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Water Organ to Re-Open?

23 Friday May 2014

Posted by EftelingUK in All Updates and News, Updates from 2014

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Efteling’s Waterorgel is located in the Steam Carousel building.  The sign remains pointing to the entrance, but it hasn’t been operational for a good few years now.  If you’ve never seen it before, think of it as a mini Aquanura.  It is currently used as a television studio for Efteling Media, but according to looopings.nl, Efteling have been refurbishing the space, and hinting that it may re-open again (hopefully).  It seems that once they finish filming what they are currently filming in there, that they could then concentrate on renovating the organ.  Apparently, the organ is still there and intact, just boarded up for now.

The Waterorgel has been located in Efteling since 1966, so by today’s standards it is a little bit dated, however there does seem to be a lot of love for the organ from Efteling fans.

Mermaid on side of Steam Carousel

Mermaid on side of Steam Carousel

Waterorgel Foyer Entrance

Waterorgel Foyer Entrance

As you look at the Steam Carousel, you’ll see there are 3 entrances; the middle one takes you to the carousel, the right side takes you to the Diorama, and the left side takes you to the Water Organ.  Of course, without the organ there, there isn’t much reason to go through that entrance.

However, if you look up above and around the entrance, you will see many water-related images, mainly mermaids and fish; something you wouldn’t really understand the relevance of if you aren’t aware of the organ being there.  Inside at either side of the dancing fountains there were also two mermaid statues to be found.

 

Many years ago, before Efteling opened for Winter, many props and figures from around the park were taken into the Water Organ Hall for maintenance.  On this photo of Sailor Gijs undergoing maintenance from 1991 you can see a fish painted on the wall in the background, so no prizes as to guessing where he’s sitting!

Holle renovation

Johan van Gurp, 31 January 1991

Hopefully the organ will be renovated soon and opened up again to the public.  Better to have at least something in that side of the Carousel building than just an empty room, and the organ really does have its own charm!

 

 

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Efteling UK is 2 Today!

24 Wednesday Jul 2013

Posted by EftelingUK in All Updates and News, Building Efteling UK, Updates from 2013

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It doesn’t seem like 5 minutes since we were sitting in Het Witte Paard in Efteling, thinking that it would be cool to create an English Efteling fan page.  Two years later, here we are!

We've Been Handing Out the Party Hats Again...

We’ve Been Handing Out the Party Hats Again…

We have 87 Twitter followers, 222 Facebook ‘likes’ (and growing!) and our site has had over 38,000 hits!  Also, we recently had our first article outside of Efteling UK published on MiceChat.com 🙂

Aside from these numerical statistics, and most importantly, we have made a great number of friends who share our love of all things Efteling.  A big thank you to the people who continue to contribute to, and follow the site.

Remember to share us with your friends!

And now, out comes the Laaf beer 😀

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Winter Efteling

16 Wednesday Nov 2011

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Winter Efteling is now underway, starting on November 10th and ending February 5th.  What is different about Winter Efteling?  Well, as well as many of the characters throughout the park being wrapped up in their thermals, guests can enjoy skating, snow sliding, skiing, a Bavarian market, crackling campfires and heaps of Christmas lights.  A recent addition to Winter Efteling are the new projection shows on Villa Volta, The Flying Dutchman and Spookslot, which are very impressive!

Even the mermaid wraps up for Winter Efteling!

I personally haven’t visited Efteling during their Wintertime, but it does look like a lot of fun, and I love that a lot of the inhabitants of the park are dressed for the season!

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Mermaid image from http://www.jacobsotten.eu/Efteling.htm

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