PokéPark (theme park)

Pokémon the Park 2005, or PokéPark, was, as its name implies, a theme park devoted to Pokémon. It was originally located on the former site of the Sasashima Cargo Station in , , (Sasashima Live 24 Land Redevelopment Project Site) in Japan. It opened on March 18, 2005, and closed on September 25, 2005. It was located at Route 758.
Admission to the park was free, but there was a fee for each attraction visited. Prepaid e-money, or Edy cards, were available online and could be used to pay for attractions in the park. Pre-ordering a special PokéPark Edy card enabled holders to special offers and gifts. These cards could be pre-ordered from November 19, 2004 to February 28, 2005.
There are a total of twelve attractions in addition to a game arcade, an event stage, shops, and cafés. The park's attractions were prominently featured in animated form in "Hello! Thank You!", the fifth Pokémon Sunday ending.
After PokéPark closed in Japan, it was moved to , where it was open from June 23, 2006 to September 24, 2006.
==Attractions==
===Bumper Car Battle: Aqua vs. Magma===
Choose a Team Aqua car or a Team Magma car, and face off against the opposite team in a bumper car battle.
===Twister: Fury in the Sky===
Ride in a roller coaster shaped like and experience thrills like in Destiny Deoxys.
===Gotta Dance Tour===
Relive Gotta Dance!! on this musical ride.
===Alto Mare Gondola Cruise===
Ride on a ship shaped like and that flies high up in the air and crashes down into water.
===Lugia's Spinning Ship===
Navigate boats through swirling water and around .
===Pokémon Star Swing===
Ride on a swing with , , and .
===The Pichu Brothers' Rascal Railway===
Take a train ride with the Pichu Brothers, , and .
===Pokémon Giant Ferris Wheel===
Ride in a giant ferris wheel with cars in the shapes of various Poké Balls.
===Pikachu Forest===
Ride through the air in -shaped cars.
===Mudkip's Big Splash===
Ride on a log flume shaped like and splash down into a water pool.
===Pokémon Merry-Go-Round===
Ride on a merry-go-round with , , and instead of horses.
===Meowth's Party Cafe===
A restaurant run by Team Rocket's .
===3D Movie: Find Mew!===
A 3D movie where you follow and on a quest to find .
===Safari Park===
Experience the real thrill of capturing Pokémon in the Safari Zone.
===Pokémon Store R===
Buy Pokémon plushies, figures, and cards from a store run by Team Rocket.
==Pokémon==
The following were available as promotions.
===Eggs===
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===Meowth===
This Pokémon was distributed at the PokéPark event in Japan from March 18 to May 8, 2005. Unlike the others, it was not distributed as an , and did not know any special moves. This Meowth is always holding a Glitter Mail.
	
===Mythical Pokémon===
These Mythical Pokémon were distributed exclusively at a second PokéPark event in over different periods in 2006.
	
	
	
==In the TCG==
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring the PokéPark or its Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Two special premium files were released to commemorate the opening of the first PokéPark in Japan: and . Only PokéPark Forest included cards with PokéPark in their name, though the PokéPark logo is featured on all cards from the two files. Several of these cards were also given away with attraction ticket purchases.
==Chinese TCG Release Through Taipei Pokepark==
This set is probably the most rare set to be found in Traditional Chinese. The set consists of 10 promotional cards released around the opening of PokePark (神奇寶貝樂園). Pokepark opened from 6/23/2006 to 9/24/2006 in Taiwan, Taipei Shilin District in an attempt to create more interest in the Pokémon franchise. The cards chosen to represent the Taipei Pokepark in Chinese were selected from POP Series 2, whereas the course completion award was selected from POP Series 4 since that was the set that had the Pokémon Fan Club card. Aside from the course completion award and the Championship Arena card; each card could be obtained by visiting the park on different days of the week in the last week of the park's duration of being open.
 
Card Name 	Number	English Expansion	Description
Jirachi 	021 	Black Star Promo 	Reward after buying three admission tickets
Raikou 	3/17 	POP Series 2 	Monday - September 18, 2006
Entei 	1/17 	POP Series 2 	Tuesday - September 19, 2006
Suicune 	4/17 	POP Series 2 	Wednesday - September 20, 2006
Celebi 	029 	Black Star Promo 	Thursday - September 21, 2006
Tauros 	5/17 	POP Series 2 	Friday - September 22, 2006
Pikachu 	13/17 	POP Series 2 	Saturday - September 23, 2006
Rayquaza 	3/17 	POP Series 2 	Sunday - September 24, 2006
Championship Arena	028 	Black Star Promo 	Japan 2006 Champion's League Tournament September 16–28 Taipei
Pokémon Fan Club 	9/17 	POP Series 4 	Pokémon Training Club Completion, Awarded as Part of a Pokémon Training Course Pass Certificate
==External links==
*Archive of official site
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