Top 10 Rides & Attractions at Efteling | Kaatsheuvel, Netherlands (2022)

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[@BTim1984]

Despite being from Belgium, Efteling is easily my favorite park around here :D Loved seeing you having a good time there :D Also for the story in Villa Volta: it's about a gang of thieves in the middle ages known as "De Bokkenrijders" (the Goat Riders). Their leader, Hugo van den Loonsche Duynen, is telling guests how one night they came across an abbey's chapel and robbed it, but a spectral woman warned him to leave, otherwise he'd invoke the wrath of God over him. He didn't listen, his men evaporated, and he got cursed. The woman reappeared on top of his house, stating that nowhere inside, nor anywhere in the world, he'll find peace and solace until a person with a clear conscience like that of a newborn child enters his stead. And given that the ride continues to exist, means that none of us are innocent :D This is personally my favorite ride, but like you said, there is so much to experience and see. Definitely one of the greatest parks in the world, if you ask me.

[@Voltabulous]

Villa Volta - Hugo's Story (English Translation) This house, this cursed house, it's like hell That one cursed night in the Belgian Kempen The sun was low and we sought beds for the night But there was no trace of villages Then suddenly in the distance, a great building The Abbey of Postel, we were sure We galloped our horses and when the sun was set we arrived at the chapel There was light behind the windows and it was dead quiet No monks chant or pious murmuring Behind the chapel door, golden chalises and silver candlesticks for the taking With this in mind, we rammed the door Not a person in sight, on the altar the booty glittered The candles were lit, strange My men cracked the sacrificial block and I emptied the altar And then suddenly, a slender hand on my shoulder I looked around and behind me stood a young woman Her eyes full of fire, all saw her and heard the ringing She seemed to float in her long white dress I felt a moment of fear and she spoke to me: "Thou, Hugo of the Loonsche Duynen, thou desecrates this house Repent now and do not call the Lord's wrath upon thee" But I, I conquered my fear and honed her away with scornful laugh and pushed her back roughly I ordered my men to leave and saw her disappear into thin air A day later I reached my house, I was startled On top of the facade, there she stood, the lady of the chapel Her arms waved, as if she were rocking on the wind I heard her voice, as if it floated in my head: "Nowhere in your own house, nor anywhere in the world, will thou find rest or peace Now thou have desecrated God's house Only then, when a noble human with the clear conscience of a newborn child enters your house Then shall thou find peace, in your house and in your heart" That ban, my horrible fate, has not been broken so far Enter with a clean soul, so that the doom may fall from this house And my soul finds the rest I so desperately desire - Magical greetings from the Netherlands ✨🍄🎶

[@CoasterDash]

You Dutchies are awesome! Much love from America 🇺🇸🤝🇳🇱

[@gn0stica536]

I actually live very close to the Postel Abbey :)

[@industrect5337]

@@gn0stica536 hey me too! 🙌🏻

[@Jaydenfok]

The Efteling was never made to be a park for diehard thrill seekers. They always were orienting towards a well themed family park. And i must say they accomplished that goal quite well.

[@CoasterDash]

Extremely well 👍🏻

[@ThemeParkAvenue]

This park looks to have some excellent dark rides and a few decent roller coasters, maybe like a more family-oriented Islands of Adventure.

[@TTHBLOX_]

You sure have to experience it all yourself! Come to efteling in 2024 for the opening of dance macabre. An improved version of Spookslot. An interactive haunted musical experience

[@zacharygambler9306]

@@TTHBLOX_ will that be a ride ?

[@puntt_2800]

@@zacharygambler9306 yes it will be

[@RunawayTrain2502]

@@zacharygambler9306 It will be a re-imagining of their very first and one of their staple attractions, 1978's Spookslot (Haunted Castle). This was (it closed in 2022) an animatronics show that used Saint-Saens "Dance Macabre" as the main music.

[@erikvermolen8371]

@@zacharygambler9306 Intamin's Dynamic Motion Stage, a first!

[@noedlesoup]

I’ve been in the mad houses in Europapark and Phantasialand, and the one in Efteling is hand down the best. Not just for the theming but also the actual ride. Like in everywhere in Efteling, the music and synchronicity with it adds so much to the experience, it’s incomparable

[@lessgo5214]

Feng ju palace (phantasialand) has actually a really great soundtrack too! The story is just weird

[@CoasterDash]

Efteling’s madhouse was the only one I rode in Europe so that is great to hear!

[@kwik4938]

Hey, Kaatsheuvel person here, as of me Efteling was my playground as a kid. Ive been to the park so so so many times that on average i go there twice each week, the park itself is just magical. It somehow isolates from the real world and makes you forget about the problems in life. The architecture in the park is just perfect, fun fact: the architecture is based on my city as Efteling is in my city. So yeah really happy to see you enjoy Efteling a lot and thx for giving the park such a positive review :)

[@kiallandsarah]

Still thinking about these rides months later, they’re amazing!

[@maartenverheugen834]

Nice video. Efteling is by far my favorite amusement park i have been. Like you stated in your videos they go all out on theming both visually and with music, amazing. The water show aquanura is also really worth watching, best is to go when its dark.

[@Dennis-we3ru]

You don't go to Efteling for the thrill rides, you go to Efteling for the complete experience of all attractions architecture and nature only a few parks can match it. The world of wonders Efteling

[@1adjan1]

I enjoyed your videos of your Europe trip. Happy to see you enjoyed the Efteling!! One little detail about VogelRok, youre not going into a birds mouth but it’s a snakes mouth 😊 villa Volta is such a mindf^ck but definitely the best mad house I have done. Fata Morgana doesn’t have a real story line in the ride, except that you are “visiting” the world of the Arabian nights. Symbolica is the best ride out there by a landslide. When that came out I loved it!! It’s such a gem!!! Can’t wait to see more of your videos 😊

[@CoasterDash]

🇺🇸🫶🏻🇳🇱

[@coolbeebi]

this is my home park! i come here so much.

[@Dylanodebruijn2512]

thanks for rating our park i am from netherland i love the park efteling

[@gilderudder007]

My favorite park

[@margasweep8620]

i have been in the efteling 10 out of 10 love it😄

[@RedSlayerRides]

Vekoma Madhouses do indeed have fantastic theming, my experience is with Hex at Alton Towers

[@Dennis-we3ru]

Efteling designed the furnishing itself. Vekoma made only the mechanics

[@Down01986]

The darkrides in the Efteling don’t have a real storyline. They are made to experiencing it when you go in it. So you can make your own story from what happened around you. It is based of stories ofcourse. I always see it when you go on a holiday and you drive to an old town. You see many old buildings, these buildings got a story but you will never know what the story is. But somehow you feel attracticted to it cause it has that history that they show. So for symbolica you experience the halls of the castle. Droomvlucht you see the world of the fairies, trolls and elves. And fata morgana its the story of 1001 nights that you see. So when you are out of these rides it is meant to make you wonder what just happened to experience it again and again.

[@aardbeidelijkheid]

True, but some rides do have real stories though I believe? Like Villa Volta is about a robber who steals from a holy place, was warned not to by the woman on top of the house, laughed, then went home and well, there she was standing on top of it. She cursed him and so his house was doomed to spin forever until someone with a pure heart enters the house (so basically, it's also a bit of a burn lol). Fun fact: I believe the design was actually the first of it's kind! (Could be wrong though) Spookslot also has an overarching story, but it's less clear and you have yo look it up in order to really get it, unfortunately :( but then you go off of vibes, which is cool too So you can basically enjoy them either way ^^ with or without the story like you said :)

[@Down01986]

@@aardbeidelijkheid yea some rides have stories. Baron about a greedy boss, villa volta about stealing from a holy place, joris and the dragon about fighting the dragon and de vliegende hollander. There are many myth based stories. And i hope that the efteling will keep that in their attractions. But the dark rides like symbolica is mostly based on experience and thinking afterwards. And i know the story starts with the mascot putting us on a different route to show the castle while we were just invided for an audience. But that is such a thin story, that it can’t even been recognised as a story. Haha. And yea spookslot got a very loose story as well. It was later made for the attraction. Before it did not have a story at all. But spookslot is closed down now for a new thrill ride that opens in 2024 called Dance Macabre. There will be added a story and i am very looking forward to that.

[@lessgo5214]

02:57 BRO THATS STILL A SNAKE There is no bird mouth

[@shahaf6191]

Last time I went to Efteling was in 2012, I remember they had the Bobsleigh carts ride, was extremely fun and got pretty strong forces because of the huge 1 cart

[@CoasterDash]

That looked to be a fun ride! Unfortunate that it was removed.

[@RichardRenes]

@@CoasterDash It was also a troubled ride. It would not operate when it rained, made a lot of noise (certainly in the beginning with the old wheels) and was very prone to malfunction. Add to that that Intamin was no longer making spare parts for it and spare parts they needed so the decision was taken to take it down and have it replaced with something more reliable: Max and Moritz.

[@lessgo5214]

Intamin bobsled. Why is everyone writing it wrong?

[@enmasseslk]

I hope you will get to Epcot to ride Guardians Of The Galaxy Cosmic Rewind soon! It's awesome! Very unique Omnicoaster. and Tron when it debuts in 3 or 4 months from now.

[@CaasPeer07]

RIP Bobslee 😭😭😭 (Was my first "roller coaster") Anyways, nice list!

[@KayleeMiri]

My all time favorite is the flying Dutchman. Why? Its the story behind it! Its a story about a man that wants to sail even though its dangerous. This plays off in the VOC so spices there was a thing! I loved the plot behind it. The reason i love it, is because its really fun and honestly amazing! And the one that is my favorite is deffo the "Joris and the dragon" or "George and the dragon" i loved it! My parents didn't like it so much as me and my brother. I just really like the thrill!

[@meticulousgeek]

Props on the Python facts, not many people get that right.

[@bartvw]

Efteling is one of my homeparks, and I think I pretty much agree with your rankings. Btw, did you manage to catch the water show Aquanura? Iirc it's the biggest fountain show in Europe with over 200 fountains! It's probably my favorite thing at Efteling actually.

[@DaanBruins]

Python was already a super smooth ride before the retrack despite being an old Vekoma. It barely needed the retrack anyways, because the Efteling (yes it's THE Efteling, i can confirm as a Dutchie) took such great of it. They retracked it anyways, because they just care that much about their rides.

[@lessgo5214]

That's just so nice!

[@gn0stica536]

Next year, they will open Danse Macabre. That will be a unique experience as well and a very big reason to return to Efteling!

[@lukiluke28]

Which Efteling soundtrack did you use in the intro? (not your channel intro but in the first few minutes when you talk about Efteling in general) I remember it but I can't think of the exact one. Thanks in advance :)

[@jonasmartens3204]

I finally stayed up late enough to be early 😅

[@CoasterDash]

You’re a real one Jonas!

[@zacharygambler9306]

Do a top 50 dark ride list! Great video. Did you do Disneyland Paris?

[@CoasterDash]

I’m not sure I could rank 50, but i’ll certainly be making an up-to-date dark rides ranking soon! Unfortunately, we skipped Paris this trip. we’ll get there when Toutatis at Parc Asterix is open 🙌🏻

[@zacharygambler9306]

@@CoasterDash can’t wait for the dark ride video do however many fits for u I just love more the better! Might be odd request but mine coaster ranking could be fun too 🤔

[@themeparkfanatics5440]

Joris en de draak in going to be a hybride coaster. I cant wait to ride it

[@lessgo5214]

It gets titan track

[@themeparkMOMENTS]

My Top 10 Rides: 1. De Vliegende Hollander 2. Symbolica 3. Joris en de Draak 4. Baron 1898 5. Fata Morgana 6. Vogel Rok 7. Droomvlucht 8. Python 9. Piraña 10. Max & Moritz

[@inezkestens5561]

Don't worry about the story of Villa Volta , somebody will tell you :p Unfortunately Villa Volta is the best Vekoma Mad house out there. I love this kind of attraction and all other versions have let me down... especially Phantasialand one. God that one is afwul. I do like the one is Asterix Park but I don't know if that's a Vekoma but that one is definitly the most original one out there.

[@ALR-MikeSans]

so a few explainations and corrections: Villa voltas story is basicly about a gang of robbers, of which the leader, who you see in the second pre show, gets cursed. his curse is that nowhere at earth, even in his own house he will not get rest. In vogel rok, you dont get eaten by a bird, but a massive snake Fata morgana doesnt have a plotline really, but the travel trough the city, dungeons and palace are all a fata morgana itself, its a mirage of sorts Symbolica is based on the parks mascot, pardoes. pardoes lives as a kind of magical joker in a castle, and the whole attraction is centerd around him. at first you enter the castle for an audience with the king, pardulfus. his head lakey, punctuel explains all the rules when pardoes hops in and suggests that you ignore the boring rules and take a tour trough the palace of fantasy instead. hope i could give more context on the rides

[@MarkRidesCoasters]

So, Vogel Rok travels through a snake's mouth, not the bird.. The coaster is based on a story from 1001 Nights where Sinbad undertakes his second nautical journey. The Rok is a giant mythological animal with the body of an eagle and the power of 100 lions. Sinbad has been abandoned by his crew and has become stuck in a chasm where giant snakes reside. The bottom of this chasm is filled with diamonds. Local merchants throw meat into the chasm to get the diamonds to stick to the meat so that when the Rok eats the snakes, the merchants can go to the Rok's nest and retrieve the diamonds. Sinbad ties himself up to a piece of meat and he gets brought to the nest and has the chance to escape with the diamond. This is the story we experience during the ride.

[@Ori_-]

ah yes my favorite town catshevel dw btw I love americans' pronunciation of dutch names lol edit: (cuz I did this as soon as I heard catshevel) the Villa volta pre-show (and entire story) is (in short) about a bandit and his gang that rob stuff nedding a place to finnish off before going home, they see a church in the distance and they decide to rob it, what happens there in short: the main character Hugo sees an apirition of a ghost lady that then curses him and his gang for robbing the church. then Hugo tells you that he needs a pure soul of a newborn child to come into his house to be able to get rid of the curse. in the first pre-show you can hear town folks speaking about him as well and in the second pre-show he tells you the story himself and you can also see all his loot.

[@Evyafton]

I really love how all the names besides villa volta are all pronounced wrong😂 but great video

[@jordanpelaez8532]

“ Only other dueling gci ever built” Gwazi weeps

[@CoasterDash]

Oops 😅

[@Mikel08ll8]

I think flying dutchman is the best ride

[@mickeymag3592]

what they say in the preshow is they are a group of bandits who tried to rob a holy building the ghost of a girl appeared and cursed the house of hugo the old man you see in the preshow now that house is haunted and it spins around

[@VillasByrne]

I must admid i am extrenely suprised Vliegende Hollander isnt a whole lot higher. I think that ride is sooo unique, beautiful and ghe darkride bit, while short, abselutely mindblowing and quality wise thr best one in the park. My list 1 Symbolica 2 Vliegende Hollander 3 Joris en de Draak 4 Droomvlucht 5 Fatamorgana (If I counted a walk though the fairytale forrest, this would be the rank) 6 Baron 1898 7 Pirahna (I suppose you didnt got to ride it?) 8 Aquanora 9 Vogel Rok 10 Carneval Festival

[@lessgo5214]

How in God's name is vogelrok 9???

[@VillasByrne]

@@lessgo5214 Its on the list because I love overall expeience of it very much. Really smooth, quite intense, with awesome ombord ardio and effects. The only thing against it is that it feels pretty short. Its at number 9 because I love 8 rides even more!

[@jordi1090]

At the time, The Vliegende Hollander was the most expensive attraction ever of the park, and a new concept. In the original plans it was bigger with a lot more scenes, but became way too expensive. Today they would go for the bigger version, but at the time they couldn't pay for that. But still an amazing attraction, one of my favs also.

[@lessgo5214]

@@VillasByrne oh man... You know what's too short? Tbh every other Rollercoaster at efteling 😅

[@VillasByrne]

@@jordi1090 Wooow i want that😍😍

[@myopnonmusic5525]

6:43 I hate to be that person but you forgot gwazi, apart from that great video!

[@CoasterDash]

Good catch! I meant to say, only other dueling GCI operating in the world :)

[@myopnonmusic5525]

@@CoasterDash trust me, when i get a chance to nerd i will not hold back haha

[@TheFrogGirlChelsey]

This is for me im nl btw but k 1. Max and Moritz 2. Pirãna 3. Symbolica 4. Droomvlucht 5. Vila volta 6. Carnaval festival 7. Sirocco 8. De Vliegende Hollander 9. De halve mean 10. Joris en de Draak

[@cxllen9314]

Bro has max and moritz on 1💀

[@TheFrogGirlChelsey]

@@cxllen9314 what's wrong with that? It's not your life😑🙄

[@nickdentoom1173]

@@cxllen9314 Its actually sis, not bro.

[@cxllen9314]

@@nickdentoom1173 dc rll don't if I'm surprised by something imma day bro, no matter the gender

[@LisaKokx]

What Disneyland is to most people, the Efteling is to us

[@dayanazulkeflee991]

Naaahhh...Disneyland Paris is overrated. Efteling is even better!

[@gemmachaos]

"The only other GCI racing coaster ever built" - what about the original Gwazi?

[@Avax84]

In continuation to my comment, in case you didn’t know the story, there you have an summarized version, if you already knew the story, at least you know now how my experience was. There are more vekoma madhouses in the world (Walibi Holland has 1, Europapark has 1, Alton towers, Bellewaerde and Phantasialand). After my experience in Villa Volta I can say, if you get sick fast, keep it by an vr video.

[@captainchaos3667]

I only have experience with three Madhouses, and the Hex is definitely _even better_ themed! The third is the 1952 madhouse at Backpool Pleasure Beach, which is tiny but still fun and of course you have to have ridden one of the originals.

[@Dylanodebruijn2512]

efteling gamg👇

[@elikestens4628]

The what??!! "vlehende hollandere"????

[@Avax84]

Iv been to this park multiple times and after last time in the summer I want to return when I can. Story of Villa Volta. The story follows the leader of the goat riders, a gang of robbers that robbed in the area Efteling is located. 1 time they robbed the abbey of Postel. A ghostly women lays a hand on the shoulder of Hugo, the goat rider leader, cursing him. Pushed her away but she disappeared instead, when Hugo arrives at his home the white women stands on top of his house saying that he will find nowhere in his house peace. Only when a Nobel man with the conscience of a newborn child enters his house he will find peace in his home and heart. The curse makes his house rotates and in the attraction you are experiencing the curse. Iv been in Villa Volta once and the story and theming is very good but the attraction just made me sick, if I didn’t get sick I would ride the attraction over and over again (I’m Dutch so I could follow the story immediately)

[@ShiningCoasters]

Honestly don’t go here for roller coasters

[@CoasterDash]

You’re right! Go here for everything else that makes Efteling amazing 🥰

[@lesliej.5612]

Boring park with boring coasters

[@tapijtzweet6854]

Lol don't go to a fantasy family park if you're looking for thrilling rollercoasters lmao

[@nilisstaal1984]

You are boring leslie J.