History YMMV / Efteling

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Efteling is widely praised for its beautiful score to many rides, but [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFnUgqA3HpU Villa Volta]]'s epic soundtrack quite possibly [[StealthPun tops]] them all.
** A close second is "Pardoes Promenade" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6FsU6tVVV4 which is heard as guests leave the park entrance ("The House of the Five Sense") and enter the park's hub.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6QPBtJO5G0&t=96s Especially the orchestrated version]] and a variation heard [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCt-IWioLpo near the dancing fountains and Polles Keuken.]]

** The Water Organ, a classic theatre show with lights and fountains from the 1960's that was located in the Carousel Palace, has been permanently closed since 2010. In the meantime, the park has opened the fountain spectacle ''Aquanura'' in 2012, which is essentialy a much more modern and spectacular version of the type of show that the Water Organ was.

* SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: In honor of Anton Pieck's 125th Birthday, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOIhleQ0jIA Efteling created a special documentary about him]] alongside his involvement with the park. Most notably, his illustrations and design work for "Fairytale Forest".

* AdaptationDisplacement: It can be argued that some of the more obscure fairy tales and folk legends that are adapted in the park are more known for their presence at the Efteling than for their literary origins. Characters like Longneck and Holle Bolle Gijs spring to mind.

* FriendlyFandoms: With the Ride/DisneyThemeParks community, due to Efteling and the Disney Parks being family-friendly, intrinsically themed lands that place a big emphasis on atmosphere and telling fantastical stories through their rides and lands over providing simple thrills. It helps that Disney and Efteling are {{Friendly Rival}}s who have both taken plenty of inspiration from each other over the years, with Efteling outright helping Disney Imagineers with the development of Disneyland Paris.

** The teacup ride "Monsieur Cannibale" has frequently been blamed for featuring a stereotypical African cannibal character. The ride closed in late 2021 and got a retheming.

* FriendlyFandoms: With the Ride/DisneyThemeParks community, mostly from Disneyland Paris visitors (the latter is the only Disney theme park in Europe). It helps that Disney and Efteling themselves have a great working relationship, with Disney frequently getting advice from Efteling when building Disneyland Paris.
* FridgeBrilliance: The curse that torments Hugo van den Loonsche Duynen in Villa Volta can only be broken when his house is entered by 'a gentle person with the unblemished conscience of a newborn child'. As the curse is never broken, it implies that every visitor who has ever been to Villa Volta has [[GreyAndGrayMorality at least something on their conscience]]. And the fact that the ride is not accessible for pregnant women and babies, makes it virtually impossible to find someone who has the clear conscience Hugo needs.

* FriendlyFandoms: With the Ride/DisneyThemeParks community, mostly from Disneyland Paris visitors (the latter is the only Disney theme park in Europe).

** The bobsled coaster ''Bob'' was demolished in late 2019 and in its place came a double powered roller coaster for families called ''Max & Moritz''. Although the latter is a very different type of roller coaster and has a different target audience, it kept the essence of the Yodel Land theming of its predecessor.

*** From another point of view, ''Aquanura'' also functions as a SpiritualSuccessor to the still existing fountain of the Frog King in the Fairytale Forest, which was one of the original attractions of the Forest when it opened in 1952. As an homage to the Frog King fountain, the fountains of the Aquanura show are set into motion by four large frogs.

*** From another point of view, ''Aquanura'' also functions as a SpiritualSuccessor to the fountain of still existing fountain of the Frog King in the Fairytale Forest, which was one of the original attractions of the Forest when it opened in 1952. As an homage to the Frog King fountain, the fountains of the Aquanura show are set into motion by four large frogs.

* From another point of view, ''Aquanura'' also functions as a SpiritualSuccessor to the fountain of still existing fountain of the Frog King in the Fairytale Forest, which was one of the original attractions of the Forest when it opened in 1952. As an homage to the Frog King fountain, the fountains of the Aquanura show are set into motion by four large frogs that are larger copies of the ones on the fountains.

** The teacup ride "Monsieur Cannibale" has frequently been blamed for featuring a stereotypical African cannibal character. The ride closed in late 2021 to be rethemed.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: The addition of the ''Sprookjesboom''[[note]]Fairytale Tree[[/note]] from the eponymous media franchise into the park's Fairytale Forest is somewhat contested among fans. While the tree is very popular among park guests, some fans despise the fact that the tree explicitly refers to the fact that he originated in a television series and that he tells stories that make use of the trope FairyTaleFreeforAll, while the fairy tales depicted in the forest itself are considered as separate entities which do not interfere with one another.

* CryForTheDevil: Villa Volta somewhat invokes this effect. The ride's lead character, Hugo van den Loonsche Duynen, is depicted as a tormented and cursed old man who seeks to find his final rest. His charismatic nature makes it too easy to forget that he was formerly the leader of a satanic gang of robbers that terrorised the countryside during a period of sixty years.

** "Carnaval Festival" (an indoor ride featuring puppets representing people from different parts of the world -- often compared to Disneyworld's "Ride/ItsASmallWorld") previously featured a [[HollywoodNatives stereotypical savage tribe]] as well as East Asian characters portrayed with [[AsianBuckTeeth buck teeth]] and big glasses like in some 1940s {{Wartime Cartoon}}s. Both caricatures were replaced by more politically correct portrayals of Africans and East Asians in 2019.