HK Ocean Park's admission tickets sell out for two consecutive days

HK Ocean Park's admission tickets sell out for two consecutive days


Ocean Park's admission tickets were sold out early yesterday for a second consecutive day in a vote of confidence for its latest attraction, Aqua City.


The crowd was so solid that people had to wait for up to 90 minutes for cable cars, for about an hour outside Aqua City, and for some 30 to 40 minutes for mechanical rides, a spokeswoman noted.



Ticket counters at the Citybus terminal near Admiralty MTR shut at 10am yesterday while the entire same-day admission ticket sales system was closed at 11am - 90 minutes after opening.



"The decision was made according to our normal practice," the spokeswoman said. "That is, we close the ticket counters when the in-park attendance reaches 32,000 - or 90 percent of the maximum in-park capacity 36,000."


That avoids overcrowding and is meant to ensure people already inside the park can enjoy their experiences, she added.




It was a similar story on Saturday, when the ticket facility at the Citybus terminal closed at 11am and all sales stopped at 1pm.



The last time the park closed its ticket counters early was at Lunar New Year 2006.



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