RoyalDish - Royals in amusementparks

Quote from: Principessa on June 05, 2020, 12:55:41 PM

As some of you will know the Dutch amusementpark Efteling has a dark ride (while no ride, as you walk in) based on a fairy tale written by Queen Fabiola of Belgium. In 1967 she, together with family, paid a special visit to Efteling. But also other royals have visited Efteling:

1954: Princess Margriet of the Netherlands visits Efteling, because a few days earlier the millionth visitor passed the gates.

1955: the first edition of Het Efteling Fairytale Book is handed over to Princess Irene of the Netherlands.

1961: Princess Irene makes a circular walk through the Efteling as part of a visit to North Brabant.

1965: The Belgian princess Marie-Christine, daughter of king Leopold and princess Liliane, visits the park. After a reception by the chairman of the Efteling board, Reinier van der Heijden, she gets a tour.

1967: Queen Fabiola of Belgium (with familiy) visits the fairy tale The Indian Water Lilies written by her.

1979: A surprise visit from Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, because of the Unicef Manifestation.

1983: Pieter van Vollenhoven (husband of Princess Margriet) opens the Piraña.

1985: Princess Juliana of the Netherlands opens the Wishing Well for Save the Children.

1986: Princess Margriet and Pieter van Vollenhoven are at the opening of the space exhibition Interkosmos

1989: Princess Margriet and Pieter van Vollenhoven attend the premiere of Time for the Music.

2002: Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (husband of former Queen Juliana) opens the PandaDroom attraction in his role as patron of the WWF.

2004: Pieter van Vollenhoven gives a speech at the celebration of the 20th anniversary of Victim Support Netherlands and the 15th anniversary of the Victim Support Fund in Efteling.

2005: Prince Pieter-Christiaan of the Netherlands presents the 10 millionth swimming diploma during a meeting in the Efteling Theater. He does this because his father Pieter van Vollenhoven is ill.

2009: Princess Máxima of the Netherlands makes a private visit to Efteling with her daughters Amalia, Alexia and Ariane.

2010: Prince Maurits of the Netherlans visits Efteling Bosrijk with his family for a short holiday (private visit).

2013: Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands is present at the opening of the Literacy Week in the Fata Morgana Palace. She will read again on October 6. On October 5, 2014, she will be at the book presentation of De Sprookjessprokkelaar, written by her and Paul van Loon. Also on October 4, 2015 and October 1, 2016 she will read again and she is a member of the jury of the Fairytale Writing Competition of the Low Countries.

2014: Queen Máxima attends a gala concert of the “Koninklijke Sophia´s Vereeniging” from Loon op Zand in the Efteling Theater.

2015: Princess Viktória de Bourbon Parma (wife of Prince Jaime, 2nd son of Princess Irene) empties the source of desire as the new patroness of Save the Children. She repeats this on April 1, 2017.

Visits to the Dutch Royal Family

Although the Efteling Park is of course difficult to move, this has not prevented Efteling from visiting members of the Royal Family several times at other locations:

1980: Steam train Aagje visits Princess Juliana during the last parade at Soestdijk Palace.

2013: A replica of Langnek is placed between various 'Dutch' icons on the banks of the IJ in Amsterdam, to enhance the cruise of the newly inaugurated King Willem-Alexander and his family.

2017: The Dutch king visits Tilburg in honor of his birthday. Loon op Zand will also be featured in a parade of suburbs, with a look of fairytale figures on the tune of the Indian water lilies doing the fairy dance.

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