Wednesday, May 15, 2013

a day out at the Efteling with new friends

The Edfeling is a fairy-tale themed amusement park in Holland. This was my first visit since I was in my teens. It's even more fun now than I remember it being back then!
 At the main entrance
 Lovely band
 Starting our adventure on the Fata Morgana
 Terrifying camel
 see?

 Scary troll
 almost got it!
 Joris en de Draak roller-coaster (George and the Dragon)
 having fun while waiting in line for Joris en de Draak
 On one of those giant ship-swing-rides
 Wheee!!
 One of my friends didn't want to ride, she's standing to the left of the trash-can, about in the center of this pic.
 in line for De Vliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman), a haunted boat ride and roller-coaster
 Awesome detail work on the design of the rides. This is the view from one of the boats on the Vliegende Hollander

 Slippery turtle
 and I couldn't manage to get myself up on top - too slippery, but worth a TON of laughs!


 Peek-a-boo! Mushroom house
 Rapunzel
 Creepy goat children
 Big Bad Wolf knocking at Red Riding Hood's house
 "Knibbel, knabbel knuisje, wie knabbelt er aan mijn huisje?" - met Hans en Grietje (Hansel and Gretel)
 Pink and Blue pidgeons!
 Carnaval ride! Kinda like the Efteling version of "It's a Small World"
 Dutch area
 loonies on the ride
 time for a nap
 France


 Japan

 Look, ma! No Hands!
 Africa
 Mexico
 Vogelrok, an indoor coaster in pitch-dark. Fun, but rather scary.
 Back on the Vliegende Hollander
 Once more on Joris en de Draak
 Grand Finale: water and fire show, to music. The soundtrack is from the theme songs from the rides in the park.


The view of the entrance. The roof is thatched!

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