SURVIVING Our First Hong Kong TYPHOON! | Visiting Ocean Park
Join us on an unforgettable adventure as the Bags Packed Family explores the mesmerizing city of Hong Kong, taking you inside the heart of excitement at Ocean Park. 🇭🇰🎢 In this travel guide, we share our experiences at the renowned Hong Kong Ocean Park, diving into the incredible rides and attractions that make it a must-visit destination for families. 🌊🏞️
Our journey unfolds at the luxurious Hong Kong Ocean Park Marriott Hotel, where we share the opulence and charm that make it the perfect accommodation for your Hong Kong escapade. 🏨✨
However, our plans take an unexpected turn as a powerful typhoon hits Hong Kong. 🌀🌧️ Witness how we navigate the challenges of a typhoon, offering insights on surviving and making the most of our time indoors. Amidst the storm, we showcase the convenience of 7-Eleven and its delightful array of food options - a savior during the typhoon! 🍔🛒
As the weather clears, we head back to Ocean Park, only to find the water park closed. 🌦️🚫 Will our family find alternative ways to enjoy the theme park, especially with kids in tow? Discover our tips on what to do in Hong Kong when faced with unexpected twists. 🤔👨👩👧👦
The video reaches its peak as we reveal whether the Bags Packed Family succeeds in turning the tide and making the most of their Ocean Park visit. Join us on this rollercoaster of emotions, from amusement park thrills to surviving a typhoon in Hong Kong. Don't forget to explore favorites like Shake Shack and more! 🍟🍔
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0:00 Getting to Ocean Park
2:24 Hong Kong Ocean Park Marriott Hotel
5:51 Ocean Park Hotel Package
7:03 7-Eleven Noodles
8:33 Kid Zone
9:23 Still Raining
11:45 Shake Shack
12:46 The Weather Clears
13:52 Ocean Park
17:45 The Attractions
25:47 Final Thoughts
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That's the reason I moved from Germany 🇩🇪 to Hong Kong 🇭🇰 33 years ago. I can travel everywhere from Hong Kong easily, live a local life in the country side of Hong Kong and enjoy my life here peacefully! 🕊️ ✌️😉
@BagsPackedFamily
6 ай бұрын
That's awesome!
@yiuhingwong5897
6 ай бұрын
歡迎到香港居住🤗但德國也有很多鄉村可以生活?
@jaimelamusique
5 ай бұрын
@@yiuhingwong5897德國冇咁方便
@casta_plays2153
5 ай бұрын
u need to move out before 2047 cuz there will no more freedom in hong kong
@yiuhingwong5897
5 ай бұрын
@@casta_plays2153 習主席早就說明2047年後仍然行一國二制,不會改變😁
So glad you got to see the park. I was so worried that the park won't reopen before you leave. One thing I really admire about you guys is you all stayed so positive throughout the whole thing, even though things didn't go according to plan. The parents didn't get annoyed, and the kids didn't throw any tantrums. I've watched all of your HK videos, and your kids are so well behaved and well mannered, always cool to go with the flow, never complain (or maybe those moments aren't included in the videos?😅). You're raising them well, and I'm sure they will grow up to be well-adjusted adults 👍 @22:30 such a sweet moment when your kids waved to the child on the bridge who just shot them with the water cannon 😂
@Dimaz42
6 ай бұрын
yes! that's why I see them as role-models since I don't really have them irl 😄
Well behaved children is the product of good parenting. Thank you for sharing your travel experiences.
I’m so sorry for your experience with the typhoon and the ocean park. I laughed my head off when you said you went into the ocean park instead of the waterworld. 😂 but your family attitude is really great! You are great parents!
To be honest, as a hongkonger . I love to watch you and your family travelling around Hong Kong and the interaction between you guys are great ❤
Welcome to Hong Kong and very glad to see your’s family enjoyed in Ocean Park.
I visited Ocean Park 8 years ago. The park is amazing! I saw pandas. I’m so glad you guys went.
Love your video so much. Thanks taking us to travel with your family. ❤ Pure and warm 8:20 lovely moment
Great video! Forrest is too cute. All your kids are awesome but Forrest is that super adorable stage😊
@BagsPackedFamily
6 ай бұрын
Thank you!! 😊
I always prefer the more raw videos (without many editing) but this one is definitely still fun to watch. Great job, John! It's also nice to see you guys still enjoying your time despite all the typhoon and the confusion about the waterpark 😄
@BagsPackedFamily
6 ай бұрын
Me too on the the more raw videos. We ended up having a pretty good time in the end. :-)
@StarlightGazer-pv3qx
6 ай бұрын
I thought this video was of great quality. It all comes down to perception Im a big fan of bagspackedfamily following also on FB I don't use insta just my personal preference but I always love like and comment on your FB.
I came across your channel last week because I was missing HK. You and your family are such a delight and I always find myself smiling watching your videos. Shame about the Typhoon but pleased you got to go back to the park, loved that place so much as a kid. Can't wait for the next one!
@BagsPackedFamily
6 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!
Your kids are so lovely! What a lovely family you have! I enjoy watching all your videos mate, so real and so touching, very well done, and you are a great Dad and husband!
@BagsPackedFamily
6 ай бұрын
Thanks so much!
@ngedmund3018
6 ай бұрын
And your beautiful wife is a very nice mother!@@BagsPackedFamily
Great attitude. very positive. making the best out of it. Not gonna lie, if it's my kids, they would be complaining all day already lol
After a week''s wait enjoyed your video. So happy to see your children enjoying. Forest cutie as always.
@BagsPackedFamily
6 ай бұрын
😊 thank you!
Glad you guys got to enjoy the kids zone and the outside water park, stay safe and have a good day guys.
Beautiful family, excellent parenting, love your shows ❤️ thank you very much
Ocean Park is so much fun.Welcome to Ocean Park again.
the kids squealing about the devices (“poor ipads!” Hahahaha) and forest screaming “no more shower for me because i already take mine!!!” 😂😂 always a joy to watch
@BagsPackedFamily
6 ай бұрын
Funny kids! :-)
So glad to see another HK vlog! Sorry for the typhoon! We watched your video like watching a suspense-will the typhoon go away? Will they get to go to the park?? LOL! I am so glad Cedar and Granite got to ride and that they wanted to do it again! Hope Kelly got to ride too! Thanks for staying positive despite the big disappointment ( I would)! Kudos to Granite and Cedar! 👍
I love all your beautiful kids, so so adorable ! Proud parents ❤❤
Yay!!!- an upload! What a fantastic vlog. Wishing you all well bags packed family!!!
@BagsPackedFamily
6 ай бұрын
Thanks so much! 😊
Very cute family, thanks a lot for sharing! 👍😄👏
so I'm half way through the video and as I'm commenting you found the water park section 😂 but Ocean Park itself is a competent competitor of Disneyland HK, founded as a Ocean conservatory focused theme park, aimed at educating the local population about the ocean and all its wonders, hence the aquarium and ocean theatre. They pivoted into a SeaWorld/Six Flags mix park, adding the highlands back around the 90s. The water world part is a recent addition, and usually operates as a separate entity needing its own tickets. Hope you guys had fun anyways and visit again when the kids are old enough for more rides ☺️ (P. s. Ocean Park hosts an annual Halloween themed special events with extra haunted bits scattered throughout the park, definitely could be something to potentially time a trip for)
@BagsPackedFamily
6 ай бұрын
Although different from what we planned, we ended up having a lot of fun! :-)
Thx for the amazing video , love your family and specially the little guy , he is so cute 😊
went to OP during typhoonn last year.The rides were off but that fine red panda made my day
Ocean Park looks super fun, hope to visit it one day!
I’m from Hong Kong and I’m happy to see your family have had a great time there! Your kids are very smart and sweet 😍 I enjoy watching your family having fun and exploring places, keep it up 💪🏻
Lovely family💕, Thank you for sharing your HongKong trip. Hope you love this place.😊
What a great trip with your family.
Thanks for the entertaining update guys!! Sending you lots of love from snowy Kansas !! ❤🎉
@BagsPackedFamily
6 ай бұрын
Our pleasure!
Too bad for the weather. But the room is massive for Hong Kong. Luckily you manage to enjoy it on your last day there. At least not so wasted
So much fun!!!
Aku sebagai orang indonesia 🇮🇩,sangat menyukai petualang an mu jhon 😊😁👏dan aku juga suka banget hobi makan Mie jhon 🎉
Just want to say we love your content and we have it on the TV all the time. First came across your channel when we were searching for more HK food videos. My 2.5 year old son only wants to watch your videos now. I think it's because we can all relate to your experiences.
Granet, amazing little hiker, with the double backpack, front and back👍
Oh wow I gave your guys a ten on parenting kids on the run. Thanks for sharing a wonderful journey.
Water World with all the water slides etc is indeed under the Ocean Park umbrella name however it has a completely different entrance and you need to buy a separate entry ticket for it from the Ocean Park complex that you guys were at. Essentially, Water World is (for want of a better expression) "next door". It's kinda like Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo Disney Sea. Two completely different parks but within the same area.
High quality video 10-10. I really appreciate you all 💕. Thank you for bringing us on your adventures. Glad you all safe sending positive vibes, blessings and love. I didn't notice any problem with sound there's really no perfect way to avoid that in typhoon season it's windy.
@BagsPackedFamily
6 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
Your Hong Kong videos are awesome! ❤
FInally waiting for video !!!!
Hello guys cool family on KZread thank you for awesome videos ❤ Mrs Fields cookies yummy yes until the next video be safe.❤
All of you are having lots of fun everyday. But its seems like even I am a part of your family going around with you guys because your videos are enjoyable and great. I might want to see you guys once.
Is so good and so lovely 😂thank you so much for the video ❤❤🇨🇦🇨🇦
1:04 The funniest part of this video! Well done for being good parents. Hope families in Indonesia see the difference in you all.
Amazing dad with well behaved kids, love your video so much. hope u guys can try the waterpark next time
Love your vids, I liked the addition of the music and some editing! Your kids are the best. Safe travels!
@BagsPackedFamily
6 ай бұрын
Cool! Thanks for the feedback!
Hey guys and gals!! What a beautiful place to visit. I felt the same here as you with all the rain. It’s been raining here for dayssss! Take care. Safe travels friends! ❤️.
@BagsPackedFamily
6 ай бұрын
Thanks so much.
Thankyou😊
Lovely family .. hope you will visit Hong Kong soon
i really enjoy with you guys too .. see ur next video..
@BagsPackedFamily
6 ай бұрын
Awesome! Thank you!
welcome to hk!! share more joyful video to the world
How adorable
❤❤❤❤❤❤Love Hongkong ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I love Ocean park
Growing up in Hong Kong, WaterWorld was my favourrite. Ocean Park being the second. I have a collection of Ocean Park whale and penguin stuffies on my bed still. I miss Ocean Park
Hello... 👋🏻 Welcome to your visiting to my home city [HONG KONG] !!! Hopefully, it will bring you all the excitement & enjoyment !!!
I used to love ocean park as a kid, I’ve moved now to the uk but I still miss Hong Kong so much
You are such a great dad!
If you do go back, you must take the gondolas instead of the ocean express. It will give you a breathtaking view of the Southside of Hong Kong island! And it was the original way to travel between the entrance and “the summit”. There are also a few more aquarium up there near the rides and one was the old grand aquarium turned sharks encounters and they themed it to the Tai O fishing village(also a must see in Hong Kong imo!) and is quite awesome!
01:44 moment I saw those gray and dark clouds I felt it will be worse typhoon. Stay safe backsPackFamily.
welcome Hong Kong❤❤❤
love you guys
We loved the Ocean Park and the chair lift was awesome but I didn't see it on your video.
welcome to hong kong🎉 there used to have water swim stuff but no longer anymore for long time
Best experience d from great h.k.
I’m so glad you enjoyed your time with ur family at the ocean park and as a Hong Konger I miss that place you guys should also go to Disneyland and the AIA carnival in central too is fun ngl
I miss Hk ❤ Hoping to go back this year Aww well you kids are well mannered 😊
Be safe....
Best video
That was so sweet of you to take time to reply. I am intrigued Kelly, have you always been vegetarian? My granddaughter is vegetarian and just came home to Vancouver from working and learning in Bali, Thailand, Vietnam and Australia! Of all places she found Australia very hard to maintain as she said it seemed meat on the bbq everywhere and any meal !!! 😊 .
It’s a bummer that you guys didn’t get to experience the water slides part of the park. It’s relatively new and would have been so much fun for the kids. Hope you and your family will get to visit again soon!
Oh no i see where the misunderstanding could come from but ocean park is definitely not a water park haha! The kids would love it if they come back when they’re older. It’s a huge amusement park too
I think your 2 elder kids could have gone on the polar express coaster, the yellow one though is way too thrilling.
Forest 😍😍😘😘
It's the first time I watch your exploring tour in [KZread]. Maybe, we could meet somewhere in the coming future, if you'll still stay here for a long period...
Your video is very funny😁, I’m from Hong Kong.Ocean park is different from Water park, the Ocean park is the theme park of Aquarium and other Amusement rides. Anyway, I hope your family and you can enjoy those parks 👍🏼
It is a bad typhoons yr for hk September 6 one is the biggest one in 50 yr many flooding climate change have a safe trip.
Thanks! 🙂
@BagsPackedFamily
15 күн бұрын
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Ocean park is an amusement park which you can see different animals and sea animals, many exciting amusement rides. I think you missed to visit Panda Pavilion and Aquarium which is amazing. The water park is on the other side. And you need to buy another tickets. I think the hotel package is either choose ocean park or water park. But I like ocean park more than water park. Because the water park is very small.
@BagsPackedFamily
6 ай бұрын
Thanks for the added info!
@canto_v12
6 ай бұрын
@@BagsPackedFamily Hope you guys also plan to visit the Water World! It is in fact a very recent addition to the Ocean Park campus, completed and opened during the pandemic.
Welcome to Hong Kong 🎉🎉 i am your hong kong fans😂
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Hello from Hong Kong!
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Beautiful family. Be watchful of all the sugar laden and processed foods consumed guys! 😬❤
i think your may love taiwan so much too!
@BagsPackedFamily
6 ай бұрын
I think so too!
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@Bags Packed Family as a Chinese guy that lives in HK u guys went to the best spot in HK. See you soon :}
Welcome to hk
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@BagsPackedFamily
4 ай бұрын
感謝您的支持!香港很美麗。
The water park is actually another place of ocean park and tickets .You can go it next time when you visit again😂👍🏿👍🏿
去元朗,屯門,荃灣很多好東西吃的😊😊
When was it filmed ?I'm a hongkonger,love your video
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這些杯麵.可放多些水更好吃😂🎉🎉🎉
Hope you will visit Malaysia again. 😊
@BagsPackedFamily
6 ай бұрын
I hope so too!
Welcome
@albertwong8200
6 ай бұрын
Happy trip is it😊
did u ride on the cable car? the view is spectacular along the coast
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