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Work is still taking place on Fire Falls spinning rapids and at the side of the volcano near where the ride's entrance will be



A brand new video was just posted online showing us the first POV clip of front row on Steel Dolphin!



Link to video: https://www.weibo.com/tv/v/H3YNPnN7d?fid=1034:4309487117360195

The train ride around and through the polar mountain is now fully operational











New photos of exterior and interior the park's onsite hotel





















View from the hotel at night



Additional photos of the parade which began recently - guests can get a great view of it from aboard the Cable Cars





Sources: https://m.dianping.com/appshare/shop/18423764 and http://hotels.lvmama.com/hotel/1672218.html and https://m.weibo.cn/5674822388/4309256398140292 and https://m.weibo.cn/1636121385/4307040236795674 and https://m.weibo.cn/2266006373/4308498114294671 and https://m.weibo.cn/3165819443/4305219603052874 and https://m.weibo.cn/2602827262/4307450150425072 and https://m.weibo.cn/1947789993/4308164431637336 and https://m.weibo.cn/3855130073/4308179862734729 and https://m.weibo.cn/1553106273/4307039603676814 and https://m.weibo.cn/2090891855/4307428223006364 and http://www.dianping.com/shop/121692683

New aerial overview of the park and concept art for comparison






New photos and details have come out about the park's dark ride, "Adventures in the Sea"

The ride's track is 273 meters in length and features 8 scenes, 10 large screens, and 1 undersea tunnel





A day after the park's grand opening both the Snow Train and Steel Dolphin coaster opened! It seems that both rides ended up closing later in the day and were closed for the entire day on November 18. It has been rainy in Shanghai so that might have caused the ride closures...

Entrance to the Snow Train





The one and only Snow Train



Views aboard the train







Sign at the entrance to Steel Dolphin



Videos of the first ever ride on Steel Dolphin

http://video.weibo.com/show?fid=1034:4307310961715240

http://video.weibo.com/show?fid=1034:4307310982686898

http://video.weibo.com/show?fid=1034:4307311003658562

In addition to park maps, showtimes guides are now being distributed at the entrance





A ride aboard the park's Cable Cars



For the grand opening dolphin trainers got new wetsuits



Exterior and interior of the Sand Castle Restaurant





Facial recognition being used at the gate



A Shangahi Haichang Ocean Park staff member creating marine life art out of what I believe to be pebbles



Sources: https://www.skypixel.com/pilot/videos/share/e528004d-4e4e-4ef1-ab22-77540cbc9ae6 and https://new.qq.com/omn/20181116/20181116G0R5S0.html and https://m.dianping.com/appshare/shop/18423764

After more than six years in the making and an investment of almost a quarter of a billion dollars, today, November 16, 2018, Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park officially held its grand opening! Unfortunately Steel Dolphin coaster and sea lion/walrus show did not open but the significant opening of the day was the premiere of the park's orca show and the stadium was at standing room only









Huge lines for the first killer whale show





Guests viewing the whales at the underwater viewing window



During the grand opening ceremony, the park's executive director, along with the president of the National Aquatic Wildlife Protection Branch, the vice president of Shanghai Ocean University, and the director of the Aquarium Professional Committee of the China Association of Natural Science Museums, announced the launch of the "Shanghai Haichang Marine Biological Conservation Foundation" in which Haichang will put 5 million yuan towards the foundation plus 1 yuan from every park ticket purchased will go directly towards the fund.







Crowds lining up at the entrance in the morning



New sign displaying the daily showtimes



New digital directories throughout the park



Special grand opening park tickets

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The jumping tower ride is still undergoing testing



Couple of nice photos of the kiddie coaster in action





Sources: https://m.weibo.cn/2109885920/4306941885008034 and http://www.lvjie.com.cn/destination/2018/1116/9776.html and https://life.online.sh.cn/content/2018-11/16/content_9112954_4.htm and https://baijiahao.baidu.com/s?id=1617347067839633167&wfr=spider&for=pc and http://m.dianping.com/appshare/shop/18423764

Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park's grand opening is in less than 24 hours! According to Haichang many of the main attractions that have yet to open including Steel Dolphin and Killer Whale Theater will be opening tomorrow so be sure to check back on themeparX for a plethora of photos from the grand opening.



Special banners for the grand opening are now found throughout the park



A cool view of Steel Dolphin



The daytime parade has begun - eventually there will also be a nighttime parade out in the park's central canal





It looks like the top and bottom of the cable cars light up at night



Construction on the spinning river rapids by WhiteWater continues





The outdoor dolphin exhibit is now partially open



The recently opened dark ride's load area



Side view of the volcano



There's also now a waterfall towards the side



The Snow Train is expected to open tomorrow



A nice view of Christmas Town



Inside the polar mountain trainers now regularly perform with the beluga whales underwater



The theme park at night



Sources: https://m.weibo.cn/2283038753/4306331139809742 and https://m.weibo.cn/1833028254/4306371090251613 and https://www.meituan.com/cate/3263119/ and https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/tct2YRk9UGlG4v0kSH422w https://m.weibo.cn/2693981445/4305992198104237 and https://m.weibo.cn/1884841937/4305160269886725 and https://m.weibo.cn/1582828697/4305517108959932 and https://m.weibo.cn/2217180230/4305806000835482 and https://m.weibo.cn/1639218421/4306007054132795 and http://www.pdtimes.com.cn/html/2018-11/15/content_2_2.htm

Testing of Steel Dolphin continues... I could be wrong but I think they're still building the exterior of the coaster's load station



New green turf or matting of some sort is being placed on the roof of the dark ride building and in the distance you can see that the "manta" of the spinning river rapids looks complete



A few days ago the park's dark ride named "Adventures in the Sea" opened! So far I've only found one on-ride photo from when it goes through an aquarium tank and a photo of the queue







Some of the outdoor seating at the Sand Castle Restaurant is now open so we get a good look at the other side of the exterior





Another ride that just opened is the park's kiddie coaster!







Screens have been added to either side of the whale shark tank's main underwater viewing window



When mermaid performers go in the tank for shows this area gets extremely crowded







The main entrance queue for the Cable Car's station at the polar mountain is now open





Inside the polar mountain there's now a second bear on display



Central area at the seal and sea lion exhibit



For an upcharge guests can now feed the sea lions





Sources: https://www.meituan.com/cate/3263119/ and https://m.weibo.cn/1862306712/4303855649455398 and https://m.weibo.cn/1734354650/4304117192813053 and https://m.weibo.cn/5585432558/4303671892163827 and https://m.weibo.cn/3158540720/4303063177053394

A collection of recent photos from rides aboard the park's Cable Car:







































The long line that extends into the main pathway in the last photo is for the Cable Car but this is just temporary while the main queue and entrance for the Cable Car's polar mountain station is being built.

Sources: https://www.meituan.com/cate/3263119/ and https://m.weibo.cn/2915376504/4300024555048428 and https://m.weibo.cn/2142892554/4300454831835775

On the ground construction photos of Fire Falls spinning river rapids - this ride is practically guaranteed to not be open for the grand opening because testing has not even begun and the grand opening is in just over two weeks.



















Reservations can now be made online for the park's onsite hotel - here's the first set of photos of the rooms









Temporary signs for the trial operations listing what's open, operating hours, and showtimes



Walking into the polar mountain



This ceiling is I think some sort of screen



Restaurant that's I believe in the polar mountain





Sources: https://www.meituan.com/cate/3263119/ and https://www.libaclub.com/t_13_10126064_2.htm#562963026 and https://www.libaclub.com/t_13_10126064_1.htm#562958500 and https://m.weibo.cn/2708861163/4298963220347806

Nicely landscaped pathway with Steel Dolphin in the background



Bridge crossing over to the polar area



The same bridge but facing the other way crossing over to Rainbow Falls



Archway at one of the park's two canal bridges



Exterior of the sea lion and walrus show stadium which is still not open



Jellyfish exhibit



The Penguin Restaurant is now open! Guests get a great view of the park's Humboldt penguin exhibit while dining. At the door diners are greeted by a pair of penguin chefs. This restaurant is very similar to the penguin restaurant at Chimelong's penguin-themed hotel in Zhuhai.











Meanwhile in the adjacent Antarctic penguin exhibit the Adelie penguins are starting to build their nests using little rocks



A sign has been put up at the entrance to the Arctic animal exhibits inside the polar mountain



Despite most rides not being open yet, long lines do exist

The longest line is consistently for the dolphin show



At the dolphin stadium is the Burger King, which not only gets huge lines because its right there when shows end, but its also one of the only restaurants open in that area of the park





The first long line that many guests are experiencing is before they even enter the park and its not at the gate - right now it seems that the onsite parking garage is not fully open so this forces many guests to park in a nearby parking lot and then they have to wait for a shuttle to drive them over to the park entrance





Two new night photos - first of the the Steel Dolphin shark tunnel and Christmas Town and then another angle of Christmas Town with the polar mountain lit up in the back





Sources: http://bbs.fengniao.com/forum/10588131_1.html and http://bbs.fengniao.com/forum/10585820.html and https://www.meituan.com/cate/3263119/ and https://m.weibo.cn/2434626580/4299842245770008

Dolphin theater filling up with guests before the show begins



This is what the theater's seating looks like



Steel Dolphin





The whale shark tank's very busy underwater viewing area, and no, the whale sharks haven't arrived yet so the large tank looks pretty barren with only small fish right now



Christmas Town





Icing running down the side of Fantasy Dessert



Interior of Fantasy Dessert





Here's concept art of the interior for comparison



Happy go lucky sea creatures ready to take you on a ride around the park's carousel





The mini jump tower and kiddie coaster are still not open





This photo was taken from the park's onsite parking garage - when guests come down from the parking garage they first encounter an area to purchase tickets











Sources: https://www.meituan.com/cate/3263119/ and http://www.huigucuiture.com/index.php?m=&c=Show&a=index&cid=10&id=49

Steel Dolphin











A peak at the coaster's load station which is still being worked on can be seen on the right



Guests watching penguins swim in the oculus



Inside Underwater World









The backside of the entrance fountain



The backside of the entrance sign



Guests entering Christmas Town



Rainbow Falls





New show in Rainbow Falls



Guests watching the 4D Theater show



Seal exhibit



First sneak peak at the outdoor dolphin exhibit



General video of the park: https://www.iqiyi.com/w_19s1yxlyj5.html
Video of the full 360 Dome show: http://video.weibo.com/show?fid=1034%3A4297640066886962

Sources: http://photo.eastday.com/2018slideshow/20181015_3/index2.html and http://bbs.fengniao.com/forum/10584254_1.html and http://www.mafengwo.cn/photo/poi/56053804.html and https://www.meituan.com/cate/3263119/