Nice vlog ! I was impressed how much you knew about Efteling like that you knew the first ever Madhouse was built in Efteling. Most people think Efteling started as a fairytale forest but it started as a main football field with 2 practice football fields and a playground. They kept adding more things to the playground and more people came with their children. Then they decided to build the fairytale forest and people from all over the country started coming. Now some Dutch people will tell you Walt Disney took inspiration from Efteling. There is a black and white TH-cam video of Walt Disney visiting The Netherlands for business called "Walt Disney visiting The Netherlands" Walt Disney visited in 1951 the the year that Efteling finished building the Fairytale Forest. The town he was doing business in was a 30 minutes drive from Efteling. The fairytale forest was big news in 1951 so his business partners could have told him about Efteling as both dealt with fantasy characters but no one knows for sure he went to Efteling. There are more themeparks in The Netherlands but Efteling has a special place in the hearts of most Dutch people as they went there with their parents, grandparents or school trips. I even heard someone from England say he went to Efteling on a school trip when he was 9 years old. Dont know if that is common in England to have such expensive school trips. Going on a ferry with a busload of children and then going back to England at night is an impressive school trip. Even for us Dutch people an Efteling school trip was a big happening and a 2 hour drive. We are out the country in 3 hours so 2 hour drive for Dutch children is pretty long drive. Efteling is the second most visited themepark in Europe, Disneyland Paris number 3 most visited and Europapark in Germany number 1 most visited themepark. I know one imagineer / Efteling designer now works for Disneyworld. Efteling is built in a nature reserve and is not owned by a big corporation. Efteling is owned by a foundation which focusses on theming and keeping the park authentic. Because Efteling is part of a foundation prices of entrance, food, merchandise are cheaper than Disney. I saw that you went when Danse Macabre was still being built. When Danse Macabre opened people from other countries came, a tv talkshow was held about Danse Macabre and the waiting line was 4 hours. The famous symphonic band Epica was asked to to redo the already existing musical piece Danse Macabre. Symphonic metal is sort of opera singing mixed with metal which surprisingly worked well together to make a spooky videoclip in and outside Danse Macabre. This videoclip is on TH-cam. Back in the day in the 70's Kate Bush was asked to sing at the predecessor of Danse Macabre called Spookslot. There is a video of this as well. Back in the day dark ride Symbolica was the most expensive ride in the Benelux costing 35 million. They estimated that Danse Macabre would cost 25 million but they went over budget 10 million so Danse Macabre matched Symbolica. Hardcore fans of Efteling said that Danse Macabre is now their favorite dark ride choosing it over Symbolica and Droomvlucht / Dream Flight.
Thank you, we like to research the places we visit. We feel you better understand places when you know the history. Thank you so much for this information, we love learning more about Efteling. School trips in the UK will often go to France, Belgium, Netherlands and even America. We typically had one big trip and a few smaller (uk based) trips per year. I wish ours was to Efteling though!
Happy you guys love Efteling so much, I've been going there all my life and it has a special place in my heart. ^^ Max and Moritz actually isn't really a duelling coaster, just a twin coaster. They always arrive in the same order. Also, Python is really special to Efteling and they've done everything they can to keep it (including retracking) despite being quite 'basic'. This is because it's the ride that saved Efteling from bankruptcy in the 80's.
It's such a beautiful place to get lost in time. You have made a wonderful wonderful vlog and it's so nice to see that you had such a fun days at Efteling. Like your swift and clear style of vlog.
Truly love the enthusiasm for Efteling in your entire family! I went on Danse Macabre for the first time two weeks ago, already can't wait to see what you guys think the next time you visit.
@ From the queue to the ride itself, the theming, the music and most importantly the atmosphere are absolutely amazing! I’ve never been on something quite like it before; Danse Macabre is truly unique across the entire world. Here’s hoping you don’t have to wait too long to get on it; the shortest I’ve waited is more than an hour.
I love the flying Dutchman ride! I'll try to give it some context because if you don't speak Dutch everything seems quite random. You enter the house of Captain Willem van der Decken. 11:55 You wonder what's going on. And then you discover the captain's double life. You see his face in mirror 12:22 and hear the unspeakable words, "I will sail even if it is for eternity!" Then you enter the smuggling corridors under the house through the secret entrance behind the painting. 12:27 where the captain has stored his gold in a secret treasury. You smell a burning smell. And then we arrive at a harbor cafe. 12:41 Fortunately, a little later you arrive at a beautiful boarding port. 13:36 You slowly sail between a few enormous ships. Then it suddenly becomes darker and darker. You suddenly smell the salty sea air then we end up in a thick fog and we feel that something is wrong. Then thunder and violence erupts. You end up in a ship cemetery where the flying dutchman's ghost ship attacks you. Then we take a deep dive and suddenly find ourselves lying on our backs on the lift hill where we now find ourselves in the underworld of the captain Willem van der Decken. At the top of the lifthill we fly outside and then land back in the water and realize that we have fortunately escaped the curse of the flying dutchman. 14:50
Despite the bad weather, Captain Willem van der Decken set out to sea with his ship the Dutchman looking for wealth and riches. His greed was so great, that he ordered his crew to sail on Easter Sunday, although it was forbidden. Since that day, everyone on board is doomed to sail forever on the seven seas. Nowadays, the red-sailed ship is still sailing around the world... people called it the flying dutchman.
😂 ❤hello all sorry I’m even later than usual How remarkably magical that you got to stay in the Efteling hotel And I see somebody has bought a cute little souvenir toy 🧸
@@disneyanddaysout mainly for danse Macabre. And if you all love phantom manor in disney. You are gonna love Danse. Its a totallyndiffirent ride exoerience. But the vibes seemnthe same. And maybe even better. First efteling ride that has employees acting like they belong in the story
Congratulation you have found the best beer the Netherlands has to offer, in my opinion anyway. BTW you said "poffertjes" perfectly. If you'd like to know how to pronounce "Pardoos and Pardijn" maybe I can help. "Par" is the same as Par in golf "does" is basically the word "do (as in doing)" with the "s" from snake attached to it, as for "dijn" it would sound the same as "die or dye" with the "n" sound at the end as in "night or not". Hopefully typing it out like this can help a little, I love the fact that you guys actually care for how things are pronounced so I'd love to help out.
Nice and informative vlog. But you're talking about smoke. But it is mist, produced with water. Created by the Efteling own invented system So that's a big difference for people with lung problems etc.
That restaurant is absolutely mind blowing! Super glad to hear it wasn't too expensive! That's gotta be a must when I get there!
Nice vlog ! I was impressed how much you knew about Efteling like that you knew the first ever Madhouse was built in Efteling. Most people think Efteling started as a fairytale forest but it started as a main football field with 2 practice football fields and a playground. They kept adding more things to the playground and more people came with their children. Then they decided to build the fairytale forest and people from all over the country started coming.
Now some Dutch people will tell you Walt Disney took inspiration from Efteling. There is a black and white TH-cam video of Walt Disney visiting The Netherlands for business called "Walt Disney visiting The Netherlands" Walt Disney visited in 1951 the the year that Efteling finished building the Fairytale Forest. The town he was doing business in was a 30 minutes drive from Efteling. The fairytale forest was big news in 1951 so his business partners could have told him about Efteling as both dealt with fantasy characters but no one knows for sure he went to Efteling.
There are more themeparks in The Netherlands but Efteling has a special place in the hearts of most Dutch people as they went there with their parents, grandparents or school trips. I even heard someone from England say he went to Efteling on a school trip when he was 9 years old. Dont know if that is common in England to have such expensive school trips. Going on a ferry with a busload of children and then going back to England at night is an impressive school trip. Even for us Dutch people an Efteling school trip was a big happening and a 2 hour drive. We are out the country in 3 hours so 2 hour drive for Dutch children is pretty long drive.
Efteling is the second most visited themepark in Europe, Disneyland Paris number 3 most visited and Europapark in Germany number 1 most visited themepark. I know one imagineer / Efteling designer now works for Disneyworld. Efteling is built in a nature reserve and is not owned by a big corporation. Efteling is owned by a foundation which focusses on theming and keeping the park authentic. Because Efteling is part of a foundation prices of entrance, food, merchandise are cheaper than Disney. I saw that you went when Danse Macabre was still being built. When Danse Macabre opened people from other countries came, a tv talkshow was held about Danse Macabre and the waiting line was 4 hours. The famous symphonic band Epica was asked to to redo the already existing musical piece Danse Macabre. Symphonic metal is sort of opera singing mixed with metal which surprisingly worked well together to make a spooky videoclip in and outside Danse Macabre. This videoclip is on TH-cam. Back in the day in the 70's Kate Bush was asked to sing at the predecessor of Danse Macabre called Spookslot. There is a video of this as well.
Back in the day dark ride Symbolica was the most expensive ride in the Benelux costing 35 million. They estimated that Danse Macabre would cost 25 million but they went over budget 10 million so Danse Macabre matched Symbolica. Hardcore fans of Efteling said that Danse Macabre is now their favorite dark ride choosing it over Symbolica and Droomvlucht / Dream Flight.
Thank you, we like to research the places we visit. We feel you better understand places when you know the history.
Thank you so much for this information, we love learning more about Efteling.
School trips in the UK will often go to France, Belgium, Netherlands and even America. We typically had one big trip and a few smaller (uk based) trips per year. I wish ours was to Efteling though!
Happy you guys love Efteling so much, I've been going there all my life and it has a special place in my heart. ^^
Max and Moritz actually isn't really a duelling coaster, just a twin coaster. They always arrive in the same order. Also, Python is really special to Efteling and they've done everything they can to keep it (including retracking) despite being quite 'basic'. This is because it's the ride that saved Efteling from bankruptcy in the 80's.
Such an incredible park ❤️❤️❤️
That is a beautiful park. I see why people like this place. LIKE 59👍👍👍
It's such a beautiful place to get lost in time. You have made a wonderful wonderful vlog and it's so nice to see that you had such a fun days at Efteling. Like your swift and clear style of vlog.
Thank you ☺️❤️
Truly love the enthusiasm for Efteling in your entire family! I went on Danse Macabre for the first time two weeks ago, already can't wait to see what you guys think the next time you visit.
Thank you ☺️ How was Danse Macanre?
@ From the queue to the ride itself, the theming, the music and most importantly the atmosphere are absolutely amazing! I’ve never been on something quite like it before; Danse Macabre is truly unique across the entire world. Here’s hoping you don’t have to wait too long to get on it; the shortest I’ve waited is more than an hour.
@ it probably will be a year until we are back, either summer of Winter Efteling 2025. We really look forward to it 🥰
Really loved to see you enjoying it, the entire family!
Thank you ☺️
I love your Efteling vlogs! it might be nice to know that the (ij) in the name Pardijn 30:31 is pronounced as (I) as in the word ice.
Thank you ☺️
I love the flying Dutchman ride! I'll try to give it some context because if you don't speak Dutch everything seems quite random. You enter the house of Captain Willem van der Decken. 11:55 You wonder what's going on. And then you discover the captain's double life. You see his face in mirror 12:22 and hear the unspeakable words, "I will sail even if it is for eternity!" Then you enter the smuggling corridors under the house through the secret entrance behind the painting. 12:27 where the captain has stored his gold in a secret treasury. You smell a burning smell. And then we arrive at a harbor cafe. 12:41 Fortunately, a little later you arrive at a beautiful boarding port. 13:36 You slowly sail between a few enormous ships. Then it suddenly becomes darker and darker. You suddenly smell the salty sea air then we end up in a thick fog and we feel that something is wrong. Then thunder and violence erupts. You end up in a ship cemetery where the flying dutchman's ghost ship attacks you. Then we take a deep dive and suddenly find ourselves lying on our backs on the lift hill where we now find ourselves in the underworld of the captain Willem van der Decken. At the top of the lifthill we fly outside and then land back in the water and realize that we have fortunately escaped the curse of the flying dutchman. 14:50
Despite the bad weather, Captain Willem van der Decken set out to sea with his ship the Dutchman looking for wealth and riches. His greed was so great, that he ordered his crew to sail on Easter Sunday, although it was forbidden. Since that day, everyone on board is doomed to sail forever on the seven seas. Nowadays, the red-sailed ship is still sailing around the world... people called it the flying dutchman.
Thank you for sharing, we love knowing the backstories! ❤️
Your vlogs are really really good! It's so hearthwarming to see how your kids are enjoying it and immersing in the magic of efteling
Thank you ☺️❤️
These are the reviews I can relate to, thank you.
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😂 ❤hello all sorry I’m even later than usual
How remarkably magical that you got to stay in the Efteling hotel
And I see somebody has bought a cute little souvenir toy 🧸
The most amazing place to stay ❤️
Python's lift hill is actually faster when there's only a single train. They slow it down for dual-train operation to make the timing work out.
Thats good to know!
I loved watching this vlog so much! And your pronounciation of poffertjes is perfect! Thanks for making all these vlogs♥️
We’re so glad you enjoy them 🥰 Yay! 🥳 ow the get everything else right 😅
I hope myself to go soon again. Its been since the closing of spookslot in 2022 since i last went
We hope you get to go ❤️
@@disneyanddaysout mainly for danse Macabre. And if you all love phantom manor in disney. You are gonna love Danse. Its a totallyndiffirent ride exoerience. But the vibes seemnthe same. And maybe even better. First efteling ride that has employees acting like they belong in the story
@TTHBLOX_ from what we have seen and heard, it is amazing and we cannot wait to experience it
Congratulation you have found the best beer the Netherlands has to offer, in my opinion anyway. BTW you said "poffertjes" perfectly. If you'd like to know how to pronounce "Pardoos and Pardijn" maybe I can help. "Par" is the same as Par in golf "does" is basically the word "do (as in doing)" with the "s" from snake attached to it, as for "dijn" it would sound the same as "die or dye" with the "n" sound at the end as in "night or not". Hopefully typing it out like this can help a little, I love the fact that you guys actually care for how things are pronounced so I'd love to help out.
It was certainly a good beer! 🍺
Thank you so much - we want to get it right ❤️
Nice and informative vlog.
But you're talking about smoke.
But it is mist, produced with water. Created by the Efteling own invented system
So that's a big difference for people with lung problems etc.
Best theme park imo
It’s right up there!