NEW RIDE Danse Macabre FULL ON RIDE - Efteling - World Premiere Dynamic Motion Stage

[@DLPWelcome]

Story in Subtitle / L'histoire en sous-titre 5:17 Subtitle to understand the plot of the attraction / Sous-titre pour comprendre l'intrigue de l'attraction

[@hyrocoaster]

How cool is that? They build a whole attraction around one of the coolest and most idiosyncratic pieces of classical music 🤩 Must go back to Efteling

[@denvernorris305]

I realize this isn't a Disney vs Efteling ordeal but the comparison must be made. Efteling is doing what Disney used to do. Creating original ideas, drawing from inspiration of course. Original ride ideas such as this one. I'm no engineer nor ride expert but I have never seen anything like this in my life. And I live on youtube theme parks. I only even found this ride from a modded workshop item on Steam for Planet Coaster 2 (video game). I could care less for spinny rides, but this ride is done in such an innovative and original way, wow. Walt Disney created this idea of theming the parks. But it's the folks in charge of parks like Efteling (and sometimes Universal, i.e. Epic Universe) that are truly keeping that dream alive. I know this was winded but I just felt like typing out my thoughts. And Disney folks, don't come after me. Disney will find their way back, they just need to stop relying on IP based attractions/lands at every single turn.

[@estherruesink1144]

I actually think Efteling is older than the original disney parks?

[@ashdoestravel]

@@estherruesink1144 It is!

[@KT-sq2ml]

I agree / every aspect of this experience seems far beyond what Disney does these days. Even the added touches like the people working carrying lanterns helps set the ambience. It’s really sad that Disney, with all the money they take in daily, can’t step up their game. Instead, you have to pay a few hundred extra to even get ON the rides at Disney. Sad.

[@Ncyphen]

@@KT-sq2ml Disney these days is "how do we update the park experience for as little money as possible?" 20-30 years ago, they had engineers who came up with amazing creations and ride concepts, but sadly, those engineers have all left Disney, and the ones that remain lack the heft to push for big projects.

[@jerryvanoverloop7775]

YES, you are saying what A LOT of us are thinking!

[@ella1170]

This has been the best on-ride footage I’ve seen so far of Danse Macabre! I appreciate the time stamps and the emphasis on what you chose to record. It helped me get a better grasp of the atmosphere of the ride. Thank you!

[@domenickbisacca9207]

Best footage I’ve seen so far. It really captures the range of motion that most other POV’s have not been able to thus far.

[@jacksonrogers6751]

This is insane. I went into this expecting it to be well-done but I admittedly had reservations about how much could feasibly be done with that ride system. Honesty I was so surprised at how much they did with it. Looks like a top-tier dark ride.

[@ashdoestravel]

Best footage I've seen of this attraction! However, no video can do it justice. I went on it twice a few days ago and WOW. Incredible attraction and I urge everyone to check it out if they're ever visiting Efteling!

[@MrMichael94580]

I love that the cars become the dancers and did I imagine that the floor tilts and spins ? This needs to be at very park. I’m loving this one

[@Rumble_Bee]

Best onrife video yet, cant wait to see the one efteling posts

[@Karasaph]

Finally I can understand the backstory of the ride. So that is the monster we constantly hear. The cat being more of a monster stalking. But we only ever see the cat at the entrance and only hear it after that. Though it sounds more like a werewolf. We never really see the monster, though it could be burried underneath all those instruments. Amazing full experience video.

[@jorisrietbergen]

When entering the chapel, the little black cat is inside the musical basket in the middle of the room. He peeks out of the tuba and the drum. When the ride starts, you see the little cat one more time before lighning strikes the instruments. He then transforms into the monster version (the unnamable). You see the instruments moving up, giving the illusion of something growing underneath. From some of the vehicles you can see monstrous eyes hidden in there. Overall, the backstory of the cat being the unnamable dark force in the area is told really well during the queue and ride

[@danalexander6049]

This ride is fascinating. Upon first glance, the cat reminds me of the Monkey from Mystic Manor crossed with the cat from Coraline. But the cat is the monster! I think Garner Holt did the animatronics for this and Mystic Manor.

[@BartvanHam90]

@@danalexander6049 Only the conductor was made by Garner Holt. The rest was made by Efteling.

[@guillaumecardon]

Impressive, the gift shop is more themed than Walt Disney Studios

[@Spiritwonder420]

that will be changing over the next couple of years :P it will also not be called studios anymore at least the one in paris

[@luukb4302]

It truely is a great addition to the park!

[@S1rD4niel]

Truly*

[@NeonGhostin]

That was very impressive! Never heard of this ride prior to watching this video. That's a super clever ride, and here I thought it was going be a cheap knock off of the HM. I tip my hat to creatives of this ride, from beginning to gift shop, flawlessly executed!

[@TakumiLucius]

Its actually tied to the previous Efteling ride that was once in the spot, Spookslot which was a unique show sort of attraction. Efteling's youtube channel has the details and special videos for the old ride and the development of this one.

[@damianvanbilsen8943]

The ride system is a new prototype from Intamin (Holland). Its called a Dynamic Motion Stage.

[@PixieDust18]

11:17 FINALLY ! someone to think of filming the animatronics under the platform !! 🔥

[@sirose]

The little hidden dioramas underneath are such a clever idea! I wanna see more of them!

[@emotionalideas]

I visited the Intamin booth at IAAPA this week and saw the ride system models and congratulated the folks on it. It's really not so much the system but what the park was able to create around it...an elegant yet "macabre" and very impressive themed experience.

[@turcj]

I wonder if this ride system could be retrofitted into the two circular theaters that sit empty in Tomorrow Land in Magic Kingdom. The old Stitch theaters still set empty and take up a lot of valuable real estate in the middle the land.

[@jerryvanoverloop7775]

Honestly, i think it’s too big. video doesn’t do it justice, when you walk into the main area, you will be impressed by the sheer size of it.

[@gvanwijk3244]

Great vlog!! And we love your vlogs in DLP❤❤

[@patrickmuhlbeyer9262]

This is a home run! Absolutely awesome. If disney had any creatives left in the company this ride would be in avengers campus with a dr. strange storyline. But the true creatives work at Efteling and so we have dance macabre. What a great ride.

[@PixieDust18]

oh noooo 😑 all we want is completely new attractions with unthemed stories ! not another stupid attraction on the avengers or star wars

[@philrabe910]

What a fun looking attraction! And my favorite Halloween song!

[@Bart24-02]

Best onride I have seen

[@wildeprince737]

Best onride and queue coverage I have seen to date! Bravo!

[@maverickhanecak1682]

Danse Macabre is a Halloween classical musical

[@jon-kl9mk]

This kind of reminds me of Mystic Manor dark ride at Hong Kong

[@iamguardian9099]

This is magnificent!

[@JeffSparrow87]

It's awesome, right? I'm not sure if it is worth waiting two to six hours for. I was lucky. My wife got in line after the park opened while I went to another attraction with my kids. She had to wait 90 minutes total, with 50 minutes of that being the wait until the rides opened. (Most rides are still closed for the first hour after opening.) And with the baby switch possibility, I was able to go in after she got out, skipping a large chunk of the line. The first moment I had to wait was in the part with the statue of Joseph Charlatan. It's a very cool experience. The video is cool, but it can't convey the sensations that happen in the dark. So, if you've never been on it and see this video, there are still surprises left for you.

[@AlleKasa]

6?

[@JeffSparrow87]

@AlleKasa opening day the line was crazy long

[@SfinxVid]

That’s why it’s better to go on a workday . We went last Wednesday and did all the rides in the Efteling which we wanted to do AND got to ride Danse Macabre 3 times as well, the wait time was like 50/60 minutes which is perfectly fine for a new ride. Would not want to be there on openingsday

[@JeffSparrow87]

@SfinxVid i was there last Monday. Thought that the Fall vacation was over but still lots of schools were free that day. But like i said. I didn't had to wait long either

[@mart555rct]

The lines are already decreasing the last days. Yeah, if you go on a opening day you always have long lines

[@平野桜-t1c]

こういうお化け屋敷だと、めっちゃ面白そうです～😆😁👍😆👍😉👍🎶👌 日本にもあれば良いのにね～😆😁👍😆😆

[@amcaesar]

Dat is wel geweldig, vrienden!

[@dr.mortose163]

Geweldig! Ik zou deze attractie echt in het echt willen meemaken.

[@dejonckheere100]

DLP congratulations with your incredible way of filming rides. I got goosebumps seeing this full "Danse macabre" experience. the fully themed line, the atmosphere, lightning, smoke effects, sounds... it's absolutly stunning. The Efteling is doing things the way Disney does (when they have the budget). The gift shop and merch look amazing. Can'twait to ride this ride myself. Thank you.

[@off2geo]

Nice. No a lot of children yelling the whole ride through. Actually could hear the music.

[@WilliamHendrey]

Which makes me wonder, is there an age limit as to how old you’ll have to be to ride this thing?

[@Egelmeer]

@@WilliamHendrey The Efteling advises that children under 8 years old should not board. However, this is not checked at the entrance.

[@Imagi77]

That was FIRE!

[@spacecow149]

very cool park

[@marcjanzen6174]

The best👍🏽🔥

[@Aramar5]

Can Disneyland Paris make a Beauty and the Beast attraction witht his ride system? Just imagine starting dancing through "Be our guest" and ending at the ballroom 😍

[@jdssurf]

ugh calm down twinkle toes lol

[@roman.1862]

Wow that was good ❤❤❤

[@NikAndriesYT]

Went on it today and woah.

[@wimkeijzer2489]

super tof

[@throughthewindowpane]

Did you ride it at opening night? I wonder if people still applaud after every ride or if that was only on opening day

[@Jjjajjjjj]

I went in yesterday, and everyone still applauded!

[@throughthewindowpane]

@@Jjjajjjjj That is a sign that Danse Macabre is réally good!

[@Poet_03]

Went today and they still applauded every 3 times I rode it!

[@HD4amian]

Rode it ten times across three different days (one of which was today). Applause on every ride, I was amazed by that as well.

[@kevinpetit3869]

I rode it twice yesterday, and in both occassions people applauded!

[@p.taylor981]

4:10 will forever date this video

[@OcDuBR]

Did you just ride Danse Macabre at midnight? 💀💀💀

[@jdssurf]

Hmmm, very cool looking, afraid I would get sea sick though

[@ImagineerTim]

​Kann hier jemand sagen wo genau sich der Geist des Dirigenten befindet wenn er nicht zu sehen ist? Wie funktioniert dieser Mechanismus? Kommt der aus diesem Spalt oder lässt sich die Orgel aufklappen. Für einige Sekunden ist es ja stockdunkel und dann taucht plötzlich der Geist auf und die Fahrt geht richtig los... Könnte mir auch vorstellen dass er aus dem Schlitz aus der Orgel kommt, weil es ist ja im Prinzip nur ein Kopf mit Umhang. LG Tim

[@MechaStan]

The inner part of the organ rotates like a revolving door. When he cannot be seen, he is actually behind the organ.

[@dgecombat]

Single Ride today taked me Max 15 mins

[@andreasprock2250]

this looks like a hogwarts remake going on this ride next summer❤🎉

[@marphil1303]

Vrijdag de 13de van het jaar 1876, dat was in oktober dan, waarom zeggen ze dat niet gewoon.

[@jamiecashmoney3381]

Heb deze video gezien toffe attractie maar het spookslot vond ik beter maar ja das mijn mening

[@PetraKlima-x4g]

Geisterbahn und Breakdance in einem

[@paboy2727]

Awesome ride it’s sad only thing new at Disney is a broken down flume ride

[@Mebbwebb]

@8:42 kitty meow.

[@みんち-g5x]

マージで乗りに行きたいけど、日本人で行ってる人聞かない😂

[@paulbarbe5921]

en natuurlijk na afloop kom je uit in de souveniers winkel🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@katiefollowell3058]

I get motion sick on spinning rides. Has anyone rode it who is easily sick too?

[@matthewmitchell3871]

If anyone can, could I get filled in on the story and any details that couldn’t be picked up from video?

[@lunaluvya]

Basically there’s a cat that can turn into a demonic monster and it killed an entire orchestra conducted by Joseph Charlatan performing one night at the abbey. They are doomed to perform the Danse macabre forever and ever. If you watch the making of the ride on the Efteling KZbin channel, you get little snippets of the backstory. That’s why you see the cat everywhere. There’s also a notice board in the land with pictures of the dead orchestra players that you see on the ride.

[@daan5619]

This is the story in short as efteling shared it. (I hope the translation isnt weird due to google translate) Long, long ago, on Friday the 13th of the year 1876, the entire orchestra of the idiosyncratic conductor Joseph Charlatan disappeared here during an international music competition. After a masterful performance of the piece Danse Macabre, they were mercilessly devoured by ‘The Unnameable’, Evil, which still haunts these parts today and manifests itself as a monstrous, feline creature. Are you brave enough to enter the Huyverwoud and take a seat in one of the sinister choir stalls? A ghost spectacle full of dark twists awaits you in the abbey…

[@daan5619]

The black cat also has a big part in the story. he/she is the unnameable or is possesed by the unnameable(im not sure). And when you board the ride you have the centre piece of the attraction with the old instruments. You can see the black cat. and when the lightning strikes the cat transforms into a monster that is why the centre piece comes up. And during the rest of the ride you see some of the dead playing the instruments. And you can see monks, the voilin, that played a huge part in the ride that danse macabre replaced. And if im not mistaken you also see some ghostlike figures. And some other small stuf that is hard to discribe.

[@matthewmitchell3871]

@@daan5619 you are the best! Thank you so much!

[@terasuul2860]

The cat/The unnameable killed and cursed Joseph and his orchestra because they played Danse Macabre really well. The cat cursed them to play it every night for its entertainment and wanting a show. The cat even wants you to enjoy the show since dark portion in the ride, the heavy footsteps you hear is it moving around and the screeching noises you hear is it moving the choir stalls to face the organ. There is always one choir stall facing the organ, and the cameraman in this video is sitting on that one, its why you hear five screeches instead of six. The Otto and Virginie Charlatans want to solve the mystery of Joseph, but the cat was angry to them, more on the Charlatans "taking money from the mortal's backs" (as in they're quacks, they actually want your money and do not care about Joseph) and not wanting to hear the music. This is in the opening ceremony show. The reason why this story is odd because an effect on the ride is not working yet and Eftling is still trying to fix it. The cat shows up on the plates of musical instruments before the ride starts. When the ride was supposed to start, during the smoke effect when the instruments rises, giant cat eyes are supposed to show up, as in the cat transforming into the monster.

[@Liam-rs5fi]

Tis is in Nederlands

[@S1rD4niel]

The Danse Macabre ride is definitely a succes, I’ve rode it twice now and really applaud all the effort and craftsmanship that has gone into this ride. Having said that, I’m really bummed that compared to the original Spookslot the experience of the ride itself feels incredibly rushed. The ride system barely allows time to soak in any of the details put into one scene before you are rushed to the next. There is no way to get a full experience of the ride on a single go. The musical piece of Danse Macabre also has been cropped down significantly compared to that of the original Spookslot’s, and the riders of the Danse Macabre attraction are restricted to the seats assigned by staff members. This is very unfortunate, as the experience one gets strongly depends on where they are seated (for example, this is the only onride video I’ve seen where you get a decent view of the lady popping out of her crypt below the organ 11:16). The original Spookslot allowed you to choose the angle from which you would view the scene, and the time you had allowed each element in the richly detailed scene to breathe. Almost always you noticed something you either forgot was there or never noticed before and you had that moment to truly appreciate it. I get that for capacity reasons there is no way to make the ride any longer without significantly increasing already exorbitantly long waiting times for a brand new ride, but I hope when the hype around this attraction has died down a bit it will allow for a bit longer ride experience to be programmed in. Fortunately the ride is higly tweakable, and the creator of the ride admitted that there is still a lot on the attraction he wants to experiment on and adjust.

[@kevinpetit3869]

Things have changed, by the way. I rode the 1st bench on my first ride and did it again yesterday, and now I could see the animatronic in the crypts whilst I couldn't on my first ride. They are tweaking it a lot and it's getting better and better.

[@steveraglin7607]

The money invested and level of detail and craftsmanship is outstanding -- but the 'ride' itself seems rather lacking on content.

[@edogrol7482]

Seems... Did you do the ride yourself? Don't think so. You can't judge this attraction only based on videos. You have to be in the chappel yourself to get the full experience. Trust me, it's mind blowing!

[@S1rD4niel]

Don’t necessarily agree that it the ride is lacking in content, rather that the ride system does barely allow any time to truly appreciate the detail and craftsmanship gone into one scene before you are rushed to the next.

[@MeTheMayo]

Dont agree, I have experienced the ride 3 times now and just discovered the lady in the coffin because of this video 😂 Im still discovering new things!

[@harry_lapzwans]

Jaap van Zweden is oud geworden

[@MauritsdeVries-fo4dy]

geef mij maar spookslot

[@EvetheKit]

Is this where haunted mansion was?

[@Lawrencevbeek]

The Haunted Castle (Spookslot) used to be here.

[@S1rD4niel]

10:22 This really made me miss the Pepper’s ghost of Spookslot’s original glowing violin animatronic. Having an animation of a glowing violin projected on a piece of plexiglass feels incredibly cheap in comparison, especially considering the violin is the obbligato of the musical piece by Camille Saint-Saëns. Also I have no clue why they bothered to put an animatronic of a piano player on the ride, seeing as Danse Macabre does not feature any piano.

[@max-de-boer]

There is also a very popular version of Danse Macabre on piano that is played by two players on the same piano (a so-called ‘Quatre Mains’ - or ‘four hands’ piece)

[@S1rD4niel]

Ik weet wat quatre-mains inhoud en dat je met een piano zowaar ieder muziekstuk kan spelen, maar dat heeft verdeer toch niks met deze attractie te maken?

[@QDude24]

​@@S1rD4nielde muziek heeft een piano erin als je op dat moment met je bank naar de piano kijkt, heel subtiel masr gaaf gedaan. Hetzelfde geld voor de harp en triangel

[@chentepadilla1083]

I was Bored

[@Jay-cub-r4p]

Clearly the animatronics and attention to detail are superb, but I would be so sick after riding this.

[@S1rD4niel]

The ride system barely allows any time to truly appreciate the details put into a scene before you are rushed to the next one

[@kevinpetit3869]

It isn't actually that bad - it spins quite hard but never too long. So you don't really get sick. It's absolutely not a puke ride.

[@stressmuffin]

It’s a beautiful ride, yet if you’re motion sick, don’t get on this ride.

[@claire-marielesueur6361]

Bonjour,pourquoi les paroles sont en Allemand ?Le parc est en Californie pourtant On dirais un troll des montagnes qui marche quand tout est noir

[@erikvermolen8371]

what? This is in the Netherlands, and the language is dutch...

[@PixieDust18]

... lol it's in Netherlands 🤡

[@ninaw3748]

This is Efteling in the Netherlands, and the language is Dutch.

[@ms.g1728]

Well, at least they kept the music. From what I see here the original was better. We’ll take a look.

[@nicovanrompaye5844]

Zoveel gedoe voor 2,5 minuut... Mij niet gezien

[@DrdaantjeGaming]

Gedoe?

[@DWIZZLE21]

why is Disney posting Efteling rides? They don't own Efteling

[@Sauci55on]

This channel isn’t owned by Disney.

[@rechtebanana]

their last 3 videos were six flags videos you silly billy

[@DLPWelcome]

Thanks God, I'm not Disney

[@nashwagemakers]

Disney has bought Efteling in 2016? Efteling was gonna be rebranded Disneyland Holland in like 2026

[@Sauci55on]

@nashwagemakers out of whose ass did you pull that out exactly ?

[@devismelchiori4570]

Non mi convince. Non lo so

[@YTaccountNL]

Van kunst naar een goedkope kermisattractie...... hoe het kan verkeren.

[@Poet_03]

Goedkoop is misschien verkeerd verwoord... dit is echt een attractie die je moet meemaken om je oordeel pas te kunnen vellen. Het is een beetje alsof je het Spookslot beleeft in een koortsdroom, maar op een goede manier!

[@4WMJM]

Als dit al een goedkope kermisattractie is. Van alle idiote takes slaat deze toch echt alles.