Everland takes firm action against spot-saving at parade viewing areas

A video showing Everland staff collecting personal belongings left to save spots in the parade viewing area has gone viral online. [Captured from Ruliweb]
A video showing Everland staff collecting personal belongings left to save spots in the parade viewing area has gone viral online. [Captured from Ruliweb]

A video of Everland staff in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, removing strollers, mats and other items left to hold spots in the theme park's parade viewing area has gone viral online, drawing widespread praise from users who hope the practice of spot-saving with unattended belongings will be stamped out.

The clip spread across multiple online communities Wednesday under titles such as "Everland knows what it's doing."

The video shows staff sweeping up strollers and other items left in the parade viewing zone and carrying them to a storage area. An announcement over the park's public address system warned visitors against saving spots and directed them to the storage area to retrieve their belongings.

The person who posted the video explained that if a stroller, wagon, mat or similar item is left unattended in the performance viewing area to hold a spot, staff will move everything to the storage area. Staff also leave a note at the spot where the items were removed, the poster added.

Viewers responded with a flood of approving comments: "Serves them right," "This kind of policy needs to spread everywhere fast," "They should charge a storage fee too," "Lotte World does the same thing," "So satisfying," "Spot-saving anywhere should be dealt with firmly" and "A model for handling queue-jumping everywhere."

Meanwhile, Everland said it treats unattended personal belongings used to hold spots as lost property and moves them to a temporary storage area without prior notice, citing safety concerns. "Saving spots with personal belongings disrupts other guests' enjoyment of the performance and creates pedestrian hazards that can lead to accidents," the park said, adding that it accepts no responsibility for any loss or damage resulting from the policy.


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