Chimelong Spaceship Theme Park in Hengqin breaks seven Guinness World Records

The water park held a soft opening on September 16, 2023, in order to take advantage of the high demand generated by the upcoming National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, however, an official opening date has yet to be announced.

The new entertainment facility in Hengqin was designed by US/based theme park group Legacy Entertainment, and holds 397,064 square meters of enclosed area, surpassing previous record holder Warner Brothers Abu Dhabi.

At the same time, it holds the World’s Largest Aquarium, with a combined total of 75,350,969 liters of tanks, allowing Chimelong to surpass its own record established at the neighbouring Chimelong Ocean Kingdom in 2014.

Founded in 1989 by Su Zhigang, Chimelong is one of China’s largest and most respected Theme Park owners and operators. Based in Guangzhou, the company’s properties include Chimelong Safari Park, and Chimelong Ocean Kingdom.

The group recently just-opened its Chimelong Spaceship Theme Park, with its aquarium facility houseing 38 aquarium tanks, and nearly 300 species, with the park’s largest tank having a capacity of 56,450,136 liters.

At the same time, Chimelong Spaceship Theme Park holds the World’s Largest Indoor Artificial Wave, a main tank equipped with hardware capable of generating waves measuring up to 3.2 meters, World’s Largest Living Coral Reef Exhibit, with over 10 specialized coral tanks, the more than 2,8 million litres exhibit is the largest of its kind.

The park also boasts the World’s Highest Seated Capacity Motion Simulator, with a capacity of 304 riders on a single platform, and World’s Largest Curved Projection Screen, a supersized simulator platform encompassing over 1,682 square meters of surface.

The Chimelong Spaceship was designed by the team at Legacy Entertainment, by California-based firm known for its large-scale Theme Park and Aquarium projects, including Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park, and The Sea Shell Aquarium at VinWonders, Phu Quoc.

The park’s main structure – shaped like a spaceship –is approximately 650 metres long and covers a total construction area of around 400,000 square metres. The park can accommodate more than 50,000 visitors daily.

Despite the initial planned opening in 2021, following a decade of planning and five years of construction, the main structure of the new marine science park was only completed last year.

The park projects is included second phase of the Zhuhai Chimelong International Ocean Tourist Resort, set to be completed anticipated by 2027. The expansion will also include animal kingdom theme park, mountain park, sightseeing cable car, the Chimelong Tourism Academy, and a garden home to rare plants.

The Chimelong group’s resort in Hengqin currently has one theme park, two theatres, and five themed hotels.

(Plataforma)