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Ocean Park, rebuilt from the maps
Both sites laid out as in 1998: the Lowland with its entry plaza and gardens, and the Headland with the tower, wheel, Dragon and Ocean Theatre, joined by the pod cable car.
Ocean Park has been rebuilt from park maps and photos, with both of its sites laid out as they stood in 1998: the Lowland by the road and the Headland on the ridge above Deep Water Bay, joined by the 1977 cable car.
The Headland
- Ocean Park Tower: a tapered white shaft with a slowly revolving observation cabin and a red and white mast.
- Ferris wheel and Abyss Turbo Drop: a white spoked wheel with turning gondolas beside twin lattice masts. A ring of seats climbs one mast, pauses and drops.
- The Dragon: a looping steel coaster with a lift hill, a vertical loop, camelbacks and two turnarounds. A train runs on it.
- Mine Train, Space Wheel, Flying Swing and Raging River: a low teal coaster on the western slope, a spinning-arm ride, a swinging chair ride and a winding blue channel.
- Ocean Theatre: terraced seating cut into the slope under a long sloping canopy, with the show pool and its island, the stage and the lily-pad pools below.
- Pacific Pier, the Shark Aquarium and Atoll Reef: a rock-edged sea lion lagoon with a white lighthouse, and two round white halls under shallow domes.
- Marine World: blue-roofed halls, a plaza with a fountain, a restaurant, kiosks and footpaths between everything.
The Lowland
- Car park and Entry Plaza: a car park with bays, cars and coaches beside the road, then a row of blue and white vaulted canopies over the ticket booths, under the park's sign.
- Fountain plaza: a round fountain ringed by flower beds, with paths to every part of the park.
- Lowland Gardens: a lawn with two ponds, a pavilion and a small stone bridge.
- Kids' World: bright low halls, a carousel and a small wheel.
- Middle Kingdom: a courtyard of red-pillared halls with green glazed roofs and a four-tier pagoda.
- Bird Paradise: a netted aviary dome over rock and a waterfall.
- Seal and dolphin pools: a round pool with tiered seating.
The cable car
The 1977 cable car now climbs from the Lowland station over Brick Hill to the Summit station on lattice pylons, on two ropes with a little sag. Thirty egg-shaped pods with coloured domes, glass bodies and yellow bases ride a continuous loop, up one rope and back down the other, and swing round at each station.
After dark
The tower cabin, the Ferris wheel, the stations, the lighthouse and the plazas are lit at night.
Ocean Park is about 7 km south-west of the Central waterfront, on the south side of Hong Kong Island. The park is a solid obstacle like any other, and the cable car pylons and ropes are too, so keep well above the tower and the Abyss masts.
海洋公園根據公園地圖同相片重建咗，兩個園區都按 1998 年嘅樣貌擺放：近馬路嘅低地園區，同喺深水灣上面山脊嘅高峰樂園，由 1977 年嘅纜車連接。
高峰樂園
- 海洋公園塔：錐形白色塔身，頂部有慢慢轉動嘅觀景艙同紅白色天線。
- 摩天輪同跳樓機：白色輻條摩天輪，吊艙會轉動，旁邊係兩條格子鐵塔。一圈座位沿住其中一條塔爬上去，停一停，然後跌落嚟。
- 龍騰虎躍：有爬升坡、垂直迴環、駝峰同兩個轉彎嘅鋼製過山車，仲有一列車行駛。
- 礦山火車、太空摩天輪、飛天鞦韆同急流探險：西面山坡嘅青綠色矮過山車、旋轉臂遊戲、搖擺吊椅，同一條彎彎曲曲嘅藍色水道。
- 海洋劇場：鋪喺山坡上嘅梯級座位，上面有長長斜斜嘅頂篷，前面係表演池同池中小島、舞台同蓮葉形水池。
- 太平洋海岸、鯊魚館同海洋奇觀：岩石圍住嘅海獅池同白色燈塔，仲有兩座淺圓頂嘅白色圓形展館。
- 海洋天地：藍色屋頂展館、有噴水池嘅廣場、餐廳、小售亭，同連接每個地方嘅行人路。
低地園區
- 停車場同入口廣場：路邊有畫咗車位、停咗私家車同旅遊巴嘅停車場，之後係一排藍白色拱形頂篷蓋住售票亭，上面掛住公園招牌。
- 噴水池廣場：圓形噴水池，四周有花圃，路通去公園每個角落。
- 低地花園：有草地、兩個池塘、一座涼亭同一道細石橋。
- 兒童天地：色彩鮮艷嘅矮展館、旋轉木馬同細摩天輪。
- 中國古城：紅柱綠琉璃瓦殿堂圍住嘅庭院，仲有一座四層寶塔。
- 雀鳥天堂：網狀鳥籠圓頂，入面有假山同瀑布。
- 海豹同海豚池：有梯級座位圍住嘅圓形水池。
纜車
1977 年嘅纜車而家由低地站爬過磚山，去到高峰站，沿途係格子鐵塔，兩條纜索有少少下垂。三十個蛋形吊艙有彩色頂蓋、玻璃艙身同黃色底座，喺一個連續嘅環路上行駛：一條索上山，另一條索落山，到咗每個站就掉頭。
夜晚
塔嘅觀景艙、摩天輪、兩個纜車站、燈塔同廣場夜晚都會亮燈。
海洋公園喺中環海旁西南面大約 7 公里，位於香港島南面。成個公園同其他障礙物一樣係實心嘅，纜車嘅鐵塔同纜索都一樣，所以飛過塔同跳樓機鐵塔要保持足夠高度。
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