hansrubens Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 Hi everyone, I got the opportunity to visit my brother on his holiday and we went to De Efteling last thursday. Even though the weather wasn't that good it still was a bit crowdy. There were a lot of school trips. But then again the lines at De vliegende hollander and Python were just 25 minutes. Plopsa Indoor posted on page 2. On to the pics. Python. Fata Morgana Vliegende Hollander and Pegasus. Caroussel building Boatride The hotel with Vogelrok Have I mentioned that this park is landscaped very well. Now some overview pics taken from the Flying Island. Pegasus. You get some nice airtime here. It goes up really fast but when it reaches the top it almost comes to complete stop. When you want to get rid of your gum just go ride Pegasus and put it on one of those trees. Wooden coaster Pegasus. Dark station pic. I love this ride since the day it opened. Just a five minute wait. Fata Morgana They were singing all the way up. Enjoy. Pirana theming Do I have to fit through there? Next up. How was your ride. Bob You can see the speed in this pic. Here we go. Happy riders? Those are my first POV pictures on a coaster. Someone's bag got stuck in the train. Bobbaan Beer!!! I like the way the smoke turned out. Splash 3,2,1... De vliegende Hollander ^ Inside the same building you can also find Diorama. Inside The grand Caroussel building. It's so beautiful. Sinterklaas. Doesn't this count as a coaster? Blur. I do like this ride. Droomvlucht. Lame Volk van Laaf POV Stupid Loekie Help me!!! Getting cooked. Things heated up at Monsieur Canibale. That bird swallowed this coaster. Whaa a big bird. ^ In De Efteling you see many of these statues. Those trains are man powered. They have some real kiddy rides too. Having fun on Polka Marina. Python's station Corkscrew time. Second Python through it's first loop. At least we had a warm welcome. See the place was packed with school children. The main entrance building is huge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyUD06 Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 How did you like those new Vekoma trains on Python? They look like they have you sit a lot higher which seems like it would make the lack of heartlining on Arrow/Vekoma coasters more apparent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansrubens Posted July 7, 2008 Author Share Posted July 7, 2008 How did you like those new Vekoma trains on Python? They look like they have you sit a lot higher which seems like it would make the lack of heartlining on Arrow/Vekoma coasters more apparent. I actually think that the trains are a bit closer to the track. But I didn't feel any difference on the transition to the corkscrew. I think those are always the most painfull parts of an Arrow/Vekoma. Due to the fact that I am a bit tall those new trains are horrible. --Hans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRapidsNerd Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 I liked this De Efteling TR for several reasons: The impressive entrance (VERY unique with a hint of Giger) The different style seats on Python? (Resembling Corona mid-century modern chairs.) Bobbaan AND (total suprise here) the rapids. Also love the detail on the carousel house and elsewhere in the park. Thanks for posting these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canobie Coaster Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Those Vekoma trains look interesting, but I doubt they could save riders from the beating ahead. I've always liked this park and this is a great TR of it. I absolutely love the Flying Dutchman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groteslurf Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Great pics Hans. Looking forward to the Plopsaindoor update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginzo Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Thanks for the pictures of my new favorite park. The place is really pretty and I've never seen any pictures that do it justice. For example, the queue for Flying Dutchman is at least as nice as the queue to Dueling Dragons, but it's really dark in there and thus hard to take decent pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almightyfire Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Now this is an excellent example how a park is supposed to look. Why is it here in America we don't have a lot of parks like this? Busch Gardens is one and of course the Disney and Universal parks are also but as a whole, those types are rare. I love the rides at Six Flags but there is no theme at all. Europe has the best parks around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansrubens Posted July 8, 2008 Author Share Posted July 8, 2008 I love the rides at Six Flags but there is no theme at all. Europe has the best parks around. Yeah I agree that europe has the best themed parks but I wish we had some more "big" coasters in europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almightyfire Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 i know we can have it both. Universal is supposed to be getting a big coaster next year in Florida. I have never visited any of those types of parks here because of the lack of big coasters, but if they did start getting them, they would get all of my money. I mean all. Just think Disney or Universal blended with Six Flags. I would love to see a Nitro or an El Toro at Universal. I know Universal could TRULY theme X. X is such a one of a kind coaster that it is no excuse for it NOT to be heavily themed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansrubens Posted July 8, 2008 Author Share Posted July 8, 2008 Part II - Plopsa Indoor Hasselt (Belgium) After De Efteling I moved on to Belgium were my sister and her family stayed to celebrate their holiday. We visited Plopsa Indoor on saturday. This is the small version of Toverland I guess. Ok here we go.... And of course there was a car crash. Slide Overview of the indoor part taken from the slide This is a fun ride. It had more air than I thought it would have. Bumper boats. Hey where did TPR go? There were only 10 cars and there was no ride operator so it was hard to get a car cause nobody was getting out. They kept on driving for hours. New Beatle Outside there were Electric cars. Whoooo. The most part of this coaster is in the dark. Lifthill It was a real milestone. Credit #175 Go girls. Bumper cars. The indoor part was nicely themed. The Restaurant was way too big for this park. We all could ride it. Hooray for the caroussel Hey she is stealing our kid. There is Kwebbel Samson and Gert the founders of Plopsa (studio 100) Yeah she is tall enough to ride. Next to Plopsa Indoor is a huge sports/music complex. Were here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnguy Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Nice pictures. I've always thought indoor parks like this looked cool for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeja Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Nice trip report, Hans! It's automatically nice when it's a report from Efteling I've never been to Plopsa Indoor before but it looks good. Maybe something to do during this summer vacation! The weather is perfect for indoor parks right now... Nice slide POV! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRapidsNerd Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Ms. Kwebbel? I'd like you to meet Sir Topum Hat, a successful politician and industrialist. (Both likeable, but they creep me out.) Love the themeing and detail inside Plopsa. Very cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noxegon Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Is there some unwritten rule that all visits to Efteling have to be made in overcast or rainy weather? Every time I've been there it has been horrid... And I agree, Plopsa Indoor is simply awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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