Efteling - DAY 1 , Our FIRST EVER visit 🎢🧙‍♂️🏰

[@rmyikzelf5604]

I have commented this on a different Efteling vlog, but since it is apt to yours too, I will repeat it. Comparing Efteling to Disney is an easy mistake since both Efteling and Disney use fairytales (or at least Disney used to). But it is a mistake nonetheless, and it does a disservice to Efteling. A) Efteling is not owned by a mega-corporate chasing bottom line but by a nonprofit foundation that aims to promote nature, leisure, and sport. It's just one park in one location. B) Efteling don't sugarcoat the fairytales they stick much closer to the often much darker storylines than those churned out by Disney. C) Efteling's build materials are what you see. When you see wood, it's wood. brick is brick. Plaster is plaster. Not everything is painted concrete. D) They honour their history and don't teardown or retheme old rides willy-nilly. Their approach is much more longterm client-binding (child, teenager, parent, grandparent) and they hold on to what you liked as a kid so you can share that later in life with your grandchild.

[@ycrep1993]

You forgot the fact that Walt Disney taking inspiration is an urban myth without any proof. Disney is really fun tho. Can't really compare the 2.

[@rmyikzelf5604]

@ycrep1993 yep urban myth

[@maartjenowak6942]

Alsow eftrling is a couple years older. First opening in 1952 and disney first park opened in 1955. And alsow ver important, efteling started as a fairytale forest based on the drawings of Anton Pieck.

[@Qq-vh5jq]

For me the main difference is Disney is build with money only to earn as much money as possible. The Efteling is besides the needed money build with love in order to give you memories.

[@jolandasnell6529]

​@@ycrep1993 The Efteling opened its doors in 1952. Disney in... 1955? Somewhere in between those dates Walt visited the Netherlands ánd the Efteling. Known fact. No urban legend here...

[@remconet]

Don't you just love how your inner child comes out when you go to the Efteling?

[@TheDandylion5]

Yeah it's a magical park for sure 😊

[@lillekenatnek195]

Ive been to many European theme parks. But Efteling is really something else. Every park says it's unique but its not as unique as De Efteling. And very very magical, you'll wont experience such atmosphere anywhere else. I'm absolutely sold.

[@TheDandylion5]

@@lillekenatnek195 it does have something about it that you just don't find anywhere else

[@aurawilming6047]

I think Efteling's secret to great operations is keeping their employees very happy. It's been voted "best place to work" by the workers many years. They have a bunch of extra perks too, little things like special pins you only get as an employee of the Efteling to big things like free entrance for your family and big employee parties. And you can just see that everyone is happy to be doing their job.

[@TheDandylion5]

@aurawilming6047 yeah that's very clear when visiting that the staff seem much happier than they are in the UK parks,

[@johnyseimah229]

free entrance for your family aswell if you work there

[@nagranoth_]

ehm, no, there is no free entrance for your family, not unless they started doing that in the last few years. An employee has free entrance. I'm not sure family even gets a discount. Other than useless stuff like special pins, a pretty nice christmas care pack, and the rather obvious free access for employees, sometimes an employee only event at the park itself, I don't recall them doing anything special for employees. People mostly just enjoy working there because of the atmosphere.

[@faraosmurf]

​@@nagranoth_ Employees Who are working fulltime in the park, can give their family free entrance with a free annual pass! On-call employees can get 4 50% discount tickets per year for family and friends

[@Phoeniiix]

@@nagranoth_ yes they do?? not sure what the requirements are (dont imagine it works like this for every teenager working there but not sure) but me and my mum always got free year passes while my dad was working there. plus they regularly go on trips to other parks with employees (europapark, disney, etc) and you get like a 20% discount on merch i think

[@PinnacleNL]

Fun fact: The primary reason Aquanura exists is to slow people down. Without it right there when it's closing time and everyone leaves at the same time people will clog the exit and there'll be queues and it's frustrations all around. They didn't want that. They wanted to create more of a dripfeed exit sort of thing. So they decided to build an eye catcher at the exit that some people might hang around at for a while. And that resulted in the 3rd largest water show installation on the planet.

[@TheDandylion5]

@@PinnacleNL makes sense , amd wow didn't know it was the 3rd largest, it was amazing though 😁

[@nagranoth_]

it's also to lure people TO the exit. Every other attraction closes before aquanura starts, and they don't want people to linger on the many locations in the park you can hang out. Now people are motivated to go to the exit immediately, then hang around there for a while during the show.

[@yula3723]

Great vlog! And lovely family ❤ for part two, it's tradition for families to take a picture at the toadstools in the fairytale forest every year they visit, you can see everyone getting older :)

[@TheDandylion5]

That's a wonderful tradition, thank you so much 😊

[@jordi1090]

I love the details and vibe in the Efteling, they also have great music. Can't wait till Danse Macabre will open next month, first of it's kind attraction.

[@TheDandylion5]

@jordi1090 yeah you're right, dance macabre looks fantastic too

[@alwinbohmer1012]

Amazing video. Great to watch how everybody reacts for the first time of the wonders of Efteling. Really loved the video. Beautiful family, happy people.. hope you enjoyed every second of your stay in Holland.

[@TheDandylion5]

@alwinbohmer1012 thank you so much 😁that's really made us happy reading that 😊... we did have a wonderful and will be back in April

[@nagranoth_]

1:05:56 what's REALLY crazy is there are no animatronics in Fata Morgana at all. Animatronics animate with electronics, hence the name. Fata Morgana is one of the oldest rides in the park. These puppets have no electronics. Everything in this ride is animated by a wires and springs system, with revolving wheels that have a varying circumference allowing the springs to pull more or less far to enact a movement of a joint on the other side of yhe wire, over a time loop (how long it takes the wheel to turn completely). Each movement in each character has it's own wheel. There's hundreds of revolving wheels in the basement. And it has less maintenance issues than animatronics I think.

[@TheDandylion5]

Yeah that's incredible that, thank you 😊

[@afelienvandenberg6750]

​@@TheDandylion5There is a very good documentary about the making of Fata Morgana. But it's in Dutch 😅 All stuff you see is bought in Morocco, the movement is explained etc. etc. The documentary is from Huis van de vijf zintuigen, and can be found on KZbin.The making of Fata Morgana

[@TheDandylion5]

@afelienvandenberg6750 oh wow, thanks for letting me know ill have to have a look see if I can find it with English subs 😊

[@afelienvandenberg6750]

@@TheDandylion5 kzbin.info/www/bejne/nomwn2Svgcp2sLcsi=i0Vi-vANhZm3zNB_

[@afelienvandenberg6750]

@@TheDandylion5 here is the link.

[@raremusicchannel4979]

Efteling also has a App. You can install and see realtime all info about cue time, and show times. A physical map you can pick up when you enter the park. Too bad you missed it. But great to see your family had a great time in Efteling

[@melaniejanssen6090]

One side noteto your Dutch Disneyland comparisson; The Efteling is older than Disneyland, so shouldn't Disneyland be the American Efteling?

[@ascensao03]

best reaction ever!!!!!!

[@-_YouMayFind_-]

Yes indeed and most fairytails in Disney are European fairytails.

[@Haasismijnnaam]

Especially since Walt Disney visited the Efteling and got a lot of inspiration for his own theme park.

[@Gardureth]

The Fata Morgana is older then Disney's Aladdin, the inspiration was from 1001 Arabic nights, which is a different story. (I'm Dutch, so i do not know if i translated that correct) In the dream-flight attraction there are actual rain-forrest trees, moved and re-planted in the attraction, during the winter cleaning the crew found lots of tarantulas who hatched from the eggs that where in the trees. Lucky there is a reptile-zoo nearby (Olie-molen in Tilburg) who came to collect the spiders. Most children nearby will get a seasoncard so they can hangout in the Efteling instead of a child-care facility, great place to grow up. 3 nice facts from someone who lived nearby for the first half of his life.

[@TheDandylion5]

@@Gardureth you did 😁thank you

[@MeTheMayo]

@@Gardureth Fata Morgana is more Eftelings take on the Pirates of the Carrebean ride, wich was build in the 60s. Efteling never made a secret that they admire the Disney USA parks and they take inspiration out of their rides…

[@Gardureth]

@@MeTheMayo The current Efteling does take inspiration from Disney unfortunately, bad management imo, however the Efteling is designed and inspired from the storybooks written by the brothers Grimm, the Fata Morgana is inspired by the stories of the 1001 Arabian Nights by Sjeherazade. Nobody at the Efteling knew anything about a similar Disneyride, America was far away you know. (and before you think i am wrong, i have installed the electronics in the Fata Morgana i was actually there)

[@dragicaklomp9810]

​@@Gardurethfata morgana is inspired by the pirates of the caribbean. That was shownieuws in the documenatry The makinf of Fata Morgana

[@Gardureth]

@@dragicaklomp9810 Corrected: The Fata Morgana was inspired by the attraction-ride Pirates of the Caribbean, but not the Story/Movie. Its inspired by the 1001 Arabian nights, the ride is IN Arabia depicting Arabian scenes and myths. A Fata Morgana is a mirage an illusion created by the searing hot Arabian desert.

[@AdvdW]

It's really nice to see you and the rest of the family loves the Efteling and enjoyed all the rides. The surprised look of the youngest, gorgeous! A little advice from a Dutch Efteling visitor. Talk a little less when you are in a dark ride or an other indoor ride. Watch with your own eyes, smell the delicious scents, hear the nice, exciting and relaxing music. That makes the experience complete.

[@2012inca]

Nice vlog of Efteling. Not many people know but a long long time ago Efteling started out as a main football field with 2 practice football fields and a playground. This is explained on the official website of Efteling on the history part. Well at least the Dutch version of the Efteling website. Later they added the fairytale forest and people all over the country started coming. Then they started adding rides and rollercoasters. Efteling is built in a nature reserve and is not owned by a big corperation like Disney. Efteling is owned by a foundation that focuses on theming and keeping the park autenthic as it is. That is why entrance prices, food and hotel prices are much lower then Disney. Even tough there is a lot of land to build on, Efteling cannot just built bigger rides and rollercoasters because people who live nearby objected to expansion of Efteling due to noise complaints. As you saw Efteling is building a new hotel but they have also been building haunted mansion Danse Macabre that looks like a run down monastery. They themed it that way. Danse Macabre replaced the old Spookslot which was somewhat spooky but nothing like Danse Macabre. Danse Macabre is an haunted mansion that cost around 35 million euros to build. The waiting line will start on a spooky graveyard. I dont think it will be suited for really small kids tough. What I have seen is they put church benches in Danse Macabre to sit on that will float trough the air for a horrific interactive experience lol. Danse Macabre replaced Spookslot which met with a lot of resistance by fans of Efteling who wanted to keep it that way. Efteling was built before Disney parks even existed so a lot of Dutch people will object to the name Dutch version of Disney. I dont mind it at all but I have seen Dutch people really get upset about it. Lol. Then they tell you the story of Walt Disney coming to Efteling and taking inspiration of Efteling which no one really knows is true. We have video footage of Walt Disney being in The Netherlands but if he went to Efteling remains a question. Disney Imagineers of Disney did ask help from Efteling staff and Efteling imagineers what people in Europe would like to see in Disneyland Paris. I know that one of Efteling Imagineers moved to the US to work for Disneyworld. A lot of Efteling is based on the work of Dutch artist Anton Pieck. We have more themeparks in The Netherlands but Efteling has a special place in peoples hearts as most Dutch people went there as a child with their parents, grandparents or on a school trip. Of all the themeparks in Europe Efteling comes out as third best park. Only Phantasialand and Europapark in Germany are said to better. I think a lot of theme park designers took inspiration from Efteling as it is one of the oldest themeparks in Europe. You can easily take your grandparents to Efteling without going on any rides and just enjoy nature and the restaurants like you said. It is such a vibe. We have one guy here that goes to Efteling 165 days of the year that says enough. I like to say it is the happiest place in The Netherlands.

[@TheDandylion5]

@2012inca what an amazing comment, thank you for writing all of that, it was an extremely interesting read , loved it. You clearly know your Efteling 😉if I need any more info I know where to come haha... thank you again, really do appreciate it.

[@2012inca]

@@TheDandylion5 No problem. Well the guy who goes 165 days to The Efteling knows a lot more than me about Efteling. He even has a direct line with the marketing department of Efteling, makes news items about The Efteling and has over 100.000 Efteling fans as subscribers on KZbin. I hear people talk about Oblivion often but that is all I know about themeparks in the UK. I would like to go to UK theme parks but dont know which are said to be the best ones.

[@raremusicchannel4979]

During the Aquanura show they also did fire effects, but quit that for enviromental reasons not long ago. So no fire anymore. But they will rearrange the whole show and i hear they will make a new show with more light effect. Also fun fact, Aquanura plays all kinds of the theme songs of the rides in medley.

[@TheDandylion5]

Yeah I've heard they are designing a brand new , improved show .... I loved it though

[@piusx906]

I live a few kilometers from the park and the first time I visited it, there was only the fairy tail forest, the swimming pool and the playground. I've seen attractions come, and I've seen the same attractions go. Watching this video, it's again a complete new park for me.

[@TheDandylion5]

I bet you have , do you like how it's changed?

[@Lawrencevbeek]

If you want to know what the translations are of the names of the attractions. droomvlucht: Dream flight Vliegende hollander: Flying Dutchman Vogelrok: Bird Roc Joris en de draak: George and the Dragon Fata Morgana: mirage

[@TheDandylion5]

@@Lawrencevbeek awesome info, thank you 😊

[@Lawrencevbeek]

When symbolica opened, the whale always took a deep dive behind the glass of the Botanicum scene. 21:21 That vertical movement has been broken for years. Nowadays the mythical creature hangs permanently in the same place, without suddenly appearing. The defect turned out to be very difficult to solve: during the construction of Symbolica, Efteling chose not to make the movement technology accessible from the outside. but fortunately Efteling has announced that the problem is finally being resolved. A specialized team will repair the animal, but in order to do so, part of the roof of Symbolica has to be removed.

[@TheDandylion5]

@Terrence23 very interesting info there, thank you for sharing that 😀

[@PinnacleNL]

Are you sure it's not working? I thought they had an external crew over to repair that thing just last week.

[@Lawrencevbeek]

@@PinnacleNL Yes, certainly, Efteling has confirmed that. At this moment there is a black cloth hanging in the scene where the whale is normally seen. This way the attraction can remain open and they can restore the whale to its original state.They hope to have the project completed by the end of next week.

[@pluchesteven1]

The Efteling was definitely NOT the inspiration for Walt Disney. At the time Disney came up with the idea for Disneyland the Efteling was just a nature and sportspark. In 1952 when Disney’s parks was well in de development state Efteling opened the fairy tale forest in the nature park. And it was only until 1978 when the first rides came to Efteling. Now, for the actual template. In 1948 or so, Walt and his family went on vacation to Europe. While there they went to Tivoli Gardens an amusement park in Copenhagen. Everything was well kept up and painted. The staff was polite. The food was varied and good. The landscaping was nice, benches to relax on. That is the actual prototype for Disneyland.

[@Lawrencevbeek]

​@@pluchesteven1I think you are responding to the wrong comment, but you are certainly right on that topic. But Efteling was involved in the realization of Disneyland Paris. the imagineers of Efteling and Disney were good friends, including Tony Baxter (Disney) and Lex Lemmens (Efteling) were very good friends with each other. Tony Baxter, for example, was very impressed with the ride photo system that was first used at an Efteling attraction that he visited. Afterwards they also applied the ride photo system to Disney attractions.

[@erikbruininckx142]

Efteling is a heaven on earth.

[@TheDandylion5]

Its a beautiful, amazing park

[@sandervw123]

What a great video of my favorite park!

[@TheDandylion5]

@sandervw123 thank you 😊 it's our favourite too now 😁😁

[@sandervw123]

@@TheDandylion5 haha good! I'm lucky that i live 45 minutes drive of the Efteling. I visit the park from when i was a child. Now i'm 40 year and i still enjoy it.

[@TheDandylion5]

@@sandervw123 you are very lucky, I bet you've seen some big changes to the park in that time

[@sandervw123]

@@TheDandylion5 oh yes. A lot of changes haha. But the thing that not have changed that's all the green in the park. The many tree's and all

[@TheDandylion5]

@sandervw123 isn't there a rule that states something like 70% of the area has to be allocated to greenery so whenever they expand or build more attractions they have to plant more trees and plants to keep the ratio the same? I LOVE that

[@daluzsoares]

You are so lucky, you have three beautiful children, they are red-haired, I as a black person think that is beautiful, you have a Manchester fan and a tough and sweet beautiful daughter and a sweet little son who can all get along with each other.

[@TheDandylion5]

@@daluzsoares thank you so much ❤️

[@TheLtData]

It was build after Anton Pieck's ideas. He was a painter with a romantic look on things a a unique way of portraiting things he saw on the streets. The magic of the old parts of the park is from his art. The magic theme was held up by the later additions to the park. It is about magic really. You should visit the old themes as well. Enjoy your time at Efteling!

[@TheDandylion5]

@@TheLtData thank you for that 😁

[@EftelQuint]

Hiya, I don’t know if anyone has brought this up or not, but ‘open nu’ or ‘open u’ (I don’t know for sure which one it is, they sound the same) doesn’t mean ‘abracadabra’ (that’s the same in most languages, because it’s taken from a Hebrew term if I’m not mistaken). It in fact means ‘open now’ (if it’s ’open nu’) or ‘open yourselves’ (if it’s ’open u’). Because Pardoes (the jester from Symbolica, he was the park mascot till 2008) commands the stairs to open, to reveal the secret passage you go through. Just like English, Dutch is a Germanic language, so if something looks / sounds like an English word, it most likely has the same meaning. :)

[@R_oosje]

Next time when you visit the Efteling, visit het Sprookjesbos. It’s a lovely place for the young people.🩷 Lots of love from the Netherlands!!!

[@TheDandylion5]

@@R_oosje Hi, we did on our second day there 😀

[@raremusicchannel4979]

I heard you can also buy a magic wand for children somewhere. The wand is interactive and you can use it on attractions like Symboloca, and on a couple of places in the park. You can activate motion, sound, etc with it on theme. Or your wand will react and the wand itself will shine and light up. Cool feature and hope they will do more of these easter eggs in the future.

[@TheDandylion5]

Oh wow, we did get a light up symbolica wand for the little one, but didn't know it interacted in the park (if it's the right one)

[@Rose-vq1mw]

​@@TheDandylion5 actually it doesnt do the interactief anymore unfortunately. They removed all the spots where that worked. Too many technical malfunctions I heard.

[@TheDandylion5]

@@Rose-vq1mw awwww that's a shame

[@jolandasnell6529]

I loved your video, especially Alby's big eyes during Carnaval Festival. Bet that he'd loved the Sprookjesbos (Fairytale Forest) even more. The Efteling opened its doors in 1952. Before any of Disney's parks. Walt did visit the Efteling during a visit to the Netherlands to the dubbing studios, to make sure the dubbing of his films was correct. So, instead of calling the Efteling "Dutch Disneyland", it might be more appropriate to reverse that and call Disneyland the "American Efteling"...😉😉? Thanks for your visit. Do feel welcome to come again. Like in November, when Danse Macabre is fully operational... Till then! Greetings to your lovely family. 🌻🙋🏻‍♀️💗🐕🌻

[@TheDandylion5]

@jolandasnell6529 thank you 😊 we do intend to come back in April we think, such an amazing place ❤️

[@stefan335]

Looking forward to your Day 2 video!

[@TheDandylion5]

@stefan335 it's got much less "rides" in it and focuses more on the other parts to this wonderful park 😀

[@raremusicchannel4979]

Efteling is building with a new ride. One of it's kind. Ready in October this year. It's called Danse Macabre. There are some animation videos on KZbin.

[@TheDandylion5]

Yeah, it looks incredible, can't wait to try it 😊

[@gember1382]

Dad: Who's excited? The family: 😒 yeah. 😂😂😂😂

[@TheDandylion5]

They sometimes struggle to express excitement.....clearly haha

[@lordgandalf22]

The entrance is called the house of the five senses and each peek is a sense. And in the stained glass are a ton of fairy tales. The park is in a big nature reserve so lots of trees.Efteling has been a park for families it isnt a thril ride park. Efteling is known for their theming they make sure that any of their new rides are themed insanly well. Efteling is currently doing a mayor repair round. they have let some rides became worse. They have rebuild a new spooky ride called dance macabre and soon gonna work on fata morgana but we dont really know what its gonna be a rebuild or a fix or maybey a new ride as a whole we will find it out. They have a ton of older rides that a park favorites. The place where max and morrits is now was the location of a older bobsled coaster and they kept the station building only replaced it with two dueling coasters. And its not dutfch disneyland one its not at all as commercial and all the fairytales and ideas are either grimm based or totally new for the efteling. Like symbolica is based on pardoes the royal jester and the other character OJ punctual the royal lackey and he is trying to stop you and pardoes helps you. THe soty of Baron is that a baron was looking for gold in a mine and he wanted to go deeper and deeper while people warned him to not doo that then ghosts called the white women and thats the ghosts you saw they where warning you that it wouldnt end well so thats the story. And the flying dutchman ride is about a captain that wanted to go out to travel on easter while most people where like dont travel on east thats a bad idea and he crashed like you can see in the ride so yeah :D Jorge and the dragon has two side one fire one water. Before that coaster was there there stood a wooden coaster name pegasus but it became old and rough so they decided to replace it with two dualing ones. They are in talks to shutter fabula it never has been a really popular attraction it was orignaly another movie used as way to get attention to climate chance with WNF a nature preservation organization in the netherlands. For next time with the small one go to the fairytale forest its amazing with all known and unkown fairytales :D. Aquanura has recently gotten its fire removed due to co2 problems. So now they only run shows without fire and they are making a new show for the main show without fire.

[@TheDandylion5]

@@lordgandalf22 brilliant info there, thank you, yeah we did the fairytale forest on our 2nd day in the park 😀 I do love the stories around the attractions, makes them much more immersive 😁

[@Mazil_5]

27:50 awwwww, his little face 😊

[@TheDandylion5]

@Mazil_5 he was in absolute awe at a lot of it , loved seeing it 😍

[@Mazil_5]

@@TheDandylion5 so sweet ❤️

[@TheDandylion5]

The full video of the water show is on the channel if you want to see it 😊

[@Zerocool-kb4ej]

for god sake...now the carnaval festival tune is stuck in my head for a few days 😫... i always try to avoid that 🤣🤣

[@TheDandylion5]

@@Zerocool-kb4ej 😆😆😆😆😆😆

[@afelienvandenberg6750]

Do you know there is a happy hardcore version as well ?😂

[@chrisjohnsonadventures]

Great vlog looks like a good park

[@TheDandylion5]

@chrisjohnsonadventures thank you so much, yeah it's such an amazing place

[@raremusicchannel4979]

You can buy a photo card, and buy a one time but in return get a lot of photos during a lot of rides. You simply activate the code you purchase at a booth in your app, and simply adf all the photos of your family in the Efteling app. After the day you can send them all to your email and use them at home or print them out at home.

[@afelienvandenberg6750]

Yes , including a video from the Baron 1898 drop 😅

[@somedutchguy9184]

Thanks for the ride! 😊

[@TheDandylion5]

@somedutchguy9184 thank you for joining us 😁

[@thomasrealist6181]

FYI in the past they had a big watershow including fire but due to the high gas prices they skipped it. At the moment they are rebuilding the whole watershow. (or is done already, not sure of it). Best parc I know, being around in the USA, Japan, Germany, Uk etc.

[@TheDandylion5]

@thomasrealist6181 yeah I know they used to use fire in the show, still love it though 😁

[@ycrep1993]

If you do a trip from abroad to Efteling, especially with little kids, try to get a day in at Toverland as well. Its really kid friendly and an amazing park!

[@TheDandylion5]

@@ycrep1993 it's on our list for april when we go back 😉

[@ycrep1993]

​@@TheDandylion5Oooh you can also visit danse macabere when you come back!

[@ycrep1993]

@@TheDandylion5 Also... Look at the Englishman's guide to efteling. It's gonna be very helpful for understanding the story to Villa Volta and the fairytale forest, as all of that is in Dutch, but you can not miss villa volta, the prototype Vekoma madhouse

[@TheDandylion5]

@@ycrep1993 we did villa volta on our 2nd day 😁 good shout on the guide, thank you 😊

[@ycrep1993]

@@TheDandylion5 it's my favorite attraction in efteling, mostly because i love the music and the story is so good

[@klettervestje8]

Such a nice family

[@jdt1459sja]

Nice vlog!! That was one of the last aqua nura show,s with fire !! Thats gone forever😢. You have a lovely familie! Greetings from Holland. I hope you like het sprookjesbos as well ?

[@TheDandylion5]

@jdt1459sja thank you 😊 it was an amazing water show !! We love everything in the theme park to be honest , we want to come back ASAP

[@wesleyvanos]

I need a T-shirt with “Innit” on it. 🤣

[@TheDandylion5]

😆😆😆

[@PinnacleNL]

Efteling is not the Dutch Disney. Disney is the American Efteling. The very clear distinction being that Efteling predates the first Disney park. In fact, Mr. Walt Disney himself - on a trip to The Netherlands - very early on visited the Efteling and then after that he built a Disney park.

[@adbrouwer]

Walt Disney did visit the Netherlands, however he did not visit Efteling. He visited the sound studio where the Dutch dialogue for Disney films were recorded. Later on he and his family travelled to Denmark to visit Tivoli Gardens.

[@PinnacleNL]

@@adbrouwer That's only the primary reason he came, not all he did.

[@BartvanHam90]

A former Efteling director admitted that he started that false rumour. Walt Disney never visited the park. ​@@PinnacleNL

[@SnoopOnPawsLOL]

Im Dutch and I went here a couple days ago it was so much fun and I went to disney Paris and I can’t say there not the same

[@TheDandylion5]

@SnoopOnPawsLOL we've done both efteling and disneyland paris in the past few months and although they are very different parks and are both unique in many ways we can still see some similarities, which isn't a bad thing for either park, we absolutely love both of them ❤️

[@SnoopOnPawsLOL]

@@TheDandylion5 omg I never had someone that’s a KZbinr comment on my comment🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃

[@TheDandylion5]

@SnoopOnPawsLOL awww well thank you for commenting, I appreciate it , I'll always reply if I can 😁

[@SnoopOnPawsLOL]

Now I always gonna comment on your vids😆🙃

[@TheDandylion5]

@SnoopOnPawsLOL bless you 😁, hope you had a wonderful Christmas 🎄

[@eelco_de_haan]

I remember crying due to not being big enough for the python as a kid….i am 47 now 😂 and it still is going.

[@Dr.BenjiBuddy]

If you think the Efteling is great, I'd strongly suggest you visit Europapark in Germany. The Efteling is like a smaller version of Europapark.

[@TheDandylion5]

Yeah it's definitely on our list of places to visit soon 😊

[@jasondelmaitre2838]

Great video! Efteling ist one of the best parcs in Europe behind Europapark, Phantasialand and Disney Paris. 1. Europapark 2. Phantasialand 3. Disney Paris 4. Efteling 5. Port Aventura 6. Energylandia 7. Alton Towers 8. Parc Asterix

[@TheDandylion5]

Pretty epic list there 😊, we hope to have each one of those ticked off our list in the next year or two 😊

[@raremusicchannel4979]

Never been to the first 2, but operations in Efteling is much better as Disney Paris. Also prices are lower in Efteling. Cue time is lower in Efteling. Efteling has more green and nature. Staff in Efteling is more friendly. So I think you better switch Disney and Efteling in your overview 😂 imo

[@nagranoth_]

I just found out Pol's Pancakes, in the Efteling, is actually cheaper than the local pancake house, while having much better pancakes... and I live about 40 km away in the same country...

[@TheDandylion5]

The pancakes were really nice too 😊

[@danieleerenberg9775]

On the baron we as duch dont call the figures ghost but we call it witten wieve its a duch folk tale its about the mist that sometimes is Seen as those witten wieve

[@TheDandylion5]

@@danieleerenberg9775 ah OK, thank you 😊

[@Marijnloe]

Lovely video!

[@TheDandylion5]

@Marijnloe thank you so much 😁it's always overwhelming and amazing when people take the time to actually say things like that so thank you 😊

[@moow950]

You missed the amazing Danse Macabre attraction that opened yesterday!!!

[@TheDandylion5]

@@moow950 I know we missed opening day, but we won't be waiting too much longer 😉

[@moow950]

@ Maybe visit the Winter Efteling when everything is in a Christmas 🎄 mood 😉 Also take in account the waiting queues, they were very long of course yesterday (4 hours for Danse Macabre!!!). It will remain a very popular attraction of course but hopefully shorter queues. Also if you visit outside the holiday periods it will be less crowded. Have fun!! 😁

[@TheDandylion5]

@moow950 we are visiting in the next couple of weeks, for the start of winter efteling 😁hopefully queues will be shorter by then for danse macabre 😁😁

[@adamjones-ki1xp]

Such a great video, looks amazing, a lot of people do call it the Dutch Disney, I seen it on a lot of other youtubers videos too, what's the price like to get in?is it much cheaper than Disney?

[@TheDandylion5]

@adamjones-ki1xp loads cheaper than disney, it's €51 euros per person, per day, you can get it for about €38 if it's your birthday month (or two weeks into the following month) if you sign up online with Efteling 😁

[@Qq-vh5jq]

It is cheaper. Mostly because the Efteling isn't a big company with shareholders. It still is a foundation that has to invest in nature proserve. A ticket costs about 50 euro's but sometimes you can get discounts.

[@YvonnevanOs-d1m]

I hope you went to the fairy forest on thursday? Because that is something you wont want to miss if your in De Efteling😊

[@TheDandylion5]

@YvonnevanOs-d1m Hi, yes we certainly did 😁

[@claytoneskes9519]

32:10 that little boy XD

[@TheDandylion5]

Little cutie 😊

[@miwer1000]

The entrance building is called the house of the 5 sences

[@TheDandylion5]

@miwer1000 yeah i know, i love the entrance 😁

[@herjovaneerten1176]

It’s one nice park. The only thing the park is a little but expensive. You pay 36 pound/ 46 euro whole day. With 4 people you pay including parking 156 pound without food. If you eat snd drink something you pay around 250 pound.

[@TheDandylion5]

@herjovaneerten1176 yeah you're right, however we found it more reasonable on costs than a lot of other parks, especially in America and the UK

[@aurawilming6047]

Haha. I just got to you saying "nothing was broken" in Fatamorgana. Um, sorry to ruin the illusion, but I rode the ride when everything was working the way it should have been and there's a bunch of things that just don't work any more. Like there's supposed to be a solid rock wall that the wizard opens up for you to get into the palace, which hasn't worked for ages. There's a woman with a jar that's supposed to pour water down into the canal next to the boat that only sporadically pours water these days. And that last scene with the cat portal, the whole room should be turning around you as you go through. Also there's supposed to be lasers shooting from the cat's eyes. The lasers actually still work, but the misting system that makes them visible has been broken for a while. It's just that it's so detailed that if you don't know about these things you don't miss them. But there's currently rumors going around Fatamorgana is going to be demolished because the "big" maintenance keeps being postponed. It might have come to a point where repeatedly fixing it up to it's former glory will cost more than building a whole new attraction.

[@TheDandylion5]

@aurawilming6047 they hide that well then, as I've been on rides similar before where it's clear and obvious that things are supposed to work but dont haha

[@captainchaos3667]

Second day was a must, you can't visit the Efteling and skip the Fairytale Forest. 😂

[@TheDandylion5]

@@captainchaos3667 we could have done with a third day haha

[@inFAM0USnl]

46:36 its a mexicano i think, kaassoufle(kaas=cheese) kipcorn(chickencorn) and with the noodles(bami) bamiblok

[@TheDandylion5]

@inFAM0USnl thank you 😊, everything we've tried from those vending stacks have been so good

[@Yochemm]

The dark side of Disney!!! I think the Efteling have new fans.

[@TheDandylion5]

@@Yochemm 😆

[@Smilies-hb3mr]

52:23 Vliegende Hollander means The Flying Dutchman

[@TheDandylion5]

Yeah i know that now 😊Thank you haha

[@rmyikzelf5604]

Great video ! Did you completely miss the Fairytale Forest?

[@TheDandylion5]

@rmyikzelf5604 thank you so much 😁 , we did but intentionally as we saved that for our 2nd day there 2 days later 😁

[@panlomito]

I love the expression on the face of your little boy @27:50

[@TheDandylion5]

@@panlomito aww yeah, he was in total awe of it all 😍

[@MarcelDoppenberg]

Thank you i hope you Come back voor dance macabere that wil blow your mind

[@TheDandylion5]

@@MarcelDoppenberg we plan to 😁

[@Dr.BenjiBuddy]

Pretty random, but I just noticed how some people scream even when it's not a scary ride. Do people just scream deliberately? I thought it was more of a reflex thing? I'm genuinely curious as I'm not a screamer...

[@TheDandylion5]

I don't know to be honest 😅...

[@Hugh.Manatee]

We call Disneyland the American Efteling, since Efteling is actually a few years older, But really, both parks took inspiration from each other.

[@TheDandylion5]

@Hugh.Manatee I go to disneyland paris in just over a week and I will probably call it the French efteling while I'm there 😆😆

[@Hugh.Manatee]

@@TheDandylion5 Oh no, that's the American Efteling exported to France... Nach Afrika kommt Santa Claus und vor Paris steht Mickey Mouse. But great to see you enjoyed yourselves there. Have fun in Paris as well. Just Disneyland? Or going to centre-ville as well?

[@TheDandylion5]

@Hugh.Manatee yeah just Disney this trip 😁

[@miwer1000]

The puppet at fatamorgana does not need any power. It is litteraly a puppet and is can move

[@TheDandylion5]

Yeah that's so cool isn't it?

[@miwer1000]

The snack vending machines are not special to the Efteling. We have those all over NL

[@TheDandylion5]

@miwer1000 such a great idea 💡

[@prutsje21]

Ik was daar al vandaag

[@TheDandylion5]

@@prutsje21 hoop dat je een fantastische tijd hebt gehad

[@rrijsdijk]

Everything is in the app. A map with GPS and waitingtimes.

[@TheDandylion5]

@rrijsdijk yeah I had the app but didn't use it that much 😁

[@liamcollinson5695]

I know it's the Internet and everything has to be compared but the efteling is it's own beast also walt never visited unlike Tivoli gardens or Blackpool pleasure beach

[@boynoon]

the difference with other theme parks this park is our national pride so the efteling is a part of the dutch

[@TheDandylion5]

I can tell that too, which we found astounding and love that the Dutch have so much pride in their park 😊 ..rightly so too, it's wonderful

[@JanWillemVanRenesse]

The Fata Morgana darkride is 38 years old.

[@TheDandylion5]

@JanWillemVanRenesse can tell it's an old one but it's still so good 😁

[@Qq-vh5jq]

The way the animatronics move is a patenten invention of the Efteling itself. It has lost much of his former glory due to age. But when you realize when it was build it is impresive. The ride is planned to get revovated and improved

[@pmvdmeulen]

Disney really is the American Efteling. Walt built his park after coming to the Netherlands. There was no proof he went to efteling, but I guess he didn't want to get sued for copying. He was within 30 minutes from the first biggest fairytale amusement park and he built his own park after his visit to the Netherlands.. total coincidence 😂😂😂😂 yeah right

[@TheDandylion5]

Yeah that's what I mean, I can see the resemblance between the two parks, they are very different in a lot of ways but I can see similarities, which some people on here don't seem to grasp 😆... I do love Efteling though, better than modern disney parks operationally for sure 😊

[@TTHBLOX_]

19:55 He didnt say "er canoe" he said "open u" he was telling the stairs to "open you(rself)"

[@TheDandylion5]

Thabk you 😊

[@ycrep1993]

"Its like pirates of the Carribbean, but... Not... Carribbean..."

[@TheDandylion5]

😂

[@bartpeeters4473]

Walt never visited Efteling park but Tivoli gardens instead. Common urban legend. Tony Baxter (designer of Disneyland Paris) did visit the Efteling multiple times

[@ashortone]

Doe beter eerst info checken voordat je wat zegt. Meneer walt Disney is wel in de efteling geweest maar ook in meer Europese parken. De reden waarom meneer walt Disney in Europa en nederland was was voor de vertalingen van Engels naar Nederlandse Disney afleveringen

[@AL-ns1jm]

i don't see the fairy tale forest?????????/ that's the most beautiful thing of the park.. only those hysterical things we as Dutch people hate it.

[@TheDandylion5]

@@AL-ns1jm we did fairytale forest on our second day

[@aorta538]

28:14 The brits behind bars... 😎

[@TheDandylion5]

@@aorta538 😆😆😆😆😆

[@yaizabellodiaz706]

Es una pena que no tenga traducción en español😢😊

[@TheDandylion5]

I'm sorry 😢

[@Wegpiraat013]

did you not ride the Villa Volta.

[@TheDandylion5]

@@Wegpiraat013 we did, but on our 2nd day there 😁

[@SunG-f7i]

This is the old concept there will come a new version

[@TheDandylion5]

New concept for what please?

[@janvrolijk9126]

Vliegende Hollander means Flying Dutchman.

[@TheDandylion5]

@janvrolijk9126 yeah we got that 😁thank you

[@marit5792]

For a moment I thought “child swap” meant you could exchange your annoying ones for someone else’s 😂

[@TheDandylion5]

@@marit5792 we did enquire as to whether or not they offered that as a service also, as we had our eye on a very quiet, non demanding, willing to work down the mines child, but they said no unfortunately 😆😆😆

[@Gorerupted]

Here is a fun game, take a tequila shot every time someone say amazing :p

[@TheDandylion5]

@@Gorerupted hahaha, I wouldn't be on my feet for long 😉😆

[@MeVsMyLife]

"open nu" means open now, not abracadabra 😜

[@TheDandylion5]

Yeah i know 😊

[@tomdebruin2512]

Why you're calling it Dutch Disney. Efteling was already running before any Disney-park excyst!

[@janvrolijk9126]

Fata Morgana has nothing to do with Pirates of the Carebean. It's the Far East. The name of the wizzard is not Arthur as I heard someone say but Merlin offcourse.

[@TheDandylion5]

@@janvrolijk9126 we know it has nothing to do with pirates 😆, it was just a comparison as the ride mechanism is very similar 😀

[@arturobianco848]

If you think that porti f has good oprations m going to fear next year when i'm going todo the UK. Ok efteking has good operations but porto f had the worst i have ever seen including the parks in the US.

[@TheDandylion5]

@arturobianco848 we heard many horror stories about the operations at portaventura before we went, so we were worried but honestly when we were there for 3 days in may we found the operations exceptional, especially compared to some UK parks

[@arturobianco848]

@@TheDandylion5 Well maybe they got better i went a couple of years ago. and i ddn't go the thirth day because they where really bad.

[@TrojTV]

At the time Disney was thinking of building Disneyland, the Efteling was nothing more than sporting fields, a swimming pool and a very minimal fairytale forest. There was not much to be inspired by as a themepark. The efteling as we know it know began to evolve in the late 70's. At a time when Disneyland was already 20 years old. It is safe to say (and actually true) that the Efteling design crew drew inspiratie from Disneyland.

[@Yautja24]

One of the 5 parks i did this year. And to be honest, my least favorite. Its a nice park, alot of rides but my Dislikes are - No top tier coaster (Baron & Joris are good but not that top level. Python & vogelrok are kinda...meh). - Alot of issues & technical problems on many rides(8). Usually quickly fixed. But sometimes it added extra 20-40 minutes. - Very Crowded

[@ArumesYT]

It's not a coaster park. If adrenaline shots is all you care about, you have to go somewhere else. That doesn't mean the Efteling is worse though, it's just *different*. As TheDandylion5 said, you can even enjoy yourself a whole day without going on any ride at all.

[@Yautja24]

@@ArumesYT Its not the only thing i care about but sure its +. I did family parks i had more fun.

[@TheDandylion5]

​@ArumesYT I stand by that, you could take away all the big rollercoasters and rides and still have a wonderful day, it has a certain magic about it that you don't find everywhere 😊

[@nickybookz222]

The Efteling is older than Disneyland!!! Please don't call it the Dutch Disneyland that's very insulting😡😤😠🤬

[@jarmoliebrand2005]

35:26 This shot is basically my profile pic 😂

[@TheDandylion5]

@jarmoliebrand2005 haha so it is , it's an iconic ride though, has a fantastic look doesn't it?

[@mvdh877]

16:57 40 euros for 4 pancakes that is a reasonable price I expected it to be more expensive

[@TheDandylion5]

They were actually meal size too, filling and delicious 😊