Fun fact; the voice of the royal footman at Symbolica is voiced by Jeroen Verheij who is the main designer for Dance Macabre (and many other Efteling buildings), he also worked as an actor in the park for many years

@TPIOfficial

2 ай бұрын

Oh wow! Didn't know that! 😁🙌🏻

@vintagenl

2 ай бұрын

He is playing the role also in real life, you can see him in the special ride picture movie you posted :)

Efteling puts a lot of work in the music to make it supper special

@TPIOfficial

14 күн бұрын

😁🙏🏻

37:00 In the first preshow, this is what is being said roughly translated: Narrator: In the mid-eighteenth century, waves of violence swept our Brabant Kempen and the Limburg countryside. Hordes of unscrupulous thugs marched through our peaceful avenues, plundering and committing arson. They called themselves "The Goat Riders", after shadowy air spirits, who, according to a medieval myth, rode on goats and swarmed through the dark night sky and could even enter closed houses. Marie: The Goat Riders, brood of vipers, that's it! They must eradicate them root and branch, they must! Young Peer: Yes, that's for sure Marie, that's for sure! Villager: I heard that last night they burned down Arjan the though's house and took everything of value! Trees: Oh yes? It's not true, is it? Marie: Breed of vipers, that's it! Trees: They say that their eyes glow in the dark and that they are so quick that fate will strike you like thunder! Marie: Bullshit, I tell you! Underhanded mob that enslaves the common people with base pranks and bribery. Let them rob the landlord and they will come home from a rude awakening! He has enough farmhands to teach them some morals and to unlearn his craft! Narrator: The myth tells that this devilish army of Goat Riders met its end in a gruesome battle, high in the heavens above the Postel Abbey. For sixty long years the gang exercised a true reign of terror over the rural population. Their satanic guild mark, a goat's leg, filled everyone with trepidation and fear. *thunderclap and the sign is revealed* Young Peer: Cursed be those Goatriders, the parasites of this region and Hugo in particular! Marie: That Hugo is a godless fool. With his long black mane he looks like a devil. When he is around you are not sure of your life. Trees: Not to mention property and goods! Marie: Even the latches on the trap door won't stop him! Trees: Oh Lord, who can deliver us from such tormentors?! Young Peer: A blasphemous bandit, that's for sure, but remember: "Pride comes before a fall"! Villager: That may be Young Peer, but for now he doesn't care about it! Marie: He wasn't any good as a youngster. Always against the grain. You already saw it coming that he would become a rascal. Narrator: Hear hear the story of Hugo, Hugo van den Loonsche Duynen, who joined this evil pack of robbers. A man without any compassion, possessed of unbridled greed and greed for money. Hugo, the Goat Rider...

@toaojjc

Ай бұрын

37:11 and this is what Hugo himself has to say in the second room: This house, this damned house... it's like hell. That one cursed evening in the Belgian Kempen... the sun was low and we looked for beds for the night, but there was no sign of any villages. But suddenly, in the distance... a large building. Postel Abbey we knew. We galloped the horses, and when the sun had set, we arrived at the chapel. There was light behind the windows and it was very quiet. No monkish singing or pious mumbling. Behind the chapel door there are golden chalices and silver candlesticks for the taking, hahaha! With this thought we rammed the door! Not a human being.... On the altar the spoils glittered. The candles were lit... strange. My men broke the sacrificial block, and I myself emptied the altar. And then, suddenly, a slender hand on my shoulder. I looked back, and behind me stood a young woman, her eyes full of fire. All saw her, and the ringing stopped. She seemed... to float in her long white dress. For a moment I felt something of fear, and she spoke to me: "You, Hugo van den Loonsche Duynen, you are desecrating this house here. So repent and do not bring down the wrath of the Lord upon you..." (that part in " " is also said in a creaapy woman's voice) But me, I overcame my fear; taunted her away with a scornful laugh and roughly pushed her back. I called for the men to go and saw that she dissolved into nothingness... A day later I reached my house. I was shocked: on top of the facade was... her! The lady from the chapel! Her arms waved, as if swaying in the wind. I heard her voice, as if it were floating in my head: "Nowhere in your own house, nor anywhere in the world, will you find rest or peace, now that you have desecrated God's house... not until a noble man If the pure conscience of a newborn child enters your dwelling place, then you will find peace in your house and in your heart..." (again, the part in " " is also said in a creaapy woman's voice) That spell, my horrible fate, has not been broken until now... Enter with a clean conscience soul, so that the doom may fall from this house, and my soul may obtain the rest that I so desperately desire...

Did you know that on the flying dutchman the boats don't float? They never leave the track. It's one track for the complete ride.

@TPIOfficial

Ай бұрын

Ahh nice, we did wonder as you can here the trough underneath the boat after the splash down at the end 😁👍🏻

Had a little teary moment. I love it so much. Especially Droomvlucht, Villa Volta, Symbolica, Joris. Oh **** it, all of it ❤️❤️❤️

@TPIOfficial

2 ай бұрын

❤️❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻

Great video! I am Dutch and Efteling is my favourite theme park. Every time I go it is magical. Rides in Efteling are not the most intense, but the immersion is flawless because of theming and backstory. Baron 1898 has a rather flimsy backstory for Efteling standards (it is a cursed mine) but the way they managed to get it an exciting story is really impressive. A rough translation of the song at 12:15: "you have been warned, you disobedient. We white women guarding the gold will sabotage your descent! Well, that is completely true :) And the fog effect you get down the first hill is also part of the theme: you have experienced the white women down below. And I can go on and on about the theming, it is one of the main reasons to go to this park. If you want to do thrill rides, go somewhere else. If you want to be immersed in really well worked out stories, Efteling will be pure magic. The magic starts at the entrance (the biggest straw roofed building in the world) and ends only when you leave the park at the end of the day. And if you book a room in the Efteling hotel, it will just continue in your room. My personal favourite ride are the Flying Dutchman and Droomvlucht. The Flying Dutchman's darkride is worked out so well, you really do feel alone at sea just before the thunderstorm. Droomvlucht just takes you on a relaxing ride through a really beautiful fantasy world. Villa Volta is also still going strong (since 1996), the effect of getting upside down is real. Have you noticed how the ride movement and the music are working together? It is really well done. Can't wait for Danse Macabre to open. If you like Efteling, you will also like Toverland in Sevenum (NL). Not as immersive and themed as Efteling, but still fun and a lot of great rides.

@TPIOfficial

Ай бұрын

Both are on our list to visit asap 😁🙏🏻 We prefer complete immersion over thrill anyday so Efteling truly did leave us in awe! Flying Dutchman was incredible! You really did feel like you were alone at sea for sure, especially in that heavy fogged section just before the shipwreck graveyard! Truly the best theme park I've visited so far for sure - MAGICAL!!

Love seeing new perspectives of our pride and joy. Efteling! Please go to toverland next if you've not been yet. Its worth it!

@TPIOfficial

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😁🙏🏻 on the list 😉👌🏻

@TTHBLOX_

2 ай бұрын

​@@TPIOfficial awesome! I reccomend eating at the flaming feather restaurant there. And perhaps visit during halloween to experience their amazing haunted houses.

@TPIOfficial

2 ай бұрын

​@@TTHBLOX_ we'll add it to our October roster then 😜👌🏻

Loved this Joe, seeing you like a big kid! So happy for you bud, glad you're having a blast!

@TPIOfficial

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much mate! 😁🙏🏻

I feel a little sorry for you that some things broke and under construction. Normally it never happens however I have been evacuated once in Droomvlucht (also nice and a special experience to watch then everything behind the scenes)

@TPIOfficial

Ай бұрын

Wow! Bet that was an awesome experience 😁👌🏻

Love Efteling! Love to see your perspective, and loving it as a little kid in a candystore. Fun fact. I got a VIP ticket once for picking up trash in the park ( common sense for me) Efteling employees are the absolute GOAT!

@TPIOfficial

2 ай бұрын

They certainly are!! Legends! 🤩🙏🏻

Fantastic video guys! Efteling looks great fun

@TPIOfficial

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much mate! It's magical 😍👌🏻

Love it. Oh Efteling!

@TPIOfficial

2 ай бұрын

🤩😍🙏🏻

many of the songs are also bangers honestly

@TPIOfficial

Ай бұрын

They certainly are! 😁👌🏻

@owningkoning

Ай бұрын

@@TPIOfficial damm dude didnt expect to get a reply this fast , cheers mate! i get to choose each year for either a company party or a day at the efteling for free. i used to go to the party before cuz i kinda thought i grew out of the efteling and i had not been there for10+years before but the past years i went to the efteling with my nephew (he is a bit of an efteling nerd) but honestly is still such an amazing park even as an adult and it kinda suprised me. So yeah glad you enjoyed it , if it wasnt for that park i wouldnt have been watching you right now, so again cheers mate really fun to watch you experience this.

@TPIOfficial

14 күн бұрын

@@owningkoning Awww thank you so much! I hugely appreciate the support and kind words! I absolutely loved Efteling and can't wait to be back again very soon indeed 😀

Love Efteling! I've not been in a couple of years - just about to give this a watch 👌

@TPIOfficial

2 ай бұрын

It's so magical!! Absolutely blown away honestly ❤️🙏🏻

Wow nice review! Efteling is for me the best themepark in the world!

@TPIOfficial

2 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! It's an incredible park!! Day Two coming soon 😉

So happy for you!!! We are going to Efteling this summer.

@TPIOfficial

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! We hope you have a wonderful time! 😁🙏🏻

In carnaval Festival there were different countries that showed

@TPIOfficial

14 күн бұрын

There was yes, lots of different cultures etc. :-)

You can speak Dutch pretty good i think my self i com from the Nederlands caro is the show ive been to too😊im a big fan of efteling

@TPIOfficial

14 күн бұрын

Aww thank you very much! 😊🙏🏻 I absolutely loved CARO! It was incredible 🤩🙌🏻

Looks incredible

@TPIOfficial

2 ай бұрын

It really is! 🤩🙌🏻

Always nice to see somebody visting me home park for the first time. Sorry about the break down in symbolica and that the park is such a mess right now.

@TPIOfficial

2 ай бұрын

Honestly, I had an amazing time! None of that affected things at all 😁👌🏻

Efteling has problems fairly regurarly lately. I recently went and several rides did not work, including Droomvlucht. I have been to Efteling many times and never had there been a broken ride before. Not sure what is happening lately.....

23:30 You can take the bags with you on Python because of the way the track runs. The loopings and the screwdrivers make the bag stay on the floor of the train. I believe they explained this somewhere in the queue

@TPIOfficial

2 ай бұрын

😁👍🏻

the efteling sign at the top of the entrance is the original entrance sign. Might have been rebuild a ton but still.Python was rebuild only the lift hill and station are original track the rest is new track. And jorge and the drageon was retracked with iron wood and titan track because it was needing too much maintenance and some corners got too much force for the wooden supports thats the palces with titan track now. Villa volta is the story of a known robbery group called the goatriders and they go to a church and steal it empty and then a lady appears that tells him that he never shall rest until someone enters his house with the conscience of a just born baby and till now there still hasnt been one :D and yes its very similar as hexen. the queue and all might be different and the stuff in the main chamber is different the movement is very similar. Also its making every move twice because theres a cable for all the elements needing power and it needs to roll one side and back each ride. The ride vogel rock and the rides near there are modeled after sinbad. fatamorgana is a telling of sorts of 1001 nights.

@TPIOfficial

2 ай бұрын

🤩😍👌🏻

I've said it before in other blogs but the haunted house Villa Volta is the very first of this type made. It is the original. All others came after it and are copies.

you have to take a walk from loonse land to bosrijk. its 5 to 10 minute walk. at 19.00 klaas vaak wil be there to tel a story at the entrance gate, its in dutch but it is realy nice to see. if you walk on you can see the castle of klaas vaak in de pond.

@TPIOfficial

2 ай бұрын

😁👌🏻

They been reconstructing a lot of atractions this year as also building the new hotel and danse macrabre atraction. So this is not even Efteling in its full glory. On top of that the weather sucks for months now. hopefullly 2025 Efteling is done with all the projects and we actully have some sun in the spring so Efteling looks how it should be. And yes i know how compared to the Britisch themeparks it might be better but 2024 is just not the year for Efteling to be shining.. U should defenitly come back❤❤❤

@TPIOfficial

Ай бұрын

Oh we'll be back trust us, very soon 😜👌🏻

Yeah people are like that we love being nice and wave to random poeple

@TPIOfficial

14 күн бұрын

❤️🙏🏻 we felt so welcomed!!

Danse Macrabe opens October 31st!

@TPIOfficial

4 күн бұрын

🤩😍🙌🏻 we can't wait!!!

I actually do not mind the slow lift on python. You get a great view over a part of the park. I did go on it a couple of years back when the track wasn't re-tracked and it was bumpy af.

@TPIOfficial

Ай бұрын

Definitely a huge improvement then 😁🙏🏻

Vila volta is based on the dutch foklore the buckriders. You can look it up if you want to Also in the preshows of the baron there was this male voice storing telling. The person whos voice they used was Paul van Gorcum. Who played the baron in the dutch tv show bassie and adriaan

@TPIOfficial

2 ай бұрын

Oh wow! That's awesome 😁🙌🏻 HEX The Legend of the Towers at Alton Towers (also a vekoma madhouse) is also based on a local legend too 😊👌🏻

The lifthill on python is slow to INcrease capacity, it prevents the train to have to come to a complete halt in the breakrun when running 2 trains, shaving off seconds of the total ride time

@TPIOfficial

2 ай бұрын

Ahh cool, makes sense 😁

@HaroldKuilman

2 ай бұрын

@@TPIOfficial it goes faster when running only one train though 😉

was it a schoolteacher though? In the Netherlands when we go with a school to a themepark, they create groups with parents who volunteer to guide a group of kids through the park. So maybe it was a rude parent who was guiding the kids. I'm a teacher myself and had the same experience last year. A parent volunteered and the rule was (for that themepark) to not go on the water area of the park. I teach 4 to 6 years old and not everyone can properly swim. What did the parent do... He took the kids to the water area... My mind was absolutely blown! You have the responsibility of other people's kids, set an example and this is what you do?! The father is not allowed on any other schooltrips, but sadly those kind of parents walk around sadly enough

@TPIOfficial

2 ай бұрын

Sadly so 😞👍🏻

@ro9119

2 ай бұрын

@@TPIOfficial oh no! So sad to hear that 😢

Heidi the ride is 7 years younger, Joris and the Dragon gets a full retrack, this project will be Finnish in 2025.

@TPIOfficial

2 ай бұрын

Ah cool, didn't know that 😁👍🏻

Still doesn't beat Hyperia opening day!

@TPIOfficial

2 ай бұрын

We'd definitely still rather have been at Efteling. As soon as Hyperia has been fixed and is back open to the public on a reliable basis then we'd make the journey south :-)

I never get wet at de vliegende hollander but de last time I got completely fucking soaked I guess it depends on the wind😅

@TPIOfficial

Ай бұрын

😂😂🙌🏻

Efteling is a great park, but I would suggest a better low light onride cam, your loosing out on a lot with the underexposed material

@TPIOfficial

2 ай бұрын

Yeah GoPro's aren't amazing sadly. We're looking into better options as we speak 😁👍🏻

where can I find day 3 of Efteling?

@TPIOfficial

2 ай бұрын

There are only two vlogs we're afraid sorry 😞👍🏻 There will however be a review video dropping soon though 😉

Did you stick your bag under your legs i cant see where else you put it

@TPIOfficial

2 ай бұрын

Yes, barring Baron you had to take your bag on with you 👍🏻

Maybe a weird question but were you there the 22nd on Wednesday?😅

@TPIOfficial

2 ай бұрын

Yes we were, why? 😂

@mseb3909

2 ай бұрын

@TPIOfficial okay, then me and my friend were next to you guys in the line for Baron😅 we were saying how cool the gopros and stuff are cus we love themepark vlogs🤣 hope you had a good time!

@TPIOfficial

2 ай бұрын

​@@mseb3909aha sweet lol! Yeah had an amazing time thank you yes! Hope you did too 😁🙏🏻

Haha the bit where you say python is smooth on ride, isn’t even the new track. That is still the original. New track starts at the big drop

@TPIOfficial

2 ай бұрын

Ahh okay cool. We were unsure if it was just part of the ride or the whole ride 😁👍🏻

@robbystoned

2 ай бұрын

@@TPIOfficial that is also why the hill so so slow, it’s the original one😄 the new track is also visually different from the original bits

@TPIOfficial

14 күн бұрын

@@robbystoned now you mention it we can see that actually lol. Still an incredibly fun and surprisingly forceful ride though, we loved it! 😀

These people are very easily impressed... they enter the park, its half a construction yard, big crane and all and it is already "unbelievable and magical"... first ride of the day breaks down and its a "great start of the day". Well with that attitude my garden is a top tier destination, I'll be your tour guide.

@TPIOfficial

Ай бұрын

😂😂 have you been to a UK theme park lately? You think that's bad? You haven't seen anything yet! 😂😂👍🏻

@basbeest2238

Ай бұрын

You totally miss the point of this video and you're extremely condescending

If someone jumps the line in front of you, act more like the Dutch and thus direct and call the teacher or whoever it is out on his or her behaviour.

@TPIOfficial

14 күн бұрын

Pushing past people in a queue line is never acceptable no matter who you are or what your reason may be. It's inconsiderate and selfish behaviour.

@laziojohnny79

14 күн бұрын

@@TPIOfficial Did I say otherwise?

I am actually embarrassed to say this as I’m a 43 year old man…….😳😳😳😳😳but….. first

@TPIOfficial

2 ай бұрын

Haha love it lol! :-)

Idk for sure but it could be that the childeren of that teacher have a autism pass wich means they are allowed to cut in line for special needs people.

@TPIOfficial

Ай бұрын

Ahh okay.

@vortexico4788

Ай бұрын

In that case they would have a disability pass visible on them. Was that the case?

@ThisIsJakenl

Ай бұрын

@@vortexico4788 they don't have to have it visable. I have autism and when i got the document i only had to show it when they were doubting.

@avanbueren83

Ай бұрын

Usually we (I have a child with special needs) use the exit of a ride for that. Most parks do that so we can avoid a line with people (extra stress). We then wait on a quiet (safe) spot until a staff member comes to guide us on the ride. But in fairness, I'm not sure what the rules at Efteling are.

@ThisIsJakenl

Ай бұрын

@@avanbueren83 i think the same. I don't have a lot of issues from autism anymore so it's been a while when i used it in the efteling

Looks similar to Phantasialand

@TPIOfficial

2 ай бұрын

😁

@leonpennings7596

2 ай бұрын

Nah, completely different parks

@whoknew2273

Ай бұрын

@@leonpennings7596 It looks similar with the theming not been to Efterling yet but Phantasialand visited