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    Fata Morgana

    Efteling

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    • Park
      Efteling
    • Category
      Dark Ride
    • Type
      Boat Ride
    • Opened
      1986
    Description

    Fata Morgana is a classic tow boat ride, inspired by the tales of One Thousand and One Nights. Aided by a wizard, guests are transported through scenes including jungles, an Arabic marketplace, prisons, a Pasha's throne room and a treasure room guarded by a giant Djinn.

    History

    Development on Fata Morgana began in the early 80s and was to become Efteling's first dark ride. Five years prior to opening, Efteling already introduced a tow boat ride on one of its lakes, Gondoletta. It is rumoured that designer Van de Ven originally planned for Fata Morgana to be an expansion to Gondoletta (to be build on an island in the lake) but as the project grew in ambition, it could no longer fit on it and was moved to another part of the park. Nevertheless, Gondoletta turned out to be popular enough on its own and remains a stand alone ride to this day. With Fata Morgana still some years away from completion in 1983, it was decided to build Carnaval Festival for the 1984 season, for which the development was largely outsourced.

    Designer Van de Ven took much of his inspiration for Fata Morgana from Anton Pieck's drawings for a publication of One Thousand and One Nights. The sets and animatronics were almost entirely constructed in-house. Much of the development time was spent on finding a new and cost effective way to power the over 130 animatronics, for which Efteling ended op obtaining a patent. Some of the animatronics were outsourced to Hofmann Figuren, though most of these have been replaced with in-house build figures over time.

    Design by
    Ton van de Ven
    Ride System(s) by
    Intamin Amusement Rides
    Theming by
    Efteling
    Animatronics by
    Efteling
    Hofmann Figuren
    Music by
    Ruud Bos
    Statistics
    • Building cost
      ƒ15,000,000
    • Ride duration
      8 minutes
    • Capacity
      1600 p/h
    • Number of vehicles
      14 vehicles
    • Seats (per vehicle/theatre)
      16 seats
    • Ride length
      285 m
    • Maximum speed
      2 km/h
    Features
    • On ride photo
    • Tow Boat
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    Location
    • Fata Morganaplein, 5171 RP Kaatsheuvel, Netherlands

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