The Olympic Park is to sports enthusiasts what Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory would be to, well, chocoholics.At least that's how this reporter felt yesterday when exploring the sprawling complex, which is the size of 357 football pitches and cost a staggering £7 billion ($10.8 billion) to build.As well as being home to seven major venues — including the jaw-dropping Olympic Stadium, the already iconic Aquatics Centre and the Velodrome, nicknamed the 'Pringle' due to its resemblance to the popular chip, the extraordinary Park is providing accommodation for the 17,800 athletes and officials at the Games Village.Transformed from an industrial wasteland, the Stratford site is far more than just a series of impressive sporting facilities, where some of the world's finest athletes will fight for the ultimate prize over the next few weeks.Take the ArcelorMittal Orbit, a twisting ruby red tower designed by Turner Prize-winning artist Anish Kapoor, which at first glance looks like an elaborate roller coaster ride.Just a short stroll away from that swirling steel structure is the curious looking Coca-Cola 'Beatbox' which is comprised of 200 interlocking, translucent air cushions that one can apparently 'play' as musical instruments.Then there's the world's largest McDonald's restaurant, where hungry spectators will gorge on tens of thousands of burgers and fries, pushing their bodies to the limit in an entirely different way to the athletes they will come to see.Stan Douglas, Bermuda's Chef de Mission, said the massive complex felt more like a city than an Olympic Park, which is a pretty fair description.Featuring landscape gardens, walkways, bridges and canals, it took more than six years of demolition, decontamination and construction to complete this playground of Olympian proportions.The spacious Press Centre isn't too shabby, either.Promising coverage on an unprecedented scale and record-breaking use of social media, the 20,000-plus journalists, photographers, cameramen and technicians will be almost twice as numerous as the athletes whose every cough and spit they intend to cover.And they could have hardly asked for a better media facility from where to report on the first “Digital Olympics”, as it's being referred to here in London.Spacious with large work areas, zones to find out about different sports and no shortage of helpful staff on hand to answer any queries, not to mention the red London buses on hand to ferry journalists around the Olympic Village.There's even a massage parlour, run on a donation basis, and a free beauty and hairdressing salon so weary hacks can relax and unwind after a hard day's typing.It's more likely though, they will head straight to one of the several watering holes that seem to encircle the “Press Village” like a moat surrounds a castle.If gold medals were awarded for landscape design and horticulture then the Olympic Park would surely win.But the real success of the grand project will rest on its legacy and how it enriches the lives of the East London community for years to come.