Winter Efteling 2024 on our 2nd day, Efteling in the dark is AMAZING ✨️✨️

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We spend our 2nd day at Efteling for Winter Efteling 2024 and experience more rides, lunch on the gondoletta and we take a look at more festive additions to this WONDERFUL theme park in the Netherlands.
We also see it from above in the dark with it all lit up and it looks incredible 😲.
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@adamjones-ki1xp 2 ай бұрын

Another amazing vlog guys, you been to efteling a lot this year 😁, you myst really love it, looks amazing all lit up though. Enjoyed watching your last ones and now these .well done

@TheDandylion5 2 ай бұрын

@adamjones-ki1xp thank you 😊, yeah we adore it, can't wait to get back again in 5 months 😆

@TTHBLOX_ 2 ай бұрын

Once again such an adorable video! Winter efteling is really special isnt it

@TheDandylion5 2 ай бұрын

@TTHBLOX_ thank you so so much, yeah you're right it's such a wonderful place ❤️

@2012inca 2 ай бұрын

Nice vlog ! I hope Efteling has lived up to your expectation. If you have been on Pagode then you have seen that Efteling has a lot of empty land surrounding it. Some people think why dont they built more thrillride rollercoasters and other rides on that land. Problem is they can only built on a certain percentage of the land. There are many animals and lots of species of birds living in the forest to take into consideration. By the way Pagode is not just the name of the ride in Efteling. A pagode is literally the name of a building you see at Buddhist temples, Chinese temples, taostic temples. They are used as reliquary, grave ornament or garden decoration. Efteling opened in 1952 and 3 years later in 1955 the first Disney park opened so Efteling is one of the oldest themeparks in the world. Because Efteling is that old other themeparks that were built later took inspiration from Efteling. One imagineer of Efteling had the idea of a spinning room in a house and that became the first madhouse Villa Volta. Other themeparks copied the idea of madhouses and made them arguably better. Also the idea of talking thrash bins has been copied. The same happened with the Flying Dutchman water coaster. An Efteling imagineer had an idea of a dark ride / water coaster and asked a company to design and build it. One of those imagineers now works for Disneyworld. Back in the day there was an 11 year old boy who asked Efteling if he could set up an Efteling fanclub. Efteling said yes and so he did. Later on this boy got a job working for Efteling as adult. This is the man that came up with the idea of Danse Macabre. He asked different companies if they would take on the challenge to design and build Danse Macabre and only one company agreed to do so. Hardcore Efteling fans have said Danse Macabre is now their favorite ride choosing it over Symbolica and Droomvlucht / Dreamflight. Danse Macabre is a prototype tough which is still in development and can be programmed in different ways. Danse Macabre was an already existing musical piece that was also played in the predecessor of Dance Macabre called Spookslot. Efteling asked the famous symphonic metal band Epica to redo the musical piece and add lyrics and make a creepy videoclip inside and outside Danse Macabre for the opening of dark ride Danse Macabre. Symphonic metal is a sort of opera singing mixed with metal music which surprisingly goes well together and is certainly fit for a creepy videoclip at a run down abbey. Back in the 70's Kate Bush was asked to sing in front of the predecessor of Danse Macabre called Spookslot. Both videoclips are on KZbin. Efteling may be an old themepark but there are even older ones. Tivoli Gardens in Denmark for example opened in 1843 and the oldest themepark in the world is Dyrehavsbakken referred to as Bakken that park opened in 1583 (441 Years ago) also in Denmark. I dont know if this is true or a rumour but I heard Efteling will be building a new rollercoaster in 2027. If you think of the fact that Symbolica and Danse Macabre both cost 35 million euros each to build I wonder what they can do with such a budget for a new rollercoaster. Knowing Efteling that would be a heavily themed coaster and with such big budgets it must be an epic one. I also think when Disney gets their hands on the dynamic motion system of Danse Macabre they can do great things with it. Some people said it will be copied by other themeparks in rapid speed but 35 million euros is pretty expensive. Back in the day Symbolica cost 35 million to build and it was the most expensive ride in the Benelux. Back in 1981 the rollercoaster Python was the longest, fastest and biggest rollercoaster in Europe. It has no real theming like other Efteling rides. They kept it for nostalgia reasons. Efteling is not part of big corporation like Disney. It has been part of a foundation since the beginning. That is why prices of entrance, food and merchandise are lower than Disney prices. Being part of a foundation also means the money that is being made goes right back into the development and theming of the park and does not go to rich owners. Did Efteling live up to your expectations and will you ever return to Efteling ? P.s. The hot snack vending machines are a pretty normal sight in The Netherlands. There is a company called Febo which is a snackbar/ chippie who is famous for these hot snack vending machines. You can find Febo's in Amsterdam for example. They are pretty popular especially with people who want to have a quick snack on a lunch break from work or at night after going to the bar / club who are a little bit tipsy. One time I heard a woman from New York being amazed by the hot snack vending machines. When I told her that back in the 70's New York had these hot snack vending machines as well she didnt believe me at first. Why they didnt work for New York I dont know because it is easy breazy to operate. New York used to be New Amsterdam before the Netherlands traded the entire city so I can see why there are lots of Dutch influences in New York. I mean Harlem comes from the Dutch city Haarlem you have many examples like this in The Netherlands. My dad as a teenager used to take a snack out the hot vending machine and didnt close the little window completely. He left the little window just a tiny bit open so the snack bar owner didnt see it, so my dad could get the refill snacks for free. Another trick was to act really upset and say the hot snack machine didnt give change money back and then the snackbar owner would ask how much money he put in. My dad would say a higher amount then he put in and he could also get snacks for free this way the little rascal. He was also the one who walked into the classroom as pre teen say hi to the teacher and step out the back window to go hang out with his sisters boyfriend the whole day. Luckily he grew out of it. :-)

@TheDandylion5 2 ай бұрын

@2012inca wow thank you for such a detailed comment, a very interesting read too, that's brilliant 😁😁

@rmyikzelf5604 2 ай бұрын

How great he likes ice-skating so much!

@TheDandylion5 2 ай бұрын

@@rmyikzelf5604 he really does 😂😍

@dutchieq3059 Ай бұрын

Dance Macabre is the first ever of it's kind in the world. A whole unique ridesystem that has never been done before. It's a bit more special than you say it is. There are actually 6 benches and at every bench you have a different experience. You see different things at all 6 benches. They kept stuff from the old attraction for nostalgia and used the same epic music. The designer of the old torn down haunted castle 1978 wanted to put that conductor in but that couldn't be done in 1978. But Efteling kept his sketch and this conductor is exactly like he drew it on paper and they put it in. Sadly he is not with us anymore to see his dream come true after all these years.

@TheDandylion5 Ай бұрын

@dutchieq3059 yeah that's interesting ,thank you 😁

@TTHBLOX_ 2 ай бұрын

25:00 that wizard is mister sandman. From Efteling Bosrijk village.

@saskiapanter 2 ай бұрын

Don't talk trash about de Python please. It's the first rollercoaster with two loopings worldwide. Plus, it's from the early 80s, not the 90s. The Efteling holds on to it, because we love it!! One person is not gonna change that.

@TheDandylion5 2 ай бұрын

@@saskiapanter I wasn't "talking trash" about it !! I like the rollercoaster, I simply said it lacks the theming that efteling are so good at with other attractions, 😁😁which is 100% true Thanks for watching 😁

@Joshua___ Ай бұрын

With all due respect it is kinda trash though. I understand and respect if you have nostalgia and thus have a romanticized feeling about it. But the coaster itself neither has a good layout, nor any theming. It’s just an unspecial standard double looping coaster which can be found in nearly every park nowadays

@TheDandylion5 Ай бұрын

@Joshua___ that's the point I was making really, that it does lack the themeing and immersiveness that so many other efteling attractions have 😁

@dutchieq3059 Ай бұрын

@@Joshua___ Yes and this coaster is the first in line for all the other coasters like this. Saying it's trash is so disrespectful to the oldest double loop rollercoaster ever. We are so proud that it's still there. Python is still loved by lots of people. Also from abroad.

@Joshua___ Ай бұрын

@@dutchieq3059 yeah I understand it’s got history and nostalgia around it! And I respect if it’s got a special place in your heart for that. Personally, I just see it as a badly designed rollercoaster, which isn’t comfortable to ride and doesn’t do anything special. And also I’m a big fan of theming which this coaster doesn’t have at all, so personally I don’t value it at all, but I’m happy if there’s still people who enjoy it!

@eugeneintveen8676 2 ай бұрын

Dance Macabre is unique and has not yet been built anywhere else in the world. The spectacular attraction type is a combination of a so-called thrill ride and immersive show technology. In close cooperation with the Efteling, supplier Intamin developed this attraction. It could also be for this reason that the possibilities to use the system and the mechanism are not fully available. Dance Macabre is made in such a way that the system and the mechanism can still be adjusted. It could well be that everything will be adjusted in a year. They will first check whether everything continues to function properly. And hopefully then implement changes. Otherwise a nice vlog about Efteling.

@rrijsdijk 2 ай бұрын

So, do I understand it correctly that you had to buy a new ticket because the day before someone from the staff already accidentally scanned a ticket for the next day? That's pretty unfair. Isn't it?

@TheDandylion5 2 ай бұрын

@rrijsdijk that's correct , I tried to tell them that but it didn't matter , I don't mind though, love efteling and it's priced reasonably anyway 😁

@thomdeeksdijksman5552 2 ай бұрын

If you go multiple days to de Efteling, you should spend the night, or nights at de Efteling. Either in the hotel or Bosrijk.