EFTELING
The Netherlands
Park News - (1/31/2026) In an effort to be more inclusive it seems Efteling is now introducing a new initiative to enhance accessibility for their guests by adding subtitles and audio descriptions to several of the park’s attractions. Subtitles of attractions will now be available in English, French, German or Dutch through the official Efteling guest app that will run on sync with the voices as they play on the attraction. For those who are visually impaired, look for audio descriptions to be added to the app later this year for select attractions and in the Fairytale Forest. Follow the link for more details.
(9/1/2025) If you are planning on visiting Efteling this year, know that the park’s B&M Dive Coaster (Baron 1898) is now closed for the next several months for repainting, and to allow for site prep and early construction on the park’s 2026 new addition, Hooghmoed, that will open very close to the where Baron dives underground.
 Late 2026 - New Raveleijn Show, Hooghmoed and Magicaluna - (2/28/2026) Hooghmoed, the themed new family drop towers coming to Efteling are now slated to open on May 1st, 2026. You will find the park’s latest creation sitting in the shadow of the massive Baron 1898 dive coaster, where they have been themed to fit in along with the storyline behind the Baron, as riders are tasked to be chimney sweeps and clean the gold smeltery smoke stack.
(1/26/2026) Efteling has announced a new 20-minute show is coming to the park on April 3rd called Magicaluna, which will follow the adventures of a teenage girl name Luna who’s bedroom is transformed into a “grand dream spectacle”.
(9/6/2025) According to Blooloop, Efteling is working on creating a new themed area and attraction as a themed tie-in to the park’s Raveleijn show. In addition, the Raveleijn show itself will undergo a complete update, featuring a new storyline, theming, and new special effects. The new attraction itself will be created just “outside the city walls of Raveleijn” and has been described as “a rotating flying experience” where guests can “soar as if on the wings of ravens”. Not to over simplify it, but while this sounds like a custom themed Dumbo style ride on the surface, the experience is also described as having “many flowing movements and tilting motions” to create a “sense of intensity and excitement, making it a truly thrilling experience.” This is Efteling we are talking about, so there is no telling as to what the final experience may be like.
They also say that the current version of the Raveleijn show will only play through to the end of this season and that the new show and new attraction won’t be ready to open until we are closer to the end of the 2026. This is all in addition to the new family tower ride that will be ready to open in Summer 2026 next to the Baron 1989 dive coaster.
(7/2/2025) Blooloop confirms that Efteling has named the park’s planned new family attraction for Summer 2026. The new ride will be a family friendly free-fall tower style ride to be located next to the park’s Baron 1898 dive coaster and be called “Hooghmoed”. If you’ve experienced Baron 1898, then the name is likely familiar, as the new drop tower is named after the dive coaster’s Baron Gustave Hooghmoed character, who owned the cursed mining themed attraction. Located close to where Baron 1898 dives underground into the gold mine, the new drop-tower ride will be themed like a huge Chimney / Ventilation shaft structure, which is where the riders come in, as they are being asked to serve as as the Baron’s chimney sweeps, with a storyline that will tie into the existing story of the Baron and the wailing women. (Interesting note: Hooghmoed translates into English as “Pride”)
2027 - New Fairytale Experience - (1/26/2026) Efteling has confirmed that a new fairytale experience will open in the park in 2027 called The Fairytale Library. This will cause the closure of the current Chinese Nightingale area on March 8th, which will return later in a new form as the current structure is no longer “in good condition” and needs to be removed.
2030 Masterplan - (7/18/21) Efteling talks with BlooLoop about the development of the park over the years, as well as a peek at where they are going, now that the park’s 2030 development plans were finally approved in June. This includes a map of the overall site, with several future areas marked for expansion or “Uitbreiding” of Efteling Park in various directions.
(6/3/21) Efteling has won approval for the theme park resorts 2030 master plan, detailing how they would like to expand the resort over the next decade. Specific attractions are not mentioned, but they do show expansion sites for the park to use behind the Reizenrijk area, next to the Efteling Hotel and on sites currently used for overflow parking. Based on past rumors, it sounds like the expansion plans once intended for 2020 may be the first ones to be worked on in the near future, which was to add a new expansion land, possibly connected to the Reizenrijk area.
(1/20/18) Efteling is ready to begin moving forward with a dramatic plans to expand the park into new land as part of their "World of Efteling 2030" masterplan. According to a new post at BlooLoop, they have come to the government to ask for permission to begin working on the first phase of this expansion in order to prepare the 3 hectares site for a new attraction they wish to open in 2020.
According to a map shown, the first phase site will be across the back road of the park, right next door to the Efteling Hotel. This makes me wonder if the 2020 attraction, may be part of the New Coaster rumor we heard a few months back predicted for 2019... as the location given for the coaster (somewhere between Vogel Rok and the Ruigrijk area) is also exactly where the future 2020 to 2030 expansion site lies. Stay tuned...
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