This place is like heaven to me. I went there after wanting to get there for 2 years and my expectations were sky high and somehow still surpassed. What an amazing park.
Man Martin needs to be on this channel more often. His opinions on the rides and attractions are fantastic and he's an all round great guy. Great vlog 👍🏻
That dark ride was phenomenal. Seriously, if that was in a Disney park, I wouldn't even think twice. Those animatronics are truly something to behold, especially when Disney seems to have a monopoly on insane-looking animatronics.
One of the most unique parks out there. There is just something so distinctive about the designs of their rides, that you really can say something is "Efteling". This is what I miss in most of the other theme parks in Europe. If I go to Europa Park for example, I see a nice park with a lot of theming, good operations and just a great overall resort. But if you were to ask me about something distinctively "Europa Park", I just wouldn't know. That's what I Iike about Efteling and that's also something that I think they don't get enough credit for. It's too easy to write some of their rides and designs of as weird, just because they're different and unconventional. And still, because it's so different, I can understand why some people don't really like or really connect with the park on a first visit. It doesn't really have any of the "standard" theme park tropes , like areas themed to specifically one theme. This is my favourite park in Europe, just because there is no other place like it, and that's a massive compliment in a world where basically everything has already been done once. I wish more parks had such a distinctive style and would take more risks and challenge themselves more at building rides, because it can lead to great things.
theexplodingchicken You should visit Tripsdrill, its exactly what you're looking for. No different themed areas, just a unique theme i've never heared of another themepark! Anyways, Efteling is my favourite park in europa too. I just love how you could walk around for hours without even riding anything and still be amazed. Symbolica is absolutely beautiful! I personally prefer spiderman and transformers slightly, but symbolica just blew me away, the level of theming is outstanding! Loved the vlog
The biggest difference between a normal amusement park and the Efteling are the artists. There is a word in Dutch called "knutselen". It basically means handcrafting something you love with just basic materials, there's no rush, it's done when you say it's done. Efteling has a long tradition of handcrafting and theming, much longer than designing actual attractions. They came later on in the parks history. The stories and handcrafted beauty is central to the Efteling. It's an actual Themed nature park with some attractions. The other European theme parks might have superieur rides. They will never get a glimpse of the soul of the Efteling.
And it's a non-profit company, give the forest a good destination is there startingpoint. Did you know that only 10% of the Efteling is Themepark and the rest can be pull to the park in the future. They own already the area.
I am Dutch myself and I know a lot of the history of Efteling. I think their creative designers deserve much more attention in the theme park community. While visiting other theme parks, I learned to appreciate Efteling even more, and some of the major parks in Europe, like Phantasialand, didn't live up to my expectations as an overall park experience, despite a lot of people saying it's better than Efteling ( don't get me wrong I still like Phantasialand). I even get the feeling that Efteling doesn't get enough appreciation in the Dutch theme park community. The design for Symbolica for example got bashed on forums before the ride was even finished. I still think Efteling has the greatest designers out of any park in Europe, from the 1950's all the way up to today. It all displays an insane amount of skill, quality and thinking out of the box.
The statue of the old lady with the sticks in her hand is called "Het ballonnenvrouwtje" or in englisch "The balloonlady". Its a verry old statue dated from arround 1960. (nobody seems to know how realy old she is). On the sticks in her hands they are somethimes hanging heliumballoons to sell. If you saw her in Europapark, thats a copy of her. A gift from the Efteling. There are more parks in the world with statues from the efteling.
Shawn you wil appreciate the efteling more when you have childeren of your own. Efteling is all about a good magical day out with the whole family young and old all together, thats whats efteling all about. For now enjoy your rides on big coasters like taron but you will not make youre young kids happy in a thrill seeker park like phantasialand and thats why disney and efteling has a huge number of visitors.
This is the vlog I've been most looking forward to - what a gorgeous park! Symbolica is the sort of dark ride I've been dreaming about since I was little and now it's a reality, crazy!
You know, the thing about rides like de Baron 1898 is that the carts itself are so heavy, you can't really make anything more spectacular in the ride. Otherwise it wouldn't be safe anymore. But that's kind of what de Efteling stands for: the intros, the full entrance to the ride and the experience you get from it and the stories they're telling. They're trying to give you the feeling you are in that one specific world itself and I think that's beautiful. *Great video, love that the vlog is so long also!*
I am so happy you like Symbolica. Great vlog. Saw myself way 2 much, sorry about that, but at least i got Leah the red ticket at Baron. ;-) It was great meeting all of you and thank you 4 the nice talk. BTW went 2 Europa park today. Lovely park. But it rained a lot. Not very busy and went on Arthur twice. Great ride, my fav of the park. Yes that park is great but still the Efteling is my fav.
All the big coasters are in that corner of the park, because that area is called "Ruigrijk". Basically it means that all the 'rough' (ruig) attractions are in that 'area' (rijk). When Python was build, people didn't like the idea of such a big thrilling ride in a fairytale park like the Efteling. That's why they decided to locate the coaster all the way in the furthest corner of the park, so it wouldn't have any influence on the fairytale feeling. Many people protested against Python, and the construction of Python even stopped for a while. Though, when it opened it was a hit and almost everyone's first inversion in the Netherlands was on Python 😉.
''almost everyone's first inversion in the Netherlands was on Python'' I never said it was the first coaster with an inversion. For many people Python was the first time they went upside down in a coaster.
I went to the efteling in the summer holiday when Droomvlucht (Dreamflight) had just opened and let me tell you the line started outside of the building with the huge cattle waiting line. We waited for almost 2,5 hours to go on that day. Crazy! Keep it up with these great vlogs!
The Python is not only getting closed for "some" work. They are going to rebuild the whole ride. They only leave the station and lifthill in its original state. but first they are going to use the ride to test some sort of fastpass system on it. after that(2 months), the work on it will start. The expectation is that this will happen during the winterefteling. So the next time you're in the efteling you can get into a completely new python. I hope you visit on your second day "Het volk van laaf", The Bobsled and The fairy tale forest, especially the Indian water lilies. Keep in mind that that little show is from 1966. and its still beautiful. Btw I loved the vlog. :)
After rumors for years about Python being taken down, I guess they weren't wrong haha. Glad to see Efteling doing some real maintenance to keep one of their classics going strong, instead of doing the easy thing to remove it completely.
Kan me haast niet voorstellen dat ze het station niet gaan thematiseren. Volgens mij zullen ze de hele omgeving rondom de python aanpakken. Durf mijn hand daarvoor in het vuur steken!
Haal maar vast wat hout en aanmaakblokjes. Ik denk het niet, maar hoop het natuurlijk wel. Al zou ik niet weten hoe. Ik hoop nog altijd op een pythonplus-achtige oplossing. misschien dat t daarom wel zo lang is uitgesteld ..
Love this video ones again. I saw all of your videos in the Netherlands September 2018. Waarbeek, Slagharen, Duinrell, Toverland, Efteling, Wildlands and Walibi Holland, love all your trips!! 😘😍❤💓 Thank you so much, Shawn, Charlotte, Martin and Leah! ❤ Fun fact for the people outside The World of the Efteling is: the actors of Ravelelijn show come from the French historical amusement park 'Puy du Fou' and are therefore French. And the memics are the dutch voices. The Efteling has been working with 'Puy du Fou' for years. Only the father in this show is Dutch, also the stage assistants, horse assistants, bird trainers are from 'Puy du Fou.' So why their mimics is clear. I hope to welcome you again in 2020 with Toverland and then the finished 'Fenix' dark ride section but also the 'Hotel and hopefully with a full ETF dark ride (rumour). Slagharen expansion and the Efteling with their new coaster. Then by that time Walibi Holland with the RMC. And that you are going to make a nice tour in the Netherlands again. Cool to know that Toverland has already won 4 prizes in the past 2 days in 2018. And earlier this year also for Troy 2018.😃 5 prizes in 1 year is really super. This can be found on: 'Toverland fansite. I link it and hopefully it can also be read in English. Toverland fansite: www.toverlandfansite.nl/persberichten/toverland-wint-european-star-award-voor-best-attractiepark Toverland fanssite Facebook: facebook.com/519346181439225/posts/2385929978114160/ I hope for you that you can translate it in engelish.😉 Sorry for the long story after all.
You naughty boy saying 1981 makes it really old!!! I was born a year before That!!! Lol another great vlog. Need to revisit as Symbolica wasn't open when I visited in June.
You guys are the best theme park vlogers ever the way you put across the good points and the bad points of any theme park is unique. if it makes sense you make a negative point into a positive you never just slate any park. You make me want to visit every park you visit whether it be light water valley or Disney and all inbetween. keep up the good work you are fantastic
Having ridden both the classic Villa Volta and Hex, I think the preshows on Hex are more time consuming than Volta. I'm with Martin on this one. Great Vlog as always
With Villa Volta it depends if you like that kind of storytelling. The preshows are what make Villa Volta for me. I know the story by heart and I never get tired of listening to it. It's just so well told and there are some great voice actors in there, especially the actor that does Hugo. I really get involved in it. I think the narrator in Hex hams it up a bit and does kinda that "generic creepy and mysterious voice". The use of many voice actors in Villa Volta makes the story feel much grander, like all the villagers that get to do their saying in the first preshow. They might be long, but without the preshows Villa Volta would be a hollow shell for me, and definately not as memorable.
It was very nice to meet you Shawn :-) Thanks for your time and also for the photo's . I am the guy with the Oblivion the black hole t-shirt and the Milka :D
I would love to go through the park with you guys and explain everything there is to tell. I love to see you're enjoying it so much, but it really is a hundred times more fun if you understand all the story lines behind the attractions, more of them actually have a story than you would think. And not to forget the history behind the park!
Funny when you mentioned the size of Python, when you first see it...when I saw Python for the very first time, I thought the same..it looked huge. Now in the present time, I'm stunned watching vlogs about american roller coasters like Steel Vengeance, The Voyage or other huge coasters...I'll probably never ride those, but man, they look fantastic!
Actually, I've explained this to other non-Dutchspeakers as well, 'cause it's something that's not often present in other languages: our diminitive suffixes. Highly present in the Efteling as well. Simply put: every [noun[ that ends in -je or technically -tje, -dje, -pje in standard Dutch means little [noun]. That's why a huisje is a little house. That's something we as Dutch speakers should be proud of. I love it.
Also today a serious number of changes have been implemented. Quite a few scenes have different lighting, they removed the interactive option of dancing in the final scene (it is now done automatically, probably because not a lot of people understood it) and new posters with information about the ride vehicles and the interactive dashboard have been placed in the queue line. Also the vehicles leave the rooms with mirrors forwards now and not backwards anymore (not sure why this was done).
Charlotte: That was absolutely sensational! Me: So is your channel. When Im felling down I watch TPW your vids are absolutely sensational. You make evyone who watches this channel smile. Keep it up :)
Great vlog, u made me feel old last time I went to efteling dreamflight had only been open for 3 years, got a trip planned next year though can't wait, it looks a good family park, my daughter is looking forward to going
Love the enthusiasm for my backyard park and also the vlogs are a joy to watch. I just "wasted" (in a good way) my evening and I don't regret any moment of it. And yeah the distribution of coasters depends a lot on neighbors, nature and other regulations. As well as aesthetics of course, all those coasters together makes for some great photo ops.
Loved your vlog and I think you folk catched the "soul" of the Efteling, which is simply escaping into a fairytale-land...…...I already came here as a small child and I still love it till this day (I am 58 right now)…….It is NOT Disney, and I am happy about that, it is much more REAL fairytale, in the old European style, which I just love...……….And for the theming, don't under-estimate it, some of the most famous Dutch painters did participate, like Rien Poortvliet. Again, enjoyed your vlog and look forward to part 2, but that I will have to be tomorrow, keep on vlogging, and I clicked the thumbs up!
So I've been kinda ignoring this theme park for ages. Then there was an ad for it on UA-cam, and-- hello giant talking animatronic tree! Well, now, you have my attention.
The previous woody wanst “small” it was a huge coaster. For people who like to know the name was “pegasus” after the legendary flying horse. The ride got old and uncomfy that why it was demolished. And the best part was the chopped up the coaster and sold wooden blocks of the coaster with it name branded in (i believe you can it that when you burn letters in wood). Pegasus was a fan favorite for some.
Amazing park i totally agree we visited about six years ago, we stayed in the efteling log cabins in the on site forest, Watching your vlog im going to book again, loving your vlogs thank you!!
You were talking about people of different languages watching your vlogs...here I am, from Italy! I can never understand 100% of what you say but, I can enjoy your reports all the same!
Wooh I've been looking forward to this vlog, and not in the least bit because I'm in it at the end :P Was great meeting you guys! You visited on a great day, quiet and not too cold or rainy.
I waited the whole Line + Outside at Dreamflight, they went around with carts and sold Chocolate and Water. Perfect idea because we were all starving while we waited about 3h to get on the ride.
Its realy nice to listen to you in this beautifull park its the most themed park in the netherlands im dutch too and i think its realy cool that you were in this park
i know this is an old flog and all. but the python after they rebuild it is even smoother then baron 1898. its like you ride on ice really. they did an amazing job.
Can't believe you aren't a big fan of pancakes as Poles Kitchen is absolutely amazing. Love Symbolica, it's certainly one of my favourite dark rides and one of the best rides in the park too.
Hey guys, all the coasters are located around the lake because of the city of Kaatsheuvel. To prevent any noise disturbance, they placed them al down at the same place.
39:28 'Ethel' , as you call her and I think that's quite a good name for her, has been a staple in the Efteling since the early 1960's and was used at different locations to sell balloons...hence the two poles she's holding ( no...she's not practicing going on a ski holiday). The inspiration to this statue came from early 18th century women selling balloons on traveling fairs and fits in perfectly with the Anton Pieck images the older part of the park is designed in. And for all people from all over the world coming to this wonderful park: the talking bins are not for plastic/glass/dirt/pieces of fabric/leftover food or drinks...they are designed to take in paper and paper related trash only...hence the "Papier Hier (Paper Here) " 1:02:45 You are on 'Gondoletta'...actually first laid out as a testing track for 'Fata Morgana' , but they just never took it down.... I love that you love the 'Fata Morgana' soundtrack...I got it as my ringtone actually :-) Thank you for this awesome vlog...I love to see people from other parts of the world enjoy my second home ( especially my favorite theme park vlog channel) I really hope you'll be doing the fairy tail forest in your second vlog....THAAAANNNKKKSSS
I'm loving the vlog uploads at the moment, keep up the good work, you have one of te most entertaining channels on youtube and I love viewing everything
Nice vlog as always :D. Btw a few facts, the actors in Raveleijn don't talk live because they are from a French themepark called Puy de Fou so they can't speak Dutch ;) and The Flying Dutchman is actually manufactured by Kumbak with help of Intamin, Kumbak had a lot if problems with the brakes on the lifthill so Intamin took over :p
I'm going Thursday to the Efteling. And yes, again in Symbolica! This is my 30ste ride in this darkride. I swear... This is better than Ratatoulle in Disneyland Paris 😀😀
great as per usual love these vlogs in different countries as it is probably the nearest we will get to seeing them us golden oldies only had funfairs in our days ha ha
You should try the noodles near the pagode. They are really nice and you can choose what you want ( rice or noodles and different toppings), it looks like it is not enough but after you finish it, you are not hungry anymore!!
Ruigrijk (literally translated Rough Realm) is the part with all the intense coasters. This is because the park neighbours the town of Kaatsheuvel on the other side of the park and they whine a lot about noise levels and visual pollution which also clarifies why no coaster surpasses the 30m height. The only attraction to surpass this height is the observation tower Pagode because I think it's build before rules were made that restricted the park.
These rules have always been there. I believe they got permission to make an exception to the height restriction rule, since Pagode isn't a stationary building.
The Python is getting retracked next year. It also kickstarted how the Efteling is now, (and is almost called " legendary" ) so its really an icon, and that's why it has no theming. See the " Magische Klok" video`s of the Efteling about the Python for this.
the major rides are in the back of the park because of the noise ,exactly like your friend said. that's why all the rides on the other side don't make much noise.
Just came back home from another great day at de Efteling, and I haven't had enough yet. So first thing I had to do when I came in was look up one of your vlogs of my favourite park. I'll be going back very soon, for the opening of their new fairytale the six swans. Can't wait to see that little swan ride in Sprookjesbos. And of course next year I'll be back to ride Max & Moritz.
Anton Pieck (the main painter, draftsman and graphic artist at the start of the Efteling) was against the construction of the Python because there was no story behind it. That is why the Python is so far away from the entrance. The Python is the oldest rollercoaster of the European mainland. Thats one of the reasons the Efteling don't add any theme to the attraction. The other rollercoaster were build around the Python, because a rollercoaster can damage the experience of the rest of the park (like the fairytaleforest). Another reason why the rollercoasters can all be found in one realm is ... Its in the Netherlands. The Netherlands is a country of the rules. Rules for high-rise buildings, rules for noise pollution, rules for a renovation on your shed, rules to put a nail in the wall.You need permits everywhere. Unlike other large themeparks, The Efteling is very close to the built-up area. The rollercoasters are built on the side of the nature reserve and the motorway, so that the surrounding area is less affected by noise. As a result, The Efteling can comply with the stringent legislation for noise nuisance that applies in the Netherlands. Only a few stories are just told in Dutch. Most stories are written in English, German and French at the entrance. Villa Volta: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckriders Flying Dutchman's Captain van der Decken (Because how the hell is "Davey Jones" a Dutch Name) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Dutchman Town Musicians of Bremen: (German Story) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_Musicians_of_Bremen St. Joris and the Dragon en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_George_and_the_Dragon Vogelrok, Sinbad the Sailer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinbad_the_Sailor Vogelrok in a cartoon (dutch) ua-cam.com/video/ZRu9BIWvsdk/v-deo.html And the theme of Baron 1898 is based on the mines in Limburg. www.trekearth.com/gallery/Europe/Belgium/Flanders/Limburg/Maasmechelen/photo73054.htm
40:47 That’s one of the talking trash cans at the park. They say “papier hier” which means “paper here”. There’s a vacuum inside each one that sucks in the trash.
32:20 the coasters are in that part of the park because of the noise, there are people living on the other side of the park. Thats also why they are not allowed to build higher then 30 meters (except for pagoda).
I love this vlog so much! i have all these english friend who want to know more about Efteling and i just sent them this vlog and im like THIS VLOG IS AMAZING!
I also, love the food reviews. Just with you would eat more than fish and chips or chicken fingers and chips ect.....lolololololol I am glad to see you guys add more tours of where you guys stay and transportation ect.... LOVE THAT. I love that you guys do more rides than roller coasters as well. Keep those food reviews coming and more in depth please. It's just good to know how the food is, what places to go eat if we visit those parks. And even if you don't eat at that place show them anyway so we can see what kind of variety that is there.
Looks like a very interesting park. I just wished the dark rides had English language in it as well as Dutch. Now I know what it feels like going to DLP if you don't understand French or English
Master Knife The new rides like Baron1898 and Symbolica have English audio and text available. Enough to make you understand what is happening. Droomvlucht (dreamflight) Carnaval Festival and Fata Morgana don't have any language at all. It's just scenes to watch. All the older rides have multiple language signs explaining the story before you enter the ride. Even every fairytale in the fairytale forest has every story translated in English, French and German.
The only ride that suffers from some english translation is the Villa volta pre-show, but even if you speak Dutch it's long and not exciting. And like Ronny said other rides dont really have voice audio in it, or they are already throwing in some english lines.
Always love the faces of people in the background when you're filming in a packed area.
This place is like heaven to me. I went there after wanting to get there for 2 years and my expectations were sky high and somehow still surpassed. What an amazing park.
Man Martin needs to be on this channel more often. His opinions on the rides and attractions are fantastic and he's an all round great guy. Great vlog 👍🏻
Liam G Yes agreed!
Yeah, I like Martin too. Missing Alex on this trip though!
absolutely agree
Alex is great too!
I agree, he's such a positive and fun guy!
That dark ride was phenomenal. Seriously, if that was in a Disney park, I wouldn't even think twice. Those animatronics are truly something to behold, especially when Disney seems to have a monopoly on insane-looking animatronics.
One of the most unique parks out there. There is just something so distinctive about the designs of their rides, that you really can say something is "Efteling". This is what I miss in most of the other theme parks in Europe. If I go to Europa Park for example, I see a nice park with a lot of theming, good operations and just a great overall resort. But if you were to ask me about something distinctively "Europa Park", I just wouldn't know.
That's what I Iike about Efteling and that's also something that I think they don't get enough credit for. It's too easy to write some of their rides and designs of as weird, just because they're different and unconventional. And still, because it's so different, I can understand why some people don't really like or really connect with the park on a first visit. It doesn't really have any of the "standard" theme park tropes , like areas themed to specifically one theme.
This is my favourite park in Europe, just because there is no other place like it, and that's a massive compliment in a world where basically everything has already been done once.
I wish more parks had such a distinctive style and would take more risks and challenge themselves more at building rides, because it can lead to great things.
theexplodingchicken You should visit Tripsdrill, its exactly what you're looking for. No different themed areas, just a unique theme i've never heared of another themepark!
Anyways, Efteling is my favourite park in europa too. I just love how you could walk around for hours without even riding anything and still be amazed.
Symbolica is absolutely beautiful! I personally prefer spiderman and transformers slightly, but symbolica just blew me away, the level of theming is outstanding!
Loved the vlog
The biggest difference between a normal amusement park and the Efteling are the artists. There is a word in Dutch called "knutselen". It basically means handcrafting something you love with just basic materials, there's no rush, it's done when you say it's done. Efteling has a long tradition of handcrafting and theming, much longer than designing actual attractions. They came later on in the parks history. The stories and handcrafted beauty is central to the Efteling. It's an actual Themed nature park with some attractions. The other European theme parks might have superieur rides. They will never get a glimpse of the soul of the Efteling.
Easy. Anton Pieck. Other parks didn't have him.
And it's a non-profit company, give the forest a good destination is there startingpoint.
Did you know that only 10% of the Efteling is Themepark and the rest can be pull to the park in the future. They own already the area.
I am Dutch myself and I know a lot of the history of Efteling. I think their creative designers deserve much more attention in the theme park community. While visiting other theme parks, I learned to appreciate Efteling even more, and some of the major parks in Europe, like Phantasialand, didn't live up to my expectations as an overall park experience, despite a lot of people saying it's better than Efteling ( don't get me wrong I still like Phantasialand). I even get the feeling that Efteling doesn't get enough appreciation in the Dutch theme park community. The design for Symbolica for example got bashed on forums before the ride was even finished. I still think Efteling has the greatest designers out of any park in Europe, from the 1950's all the way up to today. It all displays an insane amount of skill, quality and thinking out of the box.
The statue of the old lady with the sticks in her hand is called "Het ballonnenvrouwtje" or in englisch "The balloonlady". Its a verry old statue dated from arround 1960. (nobody seems to know how realy old she is). On the sticks in her hands they are somethimes hanging heliumballoons to sell. If you saw her in Europapark, thats a copy of her. A gift from the Efteling. There are more parks in the world with statues from the efteling.
i like how there is so much nature in this park. Adds to its atmosphere
10/10 effort for pronouncing 1898, gets better every year!
Thanks!
BAD!
@@SuperMoviemaker17 true, it's a terrible pronunciation
@@SuperMoviemaker17 hes not dutch, its a hard language to learn, he did really well for a non- dutch
Shawn you wil appreciate the efteling more when you have childeren of your own. Efteling is all about a good magical day out with the whole family young and old all together, thats whats efteling all about. For now enjoy your rides on big coasters like taron but you will not make youre young kids happy in a thrill seeker park like phantasialand and thats why disney and efteling has a huge number of visitors.
I really enjoyed the park this time
This is the vlog I've been most looking forward to - what a gorgeous park! Symbolica is the sort of dark ride I've been dreaming about since I was little and now it's a reality, crazy!
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This old lady is a nostalgic Efteling figure who held balloons you could buy in the early days...
The most anticipated vlog of this trip. Have been waiting for it! One of the most beautifull parks in europe and even the world!
I love the feel of this channel and believe me: 80k subs is a lot, especially in the coaster/theme park community. Keep up the great work.
I didn't even realise they'd reached 80k - that really is an incredible achievement!
Thank you for the support guys
I have been waiting for this vlog for so looooong
We hope you enjoyed it
Been very excited for this vlog :) made my day and yay baron akanakanaikakanon
You know, the thing about rides like de Baron 1898 is that the carts itself are so heavy, you can't really make anything more spectacular in the ride. Otherwise it wouldn't be safe anymore. But that's kind of what de Efteling stands for: the intros, the full entrance to the ride and the experience you get from it and the stories they're telling. They're trying to give you the feeling you are in that one specific world itself and I think that's beautiful.
*Great video, love that the vlog is so long also!*
Thanks for watching
Best and most informative review-vlog of 'our' beloved and unprecedented Efteling.
Gotta love the enthusiasm of you lot!
Thank you very much
I am so happy you like Symbolica. Great vlog. Saw myself way 2 much, sorry about that, but at least i got Leah the red ticket at Baron. ;-) It was great meeting all of you and thank you 4 the nice talk.
BTW went 2 Europa park today. Lovely park. But it rained a lot. Not very busy and went on Arthur twice. Great ride, my fav of the park. Yes that park is great but still the Efteling is my fav.
Thank you, we had a great time
All the big coasters are in that corner of the park, because that area is called "Ruigrijk". Basically it means that all the 'rough' (ruig) attractions are in that 'area' (rijk). When Python was build, people didn't like the idea of such a big thrilling ride in a fairytale park like the Efteling. That's why they decided to locate the coaster all the way in the furthest corner of the park, so it wouldn't have any influence on the fairytale feeling. Many people protested against Python, and the construction of Python even stopped for a while. Though, when it opened it was a hit and almost everyone's first inversion in the Netherlands was on Python 😉.
It wasn't the first inversion coaster in the Netherlands, Looping star in Slagharen was first
''almost everyone's first inversion in the Netherlands was on Python'' I never said it was the first coaster with an inversion. For many people Python was the first time they went upside down in a coaster.
QuinnSourMouth not mine
Thanks for the information
I went to the efteling in the summer holiday when Droomvlucht (Dreamflight) had just opened and let me tell you the line started outside of the building with the huge cattle waiting line. We waited for almost 2,5 hours to go on that day. Crazy! Keep it up with these great vlogs!
Yeah I still remember that myself. It was insane! Luckily they had entertainment on those small platforms.
The Python is not only getting closed for "some" work. They are going to rebuild the whole ride. They only leave the station and lifthill in its original state. but first they are going to use the ride to test some sort of fastpass system on it. after that(2 months), the work on it will start. The expectation is that this will happen during the winterefteling. So the next time you're in the efteling you can get into a completely new python. I hope you visit on your second day "Het volk van laaf", The Bobsled and The fairy tale forest, especially the Indian water lilies. Keep in mind that that little show is from 1966. and its still beautiful. Btw I loved the vlog. :)
yes!
After rumors for years about Python being taken down, I guess they weren't wrong haha. Glad to see Efteling doing some real maintenance to keep one of their classics going strong, instead of doing the easy thing to remove it completely.
Kan me haast niet voorstellen dat ze het station niet gaan thematiseren. Volgens mij zullen ze de hele omgeving rondom de python aanpakken. Durf mijn hand daarvoor in het vuur steken!
Haal maar vast wat hout en aanmaakblokjes. Ik denk het niet, maar hoop het natuurlijk wel. Al zou ik niet weten hoe. Ik hoop nog altijd op een pythonplus-achtige oplossing. misschien dat t daarom wel zo lang is uitgesteld ..
Thanks for sharing the information, we look forward to seeing the refurbishment
Love this video ones again. I saw all of your videos in the Netherlands September 2018.
Waarbeek, Slagharen, Duinrell, Toverland, Efteling, Wildlands and Walibi Holland, love all your trips!! 😘😍❤💓 Thank you so much, Shawn, Charlotte, Martin and Leah! ❤
Fun fact for the people outside The World of the Efteling is: the actors of Ravelelijn show come from the French historical amusement park 'Puy du Fou' and are therefore French. And the memics are the dutch voices. The Efteling has been working with 'Puy du Fou' for years. Only the father in this show is Dutch, also the stage assistants, horse assistants, bird trainers are from 'Puy du Fou.' So why their mimics is clear.
I hope to welcome you again in 2020 with Toverland and then the finished 'Fenix' dark ride section but also the 'Hotel and hopefully with a full ETF dark ride (rumour). Slagharen expansion and the Efteling with their new coaster. Then by that time Walibi Holland with the RMC. And that you are going to make a nice tour in the Netherlands again.
Cool to know that Toverland has already won 4 prizes in the past 2 days in 2018. And earlier this year also for Troy 2018.😃 5 prizes in 1 year is really super. This can be found on: 'Toverland fansite. I link it and hopefully it can also be read in English. Toverland fansite: www.toverlandfansite.nl/persberichten/toverland-wint-european-star-award-voor-best-attractiepark Toverland fanssite Facebook: facebook.com/519346181439225/posts/2385929978114160/ I hope for you that you can translate it in engelish.😉
Sorry for the long story after all.
Next time you visit the Efteling you need to learn how to say Baron 1898 in Dutch perfectly. I'm sure everyone would be very impressed then ;)
hey! coaster bot!
Hahaha What is baron 1898?1
Dude, he was spot on!
baron achtien acht en negentig (The written version of the number 1898)
Ik ben ook een Nederlander 👍🏽
Great new ride best young family park in the world by far 👍👍👍
You naughty boy saying 1981 makes it really old!!! I was born a year before That!!! Lol another great vlog. Need to revisit as Symbolica wasn't open when I visited in June.
myfanw I was born the year before you! Relic 😭😂
You guys are the best theme park vlogers ever the way you put across the good points and the bad points of any theme park is unique. if it makes sense you make a negative point into a positive you never just slate any park. You make me want to visit every park you visit whether it be light water valley or Disney and all inbetween. keep up the good work you are fantastic
Thank you!
The reason for the character's whimsical appearance is they wanted riders to feel like they were part of a fairytale from a book.
Having ridden both the classic Villa Volta and Hex, I think the preshows on Hex are more time consuming than Volta. I'm with Martin on this one. Great Vlog as always
With Villa Volta it depends if you like that kind of storytelling. The preshows are what make Villa Volta for me. I know the story by heart and I never get tired of listening to it. It's just so well told and there are some great voice actors in there, especially the actor that does Hugo. I really get involved in it. I think the narrator in Hex hams it up a bit and does kinda that "generic creepy and mysterious voice". The use of many voice actors in Villa Volta makes the story feel much grander, like all the villagers that get to do their saying in the first preshow. They might be long, but without the preshows Villa Volta would be a hollow shell for me, and definately not as memorable.
I just don't understand the pre-shows!
It was very nice to meet you Shawn :-) Thanks for your time and also for the photo's . I am the guy with the Oblivion the black hole t-shirt and the Milka :D
I would love to go through the park with you guys and explain everything there is to tell. I love to see you're enjoying it so much, but it really is a hundred times more fun if you understand all the story lines behind the attractions, more of them actually have a story than you would think. And not to forget the history behind the park!
Thank you, that sounds great!
Glad you all enjoyed Symbolica! I was blown away by it, even with my extremely high expectations. Efteling did good.
Funny when you mentioned the size of Python, when you first see it...when I saw Python for the very first time, I thought the same..it looked huge.
Now in the present time, I'm stunned watching vlogs about american roller coasters like Steel Vengeance, The Voyage or other huge coasters...I'll probably never ride those, but man, they look fantastic!
Actually, I've explained this to other non-Dutchspeakers as well, 'cause it's something that's not often present in other languages: our diminitive suffixes. Highly present in the Efteling as well. Simply put: every [noun[ that ends in -je or technically -tje, -dje, -pje in standard Dutch means little [noun]. That's why a huisje is a little house. That's something we as Dutch speakers should be proud of. I love it.
Yes! My favorite Efteling-reviewer again! You give this park the right amount of appreciation. Greetings from Holland
Thank you!
THIS IS THE BEST CHANNEL
Thank you!
I waited in the catlepen queue on Dream Flight (DroomVlucht) and it's so quick you never stop moving!
Just yesterday the efteling received a TEA award for outstanding achievement with symbolica!
Very well deserved
Also today a serious number of changes have been implemented. Quite a few scenes have different lighting, they removed the interactive option of dancing in the final scene (it is now done automatically, probably because not a lot of people understood it) and new posters with information about the ride vehicles and the interactive dashboard have been placed in the queue line. Also the vehicles leave the rooms with mirrors forwards now and not backwards anymore (not sure why this was done).
ua-cam.com/video/BRmL3q1MQkw/v-deo.html
Charlotte: That was absolutely sensational!
Me: So is your channel. When Im felling down I watch TPW your vids are absolutely sensational. You make evyone who watches this channel smile. Keep it up :)
Thank you!
Python got completely rebuild. The demolished the old one and build a new one exactly like it. This makes it way smoother!
It's truely a magical video
Thankyou for the heart icon
Great vlog, u made me feel old last time I went to efteling dreamflight had only been open for 3 years, got a trip planned next year though can't wait, it looks a good family park, my daughter is looking forward to going
Martin needs his own channel, you can clearly see he's passionate for the rides.
Looking forward to going to Efteling next year!
Love the enthusiasm for my backyard park and also the vlogs are a joy to watch. I just "wasted" (in a good way) my evening and I don't regret any moment of it. And yeah the distribution of coasters depends a lot on neighbors, nature and other regulations. As well as aesthetics of course, all those coasters together makes for some great photo ops.
Thank you very much for watching
Loved your vlog and I think you folk catched the "soul" of the Efteling, which is simply escaping into a fairytale-land...…...I already came here as a small child and I still love it till this day (I am 58 right now)…….It is NOT Disney, and I am happy about that, it is much more REAL fairytale, in the old European style, which I just love...……….And for the theming, don't under-estimate it, some of the most famous Dutch painters did participate, like Rien Poortvliet. Again, enjoyed your vlog and look forward to part 2, but that I will have to be tomorrow, keep on vlogging, and I clicked the thumbs up!
So I've been kinda ignoring this theme park for ages. Then there was an ad for it on UA-cam, and-- hello giant talking animatronic tree! Well, now, you have my attention.
The previous woody wanst “small” it was a huge coaster. For people who like to know the name was “pegasus” after the legendary flying horse. The ride got old and uncomfy that why it was demolished. And the best part was the chopped up the coaster and sold wooden blocks of the coaster with it name branded in (i believe you can it that when you burn letters in wood). Pegasus was a fan favorite for some.
Thanks for sharing this information!
Np ^^
My ambition to get to Efterling one day. Such magic and imagination!
I love how they are bringing in new technology for rides like the new one in this park like what they use in asia
Yesss! I've been waiting for this vlog since the opening of Symbolica. The next 1 hr and 15mins are set haha.
Amazing park i totally agree we visited about six years ago, we stayed in the efteling log cabins in the on site forest, Watching your vlog im going to book again, loving your vlogs thank you!!
Love these vlogs...feels like I'm there with you all when I know I'll never get round to seeing them...keep up the good work!
But the real question is.... did martin get his phone back and what has happened about it? 😂
truth has it it is still falling today
Mason Scorer Sadly he did not get ik back
He has a new phone now!
still my favourite video on the channel
Thank you!
I think joris is the best atraction in the efteling, Nice vlog!
JANJI _ Yes! Joris is great fun. Can't understand how anyone doesn't rate it. I like it more than Wodan and Troy.
That dark ride gave me chills its that impressive
You were talking about people of different languages watching your vlogs...here I am, from Italy! I can never understand 100% of what you say but, I can enjoy your reports all the same!
Thank you!
Wooh I've been looking forward to this vlog, and not in the least bit because I'm in it at the end :P Was great meeting you guys!
You visited on a great day, quiet and not too cold or rainy.
Has anyone else just binge-watched these 10 months after it actually came out??
Amazing video! Hope your stay in the Netherlands was worth being.
I waited the whole Line + Outside at Dreamflight, they went around with carts and sold Chocolate and Water. Perfect idea because we were all starving while we waited about 3h to get on the ride.
Your vlogs are getting longer and longer...
Which means I can watch more and more ThemeParkWorldwide🤗
We're glad you enjoy our videos
Shawn - the AAs for Symbolica were done by Garner Holt - who do most of Disney's AAs. So there! :-P
for enyone wondering at 22:13 the wite women says: you have been warned, disobedient. you shal pay the price, the decent. pride com back and fall.
The actual translation is: 'You have been warned, disobedient. We wailing women protect the gold and sabotage your descent.'
Its realy nice to listen to you in this beautifull park its the most themed park in the netherlands im dutch too and i think its realy cool that you were in this park
i know this is an old flog and all. but the python after they rebuild it is even smoother then baron 1898. its like you ride on ice really. they did an amazing job.
Can't believe you aren't a big fan of pancakes as Poles Kitchen is absolutely amazing.
Love Symbolica, it's certainly one of my favourite dark rides and one of the best rides in the park too.
It is a great place to eat!
Hey guys, all the coasters are located around the lake because of the city of Kaatsheuvel. To prevent any noise disturbance, they placed them al down at the same place.
Thanks for the information!
Excited to watch this one! Thanks for sharing this with us :).
I can see Leah being a NEW vlogstar she is a lass you can have a laugh with
She is great
39:28 'Ethel' , as you call her and I think that's quite a good name for her, has been a staple in the Efteling since the early 1960's and was used at different locations to sell balloons...hence the two poles she's holding ( no...she's not practicing going on a ski holiday). The inspiration to this statue came from early 18th century women selling balloons on traveling fairs and fits in perfectly with the Anton Pieck images the older part of the park is designed in.
And for all people from all over the world coming to this wonderful park: the talking bins are not for plastic/glass/dirt/pieces of fabric/leftover food or drinks...they are designed to take in paper and paper related trash only...hence the "Papier Hier (Paper Here) "
1:02:45 You are on 'Gondoletta'...actually first laid out as a testing track for 'Fata Morgana' , but they just never took it down....
I love that you love the 'Fata Morgana' soundtrack...I got it as my ringtone actually :-)
Thank you for this awesome vlog...I love to see people from other parts of the world enjoy my second home ( especially my favorite theme park vlog channel)
I really hope you'll be doing the fairy tail forest in your second vlog....THAAAANNNKKKSSS
Thank you for the information!
I'm loving the vlog uploads at the moment, keep up the good work, you have one of te most entertaining channels on youtube and I love viewing everything
Thank you!
I'm going in August so it will be a bit busy but I am so looking forward to it!
Nice vlog as always :D. Btw a few facts, the actors in Raveleijn don't talk live because they are from a French themepark called Puy de Fou so they can't speak Dutch ;) and The Flying Dutchman is actually manufactured by Kumbak with help of Intamin, Kumbak had a lot if problems with the brakes on the lifthill so Intamin took over :p
Thanks for the information!
Loved your vlogs. Just like last year's Europe Megatrip watched all of them and enjoyed by watching them.
Thank you for watching!
The Symbolica is serious a beautifull Darkride! I love the Theming, The Animatronics! 😍😀
It is just gorgeous!
Exactly!
I'm going Thursday to the Efteling. And yes, again in Symbolica! This is my 30ste ride in this darkride. I swear... This is better than Ratatoulle in Disneyland Paris 😀😀
I love your enthusiasm, greetings from the Netherlands. Also, subbed.
Thank you!
🐍 🐍🐍 Martin!!! 😱😉 It's just like watching a Carry On film 🤣 xx
I love Martin he likes the Efteling so much.
Treasures tour is the best i cried when i came of symbolica I WAITED SO LONG it is my home park i rode it 20 times at the 15th day it was open
it's so nice to see this vlog!
and i'm very exiting!!!
baron 1898😂😂😂
i'm netherlands...
Thanks❤️
great as per usual love these vlogs in different countries as it is probably the nearest we will get to seeing them us golden oldies only had funfairs in our days ha ha
The projection screen and some smoke effects at the end of the lifthill were unfortunatly not working currently in the flying dutchmen.
the fish and chips shop is not new its there for many years the only rebrand it you shut try next time kibbeling its like fish nuggets
We will have to try it
You should try the noodles near the pagode. They are really nice and you can choose what you want ( rice or noodles and different toppings), it looks like it is not enough but after you finish it, you are not hungry anymore!!
Ruigrijk (literally translated Rough Realm) is the part with all the intense coasters. This is because the park neighbours the town of Kaatsheuvel on the other side of the park and they whine a lot about noise levels and visual pollution which also clarifies why no coaster surpasses the 30m height. The only attraction to surpass this height is the observation tower Pagode because I think it's build before rules were made that restricted the park.
These rules have always been there. I believe they got permission to make an exception to the height restriction rule, since Pagode isn't a stationary building.
Thanks for the information
The Python is getting retracked next year. It also kickstarted how the Efteling is now, (and is almost called " legendary" ) so its really an icon, and that's why it has no theming. See the " Magische Klok" video`s of the Efteling about the Python for this.
the major rides are in the back of the park because of the noise ,exactly like your friend said. that's why all the rides on the other side don't make much noise.
Looking forward to the expansion and the new launch coaster (supposedly) in 2020.
Just came back home from another great day at de Efteling, and I haven't had enough yet. So first thing I had to do when I came in was look up one of your vlogs of my favourite park. I'll be going back very soon, for the opening of their new fairytale the six swans. Can't wait to see that little swan ride in Sprookjesbos. And of course next year I'll be back to ride Max & Moritz.
Anton Pieck (the main painter, draftsman and graphic artist at the start of the Efteling) was against the construction of the Python because there was no story behind it. That is why the Python is so far away from the entrance.
The Python is the oldest rollercoaster of the European mainland. Thats one of the reasons the Efteling don't
add any theme to the attraction.
The other rollercoaster were build around the Python, because a rollercoaster can damage the experience of the rest of the park (like the fairytaleforest).
Another reason why the rollercoasters can all be found in one realm is ... Its in the Netherlands. The Netherlands is a country of the rules. Rules for high-rise buildings, rules for noise pollution, rules for a renovation on your shed, rules to put a nail in the wall.You need permits everywhere.
Unlike other large themeparks, The Efteling is very close to the built-up area. The rollercoasters are built on the side of the nature reserve and the motorway, so that the surrounding area is less affected by noise. As a result, The Efteling can comply with the stringent legislation for noise nuisance that applies in the Netherlands.
Only a few stories are just told in Dutch. Most stories are written in English, German and French at the entrance.
Villa Volta: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckriders
Flying Dutchman's Captain van der Decken (Because how the hell is "Davey Jones" a Dutch Name) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Dutchman
Town Musicians of Bremen: (German Story)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_Musicians_of_Bremen
St. Joris and the Dragon
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_George_and_the_Dragon
Vogelrok, Sinbad the Sailer
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinbad_the_Sailor
Vogelrok in a cartoon (dutch) ua-cam.com/video/ZRu9BIWvsdk/v-deo.html
And the theme of Baron 1898 is based on the mines in Limburg.
www.trekearth.com/gallery/Europe/Belgium/Flanders/Limburg/Maasmechelen/photo73054.htm
Hi Sean I love your videos so much my fav theme park is Blackpool I hope I could see u one day
I like the music on symbalica
40:47 That’s one of the talking trash cans at the park. They say “papier hier” which means “paper here”. There’s a vacuum inside each one that sucks in the trash.
I love it!
32:20 the coasters are in that part of the park because of the noise, there are people living on the other side of the park. Thats also why they are not allowed to build higher then 30 meters (except for pagoda).
I love this vlog so much! i have all these english friend who want to know more about Efteling and i just sent them this vlog and im like THIS VLOG IS AMAZING!
Thanks for watching!
I also, love the food reviews. Just with you would eat more than fish and chips or chicken fingers and chips ect.....lolololololol I am glad to see you guys add more tours of where you guys stay and transportation ect.... LOVE THAT. I love that you guys do more rides than roller coasters as well. Keep those food reviews coming and more in depth please. It's just good to know how the food is, what places to go eat if we visit those parks. And even if you don't eat at that place show them anyway so we can see what kind of variety that is there.
I love the Europe megatrip and your video's! And also rollercoasters and Baron 1898 (aktekanekenen)
I love this park. Magical.
Looks like a very interesting park. I just wished the dark rides had English language in it as well as Dutch. Now I know what it feels like going to DLP if you don't understand French or English
Master Knife The new rides like Baron1898 and Symbolica have English audio and text available. Enough to make you understand what is happening. Droomvlucht (dreamflight) Carnaval Festival and Fata Morgana don't have any language at all. It's just scenes to watch. All the older rides have multiple language signs explaining the story before you enter the ride. Even every fairytale in the fairytale forest has every story translated in English, French and German.
The only ride that suffers from some english translation is the Villa volta pre-show, but even if you speak Dutch it's long and not exciting. And like Ronny said other rides dont really have voice audio in it, or they are already throwing in some english lines.
Ronny Gomis Oh that's cool. It was like that when I went to Portaventura 3 years ago
You can visit Symbolica and those your language (Dutch, Englisch, Deutsch or Frech)
That's on the interactive console of the ride vehicles... has nothing to do with the narratives in the attraction :-) (From a few of the animatronics)
Gondaletta was also the prototype for the boat pulling system. They later used it at fata morgana and other parks.
visjenl it actually wasn't, they just wanted a relaxing boatride