The Ocean Plaza has Marine life emerging and following guests towards the park entrance acting as a directional pull. To enter Discovery Islands guests must pass through Ocean world that guards it.
The plaza begins with a large orientation map presents guest with the visit on offer. The map sits under a large whale fluke, (for shade) appearing to disappear through the floor. A little further on towards the entrance the whale head pops up within a water pool with it’s blow hole acting as a water fountain.
Two huge whale shaped sculpted canopies each sit above two dynamic sea-column kiosks. The kiosk interiors function as ticketing, retail, guest services, tourist centre and locker room. On the outside they continue the suggestion they are underwater with corals growing up the sea columns.
Two overhead canopies greet guests as they approach the ticketing barriers. Each of the canopies are organic in a marine animal-like form and texture. Between the canopies and ticketing barrier will be a large water pool with a series of sculpted turtles suspended as if climbing out of it. The canopies raise up to 4M just before the building façade to allow emergency vehicles passage underneath, before running into each side of the façade. Underneath the façade canopies the walls are dressed in a brain coral texture with coral rock formations at the base and picking out the entrances to the Kiddie Kart Rental, Guest Services, Toilets and Gift Shop.
The entrance façade is made up of an abundance of ocean life. At the centre of the façade above a large open entrance mouth stand two giant whales breaching in unison to form one large triumphal arch. Within the arch is a huge LED media surface accompanied on each side of it by a further 3 large LED screens, making a total array of seven screens in all. The screens to each side of the main screen sit on top of the ticketing canopies where they meet the building. The screens reduce in size as they move further away from the main screen to emphasize the triumphal arch.
