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Ocean Park · Asia · typical hours 10 AM–7 PM
The one-minute version: be at the gate 30–45 minutes before opening and ride Hair Raiser first. Waits peak from late morning to mid-afternoon — do shows and meals then. The final hour is often as quiet as rope drop. There is no headline evening show, so the final operating hour is usually the quietest time to ride.
Worth it on busy days: Ocean FasTrack is HK$320 for seven rides or HK$580 with The Flash, on top of admission.
See today's live waits free Ready-made touring plans34 rides open, 14 closed · average posted wait 4 min, about typical for the park.
| Attraction | Posted wait |
|---|---|
| Arctic Blast | 15 min |
| Bumper Blaster | 15 min |
| Whirly Bird | 15 min |
| Rev Booster | 10 min |
| Balloons Up-Up-And-Away | 5 min |
| Cable Car (The Summit) | 5 min |
| Cable Car (The Waterfront) | 5 min |
| Crazy Galleon | 5 min |
| Ferris Wheel | 5 min |
| Flying Swing | 5 min |
| Hair Raiser | 5 min |
| Merry-Go-Round | 5 min |
| Ocean Express (The Summit) | 5 min |
| Ocean Express (The Waterfront) | 5 min |
| Ocean Park Tower | 5 min |
| Sea Life Carousel | 5 min |
| The Flash | 5 min |
| The Rapids | 5 min |
| Wild Twister | 5 min |
| China Construction Bank (Asia) presents Croco Land | 0 min |
| Dive Into Local Diversity | 0 min |
| Expedition Trail | 0 min |
| Giant Panda Adventure | 0 min |
| Hong Kong Jockey Club Sichuan Treasures | 0 min |
| Little Meerkat and Giant Tortoise Adventure | 0 min |
| Marine Mammal Breeding and Research Centre | 0 min |
| Monkey Tree presents South Pole Spectacular | 0 min |
| Pacific Pier | 0 min |
| Reptile Territory | 0 min |
| Sea Jelly Spectacular | 0 min |
| Shark Mystique | 0 min |
| Sloth and Friends Studio | 0 min |
| The Grand Aquarium | 0 min |
| Toto the Loco | 0 min |
Closed right now: Castle of Redd, Dolphin Explorations, Eco-Herbal Trail, Emerald Trail, Gator Marsh, HiPP presents Jungle of Giants, Marine World Game Booths, North Pole Encounter, Old Hong Kong, Old Hong Kong Game Booths, Panda Village, Thrill Mountain Challenge Zone, Whiskers Harbour Game Booths, Whiskers Herbal Valley.
Posted waits as of 10:38 AM park time, refreshed every few minutes. Posted waits are the park’s own figures via Queue-Times.com. Plan around them in the app →
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| Day | Park hours (local time) |
|---|---|
| Wed 21 Oct | 10 AM – 6:30 PM |
| Thu 22 Oct | 10 AM – 6:30 PM |
| Fri 23 Oct | 10 AM – 11 PM |
| Sat 24 Oct | 10 AM – 11 PM |
| Sun 25 Oct | 10 AM – 11 PM |
| Mon 26 Oct | 10 AM – 6:30 PM |
| Tue 27 Oct | 10 AM – 6:30 PM |
From the park’s published schedule. Hours change, and evening events can close the park to day guests early — check with the park before you go.
Queues here follow a predictable daily shape. Lines are shortest in the first hour and the last, and peak 12 PM–2 PM — that is the window to spend on shows, meals or indoor attractions rather than headliners.
Typical shape of a Ocean Park Hong Kong day, shown as each hour's share of that day's own peak wait. Actual minutes vary by season and day of week — check today's live waits.
| Hour | Typical wait level |
|---|---|
| 10 AM | 35% of the day's peak |
| 11 AM | 69% of the day's peak |
| 12 PM | 96% of the day's peak |
| 1 PM | 97% of the day's peak |
| 2 PM | 80% of the day's peak |
| 3 PM | 57% of the day's peak |
| 4 PM | 40% of the day's peak |
| 5 PM | 28% of the day's peak |
| 6 PM | 22% of the day's peak |
Be at the gate 30–45 minutes before opening and ride in this order. The thrill rides are all at The Summit, across the headland from the gate; get there first, before the Cable Car line grows.
The first hour is the cheapest capacity of the day — no pass, no fee, and typically the shortest waits you will see.
Red = busiest, green = quietest, grey = moderate.
Expect the year's longest waits during the summer holidays, National Day Golden Week in early October with Halloween Fest, and Christmas.
The best value for short lines is weekdays in May and June outside the public holidays.
Scores are the crowd forecast, 1 to 10, averaged over the stretch. *School holidays vary by district, state or zone; these are the typical dates, so check your own. Visiting in a busy stretch anyway? Be at the gate before opening, and ride the big ones in the first hour and the last. Every day is scored on the crowd calendar.
Worth it on busy days
Ocean FasTrack is HK$320 for seven rides or HK$580 with The Flash, on top of admission. On a summer or Golden Week day it saves hours at The Summit; on a weekday in May or June the lines rarely need it.
Price: roughly HK$320–HK$580 per person/day · Standard covers 7 rides; Pro adds The Flash. Prices change often and by date — treat this as a range, not a quote.
Maben Parks shows every wait live with a "vs typical" marker, and your magical fairy will run the numbers for your party and date — including telling you to keep your money when the answer is no.
Check today's waits before you buyPlanning ahead? The free Ocean Park Hong Kong crowd calendar scores every day for the next twelve months, 1 to 10 — no sign-up.
Median posted wait across the rides we track, on moderate days — the crowd level most visitors get. The shaded band is the middle half of readings at that hour.
Detected automatically from the live feed — each of these reported closed all day, every day, for at least three operating days. Observed through October 20, 2026.
| Attraction | Closed since | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Castle of Redd | October 4, 2026 | 17 operating days |
| Dolphin Explorations | October 4, 2026 | 17 operating days |
| Eco-Herbal Trail | October 4, 2026 | 17 operating days |
| Emerald Trail | October 4, 2026 | 17 operating days |
| Gator Marsh | October 4, 2026 | 17 operating days |
| HiPP presents Jungle of Giants | October 4, 2026 | 17 operating days |
| Marine World Game Booths | October 4, 2026 | 17 operating days |
| North Pole Encounter | October 4, 2026 | 17 operating days |
| Old Hong Kong | October 4, 2026 | 17 operating days |
| Old Hong Kong Game Booths | October 4, 2026 | 17 operating days |
| Panda Village | October 4, 2026 | 17 operating days |
| Thrill Mountain Challenge Zone | October 4, 2026 | 17 operating days |
| Whiskers Harbour Game Booths | October 4, 2026 | 17 operating days |
| Whiskers Herbal Valley | October 4, 2026 | 17 operating days |
| Attraction | Was closed from | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Flying Swing | October 4, 2026 | 6 operating days |
| Hair Raiser | October 4, 2026 | 6 operating days |
Generated from wait-feed observations, not an operator announcement: a long closure usually means refurbishment, but we report what the feed shows rather than guessing why. Always check the operator's own page before travelling for one specific ride.
Every wait we have recorded here, grouped by how busy the day turned out to be. The bold figure is the middle half of what we saw — a quarter of the time it was shorter, a quarter of the time longer. Read it against today’s crowd level to know whether the number on the sign is good or bad.
| Ride | Lightlevel 1 | Moderatelevel 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Arctic Blast | 5–55 typical | 15–1515 typical |
| Bumper Blaster | 10–1010 typical | 15–1515 typical |
| Whirly Bird | 10–1010 typical | 15–1515 typical |
| Rev Booster | 0–00 typical | 10–1010 typical |
| Balloons Up-Up-And-Away | 5–55 typical | 5–55 typical |
| Cable Car (The Summit) | 5–55 typical | 5–55 typical |
| Cable Car (The Waterfront) | 5–55 typical | 5–55 typical |
| Crazy Galleon | 5–55 typical | 5–55 typical |
| Ferris Wheel | 5–55 typical | 5–55 typical |
| Merry-Go-Round | 5–55 typical | 5–55 typical |
| Ocean Express (The Summit) | 0–00 typical | 5–55 typical |
| Ocean Express (The Waterfront) | 5–55 typical | 5–55 typical |
| Ocean Park Tower | 0–00 typical | 5–55 typical |
| Sea Life Carousel | 5–55 typical | 5–55 typical |
| The Flash | 5–55 typical | 5–55 typical |
| The Rapids | 5–55 typical | 5–55 typical |
| Toto the Loco | 5–55 typical | 0–00 typical |
| Wild Twister | 5–55 typical | 5–55 typical |
Minutes of posted standby wait, from our own recorded snapshots — up to 10 days per figure. Cells stay blank until a ride has enough observations at that crowd level to be worth printing. Posted waits are what the park displays, which is not always what you queue.
Aim to be at the gate 30–45 minutes before the posted opening time of 10 AM. The first hour consistently has the day's shortest waits, and arriving even 45 minutes late typically costs you two headliners.
6 PM–7 PM — the opening hour and the final hour of the operating day. Waits peak 12 PM–2 PM, so plan meals, shows and indoor attractions for that window.
Hair Raiser, then The Flash and Arctic Blast. The thrill rides are all at The Summit, across the headland from the gate; get there first, before the Cable Car line grows.
May and June — weekdays in May and June outside the public holidays. Avoid July, August, October and December, when the summer holidays, National Day Golden Week in early October with Halloween Fest, and Christmas.
Ocean FasTrack is HK$320 for seven rides or HK$580 with The Flash, on top of admission. On a summer or Golden Week day it saves hours at The Summit; on a weekday in May or June the lines rarely need it.