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The (Golden Tulip) Efteling Hotel

09 Monday Mar 2015

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Does anyone remember when the Efteling Hotel was a part of the Golden Tulip Hotels group?  It was many years ago now, but while sorting through some old papers we found this leaflet advertising Efteling merchandise (click images for a closer look).

Golden Tulip Golden Tulip 2Check out the Swarovski jewellery!  The celebration cakes also look really nice, and who can pass up Laaf beer?!  We also found some old maps which state that Efteling is the ‘funniest’ day out in the Netherlands.  What a strange word to use to describe Efteling!

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The Belgians are Coming!

12 Tuesday Aug 2014

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Efteling has seen a 25% rise in Belgian visitors than there were in the same period last year.  That’s a lot of Belgians!

They also claim that there has been a rise in the number of guests visiting from Germany, France and Britain.  You’re welcome, Efteling!

Apparently the accommodation+park tickets options are just right for us foreign bods.  Shame about the transport from wherever you fly to/sail to.  It would be great to have an Efteling shuttle just like Disney do (oops, did we say the ‘D’ word?!).  Struggling on and off trains and buses with suitcases and kids isn’t ideal!

In other news, if you are residing anywhere outside of the Netherlands or Belgium, don’t try to buy anything from the Efteling webshop, as they won’t ship to your address any more.  Personally, we’ve spent a lot of money with them over the last couple of years when they started shipping to the U.K, so it’s a bit of a shame.  Nevertheless, that’s only a better excuse to visit the park and stock up on Droomvlucht room spray!

Info from vijfzintuigen.nl

Efteling to Open New Coaster and Extend Bosrijk

18 Friday Apr 2014

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Never fear though, apparently the Python coaster is staying!  The new Director of the park, Fons Jurgens, has announced the new coaster, which will be a dive coaster similar to Oblivion at Alton Towers, with a 37 foot fall to the ground.  We’re quite interested as to what the story will be surrounding the ride, and where exactly it will be built.  The coaster will open in 2015, and it’s costing €36 million…not too much then…

 

In other news, Bosrijk is having new rooms added!  Right now there are 1150 beds, but soon there will be 1550!  Great news for Bosrijk lovers.Bosrijk

This news will surely help Efteling to its target of having 5 million visitors through their gates by 2020.

Fata Morgana Suite

27 Thursday Feb 2014

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The Efteling Hotel houses a great many themed rooms, including The Flying Dutchman, Cinderella, and the Laaf suite.  So of course, they had to have a Fata Morgana Suite!

It even has a whirlpool bath and a revolving bed!

New Efteling Hotel Themed Suite

11 Wednesday Dec 2013

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The ‘Excellence Suite’ is the newest of the Efteling Hotel’s many themed suites.  It does what it say on the tin.  It is a luxurious suite for two people, with a whirlpool and two showers right next to each other!  The photos of it don’t get us terribly excited (we’d be happier with a Raveleijn Suite or a Droomvlucht Suite) but it does seem ‘nice’.  We think that it may be aimed at newly-weds, even though there is already a bridal suite.

Click here to see the photos. 

Any thoughts?

Breakfast at Bosrijk

30 Monday Sep 2013

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If you have ever stayed at Bosrijk, you will be familiar with the option to have breakfast.  You can choose to have it on any morning of your stay, and it costs 15,50€ per adult and 7,75€ for kids between 4 and 12.  If you don’t want to pay that much for breakfast every day, the store at Bosrijk’s reception sells bread, cereals, milk etc so that you can make your own.DSC_0387

The breakfast is a buffet, with the usual offerings.  You’ll find breads, cereals, various meats and cheeses, eggs and bacon, juice and yoghurt as well as coffee and various teas.  You’ll also find the best egg warmer you’ve ever seen:

Sandman Egg Warmer and Egg Cups

Sandman Egg Warmer and Egg Cups

There are seats inside the building as well as outside and in the conservatory.  If you get a chance to have breakfast here, it’s definitely worth it!

 

Golden Coke Bottles?!

25 Sunday Aug 2013

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If you have stayed at the Efteling Hotel, you will have noticed vending machines on every other floor next to the elevators.  We noticed that on the wall next to the machines, was a photo frame that contained a message…

The Message

The Message

How cute!  We’d love to know what you win if you find one!

Pizza at Bosrijk

08 Wednesday May 2013

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Whilst staying at Bosrijk, the time may come when you feel the need to call for a pizza.  Of course, you can go and pick one up from the main building, however if your cottage/apartment is a little further out, you may want to have one delivered.

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On our last visit, in the name of research, (of course) we ordered a pizza for delivery.  The number is located in your accommodation, along with a menu.  Once you have ordered your pizza, wait a little while, and a man on a bike will turn up at your door.  Your pizza has arrived!

 

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Now for the verdict.  We had been meaning to order on of these for a while, because we’d seen people wandering around with pizzas and got a little bit jealous!  We ordered some sort of chicken pizza, and it arrived fairly quickly.  Unfortunately, it wasn’t as good as we’d hoped.  It was sort of hard on the base and didn’t have a lot of flavour.  Of course, all pizzas are different, so I would still encourage people to try one, even just for the novelty of it turning up on a bike 🙂

 

 

Bosrijk is Lacking Suitcase Space!

10 Sunday Mar 2013

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There are a LOT of rooms at Bosrijk, so naturally, there is a lot of luggage passing through.  Sometimes, if you get there early and your room isn’t ready, you will need to leave your suitcases in the space provided while you go out and enjoy the park.  Now, with all those rooms, you would imagine that Bosrijk would have left a lot of space for baggage…but they haven’t.  About a metre and a half wide by about 2 and a half metres is the space in which you are expected to cram your suitcases, strollers, golf clubs etc.  Get some Vaseline on your suitcase and get ready to push!  We managed to take a low quality photo of the ordeal; note the cases that have been left all over the floor outside of the baggage area.

DSC_0094Oh, and good luck to the person who has their suitcase on the bottom of the pile!

Bosrijk Drinks to Keep You Warm

25 Friday Jan 2013

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In this weather, you may want to have a few hot drinks to keep you warm.  Although you will find lots of hot chocolate and coffee in Efteling, Bosrijk has some very nice alcoholic coffees.  They even come with an Efteling chocolate!  They do seem to be quite strong, so maybe have one later in the day 😉

SAM_0264Here is the price list, though it isn’t very cheap, it is definitely worth it:

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