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Monthly Archives: March 2014

Piraña Interactive Elements

28 Friday Mar 2014

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From loooping.nl

FWith thanks to Eric Rovers

Piraña has been closed for renovation for a good few months now, getting a complete overhaul.  Most recently, some new statues have appeared at the ride, a very noticeable difference!  They are more ‘in your face’ colour-wise than the rest of the ride, but they fit in perfectly.  The idea (seems to be) that smaller statues control the larger ones, and that the larger ones spit out water when a guest interacts with the small ones.  If you have visited Disney’s Animal Kingdom, they have a very similar idea on their rapids ride, where guests stand on a bridge with two buttons that allow you to control water that spurts out at people on the ride. These are much cooler!

In the video here you can see water trickling like a waterfall out of their mouths, rather than spitting.

Video from eftel1ngfan

 

Here’s the instructions: You put your hand in the mouth of the statues to request water, then the water pressure is increased, and the idol in the river begins to vomit water…lovely!  

With thanks to Eric Rovers

With thanks to Eric Rovers

Also the last line of those instructions is: ‘Beware, the dragon on the idol sometimes spits at you’

So maybe the idol vomits a lot, and spits if you’re lucky?  Or unlucky, depending if you are on the ride or just a spectator 😉 Either way, we feel that Piraña needed an update and it’s looking pretty good.

We keep praying that Spookslot is next on the list!

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Joris en de Draak Fire vs. Water

23 Sunday Mar 2014

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Our friends at Mushroom Productions recently shared a video with us that they recorded on Joris en de Draak.  This has to be one of the only rides where it is more fun to ride separately from the rest of your group, so you can race each other to the end!

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New Efteling Mugs

16 Sunday Mar 2014

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As Springtime creeps up on us, so do new mugs at Efteling!  Efteling have produced many small coffee mugs in the past, usually representing the different seasons, but this time they are representing different characters.

Blue Mug: Fakir

Red Mug: Roodkapje (of course!)

Yellow Mug: Heraut 

Green Mug: Kabouter

Photo from our friend Eftel Wesley:  http://www.eftelwesley.nl/

Photo from our friend EftelWesley: http://www.eftelwesley.nl/

To get one, you simply need to buy a coffee for 4,50, and the mug is yours!

Our doors are open if anyone would like to send us one over 😉

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Laaf Bread!

12 Wednesday Mar 2014

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lavenbakkersIf you shop at an Emté supermarket, you may have noticed over the last few months that you can now buy bread which has been made by the people of Laaf!  Of course, who better to make bread?  The three bakers in the Laaf Village have been baking away for many years now, so their bread must be very tasty!

Here are the different types of Laaf bread you can buy:

Laafbroden

The Emté site even has some recipes for the Laaf bread.

Here’s how it works…

The Three Laven Bakers day in and day out bake the most delicious fresh breads.  Their secret?

They are up early in order to harvest the grain.  Between the millstones of Lariekoek Huys in the Laaf Village, the grain is freshly ground and the best meal of the whole Lavenlaar made.  In the bakery the Bakers knead the dough until it is elastic.  The dough is left to rise, and baked in the oven using traditional methods.
When the bread smells delicious and is a light brown colour, it is ready to leave the bakery.  Then off it goes to the EMTÉ supermarket…

It’s very nice to see the people of Laaf getting around outside of the park again!

All images from Emté Supermarkten 

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The Story of, and the ‘Making of’ the White Horse

06 Thursday Mar 2014

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The White Horse restaurant was recently renovated, and Efteling have posted a little ‘making of’ video to show the transition.  They have also created a story to go with the new theming of the restaurant.  We’d like to say thank you to our friend Milena for providing a translation of the story.  You can read it on her website here in both Dutch and English, and we’ve also included it in English below.

 

The White Horse

There was once a poor work horse that spent its days with a mean old farmer. The horse stood lonely and alone in a damp shed. Its fur was grey and drab.

“Oh if I only had a little friend” the horse thought often. One day the farmer harnessed him to the plough. The ground was hard and progress was difficult.

“Faster, you lazy thing!” the farmer who whipped him ranted. “Work! Until you drop!” Suddenly a coach drove past. It had little children in it who were singing cheerful songs. But the horse was especially interested in the strange black stallion who pulled the carriage. Its long tail shone blue-green in the morning sun.

“What are you staring at old nag?” shouted the farmer. “Get!” The whip cracked again while the coach disappeared from view. That evening there sat a peacock on the roof of the shed. He put his head through a hole in the roof.

“I saw you getting fiercely whipped”

“Oh you saw that?” the horse asked with some surprise.

“It has always been like that unfortunately”

”Then its time you escaped”

“But where would I go?” asked the horse.

“Walk into the forest straight away” Said the peacock

“Then everything will be all right” The next minute he disappeared. The horse decided that the peacock was right. The misery had lasted long enough. The next day was a Sunday. The horse knew that the farmer always went away on that day although he did not know where. But this was the best time to escape. With a savage kick the horse kicked the shed door out of its hinges. He trotted into the forest and enjoyed his freedom. But after a little while he grew tired and hungry. Suddenly the peacock appeared again.

”Hold on!” the bird shouted cheerfully.

“You are going the right way”. And he was gone again. The horse walked on, deeper and deeper into the forest. But his courage was sinking into his hooves. The next day the peacock crossed paths with him again.

”Hold on! You are on the right track” Again the bird vanished into the forest. The horse just about saw a glimpse of its beautiful tail. He was suddenly reminded of the stallion that had the brilliant tail, the one who pulled the carriage. Also in the following days the peacock came for a moment and kept telling him to hold on. But the poor horse couldn’t. He had been dragging himself along for too long without food or drink. On the morning of the seventh day the peacock again stood before him.

“Oh no” The horse shouted angrily.

“Here he comes again with his ‘hang on!’

But the peacock said happily: “Not this time because you are there.” And sure enough, the very next moment he came to a sunny spot. There stood a stately white house with peculiar vases on the roof. Through the open doors happy voices sounded and on the terrace children were playing. They ran to him and patted him gently on his flanks.

“He looks so dreadful” A girl said. “So thin and dirty” Then they let the horse eat off their plates and drink from their glasses. It tasted delicious. The host of the teahouse came outside.

“Now, now you’re a sight old boy! We will give you a thorough makeover.” As soon as the horse had eaten his fill the children started on him with buckets of soap. They scrubbed and brushed his fur, washed and combed his mane and kept hugging him. The work horse felt like a luxurious horse and was enjoying it very much.

“You look like a parade horse with that lovely shiny fur!” said the host. He took the horse inside, where cheerful people were sitting at splendidly decked out tables. “Dear people” shouted the host. “Does anyone recognise this beautiful horse? It walked in today. Most people shook their head. Suddenly the horse was terribly frightened. Right by him sat the mean farmer! But to his surprise the farmer didn’t recognise him. The farmer said

“What a nice nag you’ve got there, host! It’s very different from the ugly beast that ran away from me last week. Well… its best days were behind it anyway!” Relieved the horse turned its head. Then he saw his reflection in a big shiny vase. But it wasn’t a drab, grey horse that he saw. No, there stood a splendid white horse straight and proud. It gave him a warm proud feeling. The host took him outside. “Well if you don’t belong to anyone then you will just have to live here. And from now on my establishment will be called ‘The White Horse’!

“You see don’t you?” said the peacock to the horse a little while later.

“As long as you hold on”,

”Yes certainly, thanks to you” The horse answered happily.

“If you say so” the peacock laughed. And before his eyes the bird turned into the blue tailed stallion. The white horse was speechless.

“If you will be living here from now on, we could be friends.” said the other horse.

“This is the best day of my life!” cheered the white horse. He reared in his joy. The new friends were strung in front of the carriage together. The children climbed inside and they rode away singing. Their song sounded like music in polished clean ears of the overjoyed horse:

“On Sundays we drink lemonade And eat whipped cream pie Then we play the whole day long At ’The White Horse’!”

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Het Witte Paard Re-Opens!

01 Saturday Mar 2014

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It has been closed for a little while to be given a makeover, and now it is open once again!  The White Horse (Het Witte Paard) has been transformed to give the feel of a tea room; very classy!

wittepaardnew

Photo by Eftelwesley.nl

There are teapots, plates and elaborate decor everywhere!  It is definitely an improvement on before, theming-wise, and is even brighter and looks more spacious than before as well.

Click here for a LOT more photos by our friend Eftelwesley, plus a few more.

And remember the big white horse?  He’s been evicted.  However, we have it on good authority that he is still alive and well, living elsewhere…

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