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19-545: Chimelong Ocean Kingdom , designed by PGAV Destinations , is the resort's first theme park. The soft opening took place in January 2014 and the park officially opened in March 2014. Chimelong Spaceship is the second theme park to open at Chimelong International Ocean Tourist Resort. This ocean-themed park masterplanned by Legacy Entertainment is the world's largest indoor theme park and world's largest aquarium. Construction on

38-554: A fourth theme park planned for the resort features day time and night time safari components centered around live animals, with masterplan design by Dan Pearlman . Hengqin Island Theater is a large indoor theater located at the center of Chimelong International Ocean Tourist Resort. Performances of Chimelong Hengqin International Circus City take place at the venue every evening and the theater hosts

57-657: 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

76-556: Is a theme park situated in Hengqin , Zhuhai , People's Republic of China. It was designed by PGAV Destinations. The park broke ground on November 28, 2010 and soft-opened on January 28, 2014. The grand opening occurred on March 29 of that year. The first phase of the park cost RMB 10 billion to build. It is part of the Chimelong International Ocean Tourist Resort , which aims to become

95-510: 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

114-511: The park . They had opened SeaWorld San Antonio in 1988. In 1989 they sold SeaWorld (San Diego, Aurora, Orlando, San Antonio) to Anheuser-Busch , the world's largest brewer and owner of the Busch Gardens Safari Parks, for US$ 1.1 billion. In 2001, Anheuser-Busch sold SeaWorld Ohio to Six Flags , which combined the park with the neighboring Geauga Lake to form Six Flags Worlds of Adventure. The animal aquatics portion of

133-561: The " Orlando of China". In 2023 the park hosted 12.52 million visitors, making it the sixth-most visited theme park in the world and the most visited theme park in the world that is not a Disney or Universal park. Among its attractions are a wide range of amusement rides and animal shows, as well as one of the world's largest oceanariums with a total of 48.75 million litres (12,880,000 US gal; 10,720,000 imp gal) of water. The theme park has achieved five Guinness World Records . There are eight themed areas inside

152-515: The annual China International Circus Festival . A new, larger indoor theater named The Chimelong Theatre opened on July 26, 2019, becoming the resort's primary circus theater venue. In July 2017, Chimelong Group submitted to the local government plans to build an artificial island off the coast of Hengqin Island. Plans for the island include a marine theater and marine museum. Early design plans for Chimelong International Ocean Tourist Resort show

171-569: The award was given to a Chinese theme park. The ocean park holds the Guinness world record for being the largest aquarium in the world, 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 metres (130 by 27 ft). The Journey of Lights parade won the 2018 Thea Award for outstanding achievement - live show. Samuel Hung Ka-yiu, chairman of

190-691: The first theme parks in Florida , United States, started in 1938, claims to be "the world's first oceanarium" Marineland of Florida was developed as Marine Studios near St. Augustine in Marineland, Florida , which was followed in Florida by Miami Seaquarium , opened in 1955 and in California by Marineland of the Pacific , opened in 1954 near Los Angeles , and Marine World, Africa USA , opened in 1968 near San Francisco . SeaWorld San Diego

209-941: The four-story cylindrical tank of the New England Aquarium in Boston , which opened in 1969. At the National Aquarium in Baltimore , which opened in 1981, a walkway spirals up through the center of two gigantic cylindrical tanks, the Atlantic Coral Reef and the Shark Alley, which display sharks, sawfish, and other sea creatures. Since then, many new aquariums have sought even greater realism, often concentrating on local environments. Monterey Bay Aquarium in California, which opened in 1984,

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228-521: The future, but there are currently 50 aquariums in China, none of which have orcas on display. Oceanarium An oceanarium can be either a marine mammal park , such as Marineland of Canada , or a large-scale aquarium , such as the Lisbon Oceanarium , presenting an ocean habitat with marine animals, especially large ocean dwellers such as sharks . Marineland of Florida , one of

247-767: The island having a large marina . Chimelong International Ocean Tourist Resort is primarily accessed by bus or car and guests travel around the property by walking or by taking a boat ride on the resort's central canal . Small boats for guests travel on a canal located at the center of the resort. Guests can board and debark the boats at Chimelong Hengqin Bay Hotel, Hengqin Island Theater and Chimelong Penguin Hotel. In December 2017, an article written about Chimelong Group's founder, Su Zhigang, revealed plans for an aerial lift at Chimelong International Ocean Tourist Resort. The aerial lift system will be manufactured by Poma and

266-448: The park began on November 30, 2015, and it opened in 2023. Chimelong Adventure Park is the planned third theme park at Chimelong International Ocean Tourist Resort. This outdoor theme park will be located at the peak of Hengqin Island's mountain range. The theme park will be accessed by aerial tramway. Early plans for this theme park included a wooden roller coaster , observation wheel , and observation tower . Chimelong Animal Kingdom,

285-862: The park closed prior to 2004 when Six Flags sold the park to Cedar Fair . When a new 170,000-square-foot exhibit at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago opened on April 27, 1991, it debuted as the largest indoor marine mammal facility in the world. The position as world's largest oceanarium has since shifted repeatedly in recent years. From 2005 to 2012 it was the Georgia Aquarium in the United States with an initial total water volume of 32,000 m (8,500,000 US gal), later it expanded to 38,000 m (10,000,000 US gal), and home to 100–120,000 animals of 700 species. In 2012 it

304-590: The park, each representing a part of the ocean. Journey of Lights - Nighttime parade designed by Miziker Entertainment The resort has been served by the Zhuhai Changlong railway station on the Zhuhai–Zhuhai Airport intercity railway since 18 August, In 2015, Chimelong Ocean Kingdom won the Thea Award for Outstanding Achievement over 169 international candidates, marking the first time

323-535: The stations will be located near Chimelong Ocean Kingdom, Chimelong Adventure Park, and Chimelong Marine Science Park. The first license for one of the aerial lift's stations was approved by the local government in December 2018. There are three hotels on site with a fourth currently under construction: 22°06′00″N 113°31′48″E  /  22.1001°N 113.53°E  / 22.1001; 113.53 Chimelong Ocean Kingdom Chimelong Ocean Kingdom

342-497: Was opened in 1964, developed by four fraternity brothers Milt Shedd, Ken Norris, David DeMott and George Millay. SeaWorld Aurora opened in 1970 near Cleveland , Ohio . SeaWorld Orlando was opened in 1973. SeaWorld (San Diego, Aurora, Orlando) was sold to Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (a publishing company listed on the New York Stock Exchange ) in 1976. They purchased Marineland of the Pacific in 1986 and closed

361-658: Was surpassed by Marine Life Park in Singapore with a total water volume of 45,000 m (12,000,000 US gal) and over 100,000 animals of more than 800 species. In 2014, the Singapore park was surpassed by the Chimelong Ocean Kingdom in China, the current record holder, with a total water volume of 48,750 m (12,880,000 US gal). Modern marine aquariums try to create natural environments. A host of marine animals swim together in

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