Efteling has a rich history concerning special attractions for all ages.
This summer, the newest and...
...largest covered family attraction will be added to that impressive list: Symbolica.
Building activities are in full swing at the Palace of Fantasy, which will open its doors on 1 July 2017.
This is the sixth episode of The Making of Symbolica.
His Majesty King Pardulfus Domerano.
Report from your faithful lackey O.J. Punctuel, who is your faithful servant always.
Now the building of your palace nears its completion...
...you will be very pleased that at this stage the utmost care is taken with the...
...landscaping of the green spaces and the gardens.
The aim is to create a harmonious fusion of the palace and its surroundings.
We are now in the finishing phase regarding the decor and the structure...
...we are dotting the last i's both for the exterior as for the interior.
That means that we are now also getting to the phase in which...
...we will be bringing all we have created to life, in the programming of the show.
The landscape design is now really taking shape and has been...
...developed in harmony with the building's design.
For instance, you are now still seeing a reasonably bare building.
The planting in the towers, and later at the edge of the roof, will soon ensure...
...colourful, fresh and green components to the cream coloured building.
What is very important when designing the planting within Efteling...
...is that you take all seasons into account.
It starts with the design team, together we think about:
what do we want for this attraction? Which colours fit with that and how will the building look?
Based on that we look at which types of planting fit best.
We look at the seasons, when do certain plants flower...
...so we have colour during every season.
I involve my colleagues who will have to manage the planting in later on...
...in order to see what the best choices are.
That way, we are certain that when the project is finished...
...it will retain the same image for many years.
Now the building is nearly finished, it is time to program and test all of Symbolica's show technology...
...including movement, light, music, sound, and other effects.
Here we are standing in Almar's work room, where he studies the universe.
The largest challenge of the project now is the interplay.
Everything must now come together. We must make sure that we complete all show controls.
Soon, all disciplines will come together.
The next three weeks we are working on the lighting and the sounds, apart from each other...
...after that it has to start working together and must become a single system.
The show control is actually the operating system which links...
...all show elements together and which produces a beautiful show.
This is not as it is in a theatre where someone is manning the control panel all day long...
...to switch on the light at the right moment, to start the soundtrack...
...or to release a plume of smoke.
Here everything has to be automated, and that happens in a show control.
The pursuit is, your Majesty, for the gardens and the planting to be a feast for the eyes...
...in all seasons and in all weather. I will continue to personally ascertain that this is so.
We have a building of 197 by 214 feet.
That means that you have a seriously large roof surface.
And of course we have the Pagode, which offers a view of the park...
...but also specifically of the roof of Symbolica.
We thought this was a good occasion to do something special with the roof.
Efteling has been involved with sustainability for quite some time, and a solar panel roof fits in with this.
In the first instance we, as designers, found this a bit difficult, because a solar panel roof...
...on Symbolica is of course quite technical and not very esthetical.
But we also saw this as a chance, because when you look at the palace gardens of Versailles...
...you see that such a palace has very beautiful ornamental gardens.
We have tried to make a roof garden on the roof of Symbolica...
...strongly inspired by such palace gardens.
Which means that if you look at the roof from the Pagode you will think: wow!
And in this way, the roof is integrated into the design of everything...
...which we have made here in an esthetically responsible way.
We are working on the lighting, this is the first day the lamps are lit...
and that we can see what the atmosphere will be.
After Baron 1898, this is the second attraction in Efteling which we are fully executing with LED lighting.
You take an important step with this. The energy use is enormously reduced, the cabling is simpler and you...
...need smaller control boxes. Apart from that these lamps require less maintenance.
We switch the lamps on now, and in ten years time they will still burn.
We are now in a very fun but also exhilarating phase.
We now have all thirty-four vehicles in the attraction...
...and very soon, if everything goes faultlessly, we will be able to ride in them.
We have been looking at drawings and computer screens for two years...
...where you see all vehicles driving around as little dots in the way we invented.
Also the rotation of a vehicle.
The vehicle may at this time driving straight ahead, but it may be that in future you rotate there.
Now that we see the vehicles drive around, we notice things like:
Oh, that is too fast here, and that one should turn sooner.
But we will only really see how things are when we board...
...and then all lines of sight are very important, too.
We have six positions in the vehicle, the front and back seat, the back is a bit higher...
...what can you see or not see from each position?
Very thrilling, but also a lot of fun! Is is all about to come together now.
Now the moment of opening is very quickly approaching...
...I will ensure that everything is done to make the last preparations...
...so you will be able to receive your first visitors for an audience in a fitting manner.
With the highest esteem, Your ever-faithful servant, O.J. Punctuel.
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