First Visit to EFTELING! (One of the BEST theme parks EVER!)
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- ► MY FIRST TIME AT EFTELING THEME PARK IN HOLLAND! JOIN MY FRIEND AND I AS WE EXPLORE THIS BEAUTIFUL PARK IN Kaatsheuvel, FOR THE FIRST TIME!
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EFTELING VLOG
#efteling
every dutch child knows the scare of the crocodiles in fata morgana hahaha
voor mij was het die tovenaar. die was echt luid
Voor mij was het de djinn(reus in de schatkamer)
@@Daan03 die djinn is cool
I used to be terrified of the Fata Morgana, just getting into the boat was terrifying enough, let alone the crocodile scare.
@@Daan03 ik scheet altijd echt bijna in mn broek door die reus haha
You know, Eftelings Fata Morgana has no animatronics. The puppets and eveything that moves are driven mechanically by an amazing system of ropes, wires, pulleys and gears. It was designed by the Efteling and they have patent on it as well. If you know the back story of this attraction, its even more impressive of how much effort they put into this ride.
“Papier hier” says Paper here. Throws a beer bottle in it😂😭
Haha we just assumed it would surely allow any rubbish, not JUST paper!
Sam4G0d hahaha its okay that can happen! I’m glad you enjoyed the attractions. like your video and review about the Efteling! :)
@@Sam4G0d Hahaha I've been feeding him all kinds of rubbish too. He doesn't mind / never complained
@@Sam4G0d that's true, but paper is his favourite 😉
Little children also throw in leaves and nuts, so you’re fine :)
Efteling was one of my first theme parks ever, even before I went to Disney Parks or other theme parks, I really love this park
SUCH a great park! :) Would love to visit again!
@@Sam4G0d When shall we go? Let me know. 😊
It was my first (cause I’m dutch)
Piraña and I have like this perfect relationship. 😂 everytime I went on that ride, I came out of it dry. And all my friends were always soaked. The boat always turns away when it looks like I am about to go under one of the waterfalls. I love it and my friends don't want to go on it with me anymore. 🤣😂
This is sooooo fun to watch. For most of us Dutchies this is a thing you know since you were like a baby. So to watch it through the eyes of someone who has never been there it is like youre a child again!
Glad you enjoyed! Thanks :)
Sam: we're gonna go on every ride
Me: many have tried......
Ahaha
It’s possible. I swear. But you have to go on a really quiet day. And you can’t go on anything twice, cause then you won’t make it.
I've went on everything once, even rode some things twice
Ik ben bart bart baan😂😂😂😂😂
I have done that before but yes it has to be a quiet day.
You do know that disney made big changes in fairytails. The efteling is more true to word and have their own fairytail characters as well
Absolutely!
Thank you for making this video. Also the characters from the ride around the world have been changed, because of the rasism, but when it was built it wasn't seen as racist. De asien people still take pictures en the African people still hide in the bushes wut their faces have greatly improved appearantly. I haven't visited yet but my best friend did, I'm going to the Efteling in a few days and you made me more exited than ever. Such a sweet soul and so kind
The story from villa volta: it’s about an group criminals that robbing a place that’s from god and one man get cursed. The house where you sitting in is his house!
Going to the Efteling has always been one of my favourite moments, both as a kid and even still now as an adult. And it was so lovely seeing someone experience the magic of the park for the first time.
Dutch and German are both Germanic languages. Neither took any words from the other. The origins of the words come from the same old Germanic language that eventually developed into Dutch and German among others
Eva *German*ic
Right, humans and chimpanzees are also the same age. One did not come before the other, they just have a common ancestor.
English is also Germanic..
Dutch and German didn't really exist until recently. It used to be a bunch of dialects. Every village had their own language. These existed on a continuum between the Netherlands and Germany, so every village could communicate with villages and cities around it. There wasn't really a clear border between "languages."
This changed when the languages were standardised. Martin Luther famously wrote a bible that every German was supposed to basically understand. Then later during the Dutch Revolution, the Dutch Parliament decided to create a new bible using their dialects (the "Staten Bible", named after the Dutch parliament, the Staten-Generaal). Eventually everyone ended up speaking a version of these languages roughly based on these bible translations.
This only happened very recently. My mom still speaks her local dialect (a mix between Dutch and German) fluently. My dad doesn't know his dialect. He can fake something that sounds like a dialect, but he doesn't really know the peculiarities. (His dialect would have been a Brabantic Flemish dialect. Pretty similar to standard Dutch.) I only speak standard Dutch.
Standard Dutch is mostly a mix between Holland Dutch and Antwerp Dutch, both major centres of trade.
The indoor carousel is legitimately super old. The Efteling bought it for nostalgia and preservation of it. The original artist who designed most of the old stuff in the park, was in love with this thing from it's youth, which is why they now own it permanently.
Fun fact about the indoor carrousel: it is the carrousel that Anton Pieck, a very imporant men for the Efteling who designed almost everything you see with Fairytails, alwats visited when he was younger at the carnaval and he was in love with it. At his older age, he found the carrousel again and that why its there. You can see in the Efteling museum almost everything Anton Pieck has drawed en designed for the efteling!
The carrousel is also more than a decade old, i think its from the late 1800.
Yess my home park 🎢😱💕 im so sad it was raining the efteling is so beautiful in spring 🌸
Maybe I'll get to visit it again in Spring one year :)
So great to hear you loved the Efteling, and especially Dream Flight (Droomvlucht)! My mom was actually one of the designers for the attraction; she created elves, flying castles and the speaking tree :)
Wow that’s so cool
My mother worked at the White Horse. It’s cool your mother designed bits of Dreamflight. It’s definitely one of my favourite attractions. Definitely top 5 (and of course Efteling has tough competition).
Wat leuk om te lezen! Ik ben groot Efteling fan. Ik woon 20 minuten van de Efteling vandaan en heb dan ook een abbonement waar ik 2x per maand van geniet. Helaas zijn jouw moeders prachtig ontworpen elfen nu even niet te bewonderen, kijk er erg naar uit wanneer dit weer kan!
The Baron ride also would need a little translating like the Villa Volta.
In short, the story is about a Baron who finds gold in a cavern under what is rumored to be a haunted hill. He builds a mine and is looking for miners who would go down into the cavern and get him the gold. However, it really IS haunted and the witches (Witte Wieven) White Ladies guard the gold against theft. The first pre-show is where they warn you not to take up the Barons offer because they guard the gold.
Then the part where you're strapped in the cart they appear once more to tell you that you've been warned; Pride comes before the Fall.
And then storywise they sabotage the elevator cable when everyone's at the top of the shaft and the whole crew of miners plummets to their deaths. And the Baron has to find a new group...
This is so nice to see! I've lived in Kaatsheuvel all my life and I work at Efteling as well. I also love that you got your facts right about Disneyland and Efteling, sometimes it feels so awkward when people call Efteling 'Dutch Disneyland' lol 🥰
Thank you Anne :)
I like "Dark Disneyland" better ;)
@@StephanSpelde i like to call disney "efteling but for cowards"
This is one of THE BEST vlogs i’ve ever seen! As a Dutchie myself it is so much fun to see how people react to the efteling! I have grown up with this themapark. When i was a kid, me and my whole family had anual passes and went There every weekend! Loved it
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed the video, such an awesome park! :)
Nice fact.. Hugo, the guy sitting on that chair in Villa Volta costed 1.000.000 gulden. Which is €453.780,- only for that puppet in the chair.
Wow that's insane! Thank you for the info!
oh wow, even i did not know that.
Your enthousiasm is so endearing, honestly. LOVED the vid. Great pacing too. I totally get what you mean when you said 'it's like you're in a total different world'. The theme is indeed very immersive. I'm 34 and I've been to this park several times during different stages of my life and I still get that same feeling every time I return... It's magical for sure.
Thank you so much! Lovely comment.
Most dutch people dont even know whats going on in fata morgana or what the story behind it is 😂😂😂 but its still an awesome ride, one of my favourites
Het is de verboden stad van Pasja! Uit 1001 nachten, hoe kan je dat niet weten?
*most Young people
Lol not true
It's supposed to confront you with riches and the opposite side of the riches.
No glorious kingdom with money and gold, without slavery and hard work.
No rich people without beggars in the street. It's not a fairytale, it's a bit like a fairy-real.
It’s about a forbidden city. You come into the jungle and then the wizard does something which takes you to the forbidden city. The people around there are saying that you need to go back, but there’s no way back. Then you come into the prison and all and after that you come back in the jungle and realize it was a Fata Morgana!
Love the vlog..Always fun when people love "my" park..I live 10 min away and had a annual pass..Not anymore due to Corona i'm not gonna be there anytime soon.
The main entrance, where you commented on the colors on the glass, has all the names of the employees on it when you look closely..The whole glass has all the names on it..Next time you can look for it if you want.
Amazing fact about the main entrance, thanks for letting me know!
Used to live next to the park as well ❤ still go there annually even tho I moved to Switzerland. The window must be newer since I had never seen it before
@@PelckiJ Yes it is new for a couple of years now..Next time when you visit, you can look for it.
@@Gisela_aka_gies weird, when i went last summer is didnt notice it... more reason for another visit ;) i dont mind going again anyway :D
@@PelckiJ No i know you have to look closely..It's weird when you know it you see it, otherwise you just don't really look for it and therefore you don't see it...
Have a great time when you go!
My favourite place to go as a kid!! My Grandma used to take us whenever we visited Holland. Brings back so many memories!!
Little funfact about carnaval festival:
The music you heard is famous because it sticks in your head for a long time. So it's really irritating. Because of this, a train station played the music at night to make sure that loitering people won't sleep at the station.
Srry for bad English, I'm dutch 🙃
Haha NO WAY! That's amazing!
LOL, ive never heard that and i am not amazed..
Your English is perfect!
When I watched this and at the end of the first day you said; “Not much to do really” about the second day, I was like, Oh just you wait! You haven’t even seen the fairytale forest, Raveleijn show, panda Droom, land van Laaf, got yourselves an “Eigenheymer”, didn’t eat a pancake at Polle’s, photographed yourselves on a mushroom, been in the Halve Maen (End ánd middle), been in Baron 1898, monorail, monsieur cannibale or feed some paper to Holle Bolle Gijs. Of course you also have the adventure labyrinth and Polka Marina, but that’s mostly for children, although me and my friends happily wurm ourselves through the little keyhole 😂, Loved your vlog!! Very enjoyable to see this park sort of for the first time again, through your eyes xx edit: And the Bobslee of course! (although it is closing)
Haha will have to save those for next time! :)
They did ride Baron, but they didn't get a coin from the donkey!
So for anyone wondering, the mad house tale is about The Bokkenrijders (The Buckriders), they entered a villa and wanted to steal the gold. The leader was warned by a beautiful lady to leave the house without taking anything. However, they did steal the gold and now they're stuck in the haunted villa (villa volta).
Most fun travel vlogs on CZcams I feel like we're friends and I was there with you, Such a cute park It's like 3 different styles of park in 1!
Thanks so much for your lovely comment! Really cute park indeed :)
The name of the bins is holle bolle gijs
Cool, thanks!
So lucky to get the park this quiet, it can become so busy. Even after all this years it's still hands down my favourite theme park. I saw it grow over the span of 25 years with so many new attractions. It's just part of my childhood. Villa Volta will remain my favourite attraction of all time. Also I just love the music throughout the park. They put so much effort in creating every attraction, writing the music for it, creating the theme. I never mind making the 1,5 hour ride to visit the park. And yes the hotel is also amazing.
Lovely to see someones first reaction to these classics!
One little thing though: Efteling is not located in Holland, but in (North) Brabant...
Dat is in Nederland
@@noorlaninga6204 in Nederland ja, niet in Holland
@@noorlaninga6204 officieel is holland een streek die bestaat uit de provincies noord en zuid Holland. De rest van Nederland valt daar niet onder.
I went here 15 years ago, when I was 10 and I still remember it so well! You bought back so many lovely memories! I've been wanting to go back for so long. I always love your vlogs
I'm Dutch and when I was little, I used to go with my parents all the time. My dad always joked that that giant man in Fata Morgana would poop on our heads so I was terrified of it lol. My favorite ride is the Flying Dutchman!
55:30 Heh, when I was on the wooden coaster, the lady next to me was freaking out, so I was like: "Don't worry, we'll be fine. These wooden coasters are designed to _feel-"_
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its so interesting to see yall enjoying a park I've gone to so many times since i was a kid ! sometimes i forget how amazing it really is there
When I saw you guys confused by Villa Volta's madhouse I realised you'd probably not been on Hex at Alton Towers then 😆 I love the Vekoma madhouse rides (they mess with your head so well) and the theming on them is usually so good. It's the one type of ride I'd love to see at Disney! I think they did once have one planned for Tokyo Disney Sea but it never can to fruition.
Ahh no I haven't! I've only been to Alton Towers once and it was yeaaaaars ago! Will have to revisit once this madness is over :)
Villa Volta was actually the first ever Vekoma madhouse. And it is a terrible idea to first go in the Python an few times and then into Villa Volta. Your body thinks you're really doing loops.
I loved loved loved this video! Seeing you guys so excited even about the smaller things in the Efteling made me happy and nostalgic
'' basicly he's turning into a giraffe'' I can't😂😂 I loved this vlog so much!
Haha thank you! :)
i love this, im dutch myself and its so funny to see people who are not dutch enjoy the efteling!
On a weekday in september that's when I always go...I love that it's so quiet. Kids are back in school, people have to work, it's the best
I am seriously a Dutch kid and I’m scared of Fata Morgana but I miss the Efteling allready. I went to it a week ago.
it's freaky! first few times someone had to hold my hand.
I find it normal.. not scary just entertaining
Hope you had a wonderfull time in the Efteling. In the past when we still had snow in the winter, the fairytale forest was the most wonderfull thing to see, especially in the evening with snow.
Leave it to Efteling to make even the roofs into a work of art! I'm very glad you had such a good time here. Droomvlucht is my favourite too.
The stuff on the bookcases are actually stuff from Dutch peoples homes
Great presentation,well done lady's. I was there as a young boy in 1955 a long time ago with my parents and dear lord what a change so amazing indeed.Left the Netherlands but have good memory's of my home country.Thanks and love from Greece.
I come there every year! I love the park so much❤️ I never get bored of it because they add new attractions and than u feel so exited to go again❤️😂
the next time you go to the Efteling, you should really see the Aquanura water show in the dark, which makes it ten times more beautiful. By the way, this is the first video I watch on your channel and I think I will watch many more. This video deserves a big like
Thank you very much, and welcome to the channel :)
This is so fun to watch as a Dutch person, who comes there often. Its a beatiful theme park!
looks like a cute park, the fairy forest ride and the trackless ride both looked really pretty
Wow, the way you say "Stichting Natuurpark De Efteling" is so close to perfect! Especially the vowels. Well done!
Ahh thank you very much! I'm glad my attempt wasn't too bad!
ur such lovely people, really enjoyed watching the whole thing!
Thank you so much! :)
This is so nice and calming to watch! It's my 3th time watching en I'm still not getting bored of it. I live in the Netherlands an hour from the Efteling so obviously I love it and visit it 3/4 times a year or something. I love it sm
Aw thank you so much, Nova :) So glad you enjoy the video, I hope to go back to Efteling soon! x
Omg the employee behind you during the carousel ride is a friend of mine XD
omgg loved this video!! It's so great to watch other people go for the first time to a themepark that's like so 'normal' for us Dutchies :) It also made me a bit homesick to Efteling, it may sounds spoiled but I used to go at least every month and now I haven't been in 9 months (cause of covid and work in another country) so watching this made me feel a bit homesick, but lovely that you guys had a great time and really nice video
Aww thank you! We both really loved the park and can't wait to visit again one day! :) Hope you get to go back soon xx
I love how most of this vlog is dedicated to the smaller attractions and not the immediate massive attractions
Thank you, Tim! :)
Good to Know, The python is the oldest attraction in the Efteling and it was a Bumby Ride, they renovated the coaster in 2018 and now its smooth as hell.
I come there almost my whole life and still the magic surprises me every time
Ive been in that wooden coaster once during a hailstorm. Still one of my favorite experiences
This themepark is my childhood and I still enjoy going. I went twice this year already :D It's so fun to see you experience things for the first time! I was literally shouting you information while watching, lol :D Hope to see you there one day!
Ahh amazing, such a wonderful park! Would love to visit again one day :)
This park is older than Disneyland or Disney at all :)
Efteling is older than Disneyland Paris. But the company of Disney is 29 years older then the Efteling.
@@mennograafmans1595 Yeah, it’s older than all the Disney parks, but the company Disney was older
We have just got back from a 3 day trip, after being inspired by your vlogs. WOW what a park, it is up there with our favourites ❤ The music throughout the park and on the rides is amazing, we now have it on repeat.
I really like your vlog, because it's really clear that you're not faking your enthousiasm for the Efteling. The Efteling in my opinion offers a one-of-a-kind experience to people, and for many people in the Netherlands it's what they think about when they think about fairy tales. It really puts the ''theme'' in theme park; it isn't just a collection of bland neon-colored rollercoasters like some other theme parks. To bad you didn't go to the Raveleijn Show (it was between Dreamflight and Villa Volta), because it's got horses, falcons, five knights that represent the five elements and a giant five-headed fire-spitting metal dragon!
Excellent Efteling vlog. Loved your reactions.
as a HUGE efteling fan it's amazing to see other people excited abt the best theme park in the world, amazing vid!!! u got a new sub!!!
Many thanks!
I work at the Efteling at Droomvlucht/Dreamflight and I’m soooooo happy you liked the ride so much! PS Great vlog!
Thanks so much! What a beautiful park and RIDE!
Oh wauw, ik wist niet dat je als personeel bij één vaste attractie werkt
I’m Netherlands and i’m a huge fan of the Efteling because of the feeling and the music and that stuff, it’s rare to see people of an other country go to the Efteling because you don’t now a lot About it, but it’s really fun to see..
Thank you, I'm glad I got to visit and it was thanks to my Dutch viewers for recommending it to me :)
Finally a properly long video with a first experience .... you can't show what it feels like in a 10 minute video like most do.
Glad to see you two had a great time!
Never seen one of your videos before, but after this one I will check them out for sure
Thank you very much, Rick! Glad you enjoyed the video :)
@@Sam4G0d Thank you for the video :)
Hey, you are one of the rare people who found "Heksen Pad" the path behind Spookslot. It is rarely actually taken by people unless they know the roads of the park.
The tree on 16:54 (big hole under it) actually has a mirror under it, that you see if you walk in from the other side.
Aquanura(the water show) is better to see at night, but I’ve never seen it at night sadly
At the 'zomernachten' events there are other aquanura shows then normally, featuring martin garrix (i thought it was him)
Seen it a few times in the night, really much better. Best version is the Tiesto version in my opnion, they don't do that one much though.
You can go in the winter because then the sun goes down faster
@@Tsmitsss to bad that the real summernights are canceled. They wanted the park to be open till 10 at night every night instead of 2 night till 11.. (before it was only saturday till midnight with tons of entertainment. ) but this year no or little entertainment due to covid/corona..
If you ever come back to efteling and wanna watch aquanura. From where you are in the video.. walk to the deck on your right, around the corner. Next to the theater. Way better view!
Love from the Netherlands! Watched the full video!!! Love to see you liked the park!!
Many thanks!
I am honestly so glad you loved Efteling! It holds such special memories for me as I visited a lot growing up, just like we visited DLP. The cool bins are asking for paper though, like recycling so you need a napkin or bigger bit of paper to set off the sensors I believe. Morris and de Draak is my absolute favourite coaster anywhere but I also adore Dream flight so both your number 1 choices I totally agree with. Also adore the Fata Morgana music too!
The only bit you missed was the bit you spotted on day 1 by Python. It has a cute little old cars ride, little pirate boats that go round (like slinky dog in DLP but individual boats) and a large swinging pirate ship too. They also have cute carnival games there too :)
Excited to see what you bought too! If you didn’t try it too, I recommend the Unox soup they sell on cold days, honestly so good that when my family visit Holland we bring back tins of the stuff from the supermarket lol!
Thanks so much for the recommendations, I defo plan to revisit the park one day and will try and do everything I missed :) Dream Flight is soooo magical!
Emily Watson *Joris en de Draak :))
@@Daan03 Thank you! My autocorrect messed it up! Such an amazing coaster :)
Just found this vlog!! So nice to see the efteling, the theme park I grew up in!
I once did about 20 back to back rides on Pirana, love it !
I couldn't even find Spookslot when I went earlier this year XD Flying Dutchman was closed, too :(
I need to get my friends to pick a day to go to the Efteling again (when the Corona measures are lifted). Last time I was there (very long time ago), only het sprookjesbos (fairy tale Forrest) existed and a little fair of which the little paddeling trains I liked very much. Love to see it again sometime ...
I am from germany and visited Efteling a few years ago. The park is amazing and i want to go there again as soon as possible!
Can you also go to Efteling in the winter?
There are some special things in “Winter-Efteling” like you can skate, there are decorations and there’s a yeti in the pit near spookslot and many more things.
Love the video
Absolutely! My friend and I actually both said we'd love to visit again one day in the winter. Obviously, this year's a bit weird because of the pandemic, but we shall still try to make it back either this winter or the next! :)
If you go to winter Efteling, (if corona is over) I recommend visiting Villa when it’s dark, because there’s a show projected onto it that (kind of) explains the story
I'm so excited! It's weird to see everything so normal considering the current circumstances. My favourite ride is Droomvlucht and my favourite roller coaster is Joris en de Draak. I just love that one. The plushy you talk about after Symbolica is called Pardoes.
Ahh Droomvluchtland was AMAZING! Such a beautiful ride! Thank you :)
you missed a few of my favourite fairytale parts and a few attractions, but im so glad you had fun and got to see so much! hopefully you get to return someday.
Yay, you have no idea how much I have been looking forward to this one!!
I hope you'll return to Efteling one day so I can see you again
Ahh for sure would LOVE to go back one day, and hopefully you can join me! Hope all is good with you
@@Sam4G0d Just let me know whenever you are planning to go back and I'll be there!
I'm good, thank you! I hope you and your fam are as well!
glad you had a good time in our country!
one of the best things you can do if you ever want to revisit is to do so in the winter, because it takes the efteling vibe and feel and sprinkles lots of snow over it to ad a wonderful winter feel to it, there are also bonfires and the closing shows, like the water show look a lot better in the dark (i think efteling also dos a fireworks show in the night near new years eve) and I know thre are various other things that are done to make the dark that much more amospheric, one of those I know of is a show beamed on the facade of Villa Volta
TL;DR if you wanna revisit go in winter, take the atmosphere of the efteling at thow winter over it.
What an amazing theme park. I wish I could go there.
I love to see how people enjoy the Efteling so much!
PS: I am dutch
This was so wholesome. Great video, loved it!
Thank you so much :)
Fabulous Vlog, you're always welcome back.
Thanks very much :)
hey there,
I happened to be in efteling 2 days ago unfortunately everything is a little less magical now because of the adjustments for corona but i live in the netherlands myself so i come there regularly.
I came across your vlog by chance and really enjoyed seeing how you enjoyed being in the efteling for the first time, unfortunately the weather was not that nice, but it meant short waiting times. I also come to Disney sometimes i would go there last week but unfortunately that is not possible now but I understand the comparisons that you mention at some attractions.
Ultimately enjoyed your vlog keep it up.
lots of love,
Hello, thank you so much for your lovely comment. Hopefully I'll be able to visit the park again one day :)
One thing about the Dutch weather. One day, cold and rainy and maybe snow, the next day hot and summer. Both amazing days to go to The Efteling❤
Very nice video!! :) Makes me want to go back to the Efteling! :)
I was there during the Christmas season and it was so beautiful!
The Efteling (Kaatsheuvel) is not in Holland! The difference between the Netherlands and Holland is: the Netherlands is the term for the country as a whole (12 provinces), while Holland refers to just the two provinces of North and South Holland.
Kiromatsu officially, you’re absolutely correct.....but there are still a lot of (Dutch) people who refer to The Netherlands as Holland. For instance, it’s The Voice of Holland in stead of The voice of The Netherlands. It just sounds better.
@@jetfromholland9638 yeah, in the end who gets to decide what a word means? The official definition or the people that use it a certain way?
Of course there are also people who refer to the United Kingdom as "England".
a Belgian person doesn't even bother to say N-E-D-E-R-L-A-N-D
They all say: HOLLAND.
So do Germans and French.
So : HOLLAND it is.
sorry 😉
@@valeriexjohnson Not entirely true. The Netherlands is just The Netherlands. If you include the Netherlands and the caribbean island its called The Kingdom of the Netherlands.
This was really fun to watch! Glad you enjoyed The Netherlands :) I live here but I’ve visited DLP more than De Efteling 😂 I should really visit it again sometime soon
Haha that's fair tbh, nothing can beat the magic of Disney in my opinion. But Efteling was BEAUTIFUL and I'd love to go back one day :)
Villa Volta is quite a good story. Short version: It's about a band of legendary villains who ride on the backs of goats, 'Bokkenrijders'. One night they are robbing a church, when a lady in white appears and curses the leader of the Bokkenrijders. From that moment on his house will be haunted by the lady in white, until someone with a clean soul spends a night in the house. The guy with the grey beard before you enter the main ride is Hugo, the leader of the band of villains, and he begs the visitors to enter his house and help him lift the curse.
He's voiced by one of the Netherlands' most celebrated actors, Jules Croiset, who also narrated a lot of fairytales for children in the 1980s. It's a shame this ride translates badly to foreign visitors. Perhaps they could add some sublte screens with subtitles in English, to make it more accesible.
Anyway, loving your reactions to these rides. You looked genuinely like a small child on christmas day in Symbolica. :-)
43:22 Villa Volta has two sections where they explain the myth of the "bokkenrijders", than you actually go into the attraction that represents the cursed House of the weird man that you saw in the second section. It is one of my favorite attractions because it is so unexpected. I loved watching your video, I have a Dutch nationality and when I go to the efteling it is just like a dream. The theming, the attractions, the atmosphere is just amazing. Love your channel and you've just got a new subscriber!😁💛
Thank you so much and for the explanation re Villa Volta :)
I go to the Efteling yearly and honestly it's my happy place, I always look forward to it so much
Yes same! Always one of the highlights of my year, I feel so happy there
You two didn't eat Poffertjes? haha. I missed the troll king (Sprookjesbos) and dancing shoes. Phyton was the first europeen roller coaster who got upside down. It opened in 1981 and did get a big renovation in 2018. Thank you for the video. It always is a pleasure to see people be gladly surprised by things in de Efteling. Like they are a child again
I always try to go here with my best friend 1ce per year, but I'm always conflicted whether I should go winter or summer. Winter is beautifully themed with fake snow and ice everywhere, and watching the water-show when it's dark makes it 100x better (trust me), but in summer more rides are open... Choices choices....
I grew up in the efteling so it's so lovely to see this I hope you enjoyed this visit!
Really loved Efteling, Anne - what a lovely park! Hope to visit again one day x
Thought I'd have a look at some history of the place and turns out disney was drawing the disneyland designs the same year as the land for that park so by looks of it he was ahead of them, but they managed to open before him. Also its a small world opened 60s and that carnival ride in 80s ☺
Crazy! Thank you for the research! :)
Omg so cool that you went to visit the Efteling. I am from Holland. And it's nice to see that someone just went to travel here for the Efteling. I personally grew up with Efteling and Disney and I prefer Disneyland 🙈
I been born and living in Tilburg, it's a few kilometers from the park and I love the park a lot.
In the summertimes (July and August) the park is open from 10.00 till 00.00 o'clock and in the evening the park is beautiful.
I love the nature there. There are raven, peacocks, squirrels, mice, ducks, geese, cats and you can find the by whole the park.
It's so relaxing there, liitle bit walking, sit for a icecream or a coffee, walk again, take an attraction, again a walk, watch to people how they make fun there...
Your vlog make me excited to go... I did love it!!!
Ahh cool, I'd love to visit in the summer next time!
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