EFTELING: The Dutch Disneyland??
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- čas přidán 20. 07. 2024
- Join us in this vlog as we take an epic adventure to Efteling, one of Europe's most magical theme parks. We've been dreaming of visiting this enchanting park in the Netherlands for years and we're finally here. From thrilling rides like Max & Mortiz, The Flying Dutchman, Fata Morgana the parks most Iconic ride: Symbolica, and many more, to delicious food, we'll show you everything the park has to offer. Explore the enchanted world of fairy tales and folklore with us, We'll also be taking you through the park's five different lands, starting off with Andrick. Pardoes the park's mascot will also make an appearance. We're also excited to experience the nighttime spectacular Aquanura show that takes place at the beautiful lake with magical frogs. Come along for the journey at Efteling theme park!
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TIME STAMPS
0:00 - WE'RE HERE AT EFTELING
0:30 - First impressions
1:48 - The World of 1001 Arabian Nights [Fata Morgana]
3:25 - The Dueling Duo [Max & Moritz]
5:05 - Big Boy Coasters [The Flying Dutchman]
6:42 - Our first Efteling Snack!
8:01 - The Mighty Morphing Raveleijn RANGERS!!!
8:48 - More like "MonoSNAIL"
10:31 - A Birdseye view of the Park
10:59 - Magic Water & Pancakes
13:42 - Unlocking Efteling's magic
15:45 - A world of Fairytales, Legends & Folklore
18:22 - We food the goose that lays the golden egg
19:10 - Fabula[sly] Themed Restaurant
20:43 - Aquanura - The Nighttime Spectacular
22:42 - The Best Dark Ride in Europe? [Symbolica]
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What do you think of Efteling? Are you planning a trip? (Don’t forget to like the video 😉)
it is a pity that the dream flight (droomvlucht) is in maintenance it is as good as Symbolica for its age but now you have good reasons to come back
i'm there 2/3 times in a week xD
at the show ravelijn you can ask employees for a translation box with earphones, the show is translated into your language
Fun fact. The entrance, is the biggest wooden roof in europe.
I go there every month, I’m there this sunday. And fyi calling our precious Efteling “Dutch Disneyland” is wrong in 200 languages, and very insulting to the fans and creators (including Anthon Pieck). In fact, Disneyland took inspiration from the Efteling. NOT the other way around. So just call it “The Efteling, the world of wonders” because that’s the slogan
I know it's closed right now. But my favourite ride is Droomvlucht, you should come back again when it's open!
Its such a shame it was closed. whilst we were there. Definitely need to come back to be able to experience it in the future.
@@TheKershawsAdventures yeah it's such a shame. it is widely regarded as the best attraction of the entire park
@@TheKershawsAdventures After 20 years it will now be closed for 4 months for proper maintenance and a fresh up so it can last another 20.
Its al year open
@@glennmetal The park is, but some rides are closedtemporarily due to maintenance.
As a Dutchie I find the Efteling even more magical than Disneyland! Lovely to see you experience it for the first time
It is a very magical park, we hope more people get to experience it 😁
Well as regular of the Efteling, I think it is way better then Magic Kingdom but Animal Kingdom with Pandora or Diagon Alley at Universal are still better imho. And I would still choose World show case over an evening to the Efteling. Miss the summer festivals the Efteling park had in the past. Great video! :)
I hope you’ve enjoyed your visit at the Efteling. To offer you a bit of context, the Efteling is a trans-generational experience. Often you see grandparents, parents and childeren visiting the park at the same time because as Dutch people we’ve all spend some time of our childhood over there. Some of the rides/venues appear dated but that’s the appeal because I’ve walked the park there eversince I was 5 and now I’m 51 walking the same park and sitting in the same rides with my 10 year old daughter. For me it’s a powerfull experience. The Efteling is not a “wham bam thank you ‘mam” park, you go there to connect with your younger self, connect with childhood. The fairytale forrest is on the surface a bit cheesy but that’s the first place we went to when I was a kid, and I’m gratefull the Efteling left it as it is. To the Dutch the Efteling is an institition. As a family you just have to have eaten “krentebollen” in the floating swans in the swanlake. All the best!
Lol, yep, eating lunch there or in the little boats.that ride is about 20 minutes? Enough time to eat your lunch☺️
The trans-generational aspect is very interesting indeed. Everytime I go on a ride in the Python or Piraña I remember me doing that as a small terrified child with my mother and grandparents (wanting to rebuild it in Lego afterwards). It's been 40 years and I can go on the same ride as in the early 1980s. It's amazingly timeless.
In the north we only got slagharen haha
Thank you so much for this ☺️ such an amazing park
I live in Tilburg, about a 15 minute drive to Efteling. As far as i know my family has been in love with the park ever since it was build. I remember my mom telling stories about how my grandpa would spend the whole day just sitting in the big courtyard garden just past the entrance or strolling about the park. That would always make his day
it always make me smile to see non-dutch people love the park as much as we do
It’s an amazing park
I am Belgian (next to the netherlands) and I absolutely love watching videos of more foreign people discovering this magical themepark. I've been going here every year since I was 1 year old And I love watching new people enjoy it!!! Great video! :)
Same I always go there for my birthday
Wow, thank you!
Personally I don't know anyone that has NOT been to de Efteling. It is the absolute QUEEN of themeparks in the Netherlands. It has been the #1 destination when it comes to parks and attractions for decades. Disney doesn't come close to this. Sure... it has great rides and famous characters, it doesn't have the "gezelligheid" the Efteling has (I am sure you heard about the word Gezellig which can mean a lot of things but without exception pointing to comfort, friends, happy times and love)
It really is an amazing park and we want more people to be aware of it as it isn’t well known in the UK compared to other European theme parks 😄
Walibi is fun to if you like rollercoasters and more extreme rides
I went to Disney for the first time last year, and while Disney is really good too, Efteling is much better value for your money, especially if you're from the Netherlands
I suspect that you have watched Ted Lasso ;)
Unfortunately, as a Dutchie i have never been to the Efteling :'), first of all there is no money to buy tickets and second, not one of my friends wants to go there :')
I loved seeing this! i actually live 30 mins away from this beautiful place and actually worked at the work. To explain why everyone was singing along at the aquanoura show is because that was the show version of the most popular artist from brabant called guus meeuwis and basically everyone in the netherlands knows his classics. Glad you guys had fun!
It must be an amazing place to work. such a magical park. Thank you so much for the context on people singing. It was amazing to experience and you could tell that everyone knew the songs. Very unique and something we haven't really experienced at a park before. Thanks for watching :)
I also work at the Efteling and it really is magical and amazing to work there. I am so glad i started working there. Glad to see you enjoyed your trip to the Efteling!
I've always wondered how it is to live so close by the Efteling (i live like 1.5 hour away by train) like do you notice it much or is it just like living in any other city
We live like 20km away in a straight line and on a clear day, we can see the Pagode. That’s so cool!
I hate the Guus Meeuwis version of Aquanura. The Efteling theme music one is so much better!
by far the best part about the Efteling is the music! The songs on these rides carry the magical theming so incredibly well. My favourite has to be the Villa Volta song
The Efteling tunes are also played around Amsterdam Central train station to keep the homeless people away.
Agreed the music is amazing
The thing i love about efteling are the tiny fairy tales spread everywhere
Dutch traditional snack Chimney Cake?
Now that you mention it I never ever heard of that. I have looked it up, it is actually Hungarian. 😂😂
I am dutch, so it was suprising how people can mix up cultural Standards because of how unknown they are to traditions.
On the positive note, I absolutely love your review on our themepark, I love Efteling.
Yea we’ve had a few people correct us on this one 😂 we stand corrected! Still though… it tasted amazing!!!
@@TheKershawsAdventures I was in Efteling yesterday and I saw promotion for it in the park. Had no chance to taste it, I will later on!
The chimney cake has found it's way in a number of surrounding countries, notably Czech Republic and Slovakia. They're usually pretty bad and in cities like Prague and Bratislava you'll thus find street waste baskets literally filled to above the rim with those things during tourist season. I can't remember having seen chimney cakes in Efteling before, my guess is that they are part of the winter theme (probably from the baker opposite of Max & Moritz?) which will end first week of March.
@@WhoStoleMyAlias no they have them year round in nest
I was like huh dutch traditional???!!
That's new to me
As a employee of the Fabula restaurant, i can say me and my co workers really appreciated you guys loved the theming
As a long time visitor of the park, I can say me and my fellow visitors really appreciate the high standards of service you guys keep up.
You guys do an amazing job 😁
I am happy for you that it wasn't a busy day, I went there myself a few years ago with my parents, and we had to wait an hour or more to get into one attraction. I myself live about one and a half hour away from the Efteling.
And to everyone who's watching: if you're planning to visit the Netherlands, I HIGHLY recommend going to the Efteling, even if you're an adult without any kids.
I hope you guys had an amazing time at the Efteling
We were really lucky with the crowds and the weather on our visit and we’re so thankful for that ☺️
It helps that they went when schools where still going and in the winter season where multiple rollercoasters are closed so less people go to the park
You 'accidentally' saw an Aquanura Exclusive show, which was made for a Dutch artist called ‘Guus Meeuwis’. They made that show because he was an artist for 25 years. They usually play a show without vocals with music of different rides from the park!
Seems like a great accident 😄 it was a great show!!
I just love how the Efteling is fun for the whole family. That's probably why you felt relaxed there. It's not just for the kids, but for you to enjoy and have a break as well.
Im dutch and went there a few times as a kid. The efteling in like a given ingrained in dutch culture but to see you guys with another fresh perspective makes it pretty special and magical again. Great vid and love the happiness you project!
Thank you so much ☺️
Hey! I work in the pancake restaurant and I helped you with the magical water, I recognized you on my CZcams home page! Very fun video! Greetings from Holland:)
I always love seeing first time reactions to the park!
Shame you missed out on quite a few attractions, but I guess y'all had an amazing time regardless. I LOVE getting in night rides on the coasters, they're even more magical in the dark!
It was such a great trip and we look forward to trying the other rides we couldn’t do this trip 😄
Great to see tourists visit “The Efteling” and how you enjoyed it!
A lot has changed at Efteling since my Mother and I were there almost 30 years ago; I have to admit that we were children again for the whole day, riding the Droomvlucht more times than I care to admit! The animatronics and the rides were something spectacular, even back then, and the Park seems only to have got bigger, better and more magical!
We were gutted Droomvlucht was closed when we were there but we will be back to give it a try in the future!
This makes my little Dutch heart jump with joy! I'm so happy you shared our magical theme park with the rest of the world! Dankjewel! Much love from the Netherlands! ❤❤
This is so weird, but seeing you all so stoked and excited makes me so proud as a Dutchie haha. I love the Efteling, such nostalgic feelings :)
Im a Dutch person and have been to the Efteling over 5 times and everything I find something new to discover!
as a dutch person who has been to efteling many times, its so cool to see other europeans loving the efteling..
your excitment is fun to watch.!! you got to love that magical lore.. !!!
such an amazing park, youre very lucky to be able to go there a lot :)
Your son's reaction to everything was absolutely precious, I remember when i was a kid that I also spent a lot of time at the playground stuff there.
More themeparks should just add playground stuff, such an easy way to entertain the kids
Nice to see. This park holds a very special place in my heart. If you loved the landscaping, I would definitely recommend coming back in summer when everything is green and all the flowers and plants are blooming. There's also quite a bit of construction going on now, which is a shame. Definitely come back when the new entrance area and haunted castle are done!
We’d love to see the park in the spring/summer. Although there was some construction it didn’t seem to bad as they were working on it during the weekend. We’ll be back when all the changes are made for sure ☺️
@@TheKershawsAdventures keep in mind that in the summer it's not only packed with people (waiting lines longer than an hour) but also with wasps! Better come back in spring. I loved your video. It was really nice to also see some new things, like the golden men 🤗
Droomvlucht had just been open for a few days since I last visited, 25 years ago.. I have been watching this video on the edge of my seat, I was so excited to see the Efteling again! Thanks for making this beautiful vlog♥Efteling is still as magical as I remember and it was 'Awesome' to see some of the new additions which I haven't seen yet. Your son is clearly right about that! 😄
I loved watching this, seeing people enjoy the Efteling for the first time! I live only 15 minutes away so I had an annual pass for so many years I basically grew up there!
It’s a delight to share your obvious enthusiasm. You’re a great family 😊.
I lived at cycling distance from this park and visited often on quiet days. Happy to see you guys enjoy your first Efteling experience!
Great to see how you enjoyed the Efteling! When I lived in The Netherlands in 1960 aged 5 years young, I visited the park. Good memories.
never got bored 25 minutes of fun , im glad you had fun here with your family , props for the editting
Amazed by how well prepared you came & loved to see how you guys straight away "got" the park 🙂
We love to plan 😁
Its so fun to see your kid enjoy the best themepark our country has to offer
I absolutely love the vibe you guys have 🥰 Definitely going to subscribe!
The Efteling is my absolute favourite place in the world. I am glad you had a fun day! I was happy to see you also went to the Lavelaar! Its one of my fave places in the park, together with the fairytale forest.
Droomvlucht is my absolute fave. Too bad it was closed! I reccomend you come back for it 🥰 It’s a beautiful darkride!
Thank you for the amazing vlog!
Verry nice ! Thank you for posting your experience 🙏
Childhood memories came back watching this. I enjoyed watching this almost as much as you did making it. A lot of fun you had and me too. Again. Need to go back one of these years.
Thank you so much, glad you enjoyed it. We had a blast filming it 😄
as a dutch person it always is so fun watching people from other countrys go to specifically this theme park, i have been there with my family and it just so fun
Its a national treasure, my parents came there as kids, i go almost every year, my kids go there with their kids. Its fun every time all ages. If you visit the Netherlands, this is a must see !!
Amazing, magical and beautiful park ❤
Thanks for the great vlog.
Thanks Jordi! Glad you enjoyed the vlog
glad you enjoyed it. I never heard of it before and at first glimpse it looked fantastic. looked very green with still enough things to be entertained. and that huge smile on anj's face at the end says it all :D
As someone who was born and raised in the region (its a 30 min ride to the Efteling), its safe to say this park is grained into my dna 🙂 Nothing but love and 40 years of memories ❤️
The Efteling is always super extra with everything 😂 Thank you for visiting my home country, The Netherlands. I hope you enjoyed it 😁
As a Dutchie, I loveee the Efteling. Im glad you guys had fun!
We’ve just got back to the UK from a 3 day trip to Efteling, the first time we’ve been. Wow. I can’t believe how amazing it was. The whole family have been blown away. Truly magical.
It really is an amazing theme park! we were so amazed by it and can't wait to go back :)
The best attraction doesn’t exist anymore but it was an epic Bob sled
Lovely video! Glad you enjoyed it.
I love the video!! I’m a pashouder and the Aquanura show you have seen is with music from a Dutch singer! That is my favorite show! I go to the Efteling almost every week and it’s still a magical experience!! Lovely to see that you are having so much fun!!😍😍♥️♥️♥️
For me it is funny to see videos like these. Our family has season passes and we go to the park at least once a week with the little one. For us it is just like going to the playground around the block. Great seeing that you enjoyed the park and although I am going to the park for nearly 35 years, it keeps amazing me :)
I'm Dutch myself and loved watching this video, it was very interesting to see people from another country expierence this Dutch themepark and I really enjoyed your reactions to it. Personally I live closer to another great themepark in the Netherlands called Toverland, you should visit it sometime if u can! I'd love to see your reaction to it because i've been there more times than Efteling so it holds a special place in my heart.
Really nice vibes your give in the video. Definitely going to watch your NY vlogs after being there recently for the first time
An amazing review mostly spoilers free, I'm even more excited to go this weekend. Thank you!
Have a great time!
I loved Ravelijn as a kid. It used to be a series on dutch television too which showed the more in depth story, but the show at Efteling is also really good (it's just a short version)! I really hope I can go back to Efteling soon 💕
Used to work as a janitor in the park when i was 16 years old, its amazing to hear the music all the time and see happy children! The park is beautiful without a doubt, and i had quite a few adventures myself despite working there for short (drama with my team leaders. Whoops). Telling germans about Ravelijn WITHOUT using words, making family pictures, joking around with the other employees.. and sadly, also calling security and medics a lot of time, especially in the summer. Still though, it was a job with a lot of variety! Never thought being a janitor could be this much fun, but when working in a park like the efteling? Its great!!
I’ve visited the park since day 1 and never skipped a year, seen it over 100 times and still get amazed. I’d recommend people to look into the history, as the efteling is quite unique!
i live about 20 minuts away and it still amazes me every time how beautiful the park is
It really is beautiful ☺️
My parents would take me each year to this place. Great memories 👌🏼
Actually I live next doors to the Efteling in Kaatsheuvel and I grew up with this park. For us it was normal to go to the Efteling every wednesday afternoon. I can actually hear the train from my backyard, sometimes even Joris en the draak and every evening the sky is lit up and I hear the aquanuara music. It is so Nice to see it from a different perspective. Glad you had fun!
Wow that must be amazing being so close to the park. You are very lucky
As a dutchie I loved seeing you guys' perspective! I tend to stick to things I know so you guys showed me a bunch of new stuff in the efteling surprisingly haha. I had no clue we have such awesome looking dinners and other food places, so thanks for that and I'll be sure to check them out next time! I don't think the efteling compares to something like disney world but it sure still holds a warm places in all of our hearts and is a relatively affordable option :)
your little one reminds me of my nephew I remember when he was 7 we would watch TV he would be on my lap and fondle behind my ear 10 minutes later we were both vast asleep!
lovely to see people having fun at one of my personal favourite parks ever. small tip for your next visit, if you ask a staff member at ravelijn for it, you can get a box with head set that translates the dutch to english, spanish or i believe french.
De Efteling is part of the dutch culture. I'm glad you guys had a good time!
I go there 2 times in a year and love it every time 🥰 Piranha is the most fun, my fave is Python 🐍 Amazing you’ve been here! Come back soon!
The efteling is fantastic! The hotel is also fascinating
The hotel we stayed in was really good, we'd like to try the others at some point in the future.
First time I have heard of this place. Looks like loads of fun!
It’s so good, we heard about it a few years back and finally decided to give it a visit 😄
Looks great guys, enjoyed the vlog immensely thanks for posting!
Thank you so much for taking the time to watch and comment - it means the world to us
I remember that donkey from way back when I was little. That coin was one of my most treasured possessions for ages.
Such a lovely family. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you, You are so kind
Amazing video thank you for making this and introducing people to our favorite theme park.
We can’t wait to go back!!!
Been here so many times, but just told my friend to plan another day to visit the Efteling again this year.
Great vlog! Pretty wholesome to see you had such a wonderful time! As a local My parents, me basically grew up in this park and now also our kids, cheers!
Thanks for watching :) we had a great time. Such an amazing park to be able to grow up near. you are very lucky :)
What a lovely review. Thank you. I only live about a 15 minute busdrivw from de Efteling and I'm a pass holder, in a little over a week I'm going again. Looking forward to that. Sore feet at the end, but well worth it every time ❤️☺️
I come there since i was a kid (i'm 30 at the moment) and there were some new things in your vlog i didn't know about. Now i wanne go visit again!!!
Its so much fun to see other people that never seen this have fun in there. My family likes it so much we come there every month. Also i recommend doing Droomvlucht when its back open, and Raveleijn had other shows tbh better shows but the dragon isnt doing well so they had to change it. But Efteling it is kinda our Disneyland its gonna be the best family park you will see here in the Netherlands
Villa volta is by far my favorite in the Efteling!
I think Efteling is one of the best parks in Europe
attractions are superb and the fairytale forest breathtaking
Great vlog guys, I'd never seen a vlog of this park before so was good to see your enjoyment and enthusiasm for it 😊
Cheers Neil, A really good park, glad we got the chance to experience it! ☺️
Thanks for visting the Efteling in the Netherlands: The magical place of the BeNeLux!
Gladly that you had an amazing time!
Great vlog and editing! Greetings from The Netherlands!
I can't believe I watched this whole video, just becouse I'm Dutch and have too much childhood memories 🤗
It's a really very interesting park i love it. I was there 100 themes there. It's a really very cool park.i love efteling
Wow! What a day. I mean… a donkey that poops gold coins!!! 🤣🙌
Looks like you had an amazing time and Ollie… I spotted those hands up on the coaster buddy… good job 😎
Great vlog again guys 😊 I must admit I was oblivious to this park but the vlog has given a great introduction to it
Glad we managed to introduce it to you. It’s an amazing park!
I just stumbled on this video but I had a great laugh at your wife catching water from the Vliegende Hollander ride 🤣🤣 @5:49
Glad you had a good time and the park!!
It got her good didnt it 😂 thanks for watching!
This was helpful and got us all excited for our upcoming trip! Thank you for sharing your experience 😊
Hope you have an amazing time! the park is stunning
Ti's was such a fun trip to go on with you. Was sitting here just smiling, because you were so enjoying yourselves ❤
We really did enjoy ourselves on this trip and can't wait to go back soon.
Congrats on one of the best impressions of Efteling on YT.
Thank you :)
Great vlog. After watching, my boys are begging me to take them (even just for the bins!)
How good are the bins!!! I’m so surprised more parks haven’t borrowed the idea 😆
i am going with a friend from america in less than a week! sooo excited to show him this.
I am dutch too. I go with my kids twice a year. You should come back in July or August. For Summer Efteling. Now you went to Winterefteling. Summer Efteling is on every square music. So nice. So come back. Efteling is also open till about midnight
Thanks for the heads up on sun down adventureland. Never heard of it but it seems like a great place 4 my toddler!
It’s a super cute park for little ones 😊
Going in July for the week can’t wait 🤲
Amazing vlog. I loved this very much.
Just want to go now :)
Thanks Tracy 😄 we will hopefully help you out with that new week 😄 a planning guide is coming!!
De Efteling is een super leuke attractiepark ❤! I love it
I love this video. I go to Efteling every year at least once. I love it and seeing your perspective is awesome. Definitely go again for droomvlucht
Thank you! we hope to go back soon to go on droomclucht!
Welcome in Holland! Nice view thx
Thank you!
I was kinda scared of that entrance building when i was young
The fairytale forest is mostly filled with tales from the Brothers Grimm. A lot of them are pretty dark and gritty really. Longneck, however, is taken from the Tales of the Baron of Munchhausen. He basically tells the story over and over. If you had visited in the warmer times, if they still do it, the plaza with the fountains with the frogs and such have multicoloured pidgeons you can get pidgeonfood for.
Man... I got memories of that place when it was mostly just a giant picknick meadow, a playground and the fairytale forest, with just a few larger rides around it.
luv it!
Really love seeing you guys experience this park, even without knowing what people were saying or what was going on, and still get the most of it. Wish I could've been like a tour guide for you guys and translate everything so you could expierence it maybe even better, and understand more of what was going on. The Fabula restaurant btw is a bit older restaurant. Efteling used to have a deal with WWF where they made a 3D movie about what is happening in the world with the hapitats of the animals. And when the movie is done you were led to this restaurant and a gift shop where most oif the profit went to WWF. But the contract expired and they had to change things up. So now you have Fabula, a story of a squirrel and a bear, where the bear learns to appreciate other animals more and be more kind to others.
Hope you had a wonderfull time in the Efteling, and maybe come back when your son gets older so he can go into the Barron 1898
Thank you so much, it’s amazing getting to understand the park a little more. The WWF collaboration sounded amazing. We will 100% be back in the future as there were a few things down for maintenance as well whilst we were there.
I go in december, and i love it ❤