About the criticisms like ‘the ride is too short’ or ‘it’s not the highest drop’ etc, is irrelevant. The park is meant to be taken at a leasurely pace: the people at Efteling are not thrill ride builders; they’re story tellers. And that shows…

The trashcans being a sort of attraction in itself is just super smart. You often see kids just looking around if they can find an empty can so than they can make it say funny stuff. No wonder the park is mostly nice and clean all the time :D

The story of Symbolica is pretty much you are granted an audience with the king, the guy on the stairs is explaining all the rules of the meeting and Pardoes, the court jester (and Efteling mascot since 1989) shows up saying how boring this all is and he uses a spell to grant you entrance to the "cooler" parts of the castle. The story of Villa Volta is about Hugo whose group of bandits raids an abbey and is cursed by God. His house is cursed until someone with a pure soul enters, so he asks you to enter the house in hopes of lifting his curse.

13:00 My favorite part of the flying Dutchman is actually the waiting room. There is just so much to appreciate and that is very important if you have to wait 30 minutes or more.

God this park looks GORGEOUS!!!!! Definitely towards the top of my bucket list!

Efteling, The Netherlands, began in 1952 (celebrating 70 years this year) and as you said, started with the fairytale forest. The Indian Waterlilies (as shown in your video) was invented by Queen Fabiola of Belgium. In 1982 the Python was opened and other coasters and darkrides were opened as well. The Gondoletta's sailing in the park was the original track to Fatamorgana, and was meant to be a test track, but then they decided to keep it as it was, so families could take a pause, enjoy the park while eating what they had brought along. So The track in Fatamorgana is a smaller copy of it! Efteling has received numerous prices incluiding the Best Amusement Park in Europe. Most theming was done by Anton Pieck untill the eighties, but the park still designs in his footpath! You'll notice that Pieck was hooked on the stories and theming of The Grimm Brothers. You probably missed the showground like in Phatasialand. I grew up only 20km from there, so I am a bit biased, but this is by far the best park for families with children of different ages. Thanks for your overview. Nice to see an American perspective.

Villa Volta is a "mad house", in which the room around you flips around to give a trippy feeling. You also swing just a little add to that effect.

I'm so glad to live in Germany, so Efteling is not too far away :) It's my favourite theme park in Europe :D And I also love your vlog so much ;) The impressions are greatly summarized and your comments were so liekable :D But I have actually never seen any coaster at Efteling not operating for the entire day in person, so that was out of luck...

Been living vicariously through your videos the past week or two. Loving all these parks and rides. Thanks man!

I really love the Villa Volta even as a kid. The story is extremely engaging especially and I hope it never goes away. If they have to rebuild it because of age I hope they make it again like it was. Maybe the only thing to change is to install telescoping doors so that they can get rid of the alert notification as it really breaks the atmosphere.

This park looks amazing! I skipped the symbolica pov in case I ever visit but the whole place appears to have a atmosphere of pure magic

A few comments to explain some things. Python was actually retracked by Efteling themselves, not Vekoma! Additionally Villa Volta is a Vekoma mad house (first of its kind). There are a few more in Europe (Walibi Holland, Alton Towers etc.)

So cool to see you in my country, Marc. I grew up near Efteling. It's such a beautiful, green, well-themed park. Shame Joris wasn't dueling, but glad you had a great time.

Every time I hear that music from villa volta I get goosebumps all over my body! So many memories

Efteling is the best theme park ever everything has a story and everything is so detailed I love to go there

Joris en de draak had track issues, you're lucky it was open indeed! By now they changed part of the track to metal, for durability reasons. Fatamorgana is even more impressive when you realize that Efteling invented the technology to make it work. The animatronics are operated by cables, and the "programming" is done by grooves on a drum, and pegs moving in the grooves, making the animatronics move. And they maintain this tech to this day!

I live in the netherland and we visit this parc frequently. Our family is a long time fan. Thanks for the amazing video!👍

i love how you keep saying "people said i should ride this" - its so funny how european enthusiasts will basically guide visitors from far away through their parks because they are so proud of it :D well, i am the same way haha. i just found your channel and have been watching all your europe vlogs, one of the best vlog series i've seen, keep it up!

this blog was made on my birthday! Really fun to see.

Efteling is great, i visited it several times with my parents and brother. Great memories.

Thank you again for your amazing videos!!!

Thanks for a tour with you in the Efteling today. Not so much has changed in 30 to 35 year from my childhood on.

There are several photobombs in the first half of the video that are hilarious. Beautiful park.

The Watercaster is just the flying dutchman 😉

The soundtrack in Efteling is amazing too!

YESSS! YOU FINNALY VISITED IT! btw i go here a lot of times

The Efteling... Loved it as a kid and its still my favourite themepark.ever.. None of the other parks I've been to came ever close to the theming and atmosphere of The Efteling..

thank you for adding Vlaanderen on the Dutch map in your thumbnail. Now we (dutch people) can transform Vlaanderen into a parkinglot

Small correction on the thumbnail, the map shown is neither the map of the Netherlands or that of the Benelux. It is the area where Dutch is spoken which is the Netherlands and part of Belgium.

Dude, you’ve gotten very (un)lucky! I’ve been to the Efteling dozens of times, go there about once a month and never have I seen just one side of Joris en de Draak operating. Weird!

Hey Marc, it's Jorrit from JorRides (that guy that got in contact with you). This is my Efteling-channel/account. Absolutely awesome to see you loved my home park! Joris en de Draak (water-side) was closed, due to issues with the wood, for quite a long time. At the moment of typing this message, they are giving some parts of the tracks, a hybrid make-over or already done it. Awesome vlog BTW! Absolutely loved to see how Americans or other non-dutchmen see the Efteling 😄 If you come to the Efteling once again, I'd love to give a tour and go more in-depth on the history of the park and the rides.

Efteling is one premier coaster away from being a must do park. I really hope they get an intamin lsm launch or vekoma thrill coaster. It would really take the park to the next level.

Enjoy your videos. Lol teenage girls following. 🤩

Hey Marc, Joris en de draak translated is George and the dragon and is about saint George. The pirate like water coaster which had a way to long Dutch name is the flying Dutchman. This also explains the resemblance to pirates of the caribean.

I loved that everyone in the Baron 1898 was screaming but you

The story of Symbolica is pretty simple: You arrive at the palace of the king for an audience. His butler , Mr. O.J. Punctuel, prepares you for the audience with a long list of rules you have to follow. His name is a pun because it means more or less exactly that. While boring you to death with naming all those rules, he is interuppted by the court jester, Pardoes. He opens up the stairs in order for you to take a detour through the palace so you can avoid the Punctuel guy and his dumb rules. And with this your alternative tour through the palace begins. During the tour you can spot the butler Puncuel here and there spying on you because he just doenst trust you, hiding in some weird places. All end well of course because after exploring the palace you finally end up at the kings feast where he appears to be happy to see you, you do a final dance and that concludes your visit. So yeah, not exactly Shakespeare, but thats the point because you dont have to understand to story to enjoy the ride, because all it comes down to is just a tour of a fantasy palace. The 3 tours are not that different, its just one section thats different, but its kinda cool they make use of the trackless system to make it possible. The interactive thing is the only bit that is underwhelming about the ride and seems like a bit of an afterthought. At some points in the tour you can make the vehicle turn a bit to the one or other side, and make some colours appear or make a different musical instrument play or whatever but it doenst seem to do much. Some people argue that the attraction would have been better without the interactive thing because it just distracts from the experience and i probably agree with that opinion.

The watercoaster is called the Flying Dutchman in Dutch. It tells the story of an arrogant captain who goes to sea on Easter and on Sunday, both of which are said to bring bad luck. He gets stuck in a storm and his crew transforms into ghosts, his ships starts flying, and he is cursed to sail until the end of time.

What you might not have realized but some of the fairytales in the fairytale forest where made 60+ years apart. And the earliest ones are from 1952 and they still hold up. There is a reason why Walt went to the Netherlands to get inspiration.

the review was amazing, i really go alot to the park too, its family tradition to go once every year after summer vacation, but are we not gonna talk about the map of greater netherlanda he used in the thumbnail

It's said that Walt Disney visited the Efteling in the 1950s and that that visit was the inspiration for him to make Disneyland

This looks better than Disney tbh and it’s a FAMILY OWNED PARK!!!!??? Can’t believe what I’m seeing

The themed trashcans at the Efteling work so well that on occasion you walk through the Fairytale forest and you see a shrub completely void of leaves because the kids ripped them off so they could feed it to the talking trashcan.

I love the efteling to i grow up with it but I totally agree i love baron i even got the book always ride it but my criticism stay’s the same its to short … but still one of the best ride💓 even tho its really short … I hope you enjoyed the rest of the day ! In the number one park of almost everyone living in The Netherlands 🇳🇱💋 Edit: i love how you zoom in on everyone trying to take a little shine in the background 😂😂😂

I love the efteling, I used to come here about every month

de vliegende hollander (flying dutchman) is the water coster, i think you all know what the stort is now :) phython is the first loop coster in europ eftelng is a lot older than disney, disney is inspired by efteling!

Joris en de draak is really good when it duels but i havent been on in when one side is closed, this is my favorite coaster at efteling. Baron 1898 is a very good dive coaster, i love it and also a very good drop, i didnt like vliegende hollander alot bc i didnt lke the theme of the coaster. Python is one of the best vekoma loopers out there, i like it a bit to much but that may be because it was my first inverting coaster. Max and moritz is just there, just sitting there. Vogelrok is a very good indoor coaster and with some good effects. Droomvlucht is a dark ride coaster that i like alot with the hundreds of animatronics and the final helixes are pretty intense (cant really remember it because its been forever since i rode it) still a very good ride! I give this park a 10/10

Are you from the usa? Its nice to see someone from the USA actually make a decent vlog about de efteling, truly its one of the best vlogs from an american going to efteling out there! Also it's nice you point out Efteling is independently owned. Also your camerwork is great, the framing as well as composition is just so clean and beautiful, it makes the park come across well. You rock!

Nice video coaster dash !

villa volta is about someone who's house gets cursed that's why its spinning (this is just a small summary of the entire story that you hear in the preshow)

i am dutch and i have been to this park and what he says is totally true!!

21:18 'he just er, hit a bong an now he's just ah....' Fuming out? Haaahahaha

Would love to visit 😃

I love the pronounciation of 'Droomvlucht'. (Dream flight)

The water coaster is de vleigende holander or in English the flying dutchman. Btw. Ive always loved tje efeteling as a kid ive been couple times but i loved it even more as an adult might be caise alot more atractions have been added the last 15 years that werent there when i was 10

I would have liked that they gave the whole story of the flying Dutchmen during the ride. Similar to the Villa Volta.

there is normaly a projection on the waterfall before the chainlift in the flying dutchman ;)

the watercoaster is called like this for internationals translateded its The flying dutchman

Greetings CoasterDash, There was one particular roller coaster called Max and Moritz. I was quite confused when you didn’t mention it. But maybe next time a review on the Max en Moritz?

the baron is always so busy thats why i never ride it and once it broke and we were in the que for a hour of two

The translations of the rides are: symbolica, the baron 1898, the flying Hollander, fata morgana, bird rock (the music type rock not a rock), George and the dragon and villa volta

Shout out to all the dutch fellows

i loved the video but there was another dark ride called carnival festival and its a sort of its a small world in dysneyland 😀

Want some fun dutch coasters? Go to Duinrell in the Dutch town of Wassenaar. You can take a shuttle bus from The Hague central station

I live in the netherlands and go to this park about ones in 2 years and its great

Great vlog! Captures the atmosphere well. Was Max & Moritz closed? You missed those coasters

15:31 Lol actually Efteling is going to built a new coaster next to Vogel Rok but planns are delayed due to the corona crisis.

You can be happy you where not there at the last thundersday of September, my school called Basisschool park 16 hoven from rotterdam existed then for ten years! So the whole school did go to de Efteling! 300 adults! 900 kids! 17 touring buses!

I was there for three days in October. Unfortunately Symbolica, Joris and Villa Volta were closed.

“he just hit a bong hit” 😂💀

Marc: Already uploaded 10 Europe vlogs Taylor: none When u got that back row ride on Joris, I also noticed something else 👀

17:41 "there is an alien ass naked down there" 😂😂😂

Have you never heard of a Mad House before that? Phantasialand also has one in the Chinese area, but you seemed to have skipped it (in your VLOG at least)

I am going to the Efteling tomorrow and in sleep-ins thear

The water acttraction wish you can't prenounce is the flying dutchmen so yes it is actually part of the pirates of the carrabean with davy jones

you don't go to Efteling for the thrill rides, you go for the complete experience: attractions, architecture and nature. World of wonders Efteling

I love that he likes my homepark

the pirate one was called the flying Dutchman

The water coaster at 11:00 is "de vliegende Hollander" or in English "the flying Dutchman"

Hi! Thanks for a great show of Eftling. Quick question, were there any headphones available for things to be translated into english or other languages? Say for the shows or movies? Thanks in advance.

This is my home park

Awesome Vlog! 😁 7:26 I think that’s a cutting Mistake

you forgot spookslot, that atraction will be gone in september

So the water coaster you didn't want to pronounce is called "de vliegende Hollander" which in english is "The flying Dutchman" its honestly my favorite ride next to "Joris en de draak" which in english is "Joris and the dragon" or Fire vs water. The flying Dutchman is based on a guy that plays into the times of the VOC that is really cool. Basically the guy screams "IK ZAL VAREN!" at the sudden part at the beginning which means "I SHALL DRIVE" (i think) which means that even though he's going through a hard storm but he has/wants to go to over seas. Which he does, but its dumb to go over seas because this sea has like these high waves and stuff which is very dangerous. (I think thats the storyline) Btw fun fact the dreamflight attraction had mostly real flowers and trees in the attraction!

Did I just hear shade thrown at Lightning Racer?

I once was in efteling in the winter and there were like no rows somi could keep sitting

Was gonna like the video, then saw there were “420” likes on a video about a park in... the Netherlands. Let it be. 😂

I love to see your amazing review on the park, but one thing. The BeNeLux map is wrong, it only shows the Netherlands and Flanders (The Dutch-Speaking part of Belgium), it misses Wallonia (the French speaking part of Belgium), Brussels (Capital region of Belgium) and the entire nation of Luxembourg. 😅

little fun fact: the fairy tale forest is based on the fairy tales from the brothers Grim. You will see many similarities with disney tales. This is because Walt Disney has based his ideas and fairy tales on the stories of the brothers Grim.

I wanted to ask you how are the lines for the parks you've been to in Europe? Are there front of the line systems or is it all just waiting in lines?

I love efteling

I have a question for you. For these Europe parks, do you ask prior to your visit to film on the rides?

the python is actually the first roller coaster in the Netherlands

Villa Volta is a Vekoma Madhouse the illusion is created that you are moving but in fact you are in a barrel that can rotate around you

At 5:26 in the video is exactly what they mean by "When somebody teleports behind you"

Here are a view unofficial English translations of some attractions names: Fairytale-forest, DreamFlight, George and the dragon, The flying Dutchman,

The name of de vliegende hollander is The Flying Dutchman im english

Why did you not go on max and Moritz ?? Was it closed?

the translation of the water coaster's name is the flying dutchman

The picture of the Netherlands you're using in the thumbnail is actually not just the Netherlands but the netherlands + the Belgian region of Flanders.

Everytime that i am in the efteling i always go in 16:02. edit: The seats are rotating 30 degrees and the rotates room 360 degrees.