Exactly what I was going to say. If you like efteling and especially the style that Anton Pieck draws and designs in. A visit too the Anton Pieck Museum is well worth your time. 🥰
As a Dutchy I think the reason we're so proud of it, is because of the nostalgia. We visit the efteling as kids again as teens and again as grown-ups perhaps with your own kids that are now discovering the magic. Even as grandparents it'll be nice to visit and reminisce. Love the videos! ♡
That is exactly it. I'm Dutch but ended up marrying an Australian lady with 4 daughters who were in their late teens when we first visited the Efteling together, and they absolutely loved it as a first-time experience, while I was going through the nostalgia thing for the umpteenth time. At the same time, the Efteling is also never the same it was the time before because they keep expanding and renewing it. Whenever my - now all adult - stepdaughters visit, they practically _insist_ we visit the Efteling again, whether it's winter, summer, or either of the seasons in between.
50 euro for the pooping donkey, I know inflation happened but I'm sure you mean 50 cents 🤣 love how much you explain things and how tranquil you make the park look. (which on a good day, it is)
Chris, the story of the Emperor's nightingale makes a bit more sense if you know the full story. Basically the emperor was visited daily by the real-live nightingale, a little brown, kind of ugly, bird, with a beautiful voice. He fell in love with the sound of the bird's song and it sang to him daily. Then some people made this gorgeous golden mechanical nightingale and because it was nicer to look at, the emperor started listening to it instead. The real nightingale got sad and decided not to come back anymore and the emperor didn't care/notice, because he was completely focused on the mechanical bird. but then it broke and from then on it pretty much follows the rest of the story like you described (apart from the ghost, because that Pepper's ghost effect actually represents death). The real bird came back and his song saved the emperor's life. So the moral is kinda "Don't judge things on how they look". Also, while the original Grimm stories are pretty dark (like Red Riding Hood and the 6 goats getting eaten by the wolf in their respective fairy tales) they tend to have a positive ending (Red Riding Hood and the goats get cut out of the stomach of the wolf while it's sleeping and (depending on the version) the wolf is usually filled with stones and then sown shut. When it wakes up, the wolf is thirsty and goes to a well, but as it leans forward, the weight of the rocks makes the wolf fall over into the well).
6:49 the artist chris is talking about is Anton Pieck. They didn’t just use his style he was the original designer of the Efteling! After Anton Pieck passed Ton van de Ven took over as lead designer. His style was a little darker then Anton Pieck’s style. Anton Pieck had a more romantic style while Ton van de Ven had a more grim style being responsible for the now semi demolished “Spookslot” which has been turned into “Dans Macabre” a new attraction opening this october. The current lead designer is Sander de Bruijn he and his team are responsible for Ravelijn, Baron 1898 & Symbolica (and some more). And they are working on Danse Macabre right now 😄.
Chris.....you have no idea of the impact of your inspirational speaches have!! You helped me through my bladder cancer journey. I would like to proudly report today that I am cancer free!! Your words kept me up. Thank you for all you do and who you and your family represent.
Between these videos and my new obsession with Joost Klein the Netherlands is taking up more of my brain real estate than it has in my life previously combined :P
I am an Annual Pass holder & I do solo trips from Australia, twice a year. I am in my late 60s. I rent a scooter from an external company for my trips. i stay 14 days at a time.
Love the idea of wandering through a park and not having to worry about fast passes or genie plus. Such a beautiful park❤ thank you for the video. Might have to visit one day 🤔
It sure is beautiful.It's my favorite park and I go multiple times a year and has never lost it's magic to me. If you ever go .maybe stay at the hotel or bosrijk village . Because it's quite the walk to get through in one day if it's your first time . Especially if it's a more busy day .
The mushrooms in the fairytale forest are such a classic thing for a lot of Dutch people. I think most people have photo's of themselves sitting on the mushrooms from when they were little (or a little older as well). Or with their ear on the mushroom to listen to the music (little kids to this the most). Just some other explanations: - the indian waterlelies is a story written by the former queen of Belgium, queen Fabiola. The music is actually Afrikan Beat by Bert Kampfert. The story is: the witch is jealous of the starchildren that are so beautiful en come to earth to dance on the lake, so she turnes them into lily's. - The donkey asks 50 eurocent, not 50 euro's that would be a lot of money for a plastic coin ;), honest mistake though.. - The fairytale forest was kinda the first place. It used to be a sportcomplex for the people in the area. So there were football courts (or soccer for you ;) and tenniscourts and other things. Efteling uses the opening of the fairytale forest as their anniversary date. - Anton Pieck was the first designer/illustrator (mostly the fairytales). There is this story that he liked to have everything look like it had been there forever. So a crooked chimney on the gnome houses, no straight paths, those kind of things. After him came Ton van de Ven, who made sure it was in the style of Pieck, he also me the land of Laaf (with the snail monorail). There is a whole story about the creatures living there (the Lafen). You can probably look it up. I could tell you way more, but I think this is enough for now ;)
A couple of things I want to note: - You were using a Dutch map, but there are English maps available as well, with English names and descriptions! - Efteling also has a very good phone app, which is multilingual, shows the map, your location, waiting times and background info on all fairytales and rides, etc. - Download it to see what you have missed or misunderstood :) .. because you have missed quite a few areas and rides due to the massive size of the park (180 acres) - The park is officially a nature park and is only allowed to build on 11% of the park which explains why it is so green and well maintained - It's also one of the oldest parks in the world (72 years) and predates Disneyland by 3 years; rumors are that Walt visited Efteling for inspiration back in the days - Anton Pieck was the original artist and designer of Efteling and his style is still used as a reference for the look and feel of everything, even trashcans or lampposts - Every Dutch person has visited the park multiple times; usually as a kid for the fairytale forest, as a teen for the thrill rides, as a parent and as a grandparent - So every Dutch person has at least 1 picture in their family album of sitting on one of those musical mushrooms in the fairytale forest; it's almost tradition - Which makes it difficult for Efteling to update or get rid of older rides or fairytales; they hold sentimental value so people get upset when they try to do so
Can confirm. And while I love the Efteling and will continue doing so, I will never ever forgive the tearing down of the Spookslot, it will remain a black hole in my heart.
The reason fairytales here in the Netherlands, and really most of northern and I think also eastern Europe, are more dark is that the goal originally wasn't (just) to entertain, but to teach morals and life lessons, and prepare kids for the world. So you were spot on that it's good advice not to let strangers into your house 😊 Also couldn't help but notice, the Donkey's coin is 50 euro cents (not 50 euro, that would be hilariously expensive). And as a last note, the Indian Water lilies song is super famous in the Netherlands, and it's a popular tune to play during the waiting time in a quiz or such. I was actually familiar with the song long before I ever visited the Efteling, myself!
I do have a few slight corrections I wanted to mention. The ride you said was like "its a small world" is actually Droomvlucht (Dream Flight) which is basically their Peter Pan. It is amazing and one of if not the best ride in all of Efteling. The giant clown building that you mentioned was a souvenir shop is actually their version of it's a small world. I'm not a huge fan of the music of that ride, but to each their own. For the ride you called their version of the haunted Mansion, I can see it, because it's literally a haunted house. However, I would say their old show called Spookslot now Danse Macabre is the closest spiritual cousin personally. I point all of these out with love, I love your content. Thank you for sharing this beautiful park with more people.
The music of Carnaval Festival also haunts us in our nightmares...but still go in it everytime. Part of my life when I was little and the best thing ever is the time you can show this ride to your own kids. Even with the music!❤
I used to skip the inspirational heart felt call out because it made me uncomfortable but the longer I’ve watched you I realized how genuine you are with everyone round you, fans/viewers included. So now I watch and really try to feel my feels, I love the call outs. Loads of us never hear that from anyone! Thanks Chris!
"That butter, was the best butter I've had in my life" that's an amazing quote! You absolutely have to visit the park during the winter season; it's incredibly romantic, and by that time, the (second most expensive) newest attraction will be open, very spooky👻
Honestly, having never been to the US, I wonder what the heck is up with butter over there for there to be such a dramatic reaction. I honestly fear eating butter now if I ever do go over there
10:15 Wieteke van Dort was a very well known Dutch actress and she recorded with her voice most of the spoken fairytales in Het sprookjesbos. Sadly she pasted away the 15th of Juli this year, but her voice can still be heard in the Efteling.
It will make you happy to learn that in the end the wolf did not win from Little Red Riding Hood. The wolf swallowed her and Grandmother but the Hunter freed them by cutting open his belly. Then they stuffed the belly with stones. When he tried to drink from a pond he tumbled over and drowned. So a happy ending after all. (Except for the wolf)
Amanda, as a woman I get wanting to look your best. I know we will see you soon, however, you are beautiful and missed! Thank you both for sharing this tour with us.
It’s what happens when you build walkable and bikable cities instead of car-dependent suburbs (where people use their cars 50% of the time for rides under 5 miles) 😘
I follow another UA-camr and she'd visited this park but your video(s) have been REALLY thorough. Just like all of you videos I felt like I was there and makes me wanna pack and go see for myself. Efteling has this European storybook feel and I love it!!! You and your family are such fantastic people and I feel like I'm part of the family and I laugh all the time lol. Thank you again for sharing. Can't wait for more 😊
Love your video's and positive energy. I am born and raised in the netherlands but lived in Anaheim for a few years, close to knotts and disney, but that efteling magic hits different
As a Dutchie who hasn’t visited the Efteling for a while, it was wonderful to see a lot of new attractions but also known things from another perspective. Thank you for making this video with your family. I love your enthusiasm and the way you describe everything you see in the most respectful manner. I just subscribed! I can’t wait to see more videos of you, Amanda and Miles. ❤
Some things you passed by, in order of (non)appearance. -Steam Carrousel, a steam powered merry-go-round. Also, a model train diorama in the same building. -Museum of the parks origin, and of some original art pieces that no longer have a place in the park. Includes my favorite, the original electromechanical mechanism for the repeating parrot. -Carnaval Festival, a trippy trip around the world full of silly caricatures and clown noses. Includes a theme song that will get extremely stuck in your head. Pretty much exactly like "It's a Small World", but even sillier. -Piraña, white-water bumper boat ride. -Pagoda, a building that goes up in the sky to give a view over the park. -The entry to the swan boats that you keep wanting to go on. :) Mostly small stuff, but definitely more to explore if/when you do go back. You can make poffertjes (the mini pancakes) at home if you get a takoyaki pan and a squirt bottle for the batter. Spider as the symbol for scary is because the Dutch TV/movie content rating system ("Kijkwijzer") uses the same thing. It's a really neat system actually, it's more granular than the E/G/PG-13/etc.. system that the US has, because in addition to age rating, it adds symbols to give reason for what caused the rating to be what it is, so parents can make a more informed decision about letting their kids watch something.
@@jayandreas1131 1:01:23 Unless you meant you missed it when you visited? Yeah, it's somewhat easy to miss because of how it's kind of in a corner of the park.
That was a very nice tour. Thank You! I'm surprised you didn't run into my favorite wandering musical group there called Efteling Muzikanten. They are fantastic! It's a quartet of musicians that wander around the park and perform in various places in the streets. The main guy is on accordian, then there's a person on upright bass, someone on drums, and then either a guy on saxophone, girl on violin, or girl on flute. I've been watching them on UA-cam since 2020. They make me so happy, just like you! I'm not lyin'.......and when I say Lion, I mean Tiger! Ha! Canoe believe it?!!!!
Hi we in the Netherlands don't say Dutch. It's what English speaking people in the world use. We say Nederlands instead of Dutch. We live in Nederland, speak Nederlands and are Nederlands. Dutch as a word is very old. It originates from "Diets" which means "from the people". The word Diets is the same word used for "Germany". where Germans and Dutch people say Deutschland/Duitsland.
It would be more fitting I think if the Germans were being called the Dutch (as the Pennsylvania Dutch already are) and the people of the Netherlands Netherlanders who are speaking Netherlandic. But the way it is now is just the way it is...
Ik was net precies hetzelfde aan t schrijven als reactie 😂 Of er is ooit een misverstand ontstaan omdat Nederlands en Duits voor Engelstaligen erg op elkaar lijken... maar we zullen niet snel van de benaming Dutch af komen ben ik bang 😅
@@E.L.D-66 In de tijd dat het Engelse woord 'Dutch' ontstond noemden wij onze taal ook nog duitsch/dietsch, de verwarring hebben we zelf veroorzaakt door de 'naam' van onze volkstaal te veranderen. 😅
The fairytale forest in Efteling is full of all the Dutch allegory stories told to kids for centuries. It's is such a treasure in Dutch culture! Beautiful!
Thank you for the shout out to the New Zealanders who watch your videos. ❤ We are such a small country, and any trip to Disneyland or beyond is such a big deal for us because we live so far away from the rest of the world. Watching your videos are a daily highlight, because we also don’t have things like Efteling or Disney. Can’t wait to watch more! 😊❤
It's been a nice review and tour of the Efteling. Thank you for making it. And yes, the Efteling is indeed for many Dutch people a place of great pride and the backdrop for many happy memories. I mean I recall coming off the Piranha and my parents discussed whether we should do Python. Me and my sister were just about tall enough, but that's a serious rollercoaster. I still remember the doubtful look my mother gave but she agreed and off we went. Fast forward 30 years and I'm finding myself sitting next to my little niece as she rides her first 'real' rollercoaster, Joris en de Draak, and she loved it. Right behind us were my father and sister, same as 30 years ago. I can't look back on such moments without getting teary-eyed, like by what luck did we get such happiness served to us? There is a deeper or I suppose a spiritual layer to all of this that the Efteling so effortlessly seems to be able to help you cross. The place just straight up matters to us and it's second to none. There is a common theme in many of these videos, which is where the name of Disney is evoked as to strike a comparison. I understand why it happens because they are both top notch in terms of presentation, but you seemed to be kind of unwilling to really go there and I actually liked that hesitation. The parks are not quite as comparable as one would think, because while they seem similar they are trying to do something completely different, or at least it has felt so to me. In the Efteling they built this Symbolica thing. It is a great attraction and I like it, but it's also a failure. Why? Because it's very Disney. It consistently draws your attention to particular things that happen and I mean while the interactive bits are kind of fun it breaks the fourth wall which doesn't feel right. I mean it tries to control you as it asks you to control it. It's not Eftelings in that way. The quintessence of Efteling is the Droomvlucht. It's not about anything, it's a background presented as a foreground, it's an expressionistic outburst that has no clear aim. It has no big set pieces that draw the focus beyond King Oberon. Droomvlucht is just you and your senses confronted with something that doesn't even ask to be comprehended. Just scenes of wonder for the sake of wonder alone, for those willing to engulf themselves. Disney, while great at what it does, feels like it is far more forceful in how things are presented to you. Look here, now watch that, now see this. Efteling never tries to impose itself as much. It's more a stroll in the woods where suddenly you see a squirrel casually jolting up a tree. Where you walk across a bend and hey look at that massive mushroom. It's difficult to convert these feelings to text properly, but I think you know what I mean.
Hi Chris, at 01:05 you said something that hit me right in the face. I want to thank you for that, makes my day. BTW, heading to Efteling right now (roughly my 30st visit, since 1970)
5:23 Sprookjesbos (17:32 Indische Waterlelies, based on a fairy tale written by Belgium's former Queen Fabiola) 24:40 Land van Laaf 31:33 Vliegende Hollander 32:45 Joris en de Draak 34:36 Baron 1898 57:39 Max & Moritz 1:01:30 Fata Morgana
Something really nice about the Nest (the playground you mentioned) is that it is dissability friendly. It is accesible and has playground equipment for wheelchairs for example. Also guidedogs are welcome and encouraged.
At 43:50 you're sitting next to Caroussel Palace. That attraction was Anton Pieck's favoriet fairground ride in 1910. Efteling bought it and restored it. Disney was interested and wanted to buy it...but Efteling couldn't sell it of course of the emotional value.
Oh my! I want to go here, it is Beautiful, love the gardens and fountains. I love the butter dance! Thank you for doing this video, I wouLd have never known about this amazing place. I appreciate your narrative of the fairytale land and the fact you lower voice to not disrupt the experience of others around you. You and your family do a wonderful job of highlighting the parks around the world and spreading joy! Our family could go here for probably about the same amount of money of a Disneyland vacation. That would include flights from California. Thank you again for all you do.
I'm so glad you enjoyed Efteling. I like to make some comment about Nest. It's actually not a playground for bigger kids. It's an all inclusive playground made in a way so every kid can enjoy it and play with the other kids, even when they are disabled in any way. So if you are in a wheelchair you can still acces the slide and all the other stuff. Efteling really does a great job to be all inclusive so everyone can enjoy it. Also the story with goats kinda has a happy ending, just not for the wolf. In the end the smallest goat tells his mom what happened. Mama goat cuts the wolf open in his sleep, gets the kids out and fills him with rocks. When the wolf wakes up he gets thirsty and wants to drink from the well. But the rocks are really heavy so he fall into the well and drowns. If you look behind the wolf and the house you can actually see the well.
You, Amanda and Myles are truly amazing people and your videos make us smile, laugh and even reflect as you encourage everyone to know it all gets better. You have a true gift for entertaining and encouraging and informing us all. Thank you!
Hey Chris! From the bottom of my heart: thank you and your family for visiting The Efteling! I've been following your adventures on UA-cam and it's always great fun to watch your video's. You always give so many facts and hidden details about Disney parks... incredible. Therefore it's amazing to see you discover my own homepark! I've been coming to Efteling for about 50 years and I loved to see your reactions. The lady in the pancake restaurant was right; we Dutch take great pride in the Efteling, is it a part of our cultural heritage and it hold a special place in our hearts. It may not have the fastest, tallest or most spectacular collercoasters ( that seems to be the standard to rate a park these days), but it is special. Just like you I've been lucky and able to visit a lot of themeparks throughout the years, but Efteling will always be special to me. And for every visitor it is special in a different way. Thank you for showing us Efteling through your eyes. Oh and waving to people from the steamtrain may seem weird to the Dutch, but just keep waving. Maybe we'll learn to appreciate it one day 🙂 Greeting from Holland!
I would go as often as I possibly could! Like Disneyland. One park, couple to a few days at each park to take the time to just soak in the beauty and magic as well as enjoy all the food and rides!!! Efteling is indeed the most beautiful park in the world!!!!!
Thank you for your beautiful tour of my home park. Yes as a dutch person i am proud of Efteling. I am fortunate i can go here a least once a month. To enjoy this park i definately recommend spending more than one day here. If you take your time and wind down you can enjoy the beatiful surroundings and details in the park. The park is built to look like evetyting has always been there and always will. The fairytales are indeed a bit darker, but red riding hood and grandma were saved from the belly of the wolf by the hunter and the goats were saved bij mother goat and the little goaf in the clock, so stil a happy ending (except for the wolf). There is one tale the little matchstick girl. She dies, but it is stil happy in a way because she reunites with her grandmother in haven. Its a sad one though. Hopefully you get to return to see dance macabere when it is done because it promises to be a geat adittion again. Loved your stories about your experiences. Thank you
Thank You for sharing your trip to Efteling. You and your family are Blessed to have been able to go and have an awesome time. Enjoy the rest of your trip and be safe.
This is my home park. I love it so much. It is so magical. It used to have the Sprookjesbos but also a GIANT lake and a GIANT playground, tennis courts, etc. before all of the rides came in. :) My mother inlaw went when the park was first opened in the 50's. It is so nostalgic for her. We are huge fans and I will go even in the years my kids no longer want to join, haha. Thank you for visiting and giving such great info and showing so much of our lovely park. You and your family are lovely and I really enjoy your videos!
I'm enjoying your European Parks Tour! I can't believe you're off to Europe so soon after those 20 days at 20 Disney resorts ... I'm impressed Chris! But I appreciate the Europe tour because I have never heard of these parks ... once again I'm learning something new from your videos. Thanks Chris! 😊
This place looks so awesome! I love darker fairytales. And the character design and animatronics are incredible. Definitely added to our list of places to visit.
We love De Efteling, we live in the UK and have now been passholders for 2 years, we love the park that much that we yet again renewed our passes 4 weeks ago ! Glad you enjoyed your trip 🙂
I am so enjoying this adventure with you and your family. You are all amazing and special as well. I look forward to seeing you and your family each day - you truly brighten my day. Will see you tomorrow!@ 😊 ❤
What a nice surprise to see you in "my" Efteling. I live about 5 minutes away. I always watch your videos, so it's a wonderful surprise to see you enthousiasme for a park that's so dear to my heart🎉
This 72-year-old has watched all your videos for years! Keep at it. We need your joy and optimism. If you like Efteling's woodsiness have you even been to Busch Gardens 'Old Country' near Williamsburg VA? Miles is getting old enough to appreciate Williamsburg itself and this Busch Gardens is also beautiful with trees and old English, German, Irish, Italian and French type buildings. We live near Washington DC and the 4hr drive to Busch Gardens was our family's go-to special place when our kids were growing up.
Love that you are so well informed and take your time showing us around. I've watched many of you video's and your demeanor is not only relaxed and positive but your enthousiasm for the new and wonderous is contagious. I love Efteling and go frequently. I could add many details to your stories (and correct a few) but that doesn' t matter. Keep the positive vibe. Thank you for visiting and sharing your experience.
Provost Family - I totally agree that you're an amazing family, and loved to hear in a previous vlog that your personalities don't change off-camera. Can I say that whilst you're both leading an interesting life with balancing work/life on/off camera etc you're doing an amazing job raising Miles. I've noticed that whilst he's being raised as a UA-camr's "kid" in the spotlight he's still normal and acting like my nephews/nieces on-camera which is fun to see ;) I've been enjoying all your vlogs and whilst both all Disney and Universal Parks are on my bucket lists you're now adding to it even more as you're introducing me to parks I've never hear of and can't wait to see Asterix (World?) to determine if should be adding it as well.
It was so great to meet you guys (just after the shoutouts you did). I work @ efteling and just came across this video. If you plan to come back would love to meet up in the park somewhere.. Keep up the good work guys and hope to see you @ winter efteling 2024!
Chris, you have this infectious happiness about you and I can’t help but smile when i watch your videos. Thank you for all the magic you bring into my life by just being you. Much love to you and your wonderful family! Keep exploring and keep being awesome 🫶
I’m late posting as we’ve been on vacation, but just caught up and this video series has been so fun! My husband is Dutch and has been in America for 16 years now. You made his day talking about how beautiful Efteling is! I’ve never been but would love to see it someday! The forest and greenery is so pretty! The poffertjes (mini pancakes) looked delicious! Enjoy the rest of your family Eurotrip! 😊
thank you for showing the park to the world. In 1998 my husband took me to this park and I was blown away. Just like you. I am an American, but lived here since then and visit that park and Disnay Paris very often. I think both parks tell stories with each visit.
nice video to show off efteling! The 'indische waterlelies' at 18:00 is a fairytale by Queen Fabiola of Belgium. In short, it is about stars and moon dancing on a lake during the night. Some stars did not heed the call of the moongoddess and did not return to the sky and kept dancing. The witch caught them and turned them into lillies, to dance for her when there's a full moon. It was designed by Anton Pieck, technically made possible by Peter Reijnders. Later Ton van der Ven also was involved in the completion of the show and it has been there since 3rd of may, 1966.
Your trips are just exquisite to watch. Many, many, MANY years ago, I went to Madurodam in the Netherlands. It would be so cool to see it again if you go there. Thx so much for your kindness and fun. You guys are the very best!
Hi Chris! What a blast to see someone praising this fun park in our little country, I enjoyed both of your videos very much! I had a few fun interesting tidbits about the park just to answer some potential questions or as an attempt to make you fall in love with this park even more. In the fairytale forest area, the Magical Clock is an original by one of the people who worked on Efteling in 1952 and the Waterlilies are an original by one of the former queens of Belgium. Speaking of all these fairytales, the origins of them are from all over the world! The fairytale forest mainly focuses on classics like the brothers Grimm or Andersen, but a lot of the rides tend to have some origins from different folktales or legends. Examples of these are Dutch folktales like the White Women in Baron or the Flying Dutchman from the boatcoaster. Vogelrok and Sirocco are themed after the stories of Sindbad the Sailor from stories out of 1001 nights, and your favourite coaster is based on the legend of St. George and the Dragon! If you will return to the park someday, there are some new projects in the works right now. A new fairytale that will be added to the forest has just been announced and the new haunted house ride will be ready this fall, so there will be some new stuff to experience! Your Efteling videos are actually the first videos I've seen on this channel, but it was a comfy watch. Kind of like going to a themepark with my own dad. You've sparked an idea by visiting all these different themeparks over the world and I think I want to make a goal of this myself. If you happen to visit Efteling again, maybe I can come along to accompany you and tell more about the park, and you can take me along to see some parks in the USA!
23:35 walking right past the statue of saint Nicholas, whom would be turned into Santa by coca cola. When you return for the winter Efteling, stay until closing for the light/water show near the entrance (the pond near the Bazar with the large frogs).
Walt Disney sent his Imagineers to Efteling for inspiration ✨️ ❤️ the Netherlands is very proud of our forrests and nature, going so far as banning cars in some cities now and turning entire streets into walking and bike paths with many trees and plants to bring back nature to cities, so its very important to us that Efteling incorperates our love for nature because conservation and fighting nature is a huge part of our history- everyones history, honestly- and nature, in our mind, is the truest beauty our planet offers so it deserves to be represented in our favorite park❤
That's a great fairytale but the netherlands is one of the most polluting countries in EU in terms of nitrogen output. Most nature has been gobbled up by farmers. The rare wolves that are finally back are at risk of being shot. Netherlands is many things, but not a great example of people living with nature. It's one of the most densely populated countries in the world and that takes a toll on nature. Planting flowers for bees and all these green initiatives are great, but 'the Netherlands is so proud of nature' misses the exploitative nature of their relationship to the land. They practically invented intensive agriculture, and destroyed a unique delta region in their hunger to 'control the water/nature' (ijsselmeer, markermeer, randmeren) The whole region, water quality, ecosystem has been erased.
You seem like the kindest person ever you brought a smile to my face, I hope you had an AMAZING time at the Efteling and you and your wife don’t deserve hate I hope you have fun in Amsterdam to,I actually want to be your friend!❤ you made my day!💖
I'm in my 40s and me and my friends still have a tradition to go to the Efteling once a year, without our kids. Just so we can catch up and be kids ourselves.
Omg I’m loving these videos! I am in awe of this park and had no idea it existed. I’ve never wanted to visit Europe, but this may have convinced me. Shout out to you, Amanda and Miles! ❤️❤️
Great video! We are super proud of our quasi-unique themepark, and we love that foreign visitors get to experience what all dutch people regard as place of national pride. Some quick facts, most of the Efteling esthetics are based off Anton Pieck designs. And for the Americans, yes the Efteling predated the first Disney park by a few years... (Rumor/open secret) Walt himself visited and had regular chats with Efteling over the years regarding experience and what worked for visitors. Thanks for sharing your experience!
I just found this channel thanks to the UA-cam algorithm gods, but I really want to thank you guys for all the positive wholesome energy you're putting out into the world. Also thanks for being so hype about the Efteling, it really is our pride and joy in terms of amusement parks!
Thank you for sharing your adventures at Efteling. Now I want to go!!! You have a beautiful family! I love your encouragement you include in your videos as well. Keep up the great work!
Thank you guys for all ur videos and ur positive attitude and just overall happy personalities! I always enjoy ur videos! Thanks for checking out this beautiful park, efteling! Thank u again for bringing me joy for the past few years!
Lol finally. Hope you enjoyed. I was in the park yesterday. :D Please let me know when you ever visit it again. There are so many hidden gems. Like the crashed witches broom in the trees and so on
The name of the artist and painter you looking for is 'Anton Pieck'. He is the founder of most designings of ideas in the Efteling in early days, like the style of buildings and fairy tale like characters. Most fairy tales and folklore tails are presented in 'Sprookjesbos' (Fairy tail forest) and based on famous Europian fairy tail writers Hans Christiaan Andersen (1805 - 1875) from Denmark and Brothers Grimm (Jacob (1785-1863) en Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859) from Germany. Efteling succeeded to bring these fairy tales alive by animatronics and scenery, which gives an atmospheric vibe of many people childhood period of time. You could say it is are reflection of life. If you want to know more about this park, please ask.
Thanks for the nice video. The artist (you can't remember the name from) is Anton Pieck. In the Efteling there is also a museum where you can see a lot of scetches and paintings from his hand when he helped design the park.
As a little Dutch kid from a family who couldn’t afford to go abroad or even any vacations,we went to the Efteling and yes having pancakes 😊 Back at school when all the kids told their vacation stories, I always had the”well I went it Efteling”!! Most things kids do you can do at home anyway but abroad they don’t have Efteling!!! Sentiments of a Dutchman 😝
I love Efteling!! One of my favorite theme parks. Europa park is also good. Disneyland Paris is ok.... WDW is obviously amazing, but a lot of work ! I think universal Orlando is my favorite of all.
The winter wonderland is wonderful, they build logfires everywhere in the park and there's a lot of open fire bbq's for some wintery comfort food. There's also a bunch of carollers singing traditional and popular songs, it's almost worth going just for that.
Love you vlogs. You did miss quite a bit though. In the fairytale forrest, You missed the six swans and cinderella and of course Hansel and Gretel as it is being rebuilt now. Oh, and didn’t you see the museum? Or Carnaval Festival (sort of Efteling version of Small World). The stram carrousel from 1895 which was the inspiration to the Caro show is also very special, I think you missed that one too. Why did you skip fabula? It is pretty cool, especially the playground in the restaurant. Next time take the kids portion at the Poffertje, you get a souvenir efteling plate to take home.
Thank you for your lovely words that everyone is beautiful and important. You inspire me to go to the Efteling with my children and grandchildren next year for my 65th birthday. Thank you again and lots of love for you and your familie. Greetings from Amsterdam
I enjoy all your videos and am a big fan of you, Amanda and Miles. I miss Disney World, but when I watch the videos I'm still there! now that you are in the Netherlands and in the Efteling. makes me proud and happy that you love our beautiful Efteling! I didn't see you. but hopefully next time!!
Hi there. What a nice review of my favourite theme park. I am Dutch and it is true we are really proud of de Efeling. We pass it on from generation to generation. I know there are a lot of theme parks in the US with mega thrill rides. You will not find it in de Efteling but the atmosphere is so amazing that everybody falls in love when they visit. It was so much fun to so you and your family enjoy the poffertjes and pannenkoeken so much. You are a really fun dad 😀 Please come back in wintertime because in my opinion it is even more magical. Also Dance Macabre will be open also a unique Efteling one and only experience. Keep up the good stuff and come visit our country again. 👍🏻
24:45 Here you are looking at one of the oldest parts of the park as well. 25:10 Yet from here it's from the 90s I'm so glad you found my favourite attraction in the end. Illustrates why they call Efteling Wonderful, but it's also... Sinister. And don't care about the story, care about the vibe of the attraction.
I hope they take your video and use it as promotion for the park. They could put highlights in a kiosk outside the park, you could be their official greeter!
That was a great full tour of the park... well almost a full tour. You missed at leat two attractions. 😊😊🙂 One is the big (old) steam carrousel (which is now electric) that originate from my hometown Bergen op Zoom. The other one is the miniature train diorama in a day and a night setting. When I was a child, that was for sure my favorite thing to see at The Efteling!! 😊😊🙂 But... to be fair. You showed a lot of attractions I've never seen, because for me it was almost 20 years ago that I was there. 🤣 And besides that... good to see that you enjoyed your visite at The Efteling and thank you for your vlog!!!
In the old days, fairy tales were often a way to teach children life lessons. Like Hansel and Gretel: don't take candy from strangers, or The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats: don't let strangers into your house. That's why they can get dark sometimes. In modern day I think many people only know the 'Disneyfied' versions of the fairy tales but in Efteling they are presented in their original, sligthly dark form.
Anton Pieck is the artist. He designed a lot for Efteling.
With a more than honorable mention to Ton van de Ven who expanded on Pieck's vision in the years that Efteling was maturing into a world class park.
He did more that design a lot. He basically laid down the design principles for everything in efteling. It''s like a styleguide for a themepark.
Exactly what I was going to say. If you like efteling and especially the style that Anton Pieck draws and designs in. A visit too the Anton Pieck Museum is well worth your time. 🥰
Also a shoutout to Peter Reijnders who made a lot of the technics and tricks possible. He is a founding father, just like the others.
Anton Pieck used to be my mother's art teacher in het high school in the fifties. He was a very sweet old man according to my mother.
As a Dutchy I think the reason we're so proud of it, is because of the nostalgia. We visit the efteling as kids again as teens and again as grown-ups perhaps with your own kids that are now discovering the magic. Even as grandparents it'll be nice to visit and reminisce.
Love the videos! ♡
I remember I went on Vogelrock with my great aunt once. She was about 75 years old at the time! 😂
@@NorthLaker that's awesome!! Did she enjoy it as well?
@@Coilla85 It was a long time ago, but I think she was more shaken up than she let on 😅
@@NorthLaker hahahaha, probably! That ride in the dark.. you don't know what's coming xD
That is exactly it. I'm Dutch but ended up marrying an Australian lady with 4 daughters who were in their late teens when we first visited the Efteling together, and they absolutely loved it as a first-time experience, while I was going through the nostalgia thing for the umpteenth time. At the same time, the Efteling is also never the same it was the time before because they keep expanding and renewing it. Whenever my - now all adult - stepdaughters visit, they practically _insist_ we visit the Efteling again, whether it's winter, summer, or either of the seasons in between.
Hey! i’m the guy that took a picture with you at the dragon. You’re an amazing person. You made my day, thank you!
It was my pleasure 💙💚
50 euro for the pooping donkey, I know inflation happened but I'm sure you mean 50 cents 🤣 love how much you explain things and how tranquil you make the park look. (which on a good day, it is)
And for Amanda: the coins the donkey is pooping are plastic ones. Maybe that helps a little?..
Chris, the story of the Emperor's nightingale makes a bit more sense if you know the full story. Basically the emperor was visited daily by the real-live nightingale, a little brown, kind of ugly, bird, with a beautiful voice. He fell in love with the sound of the bird's song and it sang to him daily. Then some people made this gorgeous golden mechanical nightingale and because it was nicer to look at, the emperor started listening to it instead. The real nightingale got sad and decided not to come back anymore and the emperor didn't care/notice, because he was completely focused on the mechanical bird. but then it broke and from then on it pretty much follows the rest of the story like you described (apart from the ghost, because that Pepper's ghost effect actually represents death). The real bird came back and his song saved the emperor's life. So the moral is kinda "Don't judge things on how they look". Also, while the original Grimm stories are pretty dark (like Red Riding Hood and the 6 goats getting eaten by the wolf in their respective fairy tales) they tend to have a positive ending (Red Riding Hood and the goats get cut out of the stomach of the wolf while it's sleeping and (depending on the version) the wolf is usually filled with stones and then sown shut. When it wakes up, the wolf is thirsty and goes to a well, but as it leans forward, the weight of the rocks makes the wolf fall over into the well).
6:49 the artist chris is talking about is Anton Pieck. They didn’t just use his style he was the original designer of the Efteling! After Anton Pieck passed Ton van de Ven took over as lead designer. His style was a little darker then Anton Pieck’s style. Anton Pieck had a more romantic style while Ton van de Ven had a more grim style being responsible for the now semi demolished “Spookslot” which has been turned into “Dans Macabre” a new attraction opening this october. The current lead designer is Sander de Bruijn he and his team are responsible for Ravelijn, Baron 1898 & Symbolica (and some more). And they are working on Danse Macabre right now 😄.
Awesome info, thank you!!!
I'm so excited for Danse Macabre!! RIP Spookslot!
Het verhaal is naar het boek van Paul van Loon
@@GoliathAngelus boek is naar het verhaal van de attractie, niet andersom 😉
Chris.....you have no idea of the impact of your inspirational speaches have!! You helped me through my bladder cancer journey. I would like to proudly report today that I am cancer free!! Your words kept me up. Thank you for all you do and who you and your family represent.
Congratulations!
Between these videos and my new obsession with Joost Klein the Netherlands is taking up more of my brain real estate than it has in my life previously combined :P
Being from European roots.. these are the fairy tales i knew and loved as a kid.. I find them so much better and all have life lessons
I am an Annual Pass holder & I do solo trips from Australia, twice a year. I am in my late 60s. I rent a scooter from an external company for my trips. i stay 14 days at a time.
Wow dedication!!
Seriously? That is friggin' amazing! Kudos to you, and I totally get it.
@@wich1 Just got back to Aus on Saturday morning. It’s a lot colder here than in Florida. Although, there is currently a tornado warning at WDW…
Really? This is a genuine question: do you really stay inside efteling for 14 days? Or do you visit other places as well while staying at Efteling?
@@bencaspar Would you like to try this comment again… in some form of comprehensible English?
Love the idea of wandering through a park and not having to worry about fast passes or genie plus. Such a beautiful park❤ thank you for the video. Might have to visit one day 🤔
It sure is beautiful.It's my favorite park and I go multiple times a year and has never lost it's magic to me.
If you ever go .maybe stay at the hotel or bosrijk village . Because it's quite the walk to get through in one day if it's your first time . Especially if it's a more busy day .
The mushrooms in the fairytale forest are such a classic thing for a lot of Dutch people. I think most people have photo's of themselves sitting on the mushrooms from when they were little (or a little older as well). Or with their ear on the mushroom to listen to the music (little kids to this the most).
Just some other explanations:
- the indian waterlelies is a story written by the former queen of Belgium, queen Fabiola. The music is actually Afrikan Beat by Bert Kampfert. The story is: the witch is jealous of the starchildren that are so beautiful en come to earth to dance on the lake, so she turnes them into lily's.
- The donkey asks 50 eurocent, not 50 euro's that would be a lot of money for a plastic coin ;), honest mistake though..
- The fairytale forest was kinda the first place. It used to be a sportcomplex for the people in the area. So there were football courts (or soccer for you ;) and tenniscourts and other things. Efteling uses the opening of the fairytale forest as their anniversary date.
- Anton Pieck was the first designer/illustrator (mostly the fairytales). There is this story that he liked to have everything look like it had been there forever. So a crooked chimney on the gnome houses, no straight paths, those kind of things. After him came Ton van de Ven, who made sure it was in the style of Pieck, he also me the land of Laaf (with the snail monorail). There is a whole story about the creatures living there (the Lafen). You can probably look it up.
I could tell you way more, but I think this is enough for now ;)
Friend of me was lying whole day on a mushroom in the fairytales forest doing shrooms before enter the park 😮💨🙄
A couple of things I want to note:
- You were using a Dutch map, but there are English maps available as well, with English names and descriptions!
- Efteling also has a very good phone app, which is multilingual, shows the map, your location, waiting times and background info on all fairytales and rides, etc.
- Download it to see what you have missed or misunderstood :) .. because you have missed quite a few areas and rides due to the massive size of the park (180 acres)
- The park is officially a nature park and is only allowed to build on 11% of the park which explains why it is so green and well maintained
- It's also one of the oldest parks in the world (72 years) and predates Disneyland by 3 years; rumors are that Walt visited Efteling for inspiration back in the days
- Anton Pieck was the original artist and designer of Efteling and his style is still used as a reference for the look and feel of everything, even trashcans or lampposts
- Every Dutch person has visited the park multiple times; usually as a kid for the fairytale forest, as a teen for the thrill rides, as a parent and as a grandparent
- So every Dutch person has at least 1 picture in their family album of sitting on one of those musical mushrooms in the fairytale forest; it's almost tradition
- Which makes it difficult for Efteling to update or get rid of older rides or fairytales; they hold sentimental value so people get upset when they try to do so
Yes, there was quite the uproar when they closed Spookslot.
totally true
I havent been there yet, you know how far away this us frim Groningen..?😉
Can confirm. And while I love the Efteling and will continue doing so, I will never ever forgive the tearing down of the Spookslot, it will remain a black hole in my heart.
I can deal with the disappearance of the Spookslot (looking forward to the next gen!) but the Bobslee and the Python...
The reason fairytales here in the Netherlands, and really most of northern and I think also eastern Europe, are more dark is that the goal originally wasn't (just) to entertain, but to teach morals and life lessons, and prepare kids for the world. So you were spot on that it's good advice not to let strangers into your house 😊
Also couldn't help but notice, the Donkey's coin is 50 euro cents (not 50 euro, that would be hilariously expensive).
And as a last note, the Indian Water lilies song is super famous in the Netherlands, and it's a popular tune to play during the waiting time in a quiz or such. I was actually familiar with the song long before I ever visited the Efteling, myself!
I do have a few slight corrections I wanted to mention. The ride you said was like "its a small world" is actually Droomvlucht (Dream Flight) which is basically their Peter Pan. It is amazing and one of if not the best ride in all of Efteling. The giant clown building that you mentioned was a souvenir shop is actually their version of it's a small world. I'm not a huge fan of the music of that ride, but to each their own.
For the ride you called their version of the haunted Mansion, I can see it, because it's literally a haunted house. However, I would say their old show called Spookslot now Danse Macabre is the closest spiritual cousin personally.
I point all of these out with love, I love your content. Thank you for sharing this beautiful park with more people.
The music of Carnaval Festival also haunts us in our nightmares...but still go in it everytime. Part of my life when I was little and the best thing ever is the time you can show this ride to your own kids. Even with the music!❤
@@Colombine2009 yes, Carnaval Festival is the real haunted mansion of the Efteling, it will haunt you for the rest of your life :p
I laughed out loud at, "This is the signature fairly tale portrayed in the park, Long Neck... But let me show you the garbage can!"
I used to skip the inspirational heart felt call out because it made me uncomfortable but the longer I’ve watched you I realized how genuine you are with everyone round you, fans/viewers included. So now I watch and really try to feel my feels, I love the call outs. Loads of us never hear that from anyone! Thanks Chris!
"That butter, was the best butter I've had in my life" that's an amazing quote!
You absolutely have to visit the park during the winter season; it's incredibly romantic, and by that time, the (second most expensive) newest attraction will be open, very spooky👻
Honestly, having never been to the US, I wonder what the heck is up with butter over there for there to be such a dramatic reaction. I honestly fear eating butter now if I ever do go over there
It’s easy to forget that life can be an adventure full of flavor, discovery, wonder, and the love of family. Thank you for the reminder.
And Chocomel! 😉
I noticed quite a few references to the Danish Author Hans Christian Andersen throughout the park too which is cool 🙂
A lot of farytales are from hans christian andersen!
10:15 Wieteke van Dort was a very well known Dutch actress and she recorded with her voice most of the spoken fairytales in Het sprookjesbos. Sadly she pasted away the 15th of Juli this year, but her voice can still be heard in the Efteling.
It will make you happy to learn that in the end the wolf did not win from Little Red Riding Hood. The wolf swallowed her and Grandmother but the Hunter freed them by cutting open his belly. Then they stuffed the belly with stones. When he tried to drink from a pond he tumbled over and drowned. So a happy ending after all. (Except for the wolf)
Amanda, as a woman I get wanting to look your best. I know we will see you soon, however, you are beautiful and missed! Thank you both for sharing this tour with us.
Thank you SO MUCH❤
Oh my goodness!!! I have to visit one day! It looks so enchanting! Enjoying this series so much! Thank you so much for taking us with you all!!!!
Those Netherlanders 😂 sure are in shape compared to us in the USA.
It’s what happens when you build walkable and bikable cities instead of car-dependent suburbs (where people use their cars 50% of the time for rides under 5 miles) 😘
31:30 corkscrEW! 😂
I follow another UA-camr and she'd visited this park but your video(s) have been REALLY thorough. Just like all of you videos I felt like I was there and makes me wanna pack and go see for myself. Efteling has this European storybook feel and I love it!!! You and your family are such fantastic people and I feel like I'm part of the family and I laugh all the time lol. Thank you again for sharing. Can't wait for more 😊
Love your video's and positive energy. I am born and raised in the netherlands but lived in Anaheim for a few years, close to knotts and disney, but that efteling magic hits different
As a Dutchie who hasn’t visited the Efteling for a while, it was wonderful to see a lot of new attractions but also known things from another perspective.
Thank you for making this video with your family. I love your enthusiasm and the way you describe everything you see in the most respectful manner.
I just subscribed! I can’t wait to see more videos of you, Amanda and Miles. ❤
Some things you passed by, in order of (non)appearance.
-Steam Carrousel, a steam powered merry-go-round. Also, a model train diorama in the same building.
-Museum of the parks origin, and of some original art pieces that no longer have a place in the park. Includes my favorite, the original electromechanical mechanism for the repeating parrot.
-Carnaval Festival, a trippy trip around the world full of silly caricatures and clown noses. Includes a theme song that will get extremely stuck in your head. Pretty much exactly like "It's a Small World", but even sillier.
-Piraña, white-water bumper boat ride.
-Pagoda, a building that goes up in the sky to give a view over the park.
-The entry to the swan boats that you keep wanting to go on. :)
Mostly small stuff, but definitely more to explore if/when you do go back.
You can make poffertjes (the mini pancakes) at home if you get a takoyaki pan and a squirt bottle for the batter.
Spider as the symbol for scary is because the Dutch TV/movie content rating system ("Kijkwijzer") uses the same thing. It's a really neat system actually, it's more granular than the E/G/PG-13/etc.. system that the US has, because in addition to age rating, it adds symbols to give reason for what caused the rating to be what it is, so parents can make a more informed decision about letting their kids watch something.
Did I miss the Fata Morgana?
@@jayandreas1131 1:01:23
Unless you meant you missed it when you visited? Yeah, it's somewhat easy to miss because of how it's kind of in a corner of the park.
That was a very nice tour. Thank You! I'm surprised you didn't run into my favorite wandering musical group there called Efteling Muzikanten. They are fantastic! It's a quartet of musicians that wander around the park and perform in various places in the streets. The main guy is on accordian, then there's a person on upright bass, someone on drums, and then either a guy on saxophone, girl on violin, or girl on flute. I've been watching them on UA-cam since 2020. They make me so happy, just like you! I'm not lyin'.......and when I say Lion, I mean Tiger! Ha! Canoe believe it?!!!!
Beautiful Country!! On my bucket list! Love the theme park!
Hi we in the Netherlands don't say Dutch. It's what English speaking people in the world use. We say Nederlands instead of Dutch. We live in Nederland, speak Nederlands and are Nederlands. Dutch as a word is very old. It originates from "Diets" which means "from the people". The word Diets is the same word used for "Germany". where Germans and Dutch people say Deutschland/Duitsland.
It would be more fitting I think if the Germans were being called the Dutch (as the Pennsylvania Dutch already are) and the people of the Netherlands Netherlanders who are speaking Netherlandic. But the way it is now is just the way it is...
Ik was net precies hetzelfde aan t schrijven als reactie 😂
Of er is ooit een misverstand ontstaan omdat Nederlands en Duits voor Engelstaligen erg op elkaar lijken... maar we zullen niet snel van de benaming Dutch af komen ben ik bang 😅
@@E.L.D-66 In de tijd dat het Engelse woord 'Dutch' ontstond noemden wij onze taal ook nog duitsch/dietsch, de verwarring hebben we zelf veroorzaakt door de 'naam' van onze volkstaal te veranderen. 😅
The fairytale forest in Efteling is full of all the Dutch allegory stories told to kids for centuries. It's is such a treasure in Dutch culture! Beautiful!
Thank you for the shout out to the New Zealanders who watch your videos. ❤ We are such a small country, and any trip to Disneyland or beyond is such a big deal for us because we live so far away from the rest of the world. Watching your videos are a daily highlight, because we also don’t have things like Efteling or Disney. Can’t wait to watch more! 😊❤
It's been a nice review and tour of the Efteling. Thank you for making it. And yes, the Efteling is indeed for many Dutch people a place of great pride and the backdrop for many happy memories. I mean I recall coming off the Piranha and my parents discussed whether we should do Python. Me and my sister were just about tall enough, but that's a serious rollercoaster. I still remember the doubtful look my mother gave but she agreed and off we went. Fast forward 30 years and I'm finding myself sitting next to my little niece as she rides her first 'real' rollercoaster, Joris en de Draak, and she loved it. Right behind us were my father and sister, same as 30 years ago. I can't look back on such moments without getting teary-eyed, like by what luck did we get such happiness served to us? There is a deeper or I suppose a spiritual layer to all of this that the Efteling so effortlessly seems to be able to help you cross. The place just straight up matters to us and it's second to none.
There is a common theme in many of these videos, which is where the name of Disney is evoked as to strike a comparison. I understand why it happens because they are both top notch in terms of presentation, but you seemed to be kind of unwilling to really go there and I actually liked that hesitation. The parks are not quite as comparable as one would think, because while they seem similar they are trying to do something completely different, or at least it has felt so to me. In the Efteling they built this Symbolica thing. It is a great attraction and I like it, but it's also a failure. Why? Because it's very Disney. It consistently draws your attention to particular things that happen and I mean while the interactive bits are kind of fun it breaks the fourth wall which doesn't feel right. I mean it tries to control you as it asks you to control it. It's not Eftelings in that way. The quintessence of Efteling is the Droomvlucht. It's not about anything, it's a background presented as a foreground, it's an expressionistic outburst that has no clear aim. It has no big set pieces that draw the focus beyond King Oberon. Droomvlucht is just you and your senses confronted with something that doesn't even ask to be comprehended. Just scenes of wonder for the sake of wonder alone, for those willing to engulf themselves. Disney, while great at what it does, feels like it is far more forceful in how things are presented to you. Look here, now watch that, now see this. Efteling never tries to impose itself as much. It's more a stroll in the woods where suddenly you see a squirrel casually jolting up a tree. Where you walk across a bend and hey look at that massive mushroom. It's difficult to convert these feelings to text properly, but I think you know what I mean.
Hi Chris, at 01:05 you said something that hit me right in the face. I want to thank you for that, makes my day.
BTW, heading to Efteling right now (roughly my 30st visit, since 1970)
5:23 Sprookjesbos (17:32 Indische Waterlelies, based on a fairy tale written by Belgium's former Queen Fabiola)
24:40 Land van Laaf
31:33 Vliegende Hollander
32:45 Joris en de Draak
34:36 Baron 1898
57:39 Max & Moritz
1:01:30 Fata Morgana
Something really nice about the Nest (the playground you mentioned) is that it is dissability friendly. It is accesible and has playground equipment for wheelchairs for example. Also guidedogs are welcome and encouraged.
At 43:50 you're sitting next to Caroussel Palace. That attraction was Anton Pieck's favoriet fairground ride in 1910. Efteling bought it and restored it. Disney was interested and wanted to buy it...but Efteling couldn't sell it of course of the emotional value.
OMG!!! Thank you for going on Fata Morgana!!! Such a cool dark ride!!!!!!
Oh my! I want to go here, it is Beautiful, love the gardens and fountains. I love the butter dance! Thank you for doing this video, I wouLd have never known about this amazing place. I appreciate your narrative of the fairytale land and the fact you lower voice to not disrupt the experience of others around you. You and your family do a wonderful job of highlighting the parks around the world and spreading joy! Our family could go here for probably about the same amount of money of a Disneyland vacation. That would include flights from California. Thank you again for all you do.
Interpretative dance is how you should do every food review from now on! 😂 We love you guys! Safe travels Chris, Amanda and Miles.
I'm so glad you enjoyed Efteling. I like to make some comment about Nest. It's actually not a playground for bigger kids. It's an all inclusive playground made in a way so every kid can enjoy it and play with the other kids, even when they are disabled in any way. So if you are in a wheelchair you can still acces the slide and all the other stuff. Efteling really does a great job to be all inclusive so everyone can enjoy it.
Also the story with goats kinda has a happy ending, just not for the wolf. In the end the smallest goat tells his mom what happened. Mama goat cuts the wolf open in his sleep, gets the kids out and fills him with rocks. When the wolf wakes up he gets thirsty and wants to drink from the well. But the rocks are really heavy so he fall into the well and drowns. If you look behind the wolf and the house you can actually see the well.
Thank you for sharing.
You, Amanda and Myles are truly amazing people and your videos make us smile, laugh and even reflect as you encourage everyone to know it all gets better. You have a true gift for entertaining and encouraging and informing us all. Thank you!
Hey Chris! From the bottom of my heart: thank you and your family for visiting The Efteling! I've been following your adventures on UA-cam and it's always great fun to watch your video's. You always give so many facts and hidden details about Disney parks... incredible. Therefore it's amazing to see you discover my own homepark! I've been coming to Efteling for about 50 years and I loved to see your reactions. The lady in the pancake restaurant was right; we Dutch take great pride in the Efteling, is it a part of our cultural heritage and it hold a special place in our hearts. It may not have the fastest, tallest or most spectacular collercoasters ( that seems to be the standard to rate a park these days), but it is special. Just like you I've been lucky and able to visit a lot of themeparks throughout the years, but Efteling will always be special to me. And for every visitor it is special in a different way. Thank you for showing us Efteling through your eyes. Oh and waving to people from the steamtrain may seem weird to the Dutch, but just keep waving. Maybe we'll learn to appreciate it one day 🙂 Greeting from Holland!
I would go as often as I possibly could! Like Disneyland. One park, couple to a few days at each park to take the time to just soak in the beauty and magic as well as enjoy all the food and rides!!! Efteling is indeed the most beautiful park in the world!!!!!
Thank you for your beautiful tour of my home park. Yes as a dutch person i am proud of Efteling. I am fortunate i can go here a least once a month. To enjoy this park i definately recommend spending more than one day here. If you take your time and wind down you can enjoy the beatiful surroundings and details in the park.
The park is built to look like evetyting has always been there and always will. The fairytales are indeed a bit darker, but red riding hood and grandma were saved from the belly of the wolf by the hunter and the goats were saved bij mother goat and the little goaf in the clock, so stil a happy ending (except for the wolf).
There is one tale the little matchstick girl. She dies, but it is stil happy in a way because she reunites with her grandmother in haven. Its a sad one though.
Hopefully you get to return to see dance macabere when it is done because it promises to be a geat adittion again.
Loved your stories about your experiences. Thank you
Thank You for sharing your trip to Efteling. You and your family are Blessed to have been able to go and have an awesome time. Enjoy the rest of your trip and be safe.
This is my home park. I love it so much. It is so magical. It used to have the Sprookjesbos but also a GIANT lake and a GIANT playground, tennis courts, etc. before all of the rides came in. :) My mother inlaw went when the park was first opened in the 50's. It is so nostalgic for her. We are huge fans and I will go even in the years my kids no longer want to join, haha. Thank you for visiting and giving such great info and showing so much of our lovely park. You and your family are lovely and I really enjoy your videos!
Those pedal trains were my all time favorite as a kid visiting the Efteling. I am now 70 and I still love them and want to ride them😁.
I'm enjoying your European Parks Tour! I can't believe you're off to Europe so soon after those 20 days at 20 Disney resorts ... I'm impressed Chris! But I appreciate the Europe tour because I have never heard of these parks ... once again I'm learning something new from your videos. Thanks Chris! 😊
Enjoying the euro trip videos!
This place looks so awesome! I love darker fairytales. And the character design and animatronics are incredible. Definitely added to our list of places to visit.
The simple "gentle sleep-breathing" animatronics in the Sleeping Beauty castle, predate any installed with Disney, by 3 years :-)
1:03:46 goooo tigers!!
We love De Efteling, we live in the UK and have now been passholders for 2 years, we love the park that much that we yet again renewed our passes 4 weeks ago ! Glad you enjoyed your trip 🙂
I am so enjoying this adventure with you and your family. You are all amazing and special as well. I look forward to seeing you and your family each day - you truly brighten my day. Will see you tomorrow!@ 😊 ❤
What a nice surprise to see you in "my" Efteling. I live about 5 minutes away. I always watch your videos, so it's a wonderful surprise to see you enthousiasme for a park that's so dear to my heart🎉
This 72-year-old has watched all your videos for years! Keep at it. We need your joy and optimism. If you like Efteling's woodsiness have you even been to Busch Gardens 'Old Country' near Williamsburg VA? Miles is getting old enough to appreciate Williamsburg itself and this Busch Gardens is also beautiful with trees and old English, German, Irish, Italian and French type buildings. We live near Washington DC and the 4hr drive to Busch Gardens was our family's go-to special place when our kids were growing up.
Love that you are so well informed and take your time showing us around. I've watched many of you video's and your demeanor is not only relaxed and positive but your enthousiasm for the new and wonderous is contagious. I love Efteling and go frequently. I could add many details to your stories (and correct a few) but that doesn' t matter. Keep the positive vibe. Thank you for visiting and sharing your experience.
Provost Family - I totally agree that you're an amazing family, and loved to hear in a previous vlog that your personalities don't change off-camera.
Can I say that whilst you're both leading an interesting life with balancing work/life on/off camera etc you're doing an amazing job raising Miles.
I've noticed that whilst he's being raised as a UA-camr's "kid" in the spotlight he's still normal and acting like my nephews/nieces on-camera which is fun to see ;)
I've been enjoying all your vlogs and whilst both all Disney and Universal Parks are on my bucket lists you're now adding to it even more as you're introducing me to parks I've never hear of and can't wait to see Asterix (World?) to determine if should be adding it as well.
It was so great to meet you guys (just after the shoutouts you did). I work @ efteling and just came across this video. If you plan to come back would love to meet up in the park somewhere.. Keep up the good work guys and hope to see you @ winter efteling 2024!
These are all the stories I heard as a little girl growing up in England! Very cool!
I think you’re very likeable and positive people, and I just wanted to say thank you for doing such a great video. Much love to you from Holland🌷🌷🌷
Chris, you have this infectious happiness about you and I can’t help but smile when i watch your videos. Thank you for all the magic you bring into my life by just being you. Much love to you and your wonderful family! Keep exploring and keep being awesome 🫶
Yes indeed nostalgia...visited Efteling as a kid 52 years ago...still loving it and visit this park regulary. THANK YOU FOR SHARING CHRIS
I’m late posting as we’ve been on vacation, but just caught up and this video series has been so fun! My husband is Dutch and has been in America for 16 years now. You made his day talking about how beautiful Efteling is! I’ve never been but would love to see it someday! The forest and greenery is so pretty! The poffertjes (mini pancakes) looked delicious! Enjoy the rest of your family Eurotrip! 😊
Wow, I look forward to seeing efteling in December. I know Europe does Christmas beautifully. Please put it on your calendar!
thank you for showing the park to the world. In 1998 my husband took me to this park and I was blown away. Just like you. I am an American, but lived here since then and visit that park and Disnay Paris very often. I think both parks tell stories with each visit.
nice video to show off efteling! The 'indische waterlelies' at 18:00 is a fairytale by Queen Fabiola of Belgium. In short, it is about stars and moon dancing on a lake during the night. Some stars did not heed the call of the moongoddess and did not return to the sky and kept dancing. The witch caught them and turned them into lillies, to dance for her when there's a full moon. It was designed by Anton Pieck, technically made possible by Peter Reijnders. Later Ton van der Ven also was involved in the completion of the show and it has been there since 3rd of may, 1966.
Your trips are just exquisite to watch. Many, many, MANY years ago, I went to Madurodam in the Netherlands. It would be so cool to see it again if you go there. Thx so much for your kindness and fun. You guys are the very best!
Hi Chris! What a blast to see someone praising this fun park in our little country, I enjoyed both of your videos very much!
I had a few fun interesting tidbits about the park just to answer some potential questions or as an attempt to make you fall in love with this park even more. In the fairytale forest area, the Magical Clock is an original by one of the people who worked on Efteling in 1952 and the Waterlilies are an original by one of the former queens of Belgium.
Speaking of all these fairytales, the origins of them are from all over the world! The fairytale forest mainly focuses on classics like the brothers Grimm or Andersen, but a lot of the rides tend to have some origins from different folktales or legends. Examples of these are Dutch folktales like the White Women in Baron or the Flying Dutchman from the boatcoaster. Vogelrok and Sirocco are themed after the stories of Sindbad the Sailor from stories out of 1001 nights, and your favourite coaster is based on the legend of St. George and the Dragon!
If you will return to the park someday, there are some new projects in the works right now. A new fairytale that will be added to the forest has just been announced and the new haunted house ride will be ready this fall, so there will be some new stuff to experience!
Your Efteling videos are actually the first videos I've seen on this channel, but it was a comfy watch. Kind of like going to a themepark with my own dad. You've sparked an idea by visiting all these different themeparks over the world and I think I want to make a goal of this myself. If you happen to visit Efteling again, maybe I can come along to accompany you and tell more about the park, and you can take me along to see some parks in the USA!
23:35 walking right past the statue of saint Nicholas, whom would be turned into Santa by coca cola.
When you return for the winter Efteling, stay until closing for the light/water show near the entrance (the pond near the Bazar with the large frogs).
Walt Disney sent his Imagineers to Efteling for inspiration ✨️ ❤️ the Netherlands is very proud of our forrests and nature, going so far as banning cars in some cities now and turning entire streets into walking and bike paths with many trees and plants to bring back nature to cities, so its very important to us that Efteling incorperates our love for nature because conservation and fighting nature is a huge part of our history- everyones history, honestly- and nature, in our mind, is the truest beauty our planet offers so it deserves to be represented in our favorite park❤
That's a great fairytale but the netherlands is one of the most polluting countries in EU in terms of nitrogen output. Most nature has been gobbled up by farmers. The rare wolves that are finally back are at risk of being shot. Netherlands is many things, but not a great example of people living with nature. It's one of the most densely populated countries in the world and that takes a toll on nature. Planting flowers for bees and all these green initiatives are great, but 'the Netherlands is so proud of nature' misses the exploitative nature of their relationship to the land. They practically invented intensive agriculture, and destroyed a unique delta region in their hunger to 'control the water/nature' (ijsselmeer, markermeer, randmeren) The whole region, water quality, ecosystem has been erased.
@@jimbinho175 nobody cares
You seem like the kindest person ever you brought a smile to my face, I hope you had an AMAZING time at the Efteling and you and your wife don’t deserve hate I hope you have fun in Amsterdam to,I actually want to be your friend!❤ you made my day!💖
We now are friends 💙💚
I'm in my 40s and me and my friends still have a tradition to go to the Efteling once a year, without our kids. Just so we can catch up and be kids ourselves.
Omg I’m loving these videos! I am in awe of this park and had no idea it existed. I’ve never wanted to visit Europe, but this may have convinced me. Shout out to you, Amanda and Miles! ❤️❤️
Great video! We are super proud of our quasi-unique themepark, and we love that foreign visitors get to experience what all dutch people regard as place of national pride. Some quick facts, most of the Efteling esthetics are based off Anton Pieck designs. And for the Americans, yes the Efteling predated the first Disney park by a few years... (Rumor/open secret) Walt himself visited and had regular chats with Efteling over the years regarding experience and what worked for visitors.
Thanks for sharing your experience!
I just found this channel thanks to the UA-cam algorithm gods, but I really want to thank you guys for all the positive wholesome energy you're putting out into the world. Also thanks for being so hype about the Efteling, it really is our pride and joy in terms of amusement parks!
Thank you for sharing your adventures at Efteling. Now I want to go!!! You have a beautiful family! I love your encouragement you include in your videos as well. Keep up the great work!
Thank you guys for all ur videos and ur positive attitude and just overall happy personalities! I always enjoy ur videos! Thanks for checking out this beautiful park, efteling! Thank u again for bringing me joy for the past few years!
Lol finally. Hope you enjoyed. I was in the park yesterday. :D
Please let me know when you ever visit it again. There are so many hidden gems. Like the crashed witches broom in the trees and so on
The name of the artist and painter you looking for is 'Anton Pieck'. He is the founder of most designings of ideas in the Efteling in early days, like the style of buildings and fairy tale like characters.
Most fairy tales and folklore tails are presented in 'Sprookjesbos' (Fairy tail forest) and based on famous Europian fairy tail writers Hans Christiaan Andersen (1805 - 1875) from Denmark and Brothers Grimm (Jacob (1785-1863) en Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859) from Germany. Efteling succeeded to bring these fairy tales alive by animatronics and scenery, which gives an atmospheric vibe of many people childhood period of time. You could say it is are reflection of life.
If you want to know more about this park, please ask.
I didn't know fairies had tails. Tell me a fairytale about fairies with tails.
@@jimbinho175 do you speak Dutch?
Thanks for the nice video. The artist (you can't remember the name from) is Anton Pieck. In the Efteling there is also a museum where you can see a lot of scetches and paintings from his hand when he helped design the park.
I have been going to the Efteling for over forty years but you made me fall in love with it all over again! ❤
As a little Dutch kid from a family who couldn’t afford to go abroad or even any vacations,we went to the Efteling and yes having pancakes 😊
Back at school when all the kids told their vacation stories, I always had the”well I went it Efteling”!!
Most things kids do you can do at home anyway but abroad they don’t have Efteling!!!
Sentiments of a Dutchman 😝
Unique situation. Co ments almost as informative as the video. Thanks Chris and commentors. Hope theirs plans for a Christmasbvisit
I love Efteling!! One of my favorite theme parks.
Europa park is also good.
Disneyland Paris is ok....
WDW is obviously amazing, but a lot of work !
I think universal Orlando is my favorite of all.
The winter wonderland is wonderful, they build logfires everywhere in the park and there's a lot of open fire bbq's for some wintery comfort food. There's also a bunch of carollers singing traditional and popular songs, it's almost worth going just for that.
Great tour - thank you! Efteling is ENCHANTING 😍
OMG I AM SO EXCITED
Love you vlogs. You did miss quite a bit though.
In the fairytale forrest, You missed the six swans and cinderella and of course Hansel and Gretel as it is being rebuilt now.
Oh, and didn’t you see the museum? Or Carnaval Festival (sort of Efteling version of Small World).
The stram carrousel from 1895 which was the inspiration to the Caro show is also very special, I think you missed that one too.
Why did you skip fabula? It is pretty cool, especially the playground in the restaurant.
Next time take the kids portion at the Poffertje, you get a souvenir efteling plate to take home.
Thank you for your lovely words that everyone is beautiful and important. You inspire me to go to the Efteling with my children and grandchildren next year for my 65th birthday. Thank you again and lots of love for you and your familie. Greetings from Amsterdam
I enjoy all your videos and am a big fan of you, Amanda and Miles. I miss Disney World, but when I watch the videos I'm still there! now that you are in the Netherlands and in the Efteling. makes me proud and happy that you love our beautiful Efteling! I didn't see you. but hopefully next time!!
Hi there. What a nice review of my favourite theme park. I am Dutch and it is true we are really proud of de Efeling. We pass it on from generation to generation. I know there are a lot of theme parks in the US with mega thrill rides. You will not find it in de Efteling but the atmosphere is so amazing that everybody falls in love when they visit. It was so much fun to so you and your family enjoy the poffertjes and pannenkoeken so much. You are a really fun dad 😀 Please come back in wintertime because in my opinion it is even more magical. Also Dance Macabre will be open also a unique Efteling one and only experience. Keep up the good stuff and come visit our country again. 👍🏻
OMG me and my best friend were in the video, I was on the mushroom🤣. Love your content!!
No way! 💙💚
Yeh!! So funny, we were making a picture on the mushroom behind you
What? I have never gotten a sticker at joris en de draak?! I want one 😂
24:45 Here you are looking at one of the oldest parts of the park as well.
25:10 Yet from here it's from the 90s
I'm so glad you found my favourite attraction in the end. Illustrates why they call Efteling Wonderful, but it's also... Sinister.
And don't care about the story, care about the vibe of the attraction.
I hope they take your video and use it as promotion for the park. They could put highlights in a kiosk outside the park, you could be their official greeter!
That was a great full tour of the park... well almost a full tour. You missed at leat two attractions. 😊😊🙂
One is the big (old) steam carrousel (which is now electric) that originate from my hometown Bergen op Zoom.
The other one is the miniature train diorama in a day and a night setting. When I was a child, that was for sure my favorite thing to see at The Efteling!! 😊😊🙂
But... to be fair. You showed a lot of attractions I've never seen, because for me it was almost 20 years ago that I was there. 🤣
And besides that... good to see that you enjoyed your visite at The Efteling and thank you for your vlog!!!
In the old days, fairy tales were often a way to teach children life lessons. Like Hansel and Gretel: don't take candy from strangers, or The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats: don't let strangers into your house. That's why they can get dark sometimes. In modern day I think many people only know the 'Disneyfied' versions of the fairy tales but in Efteling they are presented in their original, sligthly dark form.