Efteling Review, Netherlands | Best Theme Park in the Benelux
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.พ. 2022
- Efteling is a fantasy themed amusement park in the Netherlands. This massive park is beautiful with its elaborate theming and beautiful greenery. The park has a bevy of dark rides, the famous Fairytale Forest walkthrough, and an underrated collection of roller coasters.
Video Credits
Aquanura (Erwin Fiten)- • Tiësto - Aquanura - FU...
Villa Volta POV (The Red Coaster Channel)- • Vekoma Mad House Villa...
Background Music
Entrance Plaza (Efteling)
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As part of the staff it's always nice to hear people say such great things about our service! If i speak from personal experience i always go to work with pleasure and seeing those happy guests really makes your day
It's awesome.
Everything for that 9+ experiance!
The staff is really helpful always. Only downside I ever had was that I forgot to ask one good looking member for his phone number
When you buy a ticket, you only get entrance, or? Tnx
I see you still have Monsieur Cannibale in this video (the rotating pots). Since the beginning of 2022 it's been restyled in a Sinbad the Sailor style and renamed to Sirocco to fit more into the same theme as Vogel Rok. The ride itself also got a bit more intens, it's now supposed to represent Sinbad the Sailor who get's stuck in a storm half way the ride. Also next to Sirocco is a new children's water playground called Archipel. You should look it up if you haven't already done that. The new theme looks very cool and it's definitely better than it was before!
The ride is 1 on 1 the same. Only the looks have changed.
So that you experience it as more intents is in your head
I'm not surprised they rethemed it.
Efteling, Europa, and Phantasia were the three best I’ve experienced in Europe, and all three require two days.
The Efteling is a relax park, to explore the park you need 2-3 days.
You did probably only some attractions in the park but that's only 1 side of the park.
Take the time, put your body in gear 2 and enjoy what the park have to offer. ⏳
@@Yochemm 🤷♂️ Not sure where you got that assumption from, but I took a full two days and explored every single square inch of that park, going on things multiple times. To give you an idea, I did Spookslot twice!
I agree if you want to do everything.
@@StamfordBridge Ow, sorry!! I m Dutch and I did read it to fast but wrong... I thought you wrote 3 parks in 2 days, Efteling, Phantsia and Europa Park. My Mistake!!
This is, what we call a school example of Dutch directness. We mean it not bad, we say it only... 🙂
@@Yochemm Ha ha - yes, the Dutch are famous for their directness. But I’m a New Yorker, and we’re famous for the same thing!
Yeah, I reeeeally soaked up Efteling. I loved the atmosphere so much. I’ve been to 130 parks, and Efteling is probably in my top five (I don’t actually rank parks, as it’s too difficult, but that’s a good indication of how much I loved Efteling).
I really can't decide between Europa Park and Efteling for my favourite theme park, both are just amazing. Good review and keep up the epic upload schedule!
Thanks!
I’m from the Netherlands so i have been tot the Efteling a lot, but Europapark takes the cake gor me, silverstar and blue fire are hard to beat.
10000% europa park hahaha
Wow, what a great looking park. They have a B&M dive coaster. I'd love to ride it. Cool. Looks like a lot of fun. They have some very creative staff there. Wow! Theme work is incredible. I love woodies. Thank you very .ugh for the video. Really enjoyed it.
The park is excellent.
I'd probably want to go here even without the handful of worthwhile coasters to ride, their dark rides and other scenic rides look that good. This is the kind of park I won't really mind having to walk a lot in since there's so much beautiful scenery. Glad to hear the food is good too (not that I thought it'd be bad), great review!
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Im going soon! Im so excited now; thanks to your review i know what to prepare for. :D
Have fun!
Another amazing review. You've been everywhere.
Thanks!
I prefer this park over Disneyland Paris. Its much more customer friendly. Prices are more resonable and you can even bring your own food and drinks if you like. Also its much greener and spread out. I can get really busy, especially in the summer, but it never feels as crowded as a Disney park. That makes just strolling around and take in the sights and sounds much more enjoyable than the stress a Disney experience can cause.
The rides and theming are up there, in fact I would go as far to say that these are probably the best dark rides outside a Disney park you'll find anywhere. For an American audience the coasters are perhaps a bit underwhelming and on the shorter side, but its a nice mix of everything: A steel looping coaster, a woody, a darkcoaster, a water one, the B&M dive coaster of course and a family coaster. Its all just very authentic: The train is a real steam train, there is a real heritage steam merry-go round. A lot of the scenes in the Fairytale Forest are true originals, dating back to the 50's. It just feels real, if you like. It had famous "imagineers" that shaped the experience like the absolute legends Anton Pieck and Ton van de Ven.
Mind you, the park is owned by its own foundation, so its fully independend and not owned by some anonymous mega corporation. You can really feel this effect in the overal friendliness and "easy-going"of the place and its a much less hardcore commercial experience since the park itself is in full control of everything.
I also like the unique themes and the coasters are still better than a Disney park.
this park looks pretty unique! Good review of a good park!
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We are so excited to be getting to go to the Efteling this summer! 🧚🏼
Enjoy!
As one of my home parks this review makes me smile!
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I’m going to Efteling next week Wednesday!! I’m so exited
Enjoy!
@@CanobieCoaster Ty! ^
Great review👌🏻 hope I can get back soon
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Better than coaster studio’s review!
This channel wipes the floor with cs
If he has a bigger focus on coasters, Efteling does lag the other major parks.
@@CanobieCoaster yeah…
I’m heading to Europe on a family trip next year and only have one theme park day. And out of every park in Europe, and as a diehard coaster nut I had to choose Efteling. This park looks so beautiful and excellent theming, even if they don’t have the best roller coasters in the world the atmosphere and incredible dark rides speak so much more to me.
It's a fantastic choice.
Efteling is my homepark. Half a our away from my home. Next week i also want to visit this beautiful place
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Very good review!
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I am so excited to go to Efteling. My husband went there as a child and we are heading there in June.
Enjoy!
I haven't visited Efteling since the opening year of Symbolica because I always chose Walibi and Toverland over this. Because of your review I really want to go back as soon as possible XD. Great review and it's a beautiful park.
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I’ve been to this park over a hundred times and i STILL can’t get tired of Vogel Rok and Joris en de Draak. Amazing 2 coasters, or should i say 3?
Joris is my favorite coaster there.
Went to Efteling a couple of days ago and Joris, Vliegende and Baron were all closed (Baron because of high winds, but the first two because of annual maintenance), plus Danse Macabre and the Grand Hotel were in construction, so the front of the park felt like a construction site.
Not gonna lie, the visit wasn't bad, the park was beautiful, very walkable, friendly staff, and had a good world class collection of family rides and attractions, but I really think the park loses a lot without those three main coasters - Halve Maen was my favorite ride there. I feel like Efteling is just this much from being the greatest park ever 🤏, but I think they're missing a thrill ride (not necessarily a roller coaster, but a thrilling ride, such as a drop tower like Falcon's Fury, since they love working with Intamin and add odd great rides hahaha). But yeah, can't wait to go back there!
Sorry you had so many closures.
8:45 I think when you visited the show was half broken, normally there is a HUGE animatronic of a big dragon
The dragon was raised at a different point in the show.
When you talked about the benefits of staying at one of the Efteling hotels, that got me wondering if you've stayed at any of their hotels personally and which ones?
P.S. Please do Phantasialand soon if not next.🙏
I walked through their hotels. They booked up super fast on me. I have friends who explained how helpful early entry was.
This park looks absolutely AMAZING!!! Holy moly! This is a must-do for me!! Are there any parks in the neighboring vicinity that you would recommend if one was to go for a week or more?
Walibi Holland and Toverland are nearby too.
@@CanobieCoaster Thank you so much!
There are many others in the Netherlands as well that are a litlle smaller, but still a lot of fun.
@@DaanBruins thank you!!
Toverland and walibi holland are about an hour drive from efteling. Also bobejaanland (about an hour) and of course Phantasialand (2 hours) and Movie park Germany (2 hours) are within a driving distance.
Mini pancakes hahahaha, they are called poffertjes ;)
I didn't want to try pronouncing that word haha.
@@CanobieCoaster hahahaha thats okay, gonna give you credit for trying to pronounce all the other dutch names, doing a pretty good job! Love the vids btw!
The park has a good coaster collection but mainly focuses on themeing and scenery. Efteling is definitely one of the most beautiful parks not just in Italy but in the world. As that is not really my thing and I prefer a good ride collection over anything. They still manage to gave that as well.
I am sure it was just a typo but you should know you said Italy when you should've said the Netherlands.
This is for a theme park fan.
I think Vogel Rok is a bit misunderstood in most reviews. It's a 1001 theme where Sinbad get's picked up by the giant bird at night and flies him to his nest. The ride is supossed to simulate that nightly flight so you mostly stars, desert, other birds and a far away castle I believe. I actually like it because it's dark much like those dark (water)slides it gives you some extra thrill.
Thanks for explaining!
@@CanobieCoaster If you understand the theme it actually feels like your flying the rush of the cool wind on your face the scenery... there is a "Vogel Rok with lights on" video on TH-cam. It's from a employee only ride after closing hours.
Damm i didn't know you liked me homepark that much. Most coaster lovers vloggers just go good park nor my style bye.
You do a realy nice and accurate discription of the park. I do wish that they would put 2 more thrill coasters in the park. The stc from vekoma would do very well in the park and a good double launcher. They could easily fit them in the expasion aeria between python/station east and the motorway.
I like theme parks a lot. I'm not just a coaster enthusiast.
@@CanobieCoaster Thats clearly true given your comments. about efteling. I already knew you could appriciate good theming didn't realize you where that much of a themepark fan.
The Efteling is located in the Netherlands, not Holland.
Holland is the name of two provinces from the Netherlands; North Holland and South Holland, but Efteling is located in North-Brabant, so not in Holland.
Thanks for clarifying. I thought Holland and Netherlands were interchangeable being from the US.
@@CanobieCoaster Its similar to England being part of the UK, but not actually the same thing.
My best comparison for an american would be like calling the US "Texas"
Its a common mistake, even made by Dutch people often
The perfect way to see the 'Gondeletta' boat ride is to look at it like a picknick area. Because lets say you're hungry and want a quiet place to eat and drink, but at the same time, you also want to see more of the park: enter Gondeletta, perfect for a picknick.
True!
Sounds like I need to go to Holland now
It's awesome.
INDEED I RECOMEND
Efteling is a very nice theme park. You have always a full experience for every attraction because off the good theming and the great music. And the food is also pretty good indeed. Good review!
Thanks!
im from the nederlands, THIS IS A HUUUUGE RECOMENDATION, ife been there like 7 times and it is still fun
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Would you Recommend Efteling or oToverland i care more about rollercoasters than theming but do like good theming and only really have time to do one of the parks
I think the theming of Efteling is so far ahead of Toverland, and you could argue their coaster lineup top to bottom is at least equal.
Can you imagine that the huge animatronic troll used to also shake the pillars it holds? Sadly it had to be disabled due to poor structural integrity over the years.
Interesting!
Good review; only issue I would take is the capacity on some attractions. Whilst they aren't bad per-se, rides like Baron barely achieve 7-800 per hour due to poor design. For a park of Efteling's popularity, that sort of figure just isn't good enough. Joris, unlike Wodan and Wicker Man, has seat belts - slowing down operations needlessly, and Die Vliegende Hollander has an odd seat configuration which fails to maximise capacity. Otherwise, most rides - including the dark rides and so on - all good.
While I wish the coaster could move people a little faster, their capacities are still above average.
@@CanobieCoaster I'd disagree that for a park of 5-6 million guests a year, Baron's throughput is below average. Otherwise, generally yes.
Woow
Yes
Isn't Pagode from Vekoma?
I always saw Intamin.
Spookslot is now sadly removed. It was a true classic and one of the park's oldest attractions :(
I saw!
6:08 before it was the bob slee (that was my fav)
I liked Bob too.
im from the netherlands and its my favorite park a half.hour driving from my house
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I think the rapid ride was one of the first in the world or at least in Europe
Maybe!
Efteling is not in Holland, but amazing review!
0:02 The theme park isn't in Holland, it's in North Brabant
Ok thanks for clarifying and sorry for the mistake.
Halve maen needs to be mentioned it is the biggest swinging ship in the world!
Not a fan of those types of rides.
Any top-5 themeparks in the world list should have Efteling, Phantasialand and EuropaPark included, in any order.
For amusementparks there might be better options, but overall experience and theming is superb, those should be in anyone's top 10 parks overall.
I don't quite have Efteling in the top 5, but it's around top 15 for me.
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Yes on Christmas
"a dutch coin" this most certainly exist and is definetly not called a euro which is used in other parts of europe. that would be ridiculous for a euro to exist.
I forgot what currency I used there haha.
I know it’s different for me being a local, but I actually don’t really like this park as much anymore, I’m actually rooting a lot more for Toverland, because although some theming can be considered outdated or even bad, they actually have the complete package, all kind of rides, indoor and outdoor areas, great expension plans and possibilities, and for me one of the most important parts, great service. For me the service is way better than the Efteling, might be a unpopulair opinion.
Absolutely agree. Since the removal of Bob and the addition of Max & Moritz Efteling has been on a downhill trend in my opinion. Toverland is smaller, but their newest additions feel much more thought out and I also see a lot of potential in the park going forward!
Toverland is a good park too that's expanding fast, but I prefer this place for the rich theming.
Spookslot is unfortunately closed as of last month and will be demolished soon.
😢
It'll be interesting what replaces it.
Oh heck no!!!!
The park was in 2006 a very mediocre with great atmosphere but outdated rides and slow operations. They were order on magnitudes better than the parks in Israel but Europe park in 2008 was a league or two above, and I guess the better German/French/Spanish/English parks are also better.
They did not have the dive coaster, the flying Dutchman was in construction, the wooden coaster did not exists yet-they had a junior wooden coaster which could by nice but lacked height and speed. I think some of the dark rides also were different
Happy to see they got much improved. Still I think they do not deserve their hype. This park is very good for families and younger people.
Do you think its better than Walibi?
I prefer it to Walibi since I love theming.
@@CanobieCoaster
Maybe today its different, the park was really improved since 2006... When it had only 4 coasters and two of them were junior rides
Im pretty sure that Efteling is not in holland...
I thought all of the Netherlands was Holland. My mistake!
Efteling is not located in Holland
I thought Holland and Netherlands were interchangeable being from the US.
@@CanobieCoaster That is because the tourism industry actually used the name Holland for marketing purposes. But since januari 2020, if youre outside of the provinces of North- and South-Holland, you cant use the name 'Holland' anymore.
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You say Hollands best Park but it's not even in Holland. It's in brabant
And you show 2 short clips of the maze and monsieur cannibale teacups.
The maze in gone for the 2022 season and is now a water play areay
The teacups are now called Sirocco and are themed the sindbad the Saylor
Vogel rock is also from the story of sindbad making it a full area
As being born and bred Brabander i don't really care he calls it in Holland. Most foreigners woudn't know Brabant but think holland is the Netherlands wich we ourself promote it as, so give the guy a break 😉.
Most people outside of The Netherlands simply call it "Holland"....i don't think, this is really surprising or new? (But of cause it isn't correct)
I've always thought Holland and Netherlands were interchangeable.
@@CanobieCoaster For much of the world these two terms have been interchangeable for generations, so of course it’s understandable. But in the last couple of decades much of the world outside of the Netherlands has been correcting itself. Holland is just one area (well, really two areas) of the Netherlands, so calling it Holland is like calling the U.S. “California.”
@@CanobieCoaster North and South Holland are 2 provinces of the Netherlands
I like Efteling more than Disneyland in Paris.
Totally can see that.
Problem, Efteling isnt in Holland, its in Brabant!
Because remember Holland =/= The Netherlands :P
- A Dutchie from a different province than Holland
I thought they were interchangeable being from America. My bad!
@@CanobieCoaster Haha, you're fine, its a common mistake XD
For a Dutchie like me saying Holland and the whole Netherlands are interchangeable, is like saying to an American that California/New York and the entire US are interchangeable.
I honestly dont like Efteling as much as Walibi or Toverland. I find the coasters in both of those Parks a lot better, if you come for theming and darkrides Efteling will be your favourite.
And I love theming and dark rides.
I rather choose Efteling: 1,5 hour car ride above Walibi Holland which it's an hour cycling from my house😂
I prefer Efteling too.
@@CanobieCoaster I go over one week to the efteling🤗
1:48 do Europeans not find this offensive lol
Nope!
I know you do not like them, but for all the rest: the giant pirate ship is amazing!
The carnvial prize/skill games are also very enjoyable with cute prizes, employes and atmosphere.
I found the fairy tale section boring compared to Disney parks, in particular the terrible panda ride. Most seem very dated and lack the magic of Disney
Yeah I could go my entire life without riding another swinging ship again.
@@CanobieCoaster
I think you had to mention it, since it is a really large pirate ship(largest in the world?) and pirate ship lover will really enjoy
Papier hier = paper here so not garbage that has to go in the🚮 We recycle our garbage 😉
Cool!
I personally don't think efteling is the best, I think toverland has the overall better look and skyline, but walibi holland has by far the best coaster collection not only in netherlands but the world
Walibi Holland is only open in the hollidays and weekend. So it almost crowdy and the theming is not great I think. Efteling and Toverland are the best themeparks in the Netherlands i think.
I like Efteling because of the incredible theming, but those other 2 parks are good too.
PLS DONT CALL IT HOLLAND FOR GODS SAKE
I thought they were interchangeable being from America. My bad!
i can understand that, Holland is just 2 of the 12 provinces. Walibi Holland isnt even in Holland. neither is Efteling or Toverland.
Dutch people call The Netherlands sometimes Holland as well. We even got a television program called Holland Got Talent. I live on the border of North Holland and South Holland which are like they have states in America. So is it technically wrong to say Holland yes, but lots of Dutch people say it as well. If you want to be on the safe side call it The Netherlands.
@@2012inca thats true. i myself always say netherlands, maybe bc i dont live in holland? i live in limburg so calling the entire country after a place most of us dont really like (sorry, i do like holland but most limburgers dont) gets some ppl angry
@@waddles1129 I say The Netherlands as well as I live in South Holland. My friend lived in the East close to the border of Germany she didnt like the West at first, but she had to move here because her boyfriend lives here. She got a job here and now she loves living here.
Had a comment posted, then YT 🪛 me over
But basicallyI wrote:
longneck gets an extension of his neck to keep looking over the trees like the story
Efteling can only use 11% of it's land or will lose it Nature park status so yes it's a maze
I recommend using the Efteling app in stead of a paper one as it shows all info needed and offers ability to plan your day
I wonder why they blocked it.