Ocean Park Halloween Bash (海洋公園哈囉喂) is an annual Halloween event held by Ocean Park Hong Kong. It contains haunted attractions and shows, the park area is decorated with Halloween decorations and full of Halloween characters that are dressed up by the officials. The Halloween Bash in Ocean Park started in 2001 and it held during late September to 1 November each year. It has changed to All-Day-and-Night Halloween Celebration in 2013.
In 2001, Ocean Park started its first Halloween Bash. It claimed to be the first theme park holding Halloween celebration in Southeast Asia, with an investment above $15 million. The Halloween Bash period started from 19th to 31 October in its first year. The event aims to arouse more public interest not only by rides, but launching different festive celebrations. In 2001, Ocean Park created three representative halloween mascots: the Pumpkin King, the Witty Witch, and Count Dracula. The four haunted attractions are ‘Mini Maze”, ‘Superstition’, ‘Caverns of Darkness 3D’ and the ‘Underworld’; there are also Halloween events such as horror shows and games.
15 Years of Horror(iconic scares and ghosts from yesteryears have came back)
Forest of Legends and Forest of Doom
(Same area with different setting between day and night)
Rigor Mortis LIVE(themed from local movie-Rigor Mortis)
H14(first-ever limited-admission)
sculptures
All Day and Night
Murder Factory
Terror of the Tombs(first haunted attraction featuring both interactive projection technology and a kinetic game)
Eagle-eye Exorcist(first interactive Halloween-themed game incorporating eye-tracking technology)
Nightmare in 3D(featured 3D projection system)
Paper Doll Paradise
Terror Park(first ever haunted attraction that features RFID (Radio-frequency identification)
Exploring Burned Alive
High Street Madness
Purgatory Express(About the Headless Jane)
The Ghastly Minshuku
The Estate of Horror(Own choice of experience)
Deadly Doll Factory
The Tomb of Doom(about terracotta army)
The Last Stop(funeral procession into the world of the afterlife)
Mad Doctor’s Bizarre Lab
Ocean Park Halloween Bash has annual advertising videos and promotion events to increase popularity. Halloween bash attained its success that more than 150,000 visitors has visited Ocean Park in the first year. The attendance of the event has risen gradually since 2003, it has attracted over 380,000 visitors throughout the month, breaking all records of any October in the Park's 27-year History. Ocean Park Halloween Bash claimed to become one of the largest and most highly attended Halloween events in the world in 2006, about 500,000 visitors attended the great event.