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    4.7 (64 reviews)
    Closed 10:00 am - 6:00 pm

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    Rollercoaster
    Lisa S.

    I have been to Americas Disney and many famous amusement parks. But I have never seen a more beautiful amusement park in my life. I'll be back

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    Oliver G.

    I'm American and ever since the first time I visited de Efteling, I've wanted to go back every single time I visit The Netherlands. The art style of the park is very unique, bizarre and humorous. A donkey that shoots souvenir plastic gold coins out of it's butt? Priceless. I love the fairy tale forest, even though I can't understand a word they're saying, the animatronics are wonderful. Though, I've yet to visit a time when the Troll King is actually working, it's been broken every single time. :( The rides; many people may not know this, but the pirate ship ride in de Efteling is actually the largest pirate ship ride in the world. If you sit on the end rows, you actually go upside down a little bit. I could ride "Joris en de Draak" all day. I want to go on "Python" when I work up the nerve to do it. "Droomvlucht" is my favorite dark ride of all time. Among many other great rides in the park. The food in the park is kind of lack-luster though. As far as meals go, they don't cater to vegetarians very well, as far as I could tell. The vegetarian population in The Netherlands is a lot larger than the USA, you'd think a vegetarian croquet or veggie burger on the menus wouldn't be too much to ask. Though, I will say that the fresh made Stroopwafels are amazing... Well, it was the only time I'd ever had a fresh made Stroopwafel, but it was still amazing. :) The Paper Gobblers around the park, I've never had so much fun throwing away my trash. They make me wish I had more trash to give them just to hear them thank me every single time I put something in their mouth. This park makes me feel like a little kid again. ^_^

    Cornelis T.

    Epic theme-park for kids and people who'd like to be kids forever! This park has plenty of cool atractions and rollercoasters as well as a whole world just for kids where they tell the kids all kinds of different fairytales. We absolutely love this park as long as it is not too busy, a saturday in the middle of the summer is not a good day to go...

    Entrance
    Jone V.

    The Efteling has taken the first place of my absolute totally favorite parks EVER. The reasons for this number in the 100s!!!! There are at least that many fun things to do and experience. To attempt to sum up: there is a hotel if you wish to stay with family or friends; the wonderful early toddler rides in the separate area; the enchanting Fairy Tale Forest which is a delight to young and old (my family's favorite part); the good food in various areas of the Efteling park (though not cheap); the more challenging rides as the ages of the visitors progress (which is not immediately visible from the way they have set uo the park but which you discover as you walk around); the boat ride when you prefer to take it down a notch; the train functions on that same level yet provides an overview all around the park; and on and on. I will try to add more pictures here, as the Efteling is a prime example of how words cannot touch its reality: you really should experience its joy for young and old.

    Droomvlucht.
    Bekkah R.

    I love the Efteling, always have, always will. Almost everything about it is perfection and I don't know many people who disagree. However, the one thing I think we all can agree on is that the Efteling is just TOO DAMN EXPENSIVE!!! We always buy our tickets through some sort of promotion (Chocomel, Albert Heijn or even sometimes through work) but still end up paying around twenty eight Euros per ticket. Which is ridiculous! What's even more ridiculous is that you pay the same damn price during the "off season". This used to mean they would close the entire park down for a few weeks and do all the major maintenance work and while it's a good thing that they are now open every single day of the year, it means they close rides down for maintenance while the park is open. That's all fine, BUT they don't mention it on their website all the time. For instance last time we went, there were only really two rides I could go on due to my pregnancy. We arrived there and found one of those two rides to be shut down for maintenance. Sh**. If I would have known, I wouldn't have waisted sixty Euros on tickets. For some reason the park was especially busy that day, which meant that I could only go on the other ride once as the line for it was about forty-five minutes long. Very disappointing. The food here is decent though. Usually we bring our own sandwiches and drinks, but every once in a while we'll have something from the restaurant 't Witte Paard. The pricing there is fairly reasonable. The other restaurants however, like the Poffertjes restaurant and the Pannenkoekenhuis are $%(^$&(%* expensive. Which seems to be an added theme to the Efteling. The Efteling is a theme park of fairy tales and high pricing, but one thing you can't deny is that even though it's WAY overpriced, it's a very magical place. Especially during Winter and even more so if you're lucky enough to be here when it's actually snowing. There's nothing quite like it. And they know that. So they overcharge us. But the high prices do mean they lose a star.

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    Frankie D.

    Visited Efteling park on our journey in Amsterdam. Definitely not Disney but it is very fun for kids and adults. You can download their app and will help get around and navigate you also. It's approx 1 1/2 hours away from the heart of Amsterdam but what a beautiful drive. My kids and including myself and my wife loved it. Well worth a day to spend at Efteling. The cost is €38 and a great deal. Enjoy !!!!!

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    Vogel Rok - Giant bird guarding the entrance.

    Vogel Rok

    (2 reviews)

    When all the effects are on, this roller coaster in the dark is surprisingly fun and effective. The…read moretrouble is, sometimes the effects (or lights) are off. Since it's a roller coaster in the dark, that diminishes the experiences and it's just a roller coaster in the dark. It's loosely about birds. The queue has a vaguely Middle Eastern theme. It involves a very narrow staircase (the queue). You sit in pairs. Now that there are pandemic precautions, they don't fill the entire car. You can tell that Vekoma is the ride manufacturer because their name is emblazoned across the bar in front of you. Some of the scenes you see are a huge bird egg, stationary birds and lights but the coolest part is [spoiler] when you enter a huge skeletal mouth. In all, this coaster is short but surprisingly fun.

    Wow, what a surprise this was. It's not possible to see everything that Efteling has to offer in…read moreone day so I was being very picky about what attractions to visit. When I heard that this was an indoor coaster with no inversions and a max speed of 40 mph that sounded like a hard "pass" to me. Because of the Efteling app I was able to see that the wait was really short when I happened to be near the ride so I figured I'd give it a go. What a mistake it would have been to miss this ride because I loved it! The exterior of the building is a giant bird statue (the biggest in Europe according to Wikipedia!). The coaster cars allow two people to sit next to each other. You don't get launched but rather go up a lift hill in the dark with green lasers breaking the darkness. There's a wonderful background song that starts pumping from inside the cars and you'll feel wind blowing on you before you start accelerating. It's a wonderful effect. There are a couple of "bird things" that light up during the run but otherwise you're in complete darkness. I don't know if the darkness was a factor in it but I felt like I was going so much faster than 40 mph. There's one turn in particular where you really feel the G-forces but it's not jerky at all. I never would have believed the max speed of this ride if you had told it to me if I went in not knowing anything. The ride ends with the coaster entering the mouth of a colorfully lit snake. As soon as I went out the exit I immediately went back into the entrance to ride again. If I wasn't on such a time crunch I would have rode it a third time. Vogel Rok rocks!

    Droomvlucht - Spot the unicorn?

    Droomvlucht

    (1 review)

    All I knew about Droomvlucht was that it involved fairies and was one of Efteling's signature…read moreattractions. This review is full of spoilers so be warned. The popularity of this ride was evident from the large (but boring) queue. The ride vehicles were quite interesting. The vehicles, which seat two, move forward while you are looking out one side. However, unlike other similar ride systems your "train" of around six people separates and goes off by itself. The ride soon opens into an absolutely enormous open-air room that is made to look like a forest. Every inch is decorated with flowers, plants, and mythical creatures. Even more surprising is that the vehicle turns a corner and goes into another room that is just as large. I can't imagine how much work it was to create those two rooms. The vehicles go through an extended part where the area is dark expect for "stars" that are lit around you. The starfield is a disorienting and cool effect. I was extremely confused when it felt like we were climbing a lift hill in the dark. The vehicles soon give you a view of a creature (troll?) swinging like Tarzan on a vine above some treetops. Then in a completely unexpected twist the vehicles start speeding up and you spiral all the way down *around* the trees in question until you reach the bottom. The trees had to have been several stories tall. I know I'm making this sound like a thrill ride but it's something you can take your grandma on. It's such a unique, interesting ride mechanic that I've never seen before. I immediately wanted to ride again to get a better look at it. After I got home and did my homework I was gobsmacked to learn that the ride opened in 1993. It's held up so well and I actually liked it better than the new signature attraction Symbolica. I never would have expected that.

    Baron 1898 - Such a unique ride building.

    Baron 1898

    (2 reviews)

    Easily the most unique roller coaster I've ever been on. Baron 1898 is a Bolliger & Mabillard dive…read morecoaster with unbelievable theming. I actually have a B&M dive coaster where I live (Sheikra at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay). Baron isn't as tall and only has one drop, but it makes up for that in theming and presentation. The lift hill is unlike anything I've ever seen before. It's a giant green rectangle with intricate scaffolding and giant rotating discs at the top. It's something pretty enough to be in a town square and shows the extra mile the designers went when constructing this ride. The ride building is designed inside and out to look like a functioning factory. When you first line up they give you paper tickets, which I was initially quite confused about. I think it's supposed to be a system to spread out the crowd into different rows. I just followed the people in front of me and handed my ticket back later because none of the instructions were in English. When you get inside there are a bunch of what looked to be raincoats hanging from the ceiling. Some projections of ghosts then become visible. They sounded really angry about something but I don't know what about since they were moaning in Dutch. The next room has a nice animatronic of what I assume was the Baron overhead. He taunts you as you get closer and closer to the ride area. What really shocked me was that once you're in the vehicle and you've left the station the ride stops for another part of the pre-show. I can't remember ever riding a roller coaster that does this. The angry ghosts were back again to yell at us in Dutch and in a very cool effect they "pry" open a grate and disappear into it. After that it's time for the lift hill! Since I don't like heights it feels like forever when you're waiting for a dive coaster to drop you. Once it does you get dropped underground through some mist. The ride was smooth as glass and I was laughing the whole time. The single rider line was much appreciated and got me on the ride fairly quickly. Baron 1898 is a must-do at Efteling!

    Spookslot - Dead things in the queue.

    Spookslot

    (2 reviews)

    Five stars for the wonderful music and the building exterior but two stars for the attraction…read moreitself. What a disappointment this was. I purposely read almost nothing about each Efteling attraction to avoid spoilers. The music from Spookslot is actually one of my favorite parts of the Efteling soundtrack (yes I bought the soundtrack for the park) so I was really looking forward to this. From the outside the building has been made to look like the decaying ruins of an old castle overgrown with vines. It's lovely and a nice photo opportunity. When you walk inside there was a little alcove with skeletons that was lit but otherwise it was pitch black. People were using their cell phone flashlights to get around. We hit what appeared to be a dead end wall with something that resembled a pentagram on it. It wasn't clear if we should turn around and go back or wait there for something to happen. A bunch of people started forming around us so we stayed. A nice Dutch girl heard us speaking English and was excited for a chance to practice her English and distract herself because she was legitimately terrified. After around ten minutes the wall moved and let us in. Normally being first in line is a huge plus at a theme park attraction but at Spookslot it is huge disadvantage. You go into a large standing-only theater where you view a scene behind glass in front of you. The problem is that since we were first we were at the far end and couldn't see over half of what was in front of us. It didn't help that the glass was reflective. When the wonderful music started I could see a tombstone shaking and a gargoyle on the side of the building move its mouth a little. Other than that is was ten minutes of "What's happening?" When it was over the nice girl that was so scared said, "That's it?" My thoughts exactly.

    This is a very cool amusement park but really there needs to be something to tell you that there is…read morean actual attraction inside of this haunted ruin structure...I didn't grow up in the frigging Netherlands and like most places and things I do and visit I like to be surprised so I don't read about what the attraction is about...Anyways walking into this building you walk around a winding damn near pitch black inclave and hit a dead end with pentagram on wall...We stood there for like five minutes waiting for something to happen and we watched some other dumb tourists like ourselves walk up and turn around and leave as well...Come to find out if you wait long enough the wall opens and there is a walk thru show witch I watched back home in the USA...lol...WTF...No sign, no person at entrance to tell you about this...We stayed at the Efteling hotel and the folks there told us about the major attractions and didn't mention this at all...All around fail...Add to that seeing the horrible Monsieur Cannibal ride and being in the Netherlands during the Black Pete( black face )festival...You can have the Netherlands...After watching the you tube Spookslot I'm glad to see it was crap...Ugh

    Efteling - amusementparks - Updated May 2026

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