Take a ride on all the roller coasters currently operating or that used to exist at Ocean Park in Hong Kong: 00:00 - Hair Raiser 01:37 - The Dragon 03:59 - Wild West Mine Train 07:13 - Arctic Blast
Rode that a few times years ago pre-covid. I went there last year and sadly, The dragon and this Mine Train is gone. The Minetrain is surely one of the coaster rides with the best view!
This makes me wonder if the park is doing well, or that it just shifted focus. I mean, the coasters that were removed looked pretty old, but nothing seems to return. And the view, its combination with coaster's height should be moneymaking.
Oh really! Well hopefully they'll really keep the arrow looping dragon and any other classic coaster that have and reopen them! I'm praying for them to keep dragon!
On minetrain the drop after the bird cage gave a great airtime pop. Fun coaster with great views. Hopefully they are planning to modernizing that side of the park like they did the midway area where Hair Raiser and Arctic Blast are.
Artic blast is my favourite, intense but not too intense, and it fits for even 100cm tall children! Plus it was the only coaster I could go on since I wasn’t old enough for hair raiser
Unfortunately the wild west mine train was no longer in service, which is sad not only because it is one of the classics, it was also my first entry to thrill rides since it was much slower & had no loops.
The city itself is pretty fast paced and busy. Definitely rich in culture, and packed with foods, shops and street vendors. I was lucky to meet some English speaking locals, who helped me navigate my way around. A lot of beautiful places to see, and that view of Victoria Harbour is a treat. It was super humid when I went too. I wouldn’t say the people were the friendliest, but at the same time, I think people are just living their lives so they don’t pay too much attention to others.
It's literally one of the safest cities in the world and very welcoming to Westerners (albeit admittedly more so if you're white). Very easy to get around too, even without speaking a word of Chinese. Just don't transit in Mainland China - I made the mistake of transiting in Shanghai last year and it was literally the most convoluted and confusing transit process ever!
