Chimelong International Ocean Tourist Resort
| Chimelong International Ocean Tourist Resort | |||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 珠海长隆国际海洋度假区 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 珠海長隆國際海洋度假區 | ||||||||||
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Chimelong International Ocean Tourist Resort (Chinese: 珠海长隆国际海洋度假区) is a theme park resort located in Hengqin, Zhuhai, China and owned by Chimelong Group. The resort currently consists of two theme parks, two theaters and four themed hotels. With a 20 billion yuan investment, future plans for the resort include at least two additional theme parks, a new aerial tramway transportation system, and an artificial island.[1][2][3] Chimelong expects visitation at Chimelong International Ocean Resort to increase to over 50 million annually once all of the theme parks are operating.[4]
Theme Parks
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Chimelong Ocean Kingdom
[edit]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
[edit]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 the park began on November 30, 2015, and it opened in 2023.[5]
Chimelong Adventure Park
[edit]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.[6] 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
[edit]Chimelong Animal Kingdom, 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.[7]
Entertainment Venues
[edit]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 the annual China International Circus Festival.[8][9]
A new, larger indoor theater named The Chimelong Theatre opened on July 26, 2019, becoming the resort's primary circus theater venue.[10][11]
Chimelong Fortune Island Reclamation Project
[edit]In July 2017, Chimelong Group submitted to the local government plans to build an artificial island off the coast of Hengqin Island.[12] Plans for the island include a marine theater and marine museum.[13] Early design plans for Chimelong International Ocean Tourist Resort show the island having a large marina.[14]
Transportation Systems
[edit]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.
Canal Boat Ride
[edit]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.
China Railway
[edit]- Zhuhai Changlong railway station, a station on Zhuji intercity railway, is located near the resort.[15] It is operated by China Railway Guangzhou Group.
Aerial lift
[edit]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 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.[16]
Hotels
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There are three hotels on site with a fourth currently under construction:
- Chimelong Hengqin Bay Hotel – 1,888-room hotel. Chimelong Hengqin Bay Hotel was awarded the World's Leading Themed Hotel in the 2015 World Travel Awards (WTA).[17]
- Chimelong Circus Hotel – 700-room hotel. Opened on 19 February 2015.
- Chimelong Penguin Hotel – 2,000-room hotel with "Emperor Penguin Cafeteria" that enables guests to enjoy meals while observing penguins in proximity. Opened on 19 February 2015.[18]
- Chimelong Spaceship Hotel – Modern 26 floor tower that includes restaurants, conference rooms, swimming pools, and retail stores. Connected to the back of Chimelong Spaceship.[19]
References
[edit]- ^ Stephanie Lai (30 January 2015). "New amusement facilities for Hengqin Chimelong". Macau Business Daily.
- ^ "Chimelong to build another four theme parks in Zhuhai". Hengqin government official website. 11 December 2015.
- ^ Quanlin, Qiu (30 January 2015). "Guangdong Chimelong starts building phase two of Zhuhai resort". China Daily.
- ^ Kleiman, Joe (25 Jan 2016). "Construction Begins on First of Four New Chimelong Parks Adjoining Ocean Kingdom". InPark Magazine.
- ^ "Another world-class theme park to be completed in Zhuhai by 2017". Newsgd.com.
- ^ "长隆拍下42万 m2旅游地 横琴娱乐版图再扩大!". 澳门横琴中原地产. 15 January 2018.
- ^ Kleiman, Joe (22 November 2015). "CHINA UPDATE: Chimelong and Haichang Expand Animal-Based Parks, Wanda Looks Abroad". InPark magazine.
- ^ "Notice of the 5th China International Circus Festival". Chimelong. 28 September 2018. Archived from the original on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- ^ Xiaochen, Sun (2 November 2015). "Step right up to the Zhuhai circus". China Daily.
- ^ "2018年一季度中标额同比增长近五成！新业务成中建钢构发展新引擎!". 8 April 2018.
- ^ "Zhuhai The Chimelong Theatre Dragon Show Ticket". Look. Archived from the original on 2020-06-18.
- ^ "橫琴長隆擬造人工島". Wen Wei Po. 10 June 2017.
- ^ "珠海长隆富祥岛填海工程海洋环境影响评价第三次公示". 14 November 2016.
- ^ "Fortune Bay Tourism City". FORREC.
- ^ "粤港澳大湾区又有新线开通！珠机城际铁路开始售票". 羊城晚报. 2020-08-17.
- ^ "横琴新区建设工程规划许可批前公示-珠海长隆缆车项目2#站". 18 December 2018.
- ^ "Chimelong Hengqin Bay Hotel becomes World's Leading Themed Hotel". Hengqin Government official website. 15 December 2015.
- ^ "Penguin Hotel opens in Hengqin". Hengqin Government official website. 25 February 2015.
- ^ "珠海长隆航海酒店 环境影响报告表" (PDF). 5 September 2017.