Not as nice as before
This is my third time in Ocean Park (1994,2001,2011), and I must say, the place is not as great as before. The beautiful plants and flowers are gone, replaced instead by rides and attractions around every corner, thus the entire place felt cramped and claustrophobic. The grand aquarium was very disappointing as well as there were less opportunities to see the fish, especially if you're there with a lot of other people. The only saving grace was the last viewing room before the exit. I liked Atoll Reef and the shark aquarium better. The Sea Dreams show was a bit boring as the underlying story was too long, and the animals' tricks were too few and well, boring. I think they should separate the English and the Chinese shows so that we would better understand what was being said (as they shifted between the two languages though out their dialogue). I personally preferred the old format where there was no story involved. Dining was horrible because of the lack of space (people had to eat standing up) and long queues. Likewise, it was raining while we were eating (at the Boardwalk), and the roof was leaking all over. I think they should create more eating spaces to decongest the area, otherwise, the food was okay. Also, they should enforce stricter queuing policies as people keep overtaking us, even jostling with us while in the line (for all the rides and attractions). We got hit in the stomach and chest and stepped on quite too often (I especially feared for my six year old cousin). I also hope they pay more attention to their toilets as well as they are smelly and too far apart. More signage would also help to orient us as to where things were located.
The Sea jellies and Sturgeon aquarium were great on the other hand. The Ocean express made travel between the two areas convenient (instead of waiting more than an hour for the Cable car queue, although your experience will not be complete without the Cable car), and I enjoyed the short video played on the ceiling. The Pandas were really cute, and I was glad to find two Panda exhibits since we again had queuing problems in the HKJC exhibit.
Despite the problems above, I would still recommend it to Hong Kong Visitors. I suggest going there on the low season so that there will be less people around. Go to the Animal exhibits before going on the rides so that you can see the animals better.