• Home
    • Interactive Map
    • News & specials
      arrow_drop_down
      • News
      • Specials
      • New for 2020
    • Info
    • Submit Ride Information
    Sign in

    Carnaval Festival

    Efteling

    • Profile
    • prev
    • next
    • Get directions
    • Submit information
    • prev
    • next
    Categories
    • Dark Ride
    Description

    In Carnaval Festival riders are transported along various scenes that each represent a different country, guided by the ride's mascot Jokie. All figures in the ride are made in a style which resembles the style of the local tradition of carnival floats.

    History

    Carnaval Festival is the first dark ride that was built in Efteling. It was designed by Dutch film producer Joop Geesink, who worked mostly on puppet movies. Geesink worked on several small projects in the years before the opening of Carnaval Festival, however none of them were used in the park.
    It became clear in 1983 that the development of Fata Morgana took longer than expected. Geesink pitched the idea for a dark ride, inspired on Disney’s ‘It’s A Small World’. The park approved the plans. To this date, Carnaval Festival is still the only ride in the park that was built with a design that was not made by de Efteling themselves. Joop Geesink passed away a couple weeks before the opening of the ride.

    The melody of the theme music of Carnaval Festival was composed by Dutch comedian Toon Hermans. Efteling composer Ruud Bos took this melody and turned it into a complete soundtrack for the ride.

    Over the years, the ride was modified a couple times. Loekie de Leeuw (a puppet from stop-motion commercials, made by Geesink) was added to various scenes in 2005, to be removed in 2012. That year marked the re-entry of Jokie, a mascot from the ride. In 2019 the Asian and African scenes were altered after years of controversy over racism.

    Features
    • On ride photo
    Statistics
    • Park
      Efteling
    • Type
      Omnimover
    • Opened
      1984
    • Designed by
      Joop Geesink
    • Ride System Manufacturer
      Mack Rides
    • Theming manufacturer
      Geesink Studios
    • Music
      Ruud Bos, Toon Hermans
    Technical Statistics
    • Building cost
      € 4080000
    • Ride duration
      8 minutes
    • Capacity
      1600 p/h
    • Number of vehicles
      118 vehicles
    • Seats per vehicle
      2 seats
    • Ride length
      240 m
    • Maximum speed
      2 km/h
    Gallery
    Image Copyright

    Erik

    Video
    Location

    Carnaval Festivalplein, 5171 KW Kaatsheuvel, Netherlands

    Get Directions
    • Cookie policy (EU)
    • Privacy Policy
    • Contact

    © 2021 DRdb

    Cart