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OCEAN PARK HONG KONG
(香港海洋公園)

Location : Hong Kong, China
Opened : Jan 10,1977.

Ocean Park is a theme park in the Southern District of Hong Kong Island. The marine-themed amusement park covers the area of Wong Chuk Hang and Nam Long Shan, and is Hong Kong`s very own theme park.

The park has 4.2 million visitors annually in recent years. It has an area of 870,000 square metres. The different parts of the park are connected by cable car, as well as the world`s second longest outdoor escalator.

The theme park currently has over 40 rides and attractions.

Ocean Park features a Giant panda exhibit, a butterfly garden, a shark tank, and a three-storey aquarium, as well as numerous rides.The park also has its own cable car system, which takes visitors from one side of the park to the other (the two parts are separated from each other by hills). The official mascot of Ocean Park is `Whisker`--a waving sealion.
Besides being an amusement park, Ocean Park Hong Kong also includes observatories, well developed laboratories, an education department and a Whales And Dolphins Fund.

Ocean Park Hong Kong was the first institution in the world to have success in artificial insemination of bottle nose dolphins, and developed numerous new breeds of goldfish, proving the standard of its laboratories.

HISTORY of Ocean Park
The park was built with donations from the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club (now Hong Kong Jockey Club) and opened on 10 January 1977. The park is operated by Ocean Park Corporation, which is a statutory board. It offers affordable marine animal education and entertainment and is a private organization for commercial purposes........

ATTRACTIONS
Headlands Rides

The Dragon- A steel roller coaster with a maximum speed of 77 km/h with 842 metres of track. The ride lasts approximately 2.5 minutes.
The Abyss Turbo Drop- a thrill which raise the visitors up and drop them straightdown in free fall in 5 sceonds.
Flying Swing
The Eagle
Crazy Galleon
Ferris Wheel
Headland Games

ADVENTURE LAND

Mine Train- A roller coaster
Space Wheel
Raging River
Ocean Park Escalator- At 224 m (745ft), it is the second longest in the world. It is outdoors, but weatherproof.

MARINE LAND
Pacific Pier- sealions is displayed
Atoll Reef - 2000 fish in 250 species are displayed.
Shark Aquarium - 70 sharks from 35 species are displayed.
Ocean Theater - Performance by dolphoins and sealions can be watched.
Ocean Park Tower- A sort of observation deck that rises high enough for park-goers to survey the South China Sea.
Sea Jelly Spectacular-more than 1000 jellyfish are displayed.

LOWLAND GARDENS

Giant Panda Habitat- Home to two pandas, Jia Jia (female) and An An (male).
Dinosaurs- Now and Then- Features animatronic and still dinosaurs. Two of the dinosaurs represented, the dilophosaurus and the velociraptor, and inaccurate and based on the way the dinosaurs appear in Jurassic Park. The dilophosaurus is shown with a neck frill. The velociraptor is much taller than its actual size.
Butterfly House - a glass cocoon where butterflies are bred.
Goldfish Pagoda - more than 100 varieties of Chinese and Japanese goldfish are exhibited.
Whiskers` Wild Ride- a theater with moving seats.
Amazing Amazon
The Amazing Birds Show
Caverns of Darkness 3D
Cable Car
Grand Prix

KID`S WORLD

Dolphin University
Whisker`s Theatre
Rides for Kids
Tiny Town Games

BIRD PARADISE
The Aviaries
Flamingo Pond - a pond where Flamingo are kept


For more info, plz go visit :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_Park,_Hong_Kong