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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.

December 2009 - Bosrijk - (9/17/08) Efteling has announced that they will open Bosrijk, a new small resort area, by December 2009. There will be 78 normal rooms contained into a pair of buildings along with 82 small houses giving the resort a total of 1000 beds, along with a reception area, pool, and more. The official website is here and you can find concept artwork of the unique themed buildings here.

2010 - Joris en de Draak - Confirmed - (10/12/09) New blueprints showing off the coaster’s layout can be seen at Theme Park Review.
    (8/27/09) New construction pictures from Efteling as they prepare the site for Joris en de Draak can be found at TheParks.IT.
    (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 ne xt 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. The builder of the new coaster has yet to be announced, but Joris ed 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 a large show amphitheater and “Sprookjesboom”, a sort of animated talking tree, to the park’s fairtytale woods.

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.