The photo taken on Tuesday, February 2, 2010 shows two young women looking at the blueprint of the aquatic amusement park to be built in the National Aquatic Center in Beijing. The National Aquatic Center, known as the "Water Cube", is one of the most dramatic and exciting venues to feature swimming events for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. [Photo: Beijing Times]

The National Aquatic Center, known as the "Water Cube", is due to reopen to the public as a world-class indoor water park this July after a nine-month refurbishment, the venue operator released on Tuesday.

After 2008 Beijing Olympics, the Water Cube has been transformed into a multi-functional recreation centre, as well as providing first class facilities for hosting large-scale sporting events, cultural and leisure activities.

The new cube is featured with a water park with an area of more than 10,000 square meters, which is expected to become the country's most advanced aquatic amusement park, Zhao Zhixiong, general manager of the Beijing National Aquatic Center Co. Ltd introduced.

The water park has wave pools in the drift region in the eastern part and a cyclone simulation section with 11 water slides in the western part. The highest slide reaches 23 meters.

Zhao said that the former swimming pools have had some seating dismantled and replaced with showrooms and fitness facilities.

The ticket remains 30 yuan per person and the water park is expected to receive 5,000 visitors per day upon opening.