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6 unusual facts about Efteling


Efteling

Ton van de Ven, who designed many of Efteling's attractions, is also a good friend of Disney's Tony Baxter (senior vice president of Walt Disney Imagineering).

1995 - Efteling Golf course (Dutch: Golfclub Efteling) (Golf course)

Kaatsheuvel

To this end a theme park, called The Efteling, was completed on 31 May 1952, and tourism gradually replaced the shoe industry as the major economic draw of the city.

Kaatsheuvel is (internationally) well known for the Efteling theme park.

Peter Reijnders

At a family gathering in 1951, Reijnders was asked by his father-in-law, mayor Van der Heijden, to investigate the possibilities for making the just-established Efteling Naturepark more attractive.

He is best known for his crucial role in founding the theme park Efteling.


Anton Pieck

In the comic Spike and Suzy, the characters visit De Efteling three times, in De Efteling-elfjes, in Fata Morgana and in De belhamel-bende.

By the Sleepy Lagoon

In 2012, the musical piece became the main musical theme of the water fountain spectacle Aquanura at the Dutch theme park Efteling.

Peter Reijnders

His last visit to Efteling was in 1972, when the park received the Pomme d'Or, the highest award in the European tourist industry.

Sinbad the Sailor

Sinbad provides the theme for Sindbad's Storybook Voyage at Tokyo DisneySea, for a roller coaster at the Efteling theme park at Kaatsheuvel, Netherlands, and for an elaborate live-action stunt show, The Eighth Voyage of Sindbad, at the Universal Orlando Resort in Florida.

The Kingstone School

Kingstone School was home to the Kingstone Concert Band (formerly Kingstone School Concert Band), which played at Blackpool Opera House, Disneyland Paris, Efteling theme park in Holland, and which in April 2006 toured Barcelona promoting Concert bands in the area.

The Red Shoes

An attraction in the Fairy Tale Forest of the Dutch amusement park Efteling, adaptation of the fairy tale


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