Efteling | Fairytale Theme Park | The Netherlands 

you have missed some very nice things indeed. But it sounds like that will be fine.

Fata Morgana is my favourite!

Ravelijn was removed because of a rule we created a few years ago of animals not being alowed to be used for entertainment anymore so yes it might come back but not in the way it was.

@@jay38869 That’s not entirely true. Yes the show has changed if you compare it to the beginning, but the same animals are used as before (horses, ravens and ibis birds). In my opinion I love the whole staging way better now than the empty sand box.

You should go during the winter efteling. The whole park is transformed into a winter wonder land.

Thank you 👉👈 I sometimes think I have more of a “troll that lives under bridges” vibes

@@MoMoOBrien nah girl you’re a fairy

It's kind of a shame that the Disney parks don't let adults dress up. I know they don't want visitors to be mistaken for the parks characters, but dressing up is really part of the magic.

Cezanne AGT Meanwhile Momo got mistaken for one of the faries at Efteling and was totally chill with it

@@roseagt5902 in the Efteling dressing up by adults isnt allowed either. But a few lovely fowers in your hair and so is ok. As long as you don't go fully dressed as a fairy and so on

Just the sound of his voice is magical enough

Even though I've never been there myself, I've always looked up to the people that work there. It takes a lot to make people so overwhelmingly happy, And it's so nice that everyone creates a unique moment, Even if it happened a thousand times before.

Efteling is great, not the fan of what they are planning to do with the lil forest next to the hotel though. T_T but one benefit of covid was WAY less trafic in the region lol

…🥺 Thank you.

Here's hoping that you all are back doing what you love again, from america

the sign said: KEEP STUPID AMERICANS TOURISTS OUT

Now, while the rebranding was very, very necessary, the song still slaps

No he says ‘cherish your imagination’

@@loesiechan you right, that is the better translation!

Awww I like that between you, you came to a resolution. Thanks to both of you, from an ignorant Brit.

Do not judge someone else’s past; you don’t know your future

And use your magic wand, it's a great source of fun and I recommend the hitachi one.

perhaps we should become the animatronics then FNAF style 😉

Buy a 🐅

Im really gonna miss the song tho

Im gonna mis monsieur Cannibal that ride was a big part of my childhood

Americans need to learn the difference between stereotyping and racism

@@Jerrongamereview you're right sometimes the difference is hard. Because racism is experiencing it directly and hurtfull stereotypes are just racist. It is a small difference in letters but very important gramatically. But in all seriousness, the thing that's so bad about those karikatures is that it sets people apart. It reinforces the idea that black people are somehow less than or primitive. You know it isn't true, I know it isn't true but in the back of our mind you still associate the two. And I know dutch people like to think that there's barely any racism in this country because we're "so proggresive" but the only reason you don't see it much is because we just don't have that many people of color living here. Just think of how the average person talks about Turkish people... yikes. Lastly, I'm not saying that you can't mourn a part of your childhood being taken away. But the world changes and parks like the efteling have to go with that. And afterall, it is just an attraction and the new one will still be enjoyable, it will just look and sound a bit differently.

@@NaRuNiekje I don't think it reinforces the idea that black people are primitive at all. If that's the thing a person would take away from it I'd say that person was already racist to begin with. It's a caricature of an African cannibal (there still are cannibalistic tribes in Africa by the way), not a caricature of black people in general. It's just easy to link it to black face for Americans, which is a caricature of African people made racist because of the context in which the character is/was used, which I think is where the shock comes from. I have never before heard of anyone or any groups being offended by this attraction in the 24 years I've lived here, but I guess Efteling has been gaining more world wide recognition lately.

i think it's also bcs in belgium and the netherlands u have to ask permission to film someone

thanks to GDPR in Europe, you cannot be filmed without your consent, so every vlog from Europe should look like this or face a fine

Does that have to be done frame by frame or is there software to do it for you?

@@gerythebobrica7623 Not entirely correct. You need consent when you're actively filming (or photographing) someone and happen to be very recognizable in the shot, yes. However, in this video it's about a few people and their experience in Efteling. The people who happen to be in the shot don't need to give consent nor have to be blurred.

@@gerythebobrica7623 actually you can film people's faces in a public space. the efteling is considered a public space.

Oh thank you! That’s very cool. I also weirdly like that a ride has like...a message to tell you know? That “nobodies perfect”. Or maybe I’m just too emotionally attached to Villa Volta

@@MoMoOBrien we have a similar ride in Italy in Gardaland and is the main character ride, it's called "House of Prezzemolo" and to enter it you go inside a big tree in the middle of the kids land. It is my favourite ride, never thought that there weren't any similar in the States. Bye from Italy

@@MoMoOBrien I feel you, girl :] . It's one of my favorite rides in the whole park. Went there a lot as a child but this specific attraction somehow always stuck to me. Fun little fact: The legend Villa Volta was based on, actually took place in that region (Noord-Brabant/'North Brabant' and northern Belgium). Like @magical explained, 'Bokkenrijders' made a pact with the devil and flew through the air on goats to kill, pillage and stuff like that. The old man you see in the queue of the ride is named Hugo van den Loonsche Duinen(/Hugo of the Loonsche Duinen. Probably named after the nature reserve east from Efteling named Loonsche Dunes). He's supposed to be a former 'Bokkenrijder' but after looking for a place to spent the night, he found and pillaged a church. A young lady with fiery eyes warned him not to desecrate God's house. He ignored her, took all the gold he could find and rode off. When he arrived at his house the next day, he saw the lady standing on the roof of his house. (roughly translated,) She quoted: ''Nowhere in your own home, nor anywhere in the world, you shall ever find rest or peace, now you have desecrated God's house. Only when a loyal human with the pure mind of a newborn child will enter your house, you shall find peace.'' Hope it's a bit more understandable what this attraction is about, because it has such an interesting story :D Anyway, keep up the great work! Love watching your video's

@@MoMoOBrien The mechanics of this ride are also present on a ride at Alton Towers in England called Hex - The Legend of the Towers. I can fully recommend visiting if and when you come back to the UK. This video was amazing btw. I've been wanting to visit Efteling for ages.

the house isn't haunted! He is bc he stole from a empty church and a ghost followed him. The ghost cursed him of his stealing and will never stop haunting until someone with a pure heart steps into his house

Walt never visited the Efteling, it's an urban legend. Walt did visit the Dutch attraction Madurodam though and the Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, wich provided him with inspiration for Disneyland

Yeah, Disney himself never went there. But famous imagineer Tony Baxter did! They even asked the Efteling for design tips for castles because they needed pointers on how to make believable castles in a country that has real ones.

True story. Except Disney himself didn’t visited but his co-Workers did

The first attraction was the steamcarousel

Please don't refer to Azrai as "she/ladies"! They transitioned post-filming

@@gxttmiq to be honest I didn't know either. thanks for telling me.

@@gxttmiq who cares

@@learnedeldersofteemo8917 Obviously Azrai, as getting misgenderd can cause a lot of harm. You're acting clueless, but I know you know it's important

🥺 Thank you!! I can’t wait for “you sound like Nothing from my pride” comments

I also thought I wasn't going to watch the whole thing, but I kept wanting to see what would come next.

@@MoMoOBrien Ahaha I think you are clearly the main character of life by how people at the park reacted, you don't even need props for also being the main character of a show :P

@@kuroakikitsune Same!! It was so great the whole way through, the time just flew by, ah!!

@@MoMoOBrien I always loved your videos and I was so surprised to find out that you voiced Nothing haha I love my pride and I love you its amazing :)

we tell the tale as pigs instead of goats

@@cupofbees9413 wolf and the 3 pigs and wolf and the 7 goats are 2 different stories! :)

Me neither!!! I remember the story of the 7 goats so well, I had a beautiful little book that it was inside along with other fairytales, but sadly it burned in my housefire when i was still young. II guess it's not common in north america, maybe it's a little too scary. II've noticed some of the scarier fairytales don't tend to make it to the americas orrr they get sort of de-spookified first hehe

@@GoblinPrincessKyo That's such a shame.

During the winter some attractions are closed due weather conditions.

@@rolandklop1641 Yeah the water attractions. That's all clearly written on the site. My comment still stands, it's a totally different experience.

@@DX88 I also had it happen that some rollercoasters were closed! Due too the snow I think or well, in the beginning when I had that. The Flying Dutchman (De Vliegende Hollander) had a lot of trouble though.

@@larissaswinkels3661 De Vliegende Hollander is a water ride so it's closed during winter.

@@HappyDiggers I think I have seen it open at some point during it, not sure. Might only have been because someone rented out the entire park that they opened it in the winter. Though, aside from that it used to have a lot of issues and be closed quite often, especially when it first opened.

There are many different versions of this tale! in the one from rusia the old woman is baba yaga, there's one where the girl lost a bucket and she has to help magic objects in her journey, and stuff... I guess it was the metaphor for when girls got a job helping at an elder's house and were well behaved, hardworking and compensated

I love that fairy tale, there’s a few movies on RU-vid,, they’re in German( I think not sure) no subtitles but if you know the story you can easily follow it .

@@theramdomchannel8329 it wasn’t just because she worked at an elder’s house, it was just that the first sister, was kind and obedient and the second sister was lazy and selfish, the reward was for being virtuous.

@@theramdomchannel8329 Many stories have plots similair to this. Actually Frau Holle is based on a Germanic goddess. Goddess Holle goes with many names like Hulda or Frigg. She is a goddess of death, patroness of the spinners and weavers and queen of the goblins and fearies. She has also been called ''The White Lady'' or ''The Black Grandmother" She was the captain of the "Wild Hunt", between December 23 and January 5 she would check whether people were industrious or lazy that year. So that explains where the story of the two sisters and Frau Holle making it snow on earth came from.

@@marlena. This kinda stuff fascinates me, thanks for the info!

yep no exactly 😂 i remember going to the efteling for a school trip back around the time baron had just opened. so us 3 morons decided to just go in there because heck it.. then another good example was 2018 when i went to a zoo somewhere a bit further away.. they had this monkey garden area that had like these climbing areas for kids.. so of course the 3 idiots (me and my stepbrothers) decided to go into there and climb around 😂😂

Last time I went into the maze I got dirty water sprayed in my face because I’m too tall... for a child

We once got into the maze... Then the sky broke and before we got out, we were drenched to the bone. HAHAHAHA! We then went to the Piranha, which was momentarily closed due to the weather. But when we showed them we were completely drenched anyway, they opened it back up for us. It was hilarious.

My family and I went to a theme park a few years ago and one of my cousins was too short to go on a ride. My brother (+/-195cm) said that something like that would never happen to him.... The next ride we went on didn't allow people over 190cm because they were too tall🤣🤣🤣

Well, that's why there is a sign at the entance saying that it's only accessible to children op to 150cm...

The birds say "Ruckedy-Coo there's blood in the shoe, the shoe is too small, the right wife's still at home"

So birds telling the prince to go back cause he’s a dimwit and apparently has bad eyesight.

@@artemisia0553 Warning for Americans: Not every Prince has bad eyes, not every bird is telling the truth, not every stepsister is a bad person.

@@dutchman7623 True. I’m just surprised the prince didn’t notice, and the stepsisters weren’t that bad. They were forced to chop off parts of their feet.

The Girl with the Red shoes does get het feet chopped off because the shoes won't stop dancing, even if it kills her. Remember, if someone tells you the shoes are cursed, maybe consider NOT wearing them.

Knowing that Momo was using female pronouns at the time it hurts a little to recognize the pain on Az's face. I'm glad that they are getting into a better place emotionally, he's such a good person and I just want him to be happy. It shows how good a friend Momo is to edit in all his proper pronouns.

that entire end segment got the new subscriber for me♥ absolutely adorable :D can't wait to go down this rabbit hole of content!

Also, the subtitles had Az and his correct pronouns when his deadname & old pronouns were said in the vid 🥰

@Technical Support You don't care about those people who lost their lives. Your need to hijack a positive conversation about gender expression is sad, and pretending you're coming from some moral high ground makes it even more so. I'm not surprised though, because your original comment shows your lack of understanding about Marxism, gender and how not to be a jerkoff.

@@Aster_Risk ^^^^ What's that all about ??? lol (I've no clue at all)

I like the idea but I am gonna miss the monsieur canibale song

They did that because VogelRok is also based on sinbad de zeeman.

@@Lightningshattr ye, and they're gonna expand the whole of 'ruigrijk' right?

@@jasper24588 It's a really catchy song and the lyrics are funny, but... yeah, in this day and age I can imagine they'd change it.

It won't be long before someone complains about the racist depiction of Arabic people.

I just came here to say this! This is really a good thing

Yeah it's fully removed!! There is a new cool attraction in it's place now, based on the tales of Sinbad the sailor :)

@@venusxaino oh no 😱now it's racist for arabic people because it displays a sailor 😱😱you people seriously don't know wtf you want do you 🥱

@@venusxaino it’s not racist, stop it! You guys see racism in everything

I invite all americans to sinterklaas festival. I highly reccomend it

Thank you 👉👈 I’m very self conscious about it

@@MoMoOBrien I got so hyped up when I heard "The Never-ending Story"

I’ve been trying to find the specific part in the song where you sing never ending story so I can show it to my whole family! We love sea shanties. Would u maybe post a video of all the songs you sang here?

@@sydneybee6016 I believe all of MoMo's music is on her Patreon! I know not everyone has money for that but I love MoMo and I can't help giving her some advertising, haha ;)

@@ladyalfhildrforestofvioletmist yesss the patreon of course.... Brb while I go sign up... 😂

Az after that ride: my life is never going to be the same after this and I’m totally okay with that

Right? He looks like all his dreams just came true in one little snap of a finger, and honestly, he deserves that,

Oh no, a black character with a spoon in his nose, the horror...

@@vergil8833 *caricature

@@andrewjenkins9965 You mean like all the other characters in the park? or do you think white people actually look like those hook-nosed witches and gnomes and trolls? They're all caricatures, why is that one specifcally bad? Is it because hes not handsome? Are the other white characters handsome? No, none of them are glrifications. Or is it because having a thing through the nose is a stereotype? But then again, there are tribes who actually do that... Why is it racist to display an actual cultural practice of certain people? Is it racist to display a nordic person with a viking helmet? Or an native american with a feather hat? Or is it because of the title of the character, a cannibal? But Africa does have the highest number of cannibal tribes through history, is that the bad part? Showing something less good about history? That brings us back to the vikings, is a viking with horns on his helmet and racist caricature of nordic people? The vikings did bad stuff and they didn't have horns, so it's an inaccurate depiction of a certain group who did something bad, it has all the haulmarks of a racist caricature. But we don't think of it that way, do we? Because vikings are badass, right? Well why isn't a cannibal with something in his nose badass? I'm sure the people who practice that tradition think it's badass, why don't you? Are you racist?

@@vergil8833 gnomes and trolls aren't white people. The stereotypical witch is based on Jewish stereotypes though. It's weird that you're focusing on this when the main aspect of my post was that I loved the video and think Efteling is awesome. Is everything okay?

@@andrewjenkins9965 Gnomes and trolls are not jewish stereotypes in the slightest... Fristly you're confusing gnomes with goblins, but secondly they're way older than the 19th century relation between hebrews and noses... These folklore creatures were initially venerated to some degree until christianization when they became demonizations of non-christian rural people. In other words, they represent "big dumb evil pagans" aka white people following their native traditions. And I'm not talking about Efteling at all, why do you think I care what you think about it?

Same hahaha, and also the “mama! HELP!!!!” near the Spookslot 😂

B R O O D J E U N O X as well tho

Dat had ik dus ook, hahahah

HAHAHA exactly 😂

the person actually says "Lucas Kom eens hier"

That amazing rastaurant calls Polles Keuken.

We go to the pancake resteraunt!

Its called Polles keuken!! I live in the netherlands and we go to the efteling every week! We hava a membership pass thing (idk what its called in english lol)

You have no idea how tickled I was to see you guys there in the premier. (☆▽☆)

28:45 😂

The line is the scariest part of Spookslot 😂😂

It's definentely worth it. Would recommend staing in the hotel and doing 2 days to be able to see everything. Efteling truly is a magical place.

As a European, I had the seem feeling in Universal studios. Too many screens.

When Dance Macabre was announced (they are building it now), we were afraid too that it was with screens. It was presented like that by the manufacturer. But gladly Efteling choose to replace the screens by real theming. Ready in 2024 so can't wait to see.

I'm 30 as well and also still go to the Efteling each year! So many things that bring the joy of nostalgia and the wonder at new magic that has been built.. I miss it when I have to skip a year (or two) for whatever reason

I’m pretty sure the goat lady is Momo’s true form

She's the Momma goat from the fairy tale of the seven little goats. Incidentally she's also the GOAT.

Thank you 🥹

Holy crap, by bicycle!! That's mind-blowing!!

Thank you. That vibe is what I strive for and my algorithm thanks you.

Would you believe I am genuinely trying my best?

@@MoMoOBrien It's actually pretty good, just an accent but thats normal

@@MoMoOBrien You did great! Droomvlucht sounded excellent. And that's a tough one. It's a compliment that you tried to pronounce many attractions.

@@MoMoOBrien you actually were pretty good.. i've heard a ton worse from people that really weren't trying

Thank you so much for showing us around a place so special to you ❤️

Thank YOU!! Our guide!

They shoudnt have?

Came back here just to say this, but you were quicker hahaha

@@frith.calluna Same! Coming here was my first thought after hearing the news!

@@frith.calluna So I'm going to join the line of people who were going to comment along these lines. I am going to add that the ride is getting a Simbad the Sailor (from the One Thousand and One Nights story cycle) theme to "create a positive image of the rich Arabian culture". As the quote i saw in the article I read goes.

One of our national newspapers lists some of the international criticisms that the ride has gotten over the past few years and mentions "Canadian vloggers".

What in the world is “arguable” about blatant racism

They will be on Spotify soon!

Or Castlefest, if you don't want to gamble on the weather :P

@@sihaschnitzelprinz2982 fair, but elfia is considerd the biggest of its kind in europe, so it would make more sence for her to go there

Omygosh yes, its my favorite place ever

Omg Love Elfia! Can't wait until it is on again!

Omg I miss CF 🥺

There first Dutch word they learned was "Geen Drinkwater"...

​@@Yochemm Dutch read Bad water as Bath water ;p

let the synth flow through you

Sorry, what is synth?

@@AuntBecky1 synth is a type of music, heavily used in 80’s fantasy or sci fi movies. Where it isn’t made with a particular instrument but sound all.. ethereal. It was used heavily for suspenseful scenes in tons of movies though became over used very quickly to most people in the industry so it’s not nearly as popular as it once was.

@@Morgan-Joyce lol. You just explained a synthesizer. I should have figured that out in my own but I was expecting a genre of film.

Learn from my fountain drinking mistakes

As a native Dutch speaker, I practically screamed: DON'T!

As someone who is Dutch, good luck, you’ll need it

As a Dutchie, I wish you lots of luck because it might be even more complicated than French

Yes it is very sad news. It was a wonderful attraction, too bad people couldn't see the cannibal's character as something funny, too bad they declare something so innocent racism. When will the whining about racism stop, not everything is racism.

Precies

It’s open now :)

Hello now its open

"COME ON!"

De boy Nathie

It’s one of mine too honestly

Yes it is very sad news. It was a wonderful attraction, too bad people couldn't see the cannibal's character as something funny, too bad they declare something so innocent racism. When will the whining about racism stop, not everything is racism.

@@watzegtdevos3835 but it wasn't fun or cute, it was a very obvious racist characture. It was quite offensive and had big hints of colonialism. It's not sad news, it is great news that it finally was changed!

@@The_Disturber Nonono... It wasn't racist, until. people like you, made it look like a racist characther. Henny Knoet (RIP) designed it, as a fun fake charachter, with a WHITE helper. When designing the charachter they didn't even think about colonialism. It's sad to see people looking for something behind everything. It was a magnified character, it was fake! It represents a cannibal tribe of the past. It wasn't meant to be offensive, it's not offensive, it doesn't hint at colonial times. He was an innocent figure until people like you labeled it 'racism'

@@watzegtdevos3835 I know it wasn't meant to be offensive, but that doesn't mean it isn't now. I love Henry Knoets work, but he was a man of his time, and yes things like colonialism and racisme were way more normal back then. And there were protests against this depiction already from when it was installed. Liking an attraction with a racist element, doesn't make you racist, but you have to learn to grow with the time, and look back at problemetic things you didn't notice in the past.

Yes, its a shame, its the point were I stoped waching this video. I hate the new facist woke culture. For fun, paint Monsieur Cannibal white and nobody will have complaint, its sick!

I'm one of the kids that grew up with the Efteling. I love the park! I'm also in agreement that that ride is SUPER PROBLEMATIC. It needs to go or needs a thematic reskin. It's also not a isolated problem. There are a few parks in Europe that are quit old, with a lot of surviving rides that have similar problems. I once did a analysis of 2 rides with similar problems in the German Europa-park (I.E. this is where the thempark design lore for Az starts). They have some problematic rides that they won't remove because the park is basicaly the legacy/catalouge for the biggest design and build company for these rides that's owned by the family. One brother runs the park, the other the design company and neither of them has the stones to remove one of daddies rides.

@@thm540 In the case of europa park storing would be verry hard. Both problematic rides are big boatrides one of them being a darkride. You could keep some animatronics but that's about all you could preserve. It's also an interesting point you're making about history in this context as the theme of europa park is europe and it's history. The problematic rides are themed after the netherlands and the 'golden age'. The age we used to call golden because we got realy rich, but should be called golden because it deserves a gold medal for being the most problematic. So I reccon that people who want the rides to stay could have similar arguments as people who want to keep around confederate statues. The actual descision to keep it around is made by the family in this case, and i'm not sure if the larger debate has any influence on the matter (even though I think that it should be the deciding factor). The actual things that influence the descision right now are pride, and family hirarchy. The dad built what is now the largest ride designer company in the world. I'm sure you have been in one of their rides without even knowing it. And as basicaly a side buisness they have the biggest and most critically acclaimed themepark in europe. As you can imagine that's somthing you can't achieve without an iron will. So even though the dad has been dead for 10 years, and the daily management of the company has been shifted to his grandchildren. The whole family still decides, and they still honor the wishes of the iron willed originator of the park.

@@thm540 To put it in more international terms. Walt Disney wasn't the nicest man and in todays standards he would be problematic. Imagine if Disney was still a family owned company instead of shareholder owned. That's the situation in Europa park.

@@rotciv003 this is so true, I live in denmark and here we have a park with an almost identical in build and theme ride at Juros Sommerland, it's statue is more of a 'tiki face' and it has no song but it's still pretty awful and it's really inappropriate that it's been left up rather than reskinned a little or outright removed, to be honest the whole 'jungle' section of that park has issues and really needs fixing up and changeing rather than adding new rollercoasters to the farmyard section :\

Really? As a black person, I never had a problem with Mr. Cannibale. I grew up with it as well. Used to be my favorite ride when I was younger.

Because, you die only in one language :-)

The park was made in the fifties, where they didn't expect to get such an international public, so not everything in the fairytaleforest is completely translated.

In WHICH 2 languages ???? Ever thought about that question ? ... lol

😭 Thank you Abi

Blood, sweat, and SO MANY tears went into this. Thank you. I’d like to get better at FILMING in the future, but find a way to not sacrifice documenting a genuine experience at the park.

I am on a "queeste" to find the full version....so far to no avail. The selection of a synth-pop song about humankinds desire for power and control but in a totally stripped down and soft version at the very moment Az goes into full fangi....potion seller mode has to be deliberate.

It's on spotify if you happen to use it!

Next time for sure

If you go There you have to sit in front though. It makes major difference even if you have to wait extra. Maybe have a raincoat though

@@Laroling would also be handy for the piranha

Yes it is very sad news. It was a wonderful attraction, too bad people couldn't see the cannibal's character as something funny, too bad they declare something so innocent racism. When will the whining about racism stop, not everything is racism.