■ Asu Su/ Serena Zheng
GTI Asia China Expo, which will be held in golden September, is forthcoming, as for most of the visitors from home and abroad, besides focusing on a wealth of exhibits and activities at the expo on September 12-14, visiting the amusement parks and distinctive theme parks are also great pleasures. Here are some selected amusement zones for your reference.

MAG Universal Magic World

Covering an area of about 20,000sq.m, MAG Universal Magic World is situated at Mall of the World, CBD Zhujiang New Town. The Magic World consists of 7 parts: Impending Flying Theater, Fantasy City, Luminous Forest, Teddy Bear Museum, 7D Magic Theater, and 360°Dome Theater.
Add.: West of North Area, Mall of the World, Huangpu Avenue, Tianhe District Guangzhou.
Opening hours: 10:00-22:00 (MON-SUN)

ALPHA Land

ALPHA Land (Guangzhou Olympic Sports Eutopia) was opened on Dec. 16, 2017! Covering an area of 3,000sq.m, the large-scale animation family theme park converges super IP that children are crazy about. Through the one-stop recreation of “family interaction + IP scene experience + play acting + theme catering + shopping”, parents and children are able to experience the stars’ charming from every angle of 360°.
Add.: 2/F, Eutopia Season, 12 Olympic Sports South Road(next to East Gate), Tianhe District, Guangzhou.
Opening hours: 10:00-19:00 (MON-SUN)

Adventure Land (Grandview Mall)

Covering an area of over 4,000sq.m, Adventure Land is well equipped with amusement equipment and one of the biggest all-weather indoor American amusement centers with a number of caterings and outlets in the neighborhood. It is surely a good choice of relaxation and recreation.
Add.: 7A001-7B002, F/7, 228 Tianhe Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou.
Opening hours: 10:00-22:00 (MON-SUN)

Grandview Aquarium

Covering a construction area of 58,000 sq.m, Grandview Aquarium owns over 30,000 marine animals of many different species with twenty-two theme zones.
Add.: 2-3F, West side of Grandview Mall, 228 Tianhe Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou
Opening hours: 10:00-18:00（Daytime）；18:00-21:30（Evening）

Meland (Rock Square)

With the area of 3000sq.m, Meland scientifically combines toyland, science education, animation, family entertainment, sport and exploration and is dedicated to cultivating exploration enlightenment, artistic enlightenment, athletic ability, and sociability.
Add.: 1/F, Lefeng Plaza, 106-108 North Industrial Avenue, Haizhu District, Guangzhou City
Opening hours: 10:00-22:00 (MON-SUN)

Guangzhou Xingqiba Town

With an area of 7,000 sq.m, Guangzhou Xingqiba Town is a cosplay theme park designed for kids between 3 to 13, with some stimulating facilities like streets, shops, banks, and a hospital. It looks like many different kinds of occupations in the real society. Kids can choose different occupations and play roles they like as well as experiencing life as a grown up.
Add.: 2/F, No. 5 Parking Apron Shopping Plaza, 353 Yunxiao Road, Baiyun District, Guangzhou
Opening hours: 10:00-14:00, 15:30-19:30

Papygo Playground

Papygo Playground is in Guangzhou Atlantis Hotel Co., Ltd. The hotel is next to Chang Long Tourist Resort, which combines early childhood education, popularization of science, amusement, shopping, catering and accommodation with a construction area of 21,000sq.m., and it’s also a family theme hotel and one-stop family culture education demonstration base. The overall design is childlike and full of happiness and offers a new world of joy and love to tourists.
Add.: 101-601, Guangzhou Atlantis Hotel Co., Ltd., No. 731 Dashiduan, 105 National Road , Panyu District, Guangzhou.
Opening hours: 09:30-17:30

Guangzhou 3D Magic Magical Journey

3D Magic Magical Journey covers an area of 3,000aq.m with 70 copies of 3D pictures, breathtaking large-scale frescos, and enormous pictures throughout the floor. In addition, there are 6 fabulous fantasy rooms where you will see unusual scenes in the ordinary world.
Add.: 3/F, Season’s Orchard, 118 Chigang North Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou.
Opening hours: 10:00-21:00(MON-FIR), 10:00-22:00(SAT-SUN)

Cheer Amusement Corporation (Haizhu Suning standard store)

Cheer Amusement is a soft play center, providing kids with an environment of excitement, challenge, and safety, so that parents can rest assured. In compliance with the children’s physical and mental development, the theme park utilizes modern technology and develops creativity, thus the kids can do aerobic exercise while they are having fun in the park.
Add.: 3/F, Great Plaza, 1290 Dongxiaonan Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou.
Opening hours: 10: 00 - 21: 00

Teddy & Angel Dream Factory

The park is divided into edutainment zone, castle amusement zone, and game zone. The overall design of the park features the elements of Teddy Bears, ranging from Teddy Bear stage to the stickers on the game machines and the flying baby blue little Teddy Bear under the ceilings. Teddy & Angel Dream Factory pays close attention to every minor detail.
Add.: No. 324, 3/F, igc International Grand City, 222 Xingmin Road, Guangzhou
Opening hours: 10:00-21:00 (MON-SUN)

Pororo Park

It is a mature theme park, which integrates amusement, education, leisure, performance, catering, and gift shop. The park surrounds the international prestigious animation brand “Pororo”, and the fantasy life-like ice world was created by the virtual environment and indoor landscaping technique. The theme plots run through the leisure and entertainment space of the whole attraction.
Add.: 3/F, Area A, R&F Haizhucheng, No.1 Jiangnanxi Road, Haizhuqu District, Guangzhou
Opening hours: 10:00-22:00

Yuemei Ice and Snow World

Guangzhou Yuemei Ice and Snow World presents a virtual fairy tale ice world on every front and through multi-dimensions. With the ice area of 3,000sq.m, you can enjoy the Harbin ice sculpture arts and grand drifting snow show, play on the small ice slide, take part in the skiing on Everest activity, take photos in Potala Palace, make snowmen and have snowball fights or visit Northeast China snow county - Guangdong camer and fairy tale garden, etc.
Add.: No.1 (Yu Shanxi Road), the Second Road of Industrial Zone, No.1 Hengjiang Village, Sha Tou Street, Panyu District, Guangzhou
Opening hours: 9:00-18:00

Party Map

With the area of 2,700 sq.m, Party Map is the first children’s park in Guangzhou featuring the wildly popular national champion animation “GGbond” and is a carnival-type indoor theme park integrating children’s amusement, pre-school training, and interest cultivation. It is dedicated to creating a safe, vivid and interesting, infinite joy and large-scale children’s theme park.
Add.: No. 311, 3/F, Metropolitan Plaza, No.8 Huangsha Avenue, Guangzhou
Opening hours: 10:00-22:00

※The article is published in the GTI Magazine Issue No. 167 in Aug. 2018