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New for 2023: Experience the aftermath of a Portuguese naval battle, as you float by debris and wreckages on Atlantica Super Splash.
Only at Europa Park.
On a serious note, glad to hear everyone seems generally safe. Reports of one rider with cuts (presumably from a stray cable or debris) and a performer with a leg injury, but certainly could have been much worse.
This is honestly such a relief, and huge surprise, that nobody was more seriously injured. Europa really doesnāt seem to be having much luck at the moment.
On 14.08, the mobile basin of the Retorno dos Piratas diving show cracked during a performance. 5 artists and 2 visitors were injured. 3 artists were hospitalized for examinations. A police investigation is opened. Atlantica SuperSplash will reopen tomorrow.
Don't get me wrong, the UK counterparts go far, far too far the other way with H&S... but... I have always thought it a bold move to have such a high-risk activity in the centre of a ride area. Very lucky there weren't more serious repercussions for the ride/riders.
It looks like they managed to E-stop Atlantica before the next boat came around. If that is the case, bravo to the ride team for such a speedy reaction.
It does feel like there have been a flurry of incidents at the park recently from fires, raft boats breaking free and now this. Whether itās bad luck or something else, itās not a great look either way.
I do wonder if all this is (partly) a symptom of all/most year round operations, especially EP that have so many construction and development projects on..... basically are parks stretching themselves without having that Winter off-season to re-calerbrate/ catch up with the year/space to construct, do checks and audits etc. Things have to be rushed to be 'guest ready' all the time etc.
coupled with staffing issues exacerbated by covid, one less engineer or maintenance guy on sight etc etc
My comment isn't just about EP but the whole industry, I know Disney etc have been all-year attractions for eons, but they (at least DID) have the money and resources to do so) i.e. adequate/over staffing.
I guess thereās no reason why Atlantica shouldnāt open today. I expect that Europa will believe that the issue is with the pool itself, rather than with the ride.
EDIT: Just to be clear, I am not saying that I believe the blame to lie with the company who provided the diving show. I do not want to point blame at anyone until the investigation has concluded who was at fault.
Bit soon to be throwing blame around. It has run successfully for years maybe the park have slacked with maintenance recently? Maybe thereās some unusual weather or factors that caused it.
Letās see what the investigations say first before throwing baseless accusations at companies.
Instinctively we associate danger with complicated machinery like rollercoasters and rides, but this goes to show even static displays and attractions can pose a risk.
Sorry, my previous post was badly worded. I didnāt mean that the dive show company should be the ones to blame. We, of course, donāt know who is at fault and we wonāt know until the investigation is concluded.
All I meant is that the issue isnāt with Atlantica and so itās not that big a surprise that it reopened straight away. This is more of an issue with the pool itself. Sorry for my poor choice of wording.
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