Nothing works here without women

Europa-Park is undergoing repairs and improvements during its winter break. When the theme park reopens at the end of March, everything should shine brightly for its anniversary, including the many figures. Jasmin Dietrich is the head of the figure workshop. She and her team are overhauling the animatronics, the elephant in "Batavia," and the horses and cows on the "Matterhornblitz" roller coaster. One of the pirates is getting an upgrade – a hand with movable fingers. The daily float parade is now receiving new floats. But technical problems and narrow passageways aren't exactly making things easy for Carolin Kirch and Maren Dreher. The founding Mack family will also be watching closely at the dress rehearsal. The question of the park's future is an emotional one: Roland Mack is in his mid-70s, and his daughter Ann-Kathrin will become the first woman to join the management team in March. Together with her brothers Michael and Thomas, she will continue her father's legacy.