The UK and Germany are very different. Just look at the case of the rapids at Alton Towers and the hoops they are having to jump through to be able to operate it following the incident at Drayton Manor. That simply wouldn't happen in Germany. That is not to say that safety standards are any less there, just that a different approach is taken.
Without knowing the full facts of both fires it's hard to say what they should or should not be doing. I am just confident that they will take all necessary steps to minimise the risk of there being another fire. Closing everything else that could burn is not a necessary step for all of the reasons already outlined.
Can you name me any other theme park in the world, where within a short space of time, there have been two huge fires, destroying sizeable areas and attractions both times?
Huge numbers of theme parks operate world wide, with densely packed areas, large attractions filled with flammable materials and general similar overall designs to Europa Park, in the general sense of themepark design.
To my knowledge, not a single one has had two massive fires like this in a short space of time, not one. What are the chances?
Europa is not more flammable or different in it's construction to any other park on the planet. Minus obvious building codes, they are all built with the same general materials.
We've had fires at other parks, even fires that echo one of Europa Parks fires in size, plus bigger! What we have not had is any other park
on this planet having two highly destructuctive and large fires in a short amount of time. Not one.
I digress slightly, there could be a handful of parks that had have had unlucky fate similar to Europa. The argument I'm putting forward can still be made though. If there are any it is just a handful, if that. A handful in a world with huge numbers of parks.
These facts suggest that these double events are very rare in the world of themeparks. But not through chance, luck or sheer fortune as it doesn't work like that. The reason why it is non existant or really low is because parks have properly managed and mitigated their fire risks and learnt lessons quickly. So that when it has happened a first time, it almost never happened a second.
Either Europa have clearly not mitigated their fire risks as well as they could have, in the same way that other parks built with the same materials across the world have. Preventing second major fires for the vast majority of cases. Or, its an insurance job
I suspect the first.
My view on what I thought they should be doing, was based on the fact that Europa Park quite clearly have not manage their fire risks properly. You know, like
almost every other park on the planet with similar attractions has managed to do so.
I will take all of that back if the fire is arson. If it is not, as much as I love Europa Park, the blame lies firmly at the feet of the park management. Really good to get people out safe and well though, very well executed. Not having a second time would have been far better however.