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Park News - (9/14/07) Screamscape sources tell us that Efteling has closed down Vliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman) for the rest of the season. The park is still not satisfied with the reliability of the ride after suffering numerous malfunctions over the season. The attraction has had quite a troubled history to begin with as it was designed by Kumbak (a new company formed by former Vekoma people) to have opened in 2006 only to remain closed for the entire season. Intamin was then said to have been brought on board to provide the fix and while they managed to open it at last in 2007, obviously it inherited some of the poor reliability and breakdown problems that many Vekoma and Intamin attractions are known for. They might have better luck trying someone else to fix it for 2008 like Mack, ABC Rides or BEAR Rides, all of which are known for their water rides. 

2008 - Droomrijk (Dreamland) - (9/22/06) The project has been redesigned from scratch to please everyone and is now planned to open in 2008 at this time. Though I’m not sure if it will even use the same name by the time it opens.
  (3/1/04) The latest information about the highly contested resort hotel project from a European source indicates that the project has been given approval again from the “highest local providence”. However, because of all of the project delays from the environmentalists and envisioning future protests the project’s opening has been pushed back to 2007.
  (7/2/03) You know there just has to be some kind of strange chemical floating around in the air up in The Netherlands. (Could it be from Amsterdam?) I know this must be true because the latest news from across the pond is just odd. It seems the new plans from Efteling to build a Resort Hotel have once again been met with opposition from a group of local environmentalists who have taken to living up in the branches of the trees to prevent any construction in the forest.
  (4/25/03) The latest buzz in the news is that a group of angry local villagers have risen up to protest against the park’s new resort project. Their claim that the new resort would cause massive damage to the environment was taken seriously by the Dutch government and now all permits for the project have been suspended. To quote our source: “In the past, local environmentalists had been able to block many crucial projects in the history of De Efteling. It was only after fierce employee protests that De Efteling was re-allowed to build there looping roller coaster Python back in 1981. Since then, they haven't been able to get rid of the environmentalist organization BMF. This organization protests against virtually any building permit request by De Efteling.”