Qingdao Polar Ocean Park is a national AAAA-level scenic spot. It is located at No. 60 Donghai East Road, Laoshan District, Qingdao City. It is located in the core tourist belt along the coast of Laoshan, facing the Yellow Sea, backed by Fushan Mountain, and close to the Sculpture Park, Shilaoren Bathing Beach, and Xiaomaidao Park. Surrounded by the sea on three sides, it has beautiful scenery and convenient transportation. It is a polar ocean-themed park integrating marine exhibitions, cultural and tourism experiences, popular science education, and animal conservation. Qingdao Polar Ocean Park is composed of five venues: Polar Ocean Aquarium, Sea Horizon Theater, Deep Sea Fantasy – Jellyfish Secret Realm, Polar Legend – Ice and Snow Experience Hall, and 360 Dome Theater. Combined with the Whale Joy Square in the center of the park, it creates a unique marine joy magic cube in Shandong Province. Being in it, you will be able to observe polar animals such as beluga whales, dolphins, walruses, and polar bears up close. You can also observe more than 50,000 marine organisms such as hawksbill turtles, sand tiger sharks, golden trevallies, eagle rays, jellyfish, and seahorses. Not only that, six performances including ‘Marine Whale and Dolphin Show’, ‘Love of Beluga Whales’, ‘Deep Sea Mermaid Show’, ‘Sea Lion Legend – Pava’, ‘Science Magic Show’, and ‘Magic Ocean’; seven popular check-in areas including the 360 fully transparent dreamy jellyfish tunnel, underwater tunnel, beluga whale exhibition tank, deep-sea migratory pool, marine cute master gallery, and Liuguang Goldfish Bay and Whale Joy Square combine real marine scenes with artificial settings, allowing you to ‘come to the polar region and leave with memories’, feel the fantasy and charm of the ocean, and gain the wonderful experience of ‘crossing the North and South Poles in one day and reaping countless surprises’.
I. Five theme pavilions
1. Polar Ocean Aquarium: Tens of thousands of marine animals from the North and South Poles live here. Travel through the North and South Poles in one stop, encounter the deep blue secret, and appreciate the countless marine ‘whale’ surprises.
2. Sea Horizon Theater: Watch the funny competition between walruses and sea lions in the outdoor theater overlooking the sea. The LED giant screen + all-round sound and light effects bring an extraordinary visual feast.
3. Deep Sea Fantasy – Jellyfish Secret Realm: The first 360 fully transparent jellyfish tunnel in China. A fantasy secret realm intertwined by thousands of jellyfish. A microscopic marine world composed of more than 20 jellyfish of different shapes and colors. The ‘little secrets’ of the deep sea are waiting for you to explore.
4. Polar Legend – Ice and Snow Experience Hall: A comprehensive ice and snow venue integrating ice and snow art and entertainment experiences. Enjoy ice and snow all year round. For the first time, the ‘ice and snow fusion’ process is adopted. The ‘blue ice cave’, ‘seat of the sea king’, ‘colorful ice slide’, and’snow monster’ snowfall interactions. Here, you can fully appreciate the beauty of ice and snow and feel the unique charm of ice and snow.
5. 360 Dome Theater: Enter the ‘sphere’ and be in the deep sea world in one second. Watch beluga whales and penguins swimming in the air with naked-eye 3D + holographic horizontal sky curtain. Take you into the visual magic cube under the sea to experience another ‘whale’ wonder of the ocean!
II. More than 50,000 marine animals
Polar bear | The ‘cute master of ice and snow’ accompanies you to check in at the ‘Ice and Snow World’.
Beluga whale | The beauty with 18-pack abs. Whales surge with the waves.
Dolphin | Swimming champion, hearing master, and top student in the sea… Meeting me will bring you good luck all year round.
Sharks | The protagonists of oceanic ‘horror films’. Jellyfish | Graceful ocean sprites that heal all unhappiness. Seals | ‘Gas cylinders’ are not fat, but full of air in their stomachs. Penguins | Short wings do not affect their powerful paddling. Sea lions | The dynamic stars on stage, the messengers of joy in the ocean.
Three, six major performances: 1. Thrilling | Marine Whale and Dolphin Show: Elegant white whales, majestic pseudo-orcas, and skillful dolphins combine dance, acrobatics, contortion, and aquatic ballet, a union of strength and beauty, experiencing an unprecedented polar carnival. 2. Romantic | The Love of Belugas: Belugas transform into dancers, creating a beautiful love song through a human-whale dance. 3. Dreamy | Deep Sea Mermaid Show: The new mermaid and thousands of golden trevally perform a wonderful dance together! Integrated with modern light and shadow technology to create a virtual and real sea show spectacle. 4. Joyful | The Legend of Sea Lions: Sea lions and walruses transform into brave warriors, using the power of Pava to defeat pirates, and the legend of ‘Qin Yu Island’ is being staged. 5. Knowledge | Science Magic Show: The Ocean Doctor uses a booming air cannon to start a journey of scientific experiments, learning while traveling, and educating while entertaining. 6. Magical | Magic Ocean: Starting from the Qingdao sea area, ‘traveling’ to the ocean world at different depths, an exploration of the ancient ocean fantasy journey begins…
Four, seven major photo check-in areas: 1. 360-degree transparent dream jellyfish tunnel: Exploring the dreamy jellyfish world, changing lights and jellyfish spots complement each other, encountering the light and elegant ‘ocean sprites’ in the center of the sea, gorgeous and magical. 2. Underwater tunnel: In the depths of the blue ocean, fully experience different types of fish and marine life around, capturing the lively moments at zero distance, making ‘healing’ within reach. 3. Beluga exhibition tank: Under the sparkling light, snuggle up with the romantic and beautiful belugas, with belugas and conservationists dancing in the water, creating a beautiful love song, a wonderful audio-visual feast worth recording. 4. Deep sea migration pool: 300m² giant viewing area, no diving needed to be in the middle of colorful corals and tens of thousands of colorful marine fish, full of atmosphere! 5. Ocean cute master gallery: When polar animals meet world famous paintings, they create a unique oil painting texture, each one is classic and cute. 6. Flowing light goldfish bay: The beautiful harbor of goldfish, Thai lion, Ryukin, butterfly tail, orchid longevity… Various precious goldfish swim slowly in the water, encountering cute little goldfish in the light and shadow. 7. Whale surprise square: Facing the Yellow Sea, the giant white whale water-spouting sculpture is a landmark building in Qingdao, you who love literature and photography must come and try! Opening hours: 10/08-10/11 Monday-Friday 08:30-16:30 open; 10/13-12/31 Monday-Friday 08:30-16:30 open; 10/08-10/11 Saturday-Sunday 08:30-17:00 open; 10/13-12/31 Saturday-Sunday 08:30-17:00 open; 10/12 08:30-16:30 open. Preferential policy for children: height 1.
Children under 2 meters (inclusive) must be accompanied by an adult with a ticket to enter the park. One adult with a ticket can bring one free child under 1.2 meters (inclusive) to enter the park. Extra children need to buy tickets separately. There are no seats in the 5D Dynamic Experience Hall and it’s free. For teenagers: those with a height of 1.2 meters (exclusive) to 1.4 meters (inclusive) enjoy preferential treatment. For the elderly: those aged 70 years old (inclusive) or above (based on ID card information) are free. Elderly people who are exempt from tickets need to go to the window with valid certificates (ID cards) and other originals to receive admission tickets. For those aged 60 years old (inclusive) to 69 years old (inclusive) (based on ID card time), they enjoy preferential treatment. For students: full-time undergraduate and junior college students of higher education institutions with academic qualifications approved by the Ministry of Education of China who are included in the unified national enrollment plan. Postgraduate students, correspondence students, self-taught students, evening university students, TV university students, and distance education students (using online teaching) and other non-full-time college students are not included. Please enter the museum with your student ID for preferential tickets. For the disabled: disabled people with disability certificates enjoy half-price tickets. For military personnel: active servicemen of the People’s Liberation Army and armed police forces, military academy students, retired Red Army veterans, disabled soldiers, and retired military cadres with certificates enjoy half-price tickets. Supplementary note: The above information is for reference only. The specific situation is subject to the disclosure on the day at the scenic spot. Service facilities. Parking lot: [Scenic Area Parking Lot]. Reference price: The official parking lot of the park is located on the east side (left) of the entrance of Donghai East Road. Parking costs 10 yuan per hour in peak season and 8 yuan per hour in off-season. There is also a daily upper limit price. Address: No. 60, Donghai East Road, Laoshan District, Qingdao. Capacity: 600. Qingdao Metro Line 2 goes directly there (500 meters’ walk from Exit B of Haiyoulu Station). Toilets: There are multiple toilets in Qingdao Polar Ocean Park, which are located near the tourist ticket office, on the second floor of Duoduo Ocean Shopping Mall, opposite the Sea Beast Bay, on the right side of the Undersea Ice Bar, next to Gate 2 of the performance venue, and opposite the Sea Lion Restaurant, etc., and are marked with eye-catching signs. Mother and baby room: Address: If you need to breastfeed or make milk powder during your visit to the park, you can seek help at the customer service center. Catering: Subway restaurant, Su Xiaowan Wonton Shop, Mermaid Restaurant. There are snack areas at the undersea tunnel in the park and outside the performance venue of the Polar Ocean Museum. There are also cold drink stores. In addition, you can taste Subway and Su Xiaowan wontons.
Qingdao Polar Ocean Park
Qingdao Polar Ocean Park is a national AAAA-level scenic spot. It is located at No. 60 Donghai East [...]
