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Theme
  
Marine

Operated by
  
Chimelong Group

Area
  
20.7 km²

Rides
  
Parrot Coaster

Owner
  
Chimelong Group

Opened
  
29 March 2014

Province
  
Guangdong Province

Chimelong Ocean Kingdom

Slogan
  
全球领先的海洋主题乐园 World Leading Ocean Theme Park

Location
  
Chimelong International Ocean Resort, Fuxiang Bay, Hengqin, Zhuhai, People's Republic of China

Address
  
China, Guangdong Sheng, Zhuhai Shi, Xiangzhou Qu, 横琴新区富祥湾珠海长隆国际海洋度假区

Hours
  
Open today · 10AM–8:30PMSunday10AM–8:30PMMonday10AM–8:30PMTuesday10AM–8:30PMWednesday10AM–8:30PMThursday10AM–8:30PMFriday10AM–8:30PMSaturday10AM–8:30PM

Similar
  
The Venetian Macao, 长隆, Changlong, Dreams Water City, 圆明新园

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Chimelong Ocean Kingdom is a theme park situated in Hengqin, Zhuhai, People's Republic of China. It is designed by PGAV Destinations. The park broke ground on 28 November 2010 and soft-opened on 28 January 2014. The grand opening occurred on 29 March 2014. The first phase of the park cost RMB 10 billion to build. It is part of the Chimelong International Ocean Resort, which aims to become the "Orlando of China". According to TEA and AECOM, it is the 13th most visited theme park in the world in 2015, with 7.5 million visitors.

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Themed areas

There are eight themed areas inside the park, each representing a part of the ocean.

Ocean Avenue

  • The entrance area with shops and an LED digital canopy that showcases the sea

    • Amusement rides

  • Battle of the Pirates – spinning tea cups with shooting water jets
  • Dolphin Round Ride – spinner ride
  • 5D Castle Theatre - Opened in 2015. The castle theatre features a 13-minute animated film called "Kaka's Great Adventure". The film is produced by Prana Studios with Kraftwerk Living Technologies (KLT) providing the hardware. The theatre has a 1,500m² curved screen, a world record. The theatre took more than three years to plan and cost some ¥300 million (US$50 million) to build.

    • Animal exhibits

  • Dolphin Island and Dolphin Theatre – spotted dolphin habitat
  • Dolphin Conservation Centre – Bottlenose dolphin habitat with underwater viewing facilities

    • Amusement rides

  • Parrot Coaster – Bolliger & Mabillard winged coaster ride

    • Animal exhibits

  • Journey to the Amazon – freshwater aquarium

    • Amusement rides

  • Deep Sea Odyssey – submarine ride that goes inside the aquarium

    • Animal exhibits

  • Whale Shark Exhibit Aquarium – Allegedly the world's largest aquarium featuring 4 whale sharks, manta rays, corals, and many other species. At the time of its opening, it also had the largest aquarium window in the world according to the Guinness World Records, a single acrylic panel measuring 39.6 by 8.3 m (130 by 27 ft). The window has now been succeeded by the Cube Aquarium in Chengdu.

    • Amusement rides

  • Polar Explorer – water roller coaster ride

    • Animal exhibits

  • Beluga Experience and Beluga Theatre – beluga habitat
  • Polar bear Village – Polar bear habitat
  • Penguin World – Penguin habitat

    • Amusement rides

  • Happy Bump Bump Bump – Bumper cars
  • Games Arcade – game stalls
  • Octopus Carousel

    • Animal exhibits

  • Otter Exhibit – Otter habitat
  • Stingray Encounter – stingray habitat
  • Tide pools – pools with small fish and other sea creatures

    • Amusement rides

  • Spirit of Adventure – pirate ship
  • Walrus Splash – giant flume

    • Animal exhibits

  • Walrus Island – walrus habitat
  • Sea Lion Bay and Sea Lion Theatre – sea lion habitat
  • Sea Bird Paradise – Home to pelicans, white cranes, white-naped cranes, white storks, herons, spotted seals, capybaras, green sea turtles, African spurred tortoises, Aldabra giant tortoise and seagulls.

    • Hengqin Ocean

  • Shows, parades, and firework shows

    • Entertainments

    Journey of lights - Night time parade designed by Miziker Entertainment.

    Awards

    In 2015 Chimelong Ocean Kingdom won the Thea Award for Outstanding Achievement over 169 international candidates, marking the first time the award was given to a Chinese theme park.

    Criticism

    Samuel Hung Ka-yiu, chairman of the Hong Kong Dolphin Conservation Society, said, "Ocean Kingdom seems to have imported everything. They are doing everything wrong. They are doing everything you don't want them to do". Examples include polar bears confined in small areas demonstrating "repetitive pacing, swaying, head-bobbing or circling" and skin disorders in penguins kept in a sub-tropical environment.

    Further criticism arises from a recent trade of orcas between China and Russia. In 2013 Russia captured wild orcas in the Sea of Okhotsk, two of which have been sold to China. "Now, a conservation group monitoring the capture of killer whales says it has discovered that Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites) permits were applied for by Russia and granted for two wild-caught killer whales, also known as orcas, to be exported to China." Ocean Kingdom refuses to comment on whether they plan to display orcas in future but there are currently 50 aquariums in China, none of which have orcas on display.

    References

    Chimelong Ocean Kingdom Wikipedia
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