A visit to Ocean Park will not be complete without watching the dolphins. The first time we were in the park back in the 90's, the dolphin show was on a break. The theatre was undergoing renovations, or so we were told. This time around, it was open. Not only were there dolphins, but there were sea lions on show as well. I had second thoughts about watching the show though since a news item I watched on TV early on quoted an anti-dolphin show activist [think Greenpeace] as saying to the effect that if you love dolphins, you should not watch dolphin shows. Apparently, keeping dolphins out of their natural habitat and keeping them in restricted areas such as the theatre, hurts these creatures.
Ocean Park was surprisingly jampacked. I would have thought that with the opening of Disneyland, attendance at the park would suffer. It could be that Hong Kong really attracts that many people, specially from China or it could be that Ocean Park made it a point to revitalize itself to precisely be in fighting form with Mickey Mouse. Go Whiskers?
Apart from the memories, I bought myself a cute little panda stuffed toy as a souvenir.
Ocean Park was surprisingly jampacked. I would have thought that with the opening of Disneyland, attendance at the park would suffer. It could be that Hong Kong really attracts that many people, specially from China or it could be that Ocean Park made it a point to revitalize itself to precisely be in fighting form with Mickey Mouse. Go Whiskers?
Apart from the memories, I bought myself a cute little panda stuffed toy as a souvenir.
The sea lions onstage and the dolphins in the water.
Waiting for the rafters to get filled:Kuya Serge, Ate Mayet, Lloyd, Kristine, Carlo and Dennis.
Blogger amongst empty sinks, er, seats. 
The whole gang was at Pacific Pier! Honest!
The brave who rode the Mine Train ride: Kristine and Carlo and Dennis and Lloyd. Blogger of course had to undertake the noble task of taking the requisite photograph. For the record, they also rode the Headland rides including rollercoaster (Dragon), the swinging boat (Crazy Galleon) and the 20-storey Abyss Turbo Drop. Not for the faint of heart, I tell you. Well, there's the Ferris Wheel, Eagle and the Flying Swing for you then. Due to time constraints, we missed out the Lowland Gardens attractions including the Giant Panda Habitat, Whisker's Wild Ride, Amazing Amazon and the Amazing Birds' Show.
In Marineland, we missed out on the Sea Jelly Spectacular and the Shark Aquarium due to queues but a visit to the Atoll Reef and the Pacific Pier sufficed. We didn't climb the Ocean Park Tower anymore though. The view from the pier's Boardwalk was more than enough.
We of course completely bypassed Kids' World, and for sure, a lot of other attractions besides! No regrets; we can always make another excursion to shopping paradise Hong Kong.
We went up via the famous Ocean Park escalators
and went down via the cable cars.
Photos by Blogger and Dennis Mendoza.
