Efteling: General Discussion

[Josef Charlatan]

The logic is that a visitor that stays overnight counts as 1 visitor, but 2 visits. I.e. they travel to and from the park only once for their trip but visit the park twice. I believe that if an individual visited, say once in May and once in November, they would count as two visitors as they would have produced the nitrogen travelling to and from the park twice.

A recent appeal to increase visitor numbers was denied, so expect to see continued focus on overnight accommodation *cough cough the site to the right of the park entrance*

 

[Bowser]

The logic is that a visitor that stays overnight counts as 1 visitor, but 2 visits. I.e. they travel to and from the park only once for their trip but visit the park twice. I believe that if an individual visited, say once in May and once in November, they would count as two visitors as they would have produced the nitrogen travelling to and from the park twice.

A recent appeal to increase visitor numbers was denied, so expect to see continued focus on overnight accommodation *cough cough the site to the right of the park entrance*

How is this enforced in practice? Considering how close to the limit they are already, would there be a point at the end of the year where they’d stop selling day tickets?

 

[Josef Charlatan]

I have seen it suggested that tickets to Winter Efteling last year were capped at a relatively low level to ensure that the park didn't overshoot. I'm not sure if that is true or just rumour based on a quieter park.

School Trips are also not permitted, and parking perks for Annual Pass holders have been revoked to encourage use of Public Transport or reducing the total number of day visits.

When the cap was introduced Efteling did say that they would just pay the fine (I think something like 20 euro for every visitor above 5 million), but that was viewed pretty dimly.

It's also worth noting that Efteling are doing a huge amount to improve their sustainability, mostly, I would imagine, to be able to recieve more visitors. This includes a new Electric Bus Fleet Depot on site for the local operator, gasless heating, removal of all fire effects, and the steam trains being electrified.

 

[dgp17]

Efteling have released some statistics on their impressive 20205:

Great to see that Efteling is still going strong over 18,000 years from now. Terrific stuff.

 

[Jb85]

47% increase in visitors from England. Interesting.

Great park when I went a few years back. Everything Alton should be but Merlin left to rot.