1989
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1989: Toddlers bath is remodelled
1989: Pardoes the Magic Jester arrives
1989: Swimming Pool is closed
1989: Large Playground is closed
1988
The Troll King predicts the future from his throne in the Fairytale Forest. Monsieur Cannibale spins visitors round in his saucepans.
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1988: Tiroler Gijs arrives
1988: Cafe-Resteraunt is remodelled and expanded
1988: Monsieur Cannibale arrives
1988: The Troll King arrives
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1987
Over 300,000 tulip bulbs are planted to form a 50,000 m2 sea of flowers and in the new Thai floating temple, the Pagode, visitors are taken up to a height of 45 metres to look out over the whole of the park.
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24-11-1987: Anton Pieck passed away in Overveen at age 92, he will be missed.
1987: The Capricorn snack point is built
1987: The Indian fakir gets a makeover
1987: Toko Pagoda snack point is built
1987: Pagoda is built
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1986
The ‘Forbidden City’, Fata Morgana, is opened; an attraction based on the Tales of A Thousand and One Nights, and ‘Interkosmos’, the Russian space exhibition gives visitors a chance to see real moon sand.
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1986: The Oasis snack point is built
1986: The Bazaar gift shop is built
1986: Fata Morgana is built
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1985
The breathtakingly fast Bobsleigh run ‘Bobbaan’ is added to the list of attractions and Princess Juliana throws the first coin into the Wishing Well.
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1985: Wishing Well is added with fish riding Gijs on top
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1985: The Crane Fen recreation park is closed
1985: Swiss Bob is built
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1984
Carnaval Festival created by Joop Geesink, takes its first guests on a trip around the world and the Polka Marina pirate carousel and model-T Fords on the d’Oude Tuffer old timer track are enjoyed by young and old.
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1984: De Spreeuwenpot is remodeled and renamed De Likkebaerd
1984: De Piraat (The Pirate) snack point is built
1984: The Steamtrains track is extended
1984: The Magic Clock gets a make over
1984: Donkey Pull My Tail moves to the Herald Square
1984: The Old Puffer is built
1984: Polka Marina is built
1984: The Suitcase gift shop was added
1984: Carnaval Festival is built
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1984: Casa Caracol snack point was added
1984: Inca Gijs arrived and took over for his fish riding cousin
1984: The Pirana is built
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1983
Over 2,000,000 visitors come to the Efteling this year - a new record - and try to keep dry in the new Piraña white-water ride.
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1983: Bridge is moved
1983: Radiografic controlled boats are moved
1982
The dimensions of the new Halve Maen swing ship are enormous and the ride proves exciting for people of all ages: from eight to eighty.
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1982: Rowing boats are moved to the Vonderplas pond
1982: The Half Moon was built
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1981
The park wants to be more than just a Fairytale Forest. The Python, a steel roller coaster, is a resounding success right from the start. The fourty small boats of the Gondoletta take to the water and visitors can now play all sorts of games in the new Game Gallery.
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1981: The Sailing Frigat snack point was built
1981: De Spreeuwenpot (The Sparrowpot) snack point was built
1981: De Kurketrekker (The Corkscrew) snack point is built
1981: Castle of Sleeping Beauty has been remodeled
1981: Game Gallery is built
1981: Gondoletta is built
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1981: Python is built
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1980
Gnome village in the Fairytale Forest is extended and the Fairytale Forest finds itself competing with 24 radio-controlled boats on the Vonderplas boating lake.
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1980: Sailor Gijs arrived
1980: Radiografic controlled boats added
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1980: Gnome village is expanded
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