory itself stays open throughout.
The trap. The official English ticket-price tab, on October 8, 2026, still printed “Winter Season Closure: December 1, 2025 (Mon) – February 27, 2026.” That is last year’s closure. If you read that tab, the Sky Bridge looks like it reopens soon. It does not. I found no English page among the 16 I opened that gives the correct dates; one independent blog says the bridge “closes for winter” between late November or early December and late February, without specific days.
Local tip — The only reliable Sky Bridge season is the one on the introduction page: closed from November 30, 2026 to February 28, 2027. If you are travelling between December and February, the Sky Bridge is not an option, and the English price tab will not tell you so. I also could not confirm whether tickets for those dates are simply unavailable to buy or whether the system would let you book and then cancel, so do not rely on the booking page to warn you.
Tour times. Monday to Thursday there are four departures a day, at 13:00, 15:00, 17:00 and 19:00. On Friday to Sunday and public holidays there is one every hour from 13:00 to 19:00.
What you buy. The tour lasts about an hour with 12 people per group. You enter the observatory 30 minutes before your slot and gather on the 117th floor 15 minutes before. Prices (as of October 2026):
| Ticket | Price | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Sky Bridge from the B1 ticket office | ₩130,000 | Observatory entry + tour + two photos |
| Group rate (B1) | ₩118,000 | Same package |
| Sky Bridge from the 117th floor Sky Station | ₩106,000 | Tour + two photos, for people already inside the observatory |
Booking window. Tour tickets go on sale one month before the date. You cannot buy them online on the day of the tour, and the on-site counters (B1 and the 117th floor) sell only that day’s remaining places. The fee is not refunded once paid, except when the tour is suspended for facility checks or bad weather.
Age and body limits: the official site disagrees with itself. The fee table says 14 and over, with children under 14 allowed when accompanied by a guardian, and a height of at least 140 cm and a weight under 120 kg. The text of the same page says “ages 12 and above (140cm, <120kg)”. I am not going to pick one for you. If you are bringing a child between 12 and 14, or someone near the height or weight limit, ask the operator before paying. The page also says tour access can be refused if staff find signs of alcohol use.
How to Book: Official Site, Non-Member Email Login, or Klook
The official site
The official site sells tickets through a separate booking system that needs a login. The Korean sign-in page is a Lotte “L.POINT” member login with social sign-in options and a join button. It has no non-member tab.
The English version looks different. I read the official English interface text and the site’s code on October 8, 2026. The English login has two tabs, “L.POINT Members” and “Non-Members,” and the page is built to open on the Non-Members tab. Its own wording is “Non-members require an identity verification process.” You enter an email address and click an “Email authentication” button, and the site sends a verification mail. The terms ask you to confirm you are 16 or older and to agree to the collection of your email address. A line on the same page says that if you register an email, a card receipt is sent to it right after an online booking.
Local tip — The official English login has a non-member route that uses email verification rather than a Korean mobile number. Most English guides tell you to “book on the official site” and stop there; I found no mention of the non-member tab in the seven English guides I searched for it, though a few of those pages loaded incompletely. This is as far as I can confirm. I could not render the English login screen myself or go through to payment, so I cannot say whether foreign-issued cards go through, or how smooth the flow is. If you plan to use it, set up the email login a day or two before you need the ticket, not at the gate.
The official FAQ also says tickets can be bought online, on mobile, or at the on-site ticket booth. If the online route fails, the counter is the fallback for the observatory (the Sky Bridge cannot be bought online on the day anyway).
If you need cash or card help while you are in the area, our guide on cash and cards in Korea covers where foreign cards tend to get refused. For a connected phone to receive the verification email, see the eSIM and SIM guide.
When do booking dates open?
This is where the official site and the English guides read differently. The current Korean and English official pages both say tickets can be reserved “starting from the 1st of each month for the intended visit date” and that the reservation period may change. Two English pages I opened, a wiki and a guide site, say tickets open 14 days ahead. That “14 days” wording appears to be an older version of the official text. I could not open the booking calendar without an account, so I cannot tell you which one the system follows in practice. If your dates are close, check the booking page itself when you sign in.
Klook, as an English voucher option
If you would rather hold an English voucher and a QR code, Klook’s Seoul Sky listing sells general admission and a Fast Track ticket, rated 4.8 from about 7,700 reviews with more than 200,000 booked when I looked. The Sky Bridge is not on that listing, so for the bridge you still go through the official site.
The terms on that listing are worth reading before you buy, and I did that on October 8, 2026:
- Direct Entry is described as valid until your selected date, with no cancellation or refund.
- Fast Track is valid only on the specified date, with no cancellation or refund.
- Both are listed as not available to holders of a Korean passport.
- You show your passport and your Klook QR code at the gate, and the page says there is no need to visit the ticket office. Children aged 0 to 2 are free.
Local tip — “Valid until the selected date” and “valid only on the specified date” are two different promises, and Klook uses them for two different tickets. I will not guess at what the first one means for a day after your selected date. Read it on the listing, and treat both as non-refundable if the weather turns on the day.
Opening Hours Around Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve
The official operating-hours data for December has the usual pattern, with two exceptions: December 24 and December 31 (both Thursdays this year) are listed as 10:30 to 23:59 rather than 22:00. December 25 and 26 (Friday and Saturday) are listed at the usual 23:00. I pulled this data on October 5 and again on October 8 and the values matched.
Local tip — The late closing on December 24 and 31 is in the official operating-hours data, but the public calendar page did not yet show December when I looked, and the page rendered blank on my October 8 visit. That makes this a data-level fact that has not been published in the calendar. Confirm it close to the date. Also, I do not know whether the “last entry one hour before closing” rule applies on those two days, so do not plan a last-minute arrival around it. None of the 16 English pages I searched mentioned these two dates.
Everything from January 1, 2027 onward in the same data looks like a default template (10:00 to 21:00 on Sunday to Thursday), so I would not trust it until the operator publishes it.
Weather, Date Changes and Refunds
The official FAQ answers the question people actually ask: if the weather is bad, can I change the date? A date change is handled the same way as a cancellation, with a fee. The same answer says the observatory’s content is the same regardless of the weather, with some facilities restricted on occasion without advance notice. The fee schedule itself is not in the FAQ and I could not find it, so I cannot quote an amount.
English guides already cover this well, including haze and fine-dust days, so the practical rule is simple: choose the date when you book, because changing it costs you.
What You Need to Know
- Two products, one tower. The observatory is open all year. The Sky Bridge is a separate booked tour with a winter closure.
- Sky Bridge closure: November 30, 2026 to February 28, 2027. The English ticket page may still show 2025 dates.
- Single entry. Leave and you cannot return on the same ticket.
- The amusement park next door is a separate purchase. Our Lotte World Magic Pass guide covers that system.
- Prices change. The observatory prices here are as of October 2026.
Practical Tips
- Decide whether you want the Sky Bridge before you decide your dates. If your trip is between December and February, it is closed and the rest of this page is about the observatory only.
- Book the Sky Bridge about a month ahead. Sales open one month before the date, and the counters sell only same-day leftovers.
- Read the age and weight lines yourself. The official page gives both 12+ and 14+; ask the operator if it matters for your group.
- Set up your login early. If you use the official site, try the English non-member email login a day or two before. If you prefer a voucher, the Klook route avoids the official login but is non-refundable.
- Choose the date with the weather in mind. Changing a booking is treated like a cancellation, and the official site says the observatory experience is the same whatever the weather.
- Do not arrive at the last minute. Entry stops an hour before closing, which is 21:00 on the 22:00 days and 22:00 on Fridays and Saturdays.
- Plan the trip to the tower in advance. The Seoul subway guide and the T-money card guide cover the basics, and the Kakao T taxi guide is useful if you are travelling late. For booking sites and official pages worth bookmarking before you go, our list of useful Korea travel websites is a good start.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much are Seoul Sky tickets?
General admission is ₩33,000 for adults (13 and over) and ₩29,000 for youths (36 months to age 12). The Seoul Sky and Aquarium package is ₩62,000 for adults and ₩56,000 for youths and seniors, and the Fast Pass is ₩62,000 for every age (as of October 2026). Those prices took effect on April 1, 2026.
When does the Sky Bridge close for winter?
The Sky Bridge is closed from November 30, 2026 to February 28, 2027, and the last operating day this season is November 29. The observatory remains open. Note that the official English ticket-price tab still showed December 1, 2025 to February 27, 2026 on October 8, 2026.
How much is the Sky Bridge?
It is ₩130,000 from the B1 ticket office, which includes observatory entry, the tour and two photos. From the 117th floor Sky Station it is ₩106,000 for the tour and two photos. The group rate at B1 is ₩118,000 (as of October 2026).
Is Seoul Sky open on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve?
The official operating-hours data lists both days as open, closing at 23:59 instead of the usual 22:00, but the public calendar did not show December when I checked on October 8. Confirm before you go.
How far ahead can I book Seoul Sky tickets?
The current official pages say tickets can be reserved from the 1st of each month for the visit date. Some English guides still say 14 days ahead. I could not open the booking calendar without an account, so check when you sign in. The Sky Bridge opens one month before the tour date.
Can I change my Seoul Sky date if the weather is bad?
A date change is treated as a cancellation and carries a fee, and the official FAQ says the observatory experience is the same whatever the weather. I could not find the fee schedule.
What is the age limit for the Sky Bridge?
The official site is inconsistent. The fee table says 14 and over, with a guardian for under 14, and the body text says 12 and over; both list a minimum height of 140 cm and a weight under 120 kg. Ask the operator before booking for a child close to those limits.
Can I use Seoul Sky tickets from Klook with a Korean passport?
No. The Klook listing says the offer is not available to Korean passport holders, and you enter with your passport and the Klook QR code.
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