Marine Life Park

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Marine Life Park
Marine Life Park
Location Resorts World Sentosa, 8 Sentosa Gateway, Sentosa, Singapore 098269
Coordinates 1°15′30″N103°49′04″E / 1.2584°N 103.8177°E / 1.2584; 103.8177
StatusOperating
Opened22 November 2012;12 years ago (2012-11-22)
Area8 ha (20 acres)
Singapore Oceanarium
StatusUnder construction
Opens22 November 2012;12 years ago (2012-11-22)
Adventure Cove Waterpark
StatusOperating
Opened22 November 2012;12 years ago (2012-11-22)
Dolphin Island
StatusDefunct
Opened22 November 2012;12 years ago (2012-11-22)
Closed1 May 2025;2 months ago (2025-05-01)
Replaced by Singapore Oceanarium
The Maritime Experiential Museum
StatusDefunct
Opened15 October 2011;13 years ago (2011-10-15)
Closed2 March 2020;5 years ago (2020-03-02)
Replaced by Singapore Oceanarium

The Marine Life Park is a part of Resorts World Sentosa, Sentosa, situated in southern Singapore. The 8-hectare (20-acre) park is home to two primary attractions: the Singapore Oceanarium and Adventure Cove Waterpark.

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Singapore Oceanarium

Upon its opening on 2012, the S.E.A. Aquarium had the distinction of being the world’s largest oceanarium and public aquarium, a title it held through 2014, [1] [2] until it was surpassed by Chimelong Ocean Kingdom. [3]

S.E.A. Aquarium ceased operations on 30 April 2025, to rebrand as the Singapore Oceanarium in July 2025 when expansions and construction were completed. [4] [5]

Adventure Cove Waterpark

The Adventure Cove Waterpark (simplified Chinese :水上探险乐园; traditional Chinese :水上探險樂園; pinyin :shuǐshàng tànxiǎn lèyuán) is situated in southern Singapore. The park features seven water slides, including the region's first hydro-magnetic coaster, Riptide Rocket. It also features pools like Bluwater Bay, a wave pool and the Adventure River. The 620-metre (2,030 ft) river, one of the world's longest lazy-rivers, have 13 themed scenes of tropical jungles, grottoes, a surround aquarium and more. [1]

Dolphin Island

Between 2008 and 2009, Marine Life Park purchased 27 dolphins from the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific to be part of its attraction. [6] Two dolphins died in Langkawi, Malaysia where they were temporarily housed [7] before being sent to the Philippines for training and housing while the marine park in Sentosa is being constructed. [6] While in the Philippines, local animal rights groups and Earth Island Institute filed a civil rights suit, and the Quezon City court issued a 72-hour temporary environment protection order to block the re-export of the dolphins to Marine Life Park on 14 October 2012. [8] RWS reiterated that the resort's acquisition of the 27 Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins adhered to regulations governed by the United Nations Environment Programme under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. [9] Following another appeal, the block on the re-exportation of the dolphins was temporarily extended. Upon expiry of the blocking order, the dolphins were subsequently exported while the court appeal was ongoing. One of the dolphins, Wen Wen, died on the flight to Singapore, [10] making it the third dolphin to die prior to the opening of the Dolphin Island within the park. [11]

Transport

The park is accessible by MRT (via the Sentosa Express), bus, car and by foot. [12]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "World's Largest Oceanarium opens at Resorts World Sentosa 22nd November 2012". Resorts World Sentosa. Archived from the original on 28 August 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
  2. ↑ "Resorts World at Sentosa - World's leading family holiday destination". E Travel Blackboard. 29 October 2008. Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
  3. ↑ "CHINA'S HENGQIN OCEAN KINGDOM CONFIRMED AS WORLD'S LARGEST AQUARIUM AS ATTRACTION SETS FIVE WORLD RECORDS". Guinness World Records. 31 March 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "Resorts World Sentosa to expand SEA Aquarium, Universal Studios; hotels to be refurbished". CNA. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "S.E.A. Aquarium makes a splash with major rebrand". marketing-interactive.com. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  6. 1 2 "RWS: Not all four dolphins died while in captivity at our Marine Life Park | Coconuts" . Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "More than 100,000 people against dolphins in captivity". Yahoo News. 4 August 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  8. ↑ Mateo, Janvic. "Court order sought vs export of dolphins to Singapore". Philstar.com. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  9. ↑ "Philippine court lifts order preventing export of dolphins to S'pore". Channel NewsAsia. 17 October 2012.
  10. ↑ "Dolphin bound for Marine Life Park dies en route to Singapore". Channel NewsAsia. 22 November 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  11. ↑ "A peek at the Marine Life Park dolphins". AsiaOne. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  12. ↑ "Getting to Resorts World Sentosa". Resorts World Sentosa. Resorts World Sentosa. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
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