Efteling has revealed more about the new themed area surrounding its upcoming Danse Macabre attraction, opening next year.
The theme park‘s creepy ‘Huyverwoud Forest’ is taking shape, with a sketch by designer Jeroen Verheij and a video of the construction site showing how the area will look.
The eerie zone will include the Danse Macabre attraction, and spooky F&B outlets called ‘In den Swarte Kat’ and ‘t Koetshuys’. Guests will enter the area via an abandoned and derelict abbey square.
Per a press release, the domain is home to the Charlatan family, whose barrel organ provides scary sounds for the experience.
Accessible attraction
From the abbey square, visitors aged eight and above will be taken into Danse Macabre’s forest and graveyard queue.
Danse Macabre is an accessible attraction. Koen Sanders, Efteling‘s director of products and marketing, said “a lot of thought has gone into the complete attraction experience, from entering the themed area to exiting”.
“We want Efteling to be a place for everyone, where everyone feels welcome,” Sanders said.
“That’s why we worked with experience experts and were advised by different partners with expertise on a particular disability.”
Efteling’s new Danse Macabre attraction will feature a unique ride system, not yet used anywhere else in the world.
Unique ride system
The 18-metre-wide turntable will have six smaller turntables with choir stalls mounted on top of it. The larger turntable will be able to rise, tilt and fall, spin like a coin, and fall flat.
Intamin, a creator of record-breaking amusement rides, has worked closely with Efteling to develop the new ride system.
Efteling closed its iconic ‘Spookslot’ haunted house in September, making room for Danse Macabre.
Meanwhile, the park is installing an additional 12,000 solar panels in a bid to become climate neutral by 2030 and climate positive by 2032.
Images: Efteling
