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hard to have it open as soon a possible in order to culture and are immensely
offer more fun to the local people who suffered from popular with large audiences.
the earthquake,” says Yao. Ten inspirational performances
At each park, a list of largely Western ride suppliers are staged each day at OCT
has been used, including names such as 3DBA, B&M, venues across the country, in
Huss, Intamin, Mondial, S&S, Sally, Vekoma and giant purpose-built theatres.
Zamperla. Yao is keen to point out that OCT installed The OCT Song and Dance
the first S&S tower ride in China, before Ocean Park in Ensemble, comprising over
Hong Kong. “Over the past 10 years we have built 1,000 performers, has gone on
good relationships with these companies,” he says, to win multiple awards at both
“some of them, such as Vekoma and Zamperla, also national and international level.
have factories in China so that reduces the cost and The sheer size of the cast in
delivery time.” each show means such
productions would be
Theming & Culture unachievable in many other
One Chinese manufacturer that has been used parts of the world and, though
repeatedly by OCT is Golden Horse Amusement not quite on the same scale, it’s easy to see that that The Phoenix & Dragon show is a
Equipment. Indeed, one of the new Western suppliers they employ the same production values that made the nightly highlight at Splendid China
brought on board for the first time at Happy Valley Olympic Games opening/closing ceremonies such and the Folk Culture Village
Shanghai, Martin & Vleminckx, already works with memorable spectacles this summer in Beijing.
Golden Horse in China. Unite Art from Shenzhen has It will be features such as this, as well as the natural
also provided a lot of theming services to the Happy beauty of its resorts, that OCT will focus on as it creates
Valley parks. new tourist offerings and aims to offer a point of
“Theming is important but it does not matter as much difference. “Happy Valley is more easy to copy than
as the cultural meaning,” says Ren. What distinguishes some of our other projects,” highlights Yao, “and that is
the OCT parks is their live entertainment offerings. why we must develop new concepts.”
Fusing song, dance, lights, pyrotechnics, split stages Built with an initial investment of 35 billion RMB
and the very latest in special effects, these spectacular ($5.1bn/uni20AC4.1bn), OCT East is set amidst 9 square
performances draw on various aspects of Chinese kilometres of breathtaking mountain scenery on the
outskirts of Shenzhen. Four interlinked parks, Tea
Stream Valley, Wind Valley, Knight Valley and the
Guanyin Lotus area, are linked by a cable car system
and a spectacular elevated railway. With this new eco
resort model, which debuted last summer, OCT is
aiming to bring city dwellers back to nature (see feature
on page 53).
Eco-Opportinity
Now under construction in the Jiangsu Province, the
OCT Taizhou Resort will also feature an eco theme,
exploiting its location in the Qinhu National Wetland
Park. Whereas OCT East plays upon its mountainous
surroundings by integrating bits of Swiss theming, at the
ABOVE: Folk Culture Village BELOW: The entrance plaza at Taizhou Resort elements of Venice will be incorporated.
“
Though not
quite on the
same scale, it’s
Happy Vallley Shenzhen pictured during the Maya Carnival Still in planning are the OCT Yunnan Resort in Kunming
easy to see that
OCT's cultural
performances
employ the same
production
values that made
the Olympic
Games
opening/closing
ceremonies such
memorable
spectacles this
summer in
Beijing
NOVEMBER 2008
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