gerstlaueringvar Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Does anyone know who the manufacturer of Ocean Park's log flume is? I remember it being slightly different than the Arrow ones I've ridden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejot Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 (edited) I have a 4.5h layover in Hong Kong on Sunday April 26, arriving around noon. Ocean Park is open. I hear the city has a pretty kick-butt public transport system. Ignoring flight delay possibilities, Is it remotely possible to get there, ride Hair Raiser, and get back for my flight? Do any locals have an idea of potential crowdedness? I'm figuring "no" and "not really"/"very", respectively, but I gotta ask. Hair Raiser is strangely high up on my bucket list. Like.... wayyyy up there. I may consider trying even if there's a good chance I don't get one ride in. Would love to just see the park. Edited April 8, 2015 by ejot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 ^I'm sorry but that's just not enough time. Even with the good public transport it's probably at least an hour from the airport to the park. Add in the time from your plane to the train, from the drop off area to the ride, riding, getting back, it's more than a bit crazy. If you wanted to do something crazy HK Disney is MUCH closer to the airport and you could probably run in there for 30 minutes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejot Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 I figured. And great idea, thanks, will definitely look into that alternate possibility! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerstlaueringvar Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Pretty much impossible. Ocean Park's subway station is not opened yet so you'll spend at least 1.5 hours on the bus between Admiralty and Ocean Park. You'll need to ride OP's cable car or Ocean Express to reach Hair Raiser, that's another 40 minutes. Add the time for Airport Express and subway, 4.5 hours isn't enough. Disneyland is a good choice though. If you're fast enough, grabbing Grizzily Mountain, Haunted Mansion and Space Mountain wouldn't be a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I305forever Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Hong Kong Disneyland always seemed kind of off to me. It seems like disney just recreated NO, added a few rides, and opened it. Except for Grizzly Mountain, it doesn't really have anything unique or original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Deleted post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garet Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Been making some room for the babies stuff and found this. My wife and I had completely forgotten about Ocean Park having a bag of rice stuffed toy. At the time we thought it was funny and Jin was so happy when she won it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 ^That's amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hesukaheadRBLX Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 ^That's amazing. Agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosscoe Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 Friend spent the day at the park yesterday ( Thursday ) and said the Chinese tourist where the worst he'd every seen, line cutting, yelling at each other, peeing in gardens, said the day was just awful. he enjoyed the park but said sadly he'd never go back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azza29 Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 ^That was my experience two years ago. My favourite was the guests who decided to use their umbrellas on the rapids ride! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hesukaheadRBLX Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 ^ It's a rapids ride... you ride it purely because you get wet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosscoe Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 ^That was my experience two years ago. My favourite was the guests who decided to use their umbrellas on the rapids ride! i Mine as well, stopped three girls from pushing in to get back down on the cable car, it wasn't pretty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 Once again, on the plus side, it's nice to now have a nationality that's worse than the 'ugly American' tourists! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garet Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 "Please understand our culture" is the phrase I hear thrown around a lot in Asian countries as the excuse for these things or from some-one embarrassed you have seen it. Except Japan. I think in all my trips I've seen literally only one person be crappy and that was a father in DisneySea try and chew out a cast member when he went up single-rider with his young son to avoid the 3 hour line and refused to split up. Although "please understand our culture," is a sentence I'd rather not here in Japan because I love every minute there and trying to make sense of some things you see would just take the magic away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xstech25 Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Friend spent the day at the park yesterday ( Thursday ) and said the Chinese tourist where the worst he'd every seen, line cutting, yelling at each other, peeing in gardens, said the day was just awful. he enjoyed the park but said sadly he'd never go back! Its funny in Hong Kong how you can clearly tell the difference between people from Hong Kong and a mainland tourist. I had a similar experience there on a weekend, but then on a weekday didn't see any of that. Though I will say I enjoyed the cultural experience in a "this is fun but glad I don't live here and have to deal with it every day" way. The line for the tram was literally a stampede every time it moved, everyone running (and running each other over) just to move like 10 feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrygator Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2124627/cable-car-issue-hong-kongs-ocean-park-traps-210-riders-mid Breakdown issues usually don't bother me, but with the location of Ocean Park cable cars and the cold weather, I think i would have been very uncomfortable during the delay Cable car issue at Hong Kong’s Ocean Park traps 210 riders mid-air in winter cold A spokeswoman for the Southern District amusement park said shortly before midnight that one of the two ropeways for the cable car system was suspended temporarily at 7.43pm, and that park staff had immediately performed an inspection. “[The staff] found that the station railing on the platform had hit a cabin due to strong wind, resulting in its misalignment, which interfered with the movement of the rest of the cable car cabins,” she said. The Hong Kong Observatory issued the first cold weather warning of the winter on Saturday afternoon, as the temperature dropped to as low as 10 degrees Celsius in some areas. The weather forecaster recorded 13 degrees in Wong Chuk Hang, where the park is located, at the time of the incident. The spokeswoman said that no passengers were injured in the incident. Ropeway operation resumed at 8.16pm, after an urgent adjustment. Guests on that ropeway were able to start leaving the cabins. “By 8.52pm, all 210 guests on the ropeway safely exited the ride without injury. During this period, the other ropeway and the Ocean Express funicular trains continued to operate and serve the guests of the park,” she continued. Ocean Park informed the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department of the incident immediately. It pledged to carry out a thorough examination of the cable car system before resuming operation of the ropeway. In November 2012, 95 riders were left in mid-air for about half an hour when one of the ropeways was suspended temporarily. The park explained at the time that a cabin had failed to release its grip from the cable normally, prompting the cable car system to stop automatically as a safety precaution. No one was hurt. A similar incident took place in August 2007, when 280 passengers were trapped in the cable cars for eight minutes after a conveyor belt broke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garet Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Didn't see it mentioned but the mine train has been given the VR treatment: https://www.oceanpark.com.hk/en/park-experience/attractions/mine-train I'll personally take the view over VR on that ride any day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedimaster1227 Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 ^Such a shame... I can't think of many other coasters that have a comparable view. Nothing like covering it up with a VR headset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Farmer Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Haha, of all the places... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 For myself.... The View From The Coaster > VR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JordyC Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Why would you take away one of the best views ever on a coaster?? Ugh.. When will this VR thing finally stop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Wow, this might be officially the dumbest VR installation yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canobie Coaster Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 ^ I still think VR on the world's largest drop tower takes the cake, but this one is pretty bad too. Why look at a beautiful ocean view when you can instead look at a tiny phone screen inches from your face? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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