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"The Efteling" is a unique amusement park with a fairytale atmosphere and a wide range of exciting and enchanting attractions
Zoals ik bij de vorige foto al omschreef, is het moeilijk om voor een foto van de stoomtrein een leuke plek te vinden in het park.
Na het bezichtigen van de tweede Aquanura watershow liep ik westwaarts langs het spoor en stuitte ik op een pad dat naar een gesloten hek leidde. Achter het hek was het spoor vrij van begroeiing en kon de stoomtrein nog een keer gefotografeerd worden. Niet in de volle lengte, maar wel een leuke plek zonder dat mensen links en rechts voorbij lopen.
A nice blue hour to start 2018!
Taken during the Winter Efteling, Kaatsheuvel, The Netherlands.
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Het treinen fotograferen staat de laatste tijd op een laag pitje. Mede omdat ik meer tijd wil spenderen met vrienden en familie. Tijdens mijn meerdaagse bezoek aan de Efteling met mijn toenmalige vriendin werd ook de camera meegenomen. Voornamelijk voor het treintje in de Efteling dat gefotografeerd kon worden tijdens drukke momenten in het park waarbij de wachtrijen meer als 45 minuten waren.
Het treintje dat door het park rijdt is een heus smalspoor stoomlocomotiefje op 600 mm smalspoor met eigen gebouwde reizigersrijtuigen. Als attractie figureert de trein ook als transportmiddel om van de ene naar de andere zijde van het park te kunnen komen.
Dienstdoende machine op de dagen dat ik in het park was was loc 'Moortje'. Moortje is een van de drie stoomlocs die dienst doet op het 2,3 km traject door de Efteling. Moortje werd in 1908 gebouwd door Orenstein & Koppel en behoort tot de oudste stoomloc van de collectie. De loc was tot het eind van de jaren 60 in het bezit van meerdere smalspoorbedrijven voordat ze bij de Efteling terechtkwam. Nadat Moortje een nieuwe ketel kreeg, de achterwand van het machinistenhuis is verwijderd en ze een eigen tender kreeg, is de loc in 1974 in dienst genomen. De loc heeft in 1987 nog een revisie ondergaan bij de NS-werkplaats in Tilburg vanwege onder andere het frame dat na een val van een kraan is gebogen.
Echt goeie plekken om het treintje te kunnen fotograferen waren schaars. Mede door het ontbreken van de zon was er toch nog één en ander mogelijk in het park, waaronder een plek in het Reizenrijk in het noordoostelijke gedeelte van het park. Met uitzicht over de Siervijver rijdt het treintje over een 75 lange spoorbrug dat in 1984 werd aangelegd om een gesloten traject te realiseren. Het treintje is onderweg van station Marerijk naar Station de Oost.
One Thousand and One Nights palace.
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The mystical oriental palace "Fata Morgana" (Est. 1986). Because of the drawings that Anton Pieck had made in Morocco in the 1930s, the board had been thinking for years to do something with the theme "One Thousand and One Nights". There was also a need for a dark ride to following the example of Disney's attraction "Pirates of the Caribbean".
Photo November 2018, Efteling (May 31, 1952) after 66 years in time.
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Efteling - Fata Morgana
Efteling (Est. 1952) - one of the oldest theme parks in the world. A very popular full-sized fantasy-themed amusement park with many attractions and a wide array of amusement rides that reflect elements from ancient myths and legends, fairy tales, fables, and folklore.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
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In the Netherlands in december, there are lots of stalls where you can buy oliebollen. This is a kind of fried dough, which is traditionally eaten on New Year's Eve.
This particular stall can be found in the Efteling, the Netherlands' most famous amusement park.
Herman Eras, pastoor van Berndijk, vatte het plan op om een zusterklooster met scholen te laten bouwen als geschenk aan de parochie voor zijn zilveren priesterfeest. In overleg met pastoor Sanders, voormalig rector van de Zusters van Schijndel, werd aan het hoofdbestuur van de Zusters van Schijndel verzocht om daar zusters voor dat werk te vragen. Op 26 mei 1913 kreeg hij de toezegging van het bestuur dat er Schijndelse zusters naar Kaatsheuvel zouden komen. Kort daarna werd met de bouw van het klooster begonnen. Een jaar later, op 26 mei 1914 namen de eerste vijf zusters hun intrek in het Berkdijkse gesticht met de zalige Herman-Jozef als gestichtspatroon. (Bron: Reliwiki)
Waiting for those enchanted children.
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The Sprookjesboom can hardly wait for the children to come and listen as if enchanted. And when they are there, this beautiful tree tells a beautiful tale but it's a different story every time.
Photo January 2014, Efteling (May 31, 1952) after 62 years in time.
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Efteling - Sprookjesboom
Efteling (Est. 1952) - one of the oldest theme parks in the world. A very popular full-sized fantasy-themed amusement park with many attractions and a wide array of amusement rides that reflect elements from ancient myths and legends, fairy tales, fables, and folklore.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efteling.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
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My mom and me. She was 89 and her heart in a bad condition. She left my world in May 2012.
Project 3: 'childhood' here I was sitting on a donky in The Efteling. The Netherlands.
8 days before X-mas, thinking of love and happiness.
♥ love to all of you my friends!
Many thanks for your visit, stars and comments.
I appreciate it very much.
Greetings from Holland, Corry
Met onze jongste dochter en onze twee kleinkinderen bezocht ik het attractiepark de Efteling (Kaatsheuvel). Beslist een aanrader. Dit is de Python.
With our youngest daughter and our two grandchildren, I visited the Efteling theme park (Kaatsheuvel, Netherlands). Definitely a must. This is the Python.
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The Emperor's New Clothes, a short tale written by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen.
Efteling: De nieuwe kleren van de keizer.
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Efteling "Sprookjesbos (1952)" (Kaatsheuvel/NL)
There are several gnome houses in the Fairytale Forest. Beautiful large mushrooms, designed by the designers Anton Pieck, Ton van de Ven and Henny Knoet and built between 1952 and 1980. They blend naturally into the surrounding park. The many paths and corridors around and in the mushrooms are a favorite with children who are looking for even more (moving) gnomes.
The music that a gnome plays on his spinet somewhere can be heard in many places. He plays Menuet in G major (Per Jocum. Opus II, Latin: "Just for fun, second work"), which is a well-known tune for many visitors.
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Fairytale Forest (Est. 1952) - the six-hectare Fairytale Forest of the Efteling is a walk through the fairytale books of the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen and Charles Perrault. The Efteling started as a park in 1952 with the Fairytale Forest.
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Efteling (May 31, 1952), photo December 8, 2018 after 66 years 6 months 8 days since 1952. The year 2027 marks 75 years ago in time.
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Kaatsheuvel: Efteling - Themeparc Photography
Efteling (Est. 1952), one of the oldest theme parks in the world. A very popular full-sized fantasy-themed amusement park with many attractions and a wide array of amusement rides that reflect elements from ancient myths and legends, fairy tales, fables, and folklore.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efteling.
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Huyverwoud | Danse Macabre 31/10/2024 10h29
The waiting journey before entering the abbey of Danse Macabre. This shot is taken on the first day this new attraction was open for public and before my first ride. The graves I immediately recognized from Spookslot. And the wall of the background used to be the exit of the Spookslot. Themepark archeology in the year 2024.
Danse Macabre
Danse Macabre (French for 'dance of the dead') is the replacement for Spookslot (opened in 1978, closed in 2022). The theme of the attraction revolves around a ghost story about a conductor who is cursed. The attraction lets visitors spin around in multiple ways and in multiple directions, while a horror atmosphere is created with light and sound effects, moving set pieces and animatronics. The attraction is located together with the adjacent Abdijplein in the Huyverwoud in the Anderrijk theme area.
The musical piece Danse Macabre by the French composer Camille Saint-Saëns, which was also used in the Spookslot, forms the leitmotif of the attraction. Danse Macabre was officially opened to the public on 31 October 2024.
In the pre-show of the queue, a voice tells that the visitors have reached the Huyverwoud and that they are standing among the remains of the Abbey of Capelle van Kaatsheuvel. On Friday the 13th of the year 1876, a music competition was organized in the abbey. The orchestra of conductor Joseph Charlatan participated in that competition and after the performance of the Danse macabre was swallowed by the Unnameable. Evil still shows itself in the form of a monstrous feline creature around the abbey.
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Designer: Jeroen Verheij
Construction: 2022 - 2024
Grand Opening: 31/10/2024
Costs: € 35 million
Music: "Danse Macabre" - Camille Saint-Saëns & René Merkelbach
Ride: Dynamic Motion Stage
Construction: Intamin
Duration of the Main Show: 3.5 minutes
Riders per Show: 108
Capacity: about 1250 per hour
Danse Macabre 27/01/2025 17h20
The Capelle van Kaatsheuvel at twilight is a must have for fans of the ride Danse Macabre. This attraction is one of the most popular attractions of the Efteling since the opening in October 2024 (three months ago when I took this picture).
Danse Macabre
Danse Macabre (French for 'dance of the dead') is the replacement for Spookslot (opened in 1978, closed in 2022). The theme of the attraction revolves around a ghost story about a conductor who is cursed. The attraction lets visitors spin around in multiple ways and in multiple directions, while a horror atmosphere is created with light and sound effects, moving set pieces and animatronics. The attraction is located together with the adjacent Abdijplein in the Huyverwoud in the Anderrijk theme area.
The musical piece Danse Macabre by the French composer Camille Saint-Saëns, which was also used in the Spookslot, forms the leitmotif of the attraction. Danse Macabre was officially opened to the public on 31 October 2024.
In the pre-show of the queue, a voice tells that the visitors have reached the Huyverwoud and that they are standing among the remains of the Abbey of Capelle van Kaatsheuvel. On Friday the 13th of the year 1876, a music competition was organized in the abbey. The orchestra of conductor Joseph Charlatan participated in that competition and after the performance of the Danse macabre was swallowed by the Unnameable. Evil still shows itself in the form of a monstrous feline creature around the abbey.
FACTS & FIGURES
Designer: Jeroen Verheij
Construction: 2022 - 2024
Grand Opening: 31/10/2024
Costs: € 35 million
Music: "Danse Macabre" - Camille Saint-Saëns & René Merkelbach
Ride: Dynamic Motion Stage
Construction: Intamin
Duration of the Main Show: 3.5 minutes
Riders per Show: 108
Capacity: about 1250 per hour
Splash Flying Dutchman in the Efteling.
The Efteling is the largest theme or amusement park in the Netherlands, located in the town of Kaatsheuvel, and opened in 1952. It is one of the oldest theme parks in the world.
The Efteling has September 2009 received over 100 million visitors. In 1992 Efteling received the IAAPA Applause Award for Best Amusement Park in the World.
In over fifty years the park has evolved from a nature park with playground and a Fairy Tale Forest, into a full-size theme park along the lines of Disneyland It is twice as large as the original Disneyland park.
In the Flying Dutchman, visitors defy the curse of the famous ghost ship still known from the centuries-old legend. They’ll travel back in time to the Dutch Golden Age, the time when the Dutch East India Company celebrated its many triumphs.
During a breathtaking trip in a longboat, visitors reach a height of 22.5 metres, then “fly” at more than 70 km. per hour over the track, zoom another 420 metres, and finally land in the water with a tremendous splash.
De attractie Vliegende Hollander in de Efteling is gebaseerd op het verhaal van Willem van der Decken, de succesvolle kapitein van het schip ´Den Hollander´. Deze jonge, ambitieuze VOC-kapitein doet het heel goed. In Indonesië lukt het hem steeds volle ladingen foelie, nootmuskaat en kaneel te kopen, die in Nederland goed geld opleveren.
Van der Decken woont in het mooiste huis op de stadswal, met uitzicht op de haven.
Hij geniet van zijn welvaart. Maar schijn bedriegt, er kleeft bloed aan zijn succes.
Het volk en de Heren Bewindhebbers weten niets van het duistere dubbelleven van de kapitein. Van der Decken wordt een hebzuchtige kaperkapitein, die kustdorpen plundert en schepen entert. Het goud en de juwelen houdt hij zelf. Die slaat hij op in de geheime schatkamer onder zijn huis die hij via smokkelgangen bereikt.
De attractie Vliegende Hollander heeft, met 11 sloepen voor elk 14 personen, een capaciteit van ± 1900 personen per uur en de vaartijd bedraagt 3,43 minuten.
De toren, waarvan de sloepen naar beneden duiken voor ze met een enorme plons in het water landen, is maar liefst 22,5 meter hoog. De lengte van het parkoers is 420 meter waar met een snelheid van ruim 70 kilometer per uur overheen geraasd wordt.
Info: www.efteling.nl
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Ton van de Venplein 22/11/2020 15h45
Never a dull moment in De Efteling
Candid shot in De Efteling
De Efteling
The Efteling is a fantasy-themed amusement park in Kaatsheuvel in the Netherlands. The attractions are based on elements from ancient myths and legends, fairy tales, fables, and folklore.
The park was opened in 1952. It has since evolved from a nature park with a playground and a Fairytale Forest into a full-sized theme park. It now caters to both children and adults with its cultural, romantic, and nostalgic themes, in addition to its wide array of amusement rides.
It is the largest theme park in the Netherlands and one of the oldest theme parks in the world. It is twice as large as the original Disneyland park in California and antedates it by three years. Annually, the park has nearly 5 million visitors. In 2016, it was the third most visited theme park in Europe, behind Disneyland Paris and Europa-Park. Over the years, it has received over 125 million visitors.
Location: Kaatsheuvel, North Brabant, Netherlands
Opened: 1952
Operating season: Year-round
Visitors per annum: 4.76 million in 2016
Area: 72 ha the park; 276 ha the resort
Rides: Total 35
Roller coasters 6
Water rides 4
[ Source and much more Info: Wikipedia - De Efteling [2019] ]
Leaving the plaza behind and passing the back of the Lonkhuys we find ourselves at a little pond with a circular building called ‘Lot’s Kraamhuys’. This is the nursery where every Laaf is born.
The Efteling Hotel is an iconic building located in theme park The Efteling in the Netherlands. Inspiration for this build came from the new cone shaped parts (item no. 1744) found in set 41752 Sea Rescue Plane. These orange parts are just perfect to represent the domed roofs on each of the four towers of the Efteling Hotel.
In 2023 the Efteling Hotel got a new colour scheme. The domed roofs, which have been an orange colour for more than thirty years, are now painted golden. In 2025 the ground floor will get a completely new look. Because of the current renovations I decided to build a model of the Hotel as it was instead of trying to keep up with all the changes.
The Magic of Fairy tails.
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A brand new palace was built, an increasingly special and impressive building during its construction. High walls and many towers, surrounded by huge rocks. It can rightly be called a palace.
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Symbolica (Est. 2017) - the Palace of Fantasy. It's a dark ride in Imaginative Kingdom that revolves around reality, dream and fantasy. Visitors are invited for a tour through the normally inaccessible parts of the palace
Quote: Het prachtige paleis van Symbolica in de @Efteling. Ja, zo gaat iedereen in sprookjes geloven.
Photo November 2018, Efteling (May 31, 1952) after 66 years in time.
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Efteling - Symbolica
Efteling (Est. 1952) - one of the oldest theme parks in the world. A very popular full-sized fantasy-themed amusement park with many attractions and a wide array of amusement rides that reflect elements from ancient myths and legends, fairy tales, fables,.
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