Wednesday 3rd July 2019
Work on rebuilding the huge ride building for Pirates in Batavia is underway at Europa Park. Due to the size of the dark water ride, the building is never going to fly up over a few weeks. The old building contained offices, break rooms, servers and the old water ride. It would appear Europa Park is making use of this redesign to reinforce the building for future use. Hopefully, the park will be able to add more attractions in this space, similar to what they did to the Scandinavia. Scorri Tour is set to open later this year.
Monday 15th April 2019
Work on rebuilding Pirates in Batavia at Europa Park is progressing well! Less than a year after the fire that gutted the ride and area around it Scandinavia part of the framework for the new ride building has already been installed. Along with what we believe is the start of some of the ride troof. It would also appear that some of the facades for the ride entrance and area around it is also being constructed at the same time. A new tower by the old entrance for the ride can be seen in one of the photos.
Friday 12th April 2019
For the 2019 season, Europa Park have unveiled a preview in the Schatzkammer (The Treasury) for the return of Pirates of Batavia in 2020.
The original ride, that opened at the park in 1987 was unfortunately destroyed in a large fire in 2018 that also damaged the entire Scandinavia area of the park.
As part of the rebuild of the Scandinavian area, Europa-Park are also starting to rebuild the Pirates in Batavia attraction, however as they are constructing this ride from the foundations this means they can use the latest technology to make the attraction more cutting edge than it's charming, but slightly dated predecessor.
Within the preview itself, there is a large model of the proposed design of the attraction, which looks very similar to the previous iteration however, this seems a lot more detailed.
The preview also features an animatronic that will be within the new attraction which, as expected, looks a vast improvement to the 1987 version of the swash buckling pirates.
The animatronic in question is active within the preview, demonstrating the fluidity of it's movement which, again, really shows how this technology has progressed in 30 years.
Around the walls of the preview are boards, showing designs and concept art of sets and well as the rides boats.
Overall this really increases the excitement for the opening of this attraction next year as it shows that Europa Park are set out on bringing back a fantastic attraction and story, albeit in a way that capitalises on modern technology.
The original ride, that opened at the park in 1987 was unfortunately destroyed in a large fire in 2018 that also damaged the entire Scandinavia area of the park.
As part of the rebuild of the Scandinavian area, Europa-Park are also starting to rebuild the Pirates in Batavia attraction, however as they are constructing this ride from the foundations this means they can use the latest technology to make the attraction more cutting edge than it's charming, but slightly dated predecessor.
Within the preview itself, there is a large model of the proposed design of the attraction, which looks very similar to the previous iteration however, this seems a lot more detailed.
The preview also features an animatronic that will be within the new attraction which, as expected, looks a vast improvement to the 1987 version of the swash buckling pirates.
The animatronic in question is active within the preview, demonstrating the fluidity of it's movement which, again, really shows how this technology has progressed in 30 years.
Around the walls of the preview are boards, showing designs and concept art of sets and well as the rides boats.
Overall this really increases the excitement for the opening of this attraction next year as it shows that Europa Park are set out on bringing back a fantastic attraction and story, albeit in a way that capitalises on modern technology.
Sunday 14th October 2018
Following the devastating fire that destroyed Pirates in Batavia, Europa Park has been hard at work to remove the damaged buildings and is preparing the area to be rebuilt. Roofs and buildings around the area that were partially affected are in the processes of still being repaired but we applaud Europa Park for there fast and effective response to getting the park back open and doing there best in these hard times.
A large colourful trape with a silhouette of the old area has been installed around the area to hide the construction site. Featuring some of Europa Parks characters such as Snorri the new waterpark mascot.
A large colourful trape with a silhouette of the old area has been installed around the area to hide the construction site. Featuring some of Europa Parks characters such as Snorri the new waterpark mascot.
Saturday 26th May 2018
A large fire at one of Europe’s most popular amusement parks forced the evacuation of up to 25,000 visitors.
Seven firefighters were injured tackling the blaze at Europa-Park in the town of Rust in southwest Germany on Saturday night.
The fire started in a storage building before spreading through parts of the Dutch and Scandinavian-themed areas.
Other photographs showed the burning wreckage of buildings in the Scandinavian section.
Despite the damage, most of the park reopened at 9am on Sunday morning and police confirmed no members of the public or employees were injured in the blaze.
Seven firefighters were injured tackling the blaze at Europa-Park in the town of Rust in southwest Germany on Saturday night.
The fire started in a storage building before spreading through parts of the Dutch and Scandinavian-themed areas.
Other photographs showed the burning wreckage of buildings in the Scandinavian section.
Despite the damage, most of the park reopened at 9am on Sunday morning and police confirmed no members of the public or employees were injured in the blaze.
