Sunway Lagoon


The Sunway Lagoon is a theme park in Bandar Sunway, Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia owned by Sunway Group.

History

The park began operations in 1992 and was officiated by the then Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Mahathir bin Mohamad, on 29 April 1993.
Since its opening, the theme park has added Malaysia’s first surf simulator, the FlowRider in 2010; Malaysia’s first 5D Waterplexx in 2012 and a very large water ride, Vuvuzela, in 2013.

Timeline

Geology

The park is built below ground level on a tin mining wasteland and currently has 90 attractions spread across six parks.

Attractions

AttractionDescription
Water ParkThe first park to be introduced in the park and it features Waters of Africa with 13 attractions and Surf Beach with 9 attractions. The Waters of Africa has 2 water playground areas for young children, Kalahari Kids and Little Zimbabwe. Other water rides includes Cameroon Climb, African Phython, Congo Challenge, Vuvuzela and Waterplexx 5D. The Surf Beach has Flowrider, Surf Beach, Mushroom/Umbrella, Water Disco, Surf Deck, Harbour Deck, Islands, Promenade and Volcano.
Scream ParkThe Scream Park designed strictly for ages above 7 years old, provides 4 interactive "scare" experience by using audio, visual effects and live actors. The 4 scare attractions are Pontianak Theater of Fear, Horrorwood Studios, Zombie Apocalypse and The Ghostbusters Adventure Live!.
Amusement ParkThe park are divided to 2 sides, Wild Wild West with 4 rides and World of Adventure with 9 rides/ attractions. The rides at Wild Wild West include Colorado Splash, Grand Canyon River Rapids, Vultures and Butch Cassidy Trail. The World of Adventure features Pirate’s Revenge, Tomahawk, Lost City of Gold Scream Coaster, Apache Pots, Wagon Wheel, Carousel, Captain Kid’s Candyland, Captain Kid’s Playland and Malaysia’s Longest Pedestrian Suspension Bridge.
Extreme ParkThe Extreme Park features activities including painball, bungee trampoline, kayaking, paddle boat, swan ride, All-terrain vehicles, archery, flying fox, go kart, g-force and bungee jump.
Wildlife ParkThe Wildlife Park is an interactive and educational zoo with exotic, small and friendly animals from a range of birds, reptiles and mammals. The Wildlife Park is home to more than 140 species, with the pygmy marmoset and white lions among its latest additions. Each of the animal sanctuaries has a different name such as Pet Village, Jungle Trail, Aviary, Tropical Enclosure, Tree Top Terrace and Bird Savannah.
Nickelodeon Lost LagoonThe first Nickelodeon-themed land in Asia, opens with 14 new rides that cater for all ages. Among the attractions are the SpongeBob Splash Adventure, Primeval, Jungle Fury and Monsoon 360. The park also feature green slime at a set hour during the "Great Slime Deluge". Visitors can meet Nickelodeon characters: SpongeBob SquarePants, Patrick Star, Dora the Explorer, Boots and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Concerts and events

Sunway Lagoon has hosted some of the international lifestyle, music and sporting events including MTV World Stage and Quiksilver Revolution Tour. Other concert hosted are deadmau5, The Native Tour by OneRepublic, Pitbull and many more.

Awards

Public transportation

on the BRT Sunway Line.
Sunway Lagoon is also accessible from the Subang Airport via the Skypark Link with an interchange at Subang Jaya station.