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Park News - (10/22/09) A great photo update from Ocean Park has been posted to Westcoaster this week. It includes a good look at the brand new themed Ocean Express underground Funicular train ride that puts on a heck of a show during the ride as you can see in the video on this page along with a picture showing off the new Polar Adventure themed expansion land under construction. (see below)

2010 - Nothing is known at this time...

2011 - Three New Hotels - Planning - (1/17/08) Ocean Park in Hong Kong is planning three new themed hotels by 2011 in the hopes of increases attendance by 25%. They are planning a 660 room three-star hotel called Ocean Hotel that will be built near the park’s entrance, a 460 room four-star hotel called Fisherman’s Wharf Hotel to be built near the Tai Shue Wan entrance and a 160 room five-star Summit Hotel & Spa to be built at the park’s mountain summit.

Now Through 2013 - Park Expansion Project - (10/22/09) The Ocean Park website now gives off quite a few details about all of their future expansion plans. Four areas were listed for The Summit. The Polar Adventure themed expansion will include the North Pole Encounter (animal attraction), South Pole Spectacular (penguins), Tuxedo’s Restaurant (w/ Pengiun theme) and the Arctic Blast coaster ride. (Thanks to Westcoaster for the artwork!) The Rainforest area will feature a Rapids Ride Journey through a tropical rainforest as well as more animal attraction. The list also includes a new marine life area called Marine Worold. Thrill Mountain will also feature new thrill rides, though no true details were posted.
    The Waterfront side has already opened the Amazing Asian Animal attraction. Another expansion called Aqua City will include The Grand Aquarium, which will be the largest aquarium in Asia, featuring the Ocean Bubbles Tunnel, Swirl Tank, Panoramic Ocean Gallery as well as an under water restaurant.  After dark, Aqua City will also feature a nighttime spectacular show called Symbio. A kiddieland called Whisker’s Harbor is also on the way.
    The rough timeline for all of these has also been posted, where it looks like all of them will be built and opening between now and 2013.
2010 – 2011 – Ocean Square, Aqua City, Rainforest, Symbio
2011 – 2012 – Polar Adventure, Thrill Mountain
2012 – 2013 – Marine World and Whisker’s Harbour
    (1/30/09) Special thanks to one of our readers who visited Ocean Park not long ago and sent in a picture showing off the large construction site for the expansion of Ocean Park.
    (5/29/07) Today I’ve got a couple of close up shots showing off a large bit of concept artwork on display at Ocean Park showing off what looks like an entire new land they have planned for the park. The photos come courtesy of CoasterFriends.de. In addition to the new mountainside steel roller coaster mentioned before, you can also make a Zamperla Disk’O, a large Giant Wheel, a Chance Aviator and what looks like a Zamperla Giant Discovery.
    (4/30/07) Looks like a massive new steel roller coaster that will around one of the mountainsides as well as featuring at least one inversion is in the works for the park right now. You can see the concept artwork posted to the Theme Park Review forums, just scroll down towards the end.
    (12/20/06) Ocean Park has broken ground on the start of it’s huge HK$5.55 billion expansion plan ($707 million) that will double the number of attractions in the park from 35 to 70 by 2012. The plan is to split the park into two halfs, The Waterfront and The Summit.
    The Waterfront will consist of three themed zones: Aqua City (the Ocean Park Grand Aquarium), Birds of Paradise (a tropical area), and Whisker’s Harbour (Character meet and greet area).
    The Summit will showcase animals and entertainment from four different global climate zones: Marine World, Rainforest, Thrill Mountain and Polar Adventure.
    (6/28/05) You can preview some of the future plans for Ocean Park at the park’s website.
    (4/1/05) You can read a bit more about the future plans of Ocean Park here, but new attractions in development mentioned include building a 1.4 km funicular tunnel through the mountain that divides the park in half as well as a “soaker coaster” where the cars will be equipped with water cannons with more cannons on the ground around the ride to shoot back.
    (3/21/05) Ocean Park has announced a massive HK$5.55 billion plan to make the park a “world class” attraction to be rebuilt by 2010. The park will have a stronger maritime theme and to double the number of attractions. New attractions in development include habitats for penguins, polar bears and walruses, swimming with dolphins, the ability to get married in a shark tank and an underwater restaurant.