Ocean Park’s 2017 ride delivery date slides back to 2018, but works' $2.3bn budget still floats: management

The completion of Ocean Park’s new water attraction will be delayed from 2017 to the second half of 2018, the park has announced.

Water World was being paid for with a HK$2.3 billion government loan, and the park’s honorary adviser, Allan Zeman, said the delay was unlikely to lead to a cost overrun.

“The water park originally was scheduled to be completed in 2017. But we all felt that, with water parks, there is so much new technology now,” Zeman said today.

“So we thought, let’s wait a little bit, a few more months and get the best we can for Hong Kong.”

The park’s chairman, Leo Kung Lin-cheng, added that the delay was due to changes the park made to the design.

When Water World finally comes on stream, visitors can expect to see wave pools, splash pools, slides and rides built into a series of terraced platforms, designed in harmony with the natural surroundings of Tai Shue Wan.