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Park News - (11/4/09) I’ve been told that Efteling has announced that with the opening of the park in April 2010, their intention is to run the park year-round, closing only on January 1st. The opening of the Bosrijk resort hotel in December will only help keep guests on-site for when the park attempts to stay open all year long. You can see some construction pictures of Bosrijk here.  Attendance at the park is also at an all time high, as the park reports that they brought in an extra 1 million guests in 2009 compared to 2008.

2010 - Joris en de Draak - (7/9/10) Theme Park Review has posted their own HD video footage of Joris en de Draak to YouTube showing off both the Fire and Water tracks. Embedded below for your enjoyment.  Oh, and they have some off-ride photos too.

    (7/6/10) Last week we were sent a POV video showing off the “water” side of Joris en du Draak, so now we present to you the other side of this racing / dueling coaster experience.

    (7/2/10) A great new POV video shot from Joris de Draak at Efteling and shot by one of our readers has been embedded below. Looks like one hell of a ride. Enjoy!

    (8/14/09) Efteling announced the other day that GCI has been hired to build the park’s newest wooden coaster.
    (7/20/09) Efteling surprised the world this weekend when they announced that they would build Joris en du Draak (Saint George and the Dragon) for next season. Earlier this year the park did announce that they didn’t think they would be able to keep Pegasus much longer and this is still the case, as the new coaster will replace Pegasus. Joris en de Draak will be a double tracked dueling coaster creation. You can find a rough bit of artwork showing off the coaster at ParkPlanet, and after seeing this I have to say I immediately thought about Lightning Racer at Hersheypark. Could this be another GCI creation? According to one report, Pegasus has already been closed down for good and the new coaster is said to be 25 meters tall and 1,400 meters long. On top of this I’ve also been told that the park will add “Sprookjesboom”, a sort of animated talking tree, to the park’s fairtytale woods.

2011 - Ravelijn - Confirmed - (7/11/10) An interesting little scene has been built as a preview of Ravelijn at Efteling, where some creepy music plays and there is a funny surprise ending. Raveleijn is a new fairly large outd oor show arena currently under construction that is said to cost between 30 and 50 million Euros. The structure will offer a new medieval / fantasy show called Raven Riders with seating for up to 1000 (with heated benches suitable for winter use plus a heated sand stage floor suitable for horses). The area will also offer a new restaurant on the lower level as well as new office space on the upper floors. A bit more info can be found at Eftelist.nl and check out the preview video of the “Magic Gate” entry area already built below.

2012 - Hartenhof - Confirmed - (7/22/10) I’m told that the ride system for the new Efteling dark ride will actually be from Vekoma and should be something very unique that is inspired by the Pandora’s Box ride concept hardware Vekoma designed a few years ago, but never actually built anywhere. It’s not a true Pandora’s Box… just based on a similar concept.
    Pandora’s Box was kind of an odd idea of having a ride car able to move along a track around the outside perimeter of a structure divided into different show scenes. However the riders could not only move sideways around the edge... but up and down as well, moving from floor to floor. For this new version... ignore the robot arm looking seats. I’m told to think of this more like a large moving cabin of seats. More on this when we find out.
    (5/28/10) Efteling has announced a major new dark ride project that will open at the end of May 2012 and be themed to the park’s mascot, Pardoes, the Magician. The ride will be located near the front of the park at the end of Pardoes Promenade and be themed as Hartenhof, the castle home of the the father of Pardoes’ girlfriend Pardijn. The estimated cost of the ride is 42 million Euros. According to the story at Eftelist, the ride may feature a Mack ride system and possibly used Augmented Reality technology.

Future Projects - (1/12/09) I have no idea how solid or wild this rumor if, but we’ve heard a quiet rumor that Efteling may be working on a plan to build a B&M Flyer with a Gargoyle theme. Anyone know more?
    (12/19/08) We’ve heard that Efteling is planning on spending about 40 million Euros on the park over the next four years, with plans to add a new themed restaurant, a new train station, a special event location and a convention center. The new restaurant (Likkebaerd) should open in 2009, with the event location (Raveleijn) to open in 2010. The new convention center (Be Burcht) is planned for the 2012 season. You can find artwork for some of these projects posted to ParkPlanet.nl.