Ocean Park Hong Kong is a serious theme park with an aquatic and conservation theme. It’s a must-do for households visiting Hong Kong, notably for kids below 5 years, with animal reveals, rides and a play space that’s excellent for little ones.
Here are my prime 11 ideas for visiting Ocean Park Hong Kong with younger youngsters.
Ocean Park Hong Kong is especially standard with Chinese mainland guests, even these with out youngsters (a lot of aged folks wandering round). So for those who can organize it it’s higher to go on off-peak days. Hong Kong residents have annual passes which implies on weekends, public holidays and faculty holidays it’s a well-liked vacation spot for locals.
We go to very first thing on New Year’s Day as a result of it’s our solely free day. We are fearful in regards to the potential crowd however evidently most of Hong Kong remains to be asleep from New Year’s Eve festivities the park is just not crowded in any respect.
Ocean Park Hong Kong opens at 10am and it’s value being there when the gates open to be able to beat the crowds. Tour buses and mainland vacationers don’t appear to reach till 11 or later.
To save queueing up on the ticket workplace e book your tickets on-line. We purchase low cost tickets through Klook. The tickets arrive instantly and also you don’t have to print them out, simply scan them out of your cell.
The new South Island MTR line opened 28 December 2016 and the Ocean Park cease is correct on the entrance entrance. There’s no simpler solution to arrive and our journey from centrally positioned Wan Chai to Ocean Park takes 25 minutes.
Before you go obtain the Ocean Park cell app. You can verify wait occasions for sights, browse maps and see schedules.
Ocean Park gives free wifi although I discover it extra handy to hold a pocket wifi as an alternative.
- Go up on the practice, down within the cable automobile
Ocean Park is cut up up into two ranges – the Waterfront stage the place the principle entrance and MTR cease is, and the Summit stage the place the fun rides and seals are positioned.
You can’t stroll between the 2 websites and may entry solely them by cable automobile or practice.
The cable automobile at Ocean Park is the long-lasting ‘journey’ and it’s undoubtedly value making an attempt for those who’re not afraid of heights. The views of the steep mountains and the water are spectacular. The solely downside is that it’s the very first thing folks head for thus queues can get very lengthy in a short time.
A greater strategy is to take the Ocean Express practice as much as the Summit then journey the cable automobile right down to the Waterfront. The practice is much less crowded within the mornings and so they can pack in additional folks per journey. Conversely the cable automobile is much less crowded within the afternoons (besides in direction of closing time).
- Visit the Grand Aquarium, Asian Animals and Whisker’s Harbour first
If you’ve got little youngsters you can find that you simply spend most of your time within the Waterfront stage. Visit the Grand Aquarium and wind your method by means of tunnels and tanks, see pandas and Chinese Alligators on the Asian Animals exhibit after which play on the Whisker’s Harbour play space.
Our youngsters might have fortunately stayed within the Waterfront stage, notably Whisker’s Harbour all day. There’s a carousel, miniature practice, carnival video games (additional value), a small ferris wheel, leaping fortress and playground.
- Thrill rides are at prime stage
The thrill rides are at The Summit and most of them are too superior for below 5s. The solely journey we thought appropriate was the bumper vehicles however the wait was 30 minutes.
The seals and sea lions house and the marine life theatre are additionally at The Summit however we’re too drained to go to at that time.
When you permit The Summit and take the cable automobile down you’ll stroll by means of ‘Old Hong Kong’ which is modelled on the streets of Fifties Hong Kong. Great for picture ops!
My tactic for coping with queues is to make use of the time to go to the bathroom, apply sunscreen and eat snacks.
There’s not lots of shelter whilst you’re lining up so carry a hat for warm days.
Ocean Park covers a big space and in case you have younger youngsters it’s value taking a stroller simply to allow them to have a relaxation whilst you cowl longer distances.
The website could be very pram-friendly, with broad paths and accessible ramps/lifts the place essential. Sometimes we get to go to the entrance of the queue as a result of we’ve a stroller – as an illustration, on the entrance head far left the place there’s a separate stroller entrance. The solely time we’ve to fold it’s within the cable automobile.
No one appears to fret about leaving prams round for those who’re happening a journey. You can even rent a pram for those who don’t need to carry your personal.
If you’re lugging round a lot of gear, close to the doorway after you cross the ticket gates there’s a room on the precise with storage lockers.
There are each Asian and Western eating places in Ocean Park and we go for a sit-down lunch on the cafeteria type Panda Cafe. The meals is surprisingly first rate and the children meal is a big choice of spaghetti bolognese, hen nuggets, chips, jelly, soy milk AND ice cream.
There are additionally Asian snacks inside Old Hong Kong and subsequent time I’d strive the Tuxedos restaurant the place you possibly can look proper into the penguin’s water tank!
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