The idea for Toverland came when Jean Gelissen was driving through the area with his kids on a rainy day, looking for something to do. It occurred to him that there was no entertainment for kids in the area that wasn't outdoors, nothing that was friendly to all weather. That's what inspired him to open an indoor FEC. It all grew out of hand from there. One of those kids now runs the place.
I love this park. Plus their Halloween event is the BEST Halloween event I have been too! The atmosphere is incredible & the mazes are truly terrifying.. It was phenomenal! Even better than walibi...
@@CanobieCoaster I would highly recommend a visit, I have done MANY mazes, but I will never forget any of the ones I did that evening! Plus the park is open super long hours, 11pm firework night rides on Troy... Arrr what bliss.
@@CanobieCoaster visited the halloween nights, 2 years ago, there were like 5 or 6 mazes or so. The "maison de la magie" maze was very immersively and great themed, Witches Forest seemed the weakest. Also I noted, compared to Universal's halloween, its much more family oriented, like you dont see any gore and guts. What I liked in comparison to universal, was that they dont kick people out to reenter for the halloween even, you stay in the park and just pay extra for the mazes. The scare zones were all free, the circus scare zone was unique, it was like a fun house with scary clowns
toverland is actually my favorite themepark because all of the potential they have, massive expansion space, kind neighborhoods and if they keep up like this they will become one of the top players in Europe in the next 20 years
I live about 45 minutes away from it, just across the border in Belgium. It's my homepark and I love it so much. Each addition has been better than the one before, and I love how they try to build worlds. Avalon could've been a simple fantasy area, but they decided to give it a backstory and make both rides tell a part of it. Now with the expansion to Avalon, they made sure to continue that story with more new characters. Every ride there fits the story and world of Avalon and I love it so much. They even made sure to keep the sightlines within the area nice with the locations of the new flatrides. I can't wait to see what the future holds for Toverland! P.S. I know an ex-employee of Toverland who worked in the D'Wervelwind and Djengu River area. He told me about all 4 flatride types before Toverland announced what they would be (at that point, the only rumors I saw online were of some sort of drop tower, another thrill ride, and two family rides. That employee correctly told me the specific type of all 4 of these). He also told me that the park is eyeing an Intamin blitz or Mack multilaunch for the next project, probably around 2026. If it is true, I will be so happy
If they get one of those two coaster types, that will be an excellent addition and it would likely become the new best ride in the park. I hope it happens!
I hope they get an intamin blitz. I don’t want them to spend all their money on some overrated Mack llaunch coaster accelerating at the speed of a special Olympics player without legs on a tricycle carrying 3 cinder blocks
@@mrgrass1232 hehe thats a bit harsh if not totaly unthruthfull. Not sure if they should go for that with phantasia next door though it will be a bit difficult to compete with Taron. Would love to see a bermuda blitz like lechcoaster though, heck even all of their new models would be fine and there aren't that many in the neighbourhood to compete with.
@@arturobianco848 not reallly tho. Taron is an oldgen intamin blitz. With intamin blitz nowadays you should think about Toutatis, Gotham city escape or velocicoaster with modern trackwork it’s totally different than taron
Loved the review, and love toverland. I think this park will be one of the top parks in europe in lets say, 10 years. I would like to see a full dark ride, and a transport ride like a train or monorail.
Toverland is most likely the most fun theme/ amusement park i've ever been to, just the amout of dumb stuff to do is amazing and the rides and atmosphere are also just great it's just whack how they manage to grow at such a pace.. but i sure as hell won't complain xD
Brilliant, thanks. It's on my list. I can only hope Troy has some maintenance between the 2023/2024 off period so it's super smooth, but if not, hopefully it doesn't get any more of a shuffle than it already has. Would visit anyway for Fenix.
@Canobie Coaster recently I've been trying to start up my own coaster channel. So far I've made two videos, but thus far I've felt the editing process of my videos incredibly tedious. Any tips to make editing less tedious? I like writing my scripts, but editing is just a chore. Secondly, I'm having trouble seeing what's a good volume for background music. If you could help me out, that would be great.
The volume for background music is one I struggle with since it partly depends on the quality of your speakers. I usually set the audio 30-40 dB less than the narration. As for editing, it's easiest if all the footage is there when you hop into the editor (ex. Not stopping to download more).
@@CanobieCoaster thanks so much for your help! I've started downloading all my media early for the remaining parts of the video and it really does speed up editing. Thanks for the tip. As for the music, I download all of mine from different sources so getting them all to the same volume level is a chore, but just one I'll have to accept. I try to keep all my music clearly herable, but still firmly in the background so you can hear the narration mine. Anyway thanks foe all your help, your channels one of the main inspirations behind mine, and none of my videos would be possible without you, thanks to your extensive catalog of off rides footage.
I really hope this park gives Boosterbike some much-needed TLC. Its motorbike vehicles with little theming makes it stick out like a sore thumb. Imagine if they made the main ride area into a forest (trees around the helix) and made the vehicles look like broomsticks... Would love to see that
So they brought a wild mouse coaster into the park just to keep guests entertained for a little bit. That's interesting. Although I personally would've kept that coaster for the sake of giving guests more things to do, and I would've given it a retheme to make it fit more into whatever land it was placed in.
Toverland is planning on adding a proper overnight stay option in the near future I’ve heard, so that might change soon. I could honestly see this park becoming the unquestionable number 2 of the Dutch theme park industry in the next 15 years. Ofc Efteling is the untouchable number 1, but if they keep this momentum up they’ll surely leave Walibi in the dust. This park has a very good location between other parks and near 3 countries with big cities all around and it doesn’t have the height and space constrains most Dutch parks do.
It might not be a top tier amusement park in europe but it is getting close to it. I Happen to like the park a lot but its easy acces for me since i live about 45 minutes away from it. For those who come over to do a themepark tripp i would highly recommand it.
I think that in 10 - 30 years this will have the second best lineup in all of beneluxe (just behind walibi holland because a intamin mega coaster, an rmc, a highly themed launch coaster and a big dipper are hard to beat)
@@ElectriKong- This is a common misconception that I don't believe to be true. Tussauds purchased the park in 1998 and started making thrilling investments before the fire with Tidal Wave in 2000. I think they always had plans for it to be a thrill park, especially with Chessington nearby. Plans for Colossus must have also been underway before the fire. Yes the fire probably did speed up the process, with Nemesis Inferno, Detentor and Zodiac all likely opening earlier than originally intended, but it was not the cause.
how much theming in a park I wish there was a theme park like toverland or wait yes in fact yes but it will be until 2024 if I remember correctly PS: I hope and you go to great yarmouth pleasure beach It is an interesting park more than anything for its wooden roller coaster
For me this is by far the best park in the Netherlands, I know that's a bold claim, because Efteling, but Toverland has something the Efteling doesn't have, the company vibe is just about service, always nice employees, and it almost feels like family somehow, maybe because the park is family owned, but it's service and hospitality never fails, with the Efteling it just feels so much more commercial, and I'm not a big fan of that, I'm even afraid, as Toverland keeps on growing, they too will fall in that commercial area.
@@CanobieCoaster Yeah and they have re-tracked sections of TROY again this winter, got two new park shows and on 1 july they are opening 4 new rides. And you missed the magic wand you can buy at Port Laguna which you can use in Port Laguna and also in the new area of Avalon.
The idea for Toverland came when Jean Gelissen was driving through the area with his kids on a rainy day, looking for something to do. It occurred to him that there was no entertainment for kids in the area that wasn't outdoors, nothing that was friendly to all weather. That's what inspired him to open an indoor FEC. It all grew out of hand from there. One of those kids now runs the place.
Very cool how it grew!
Love Toverland - my favourite family park in Europe ❤
It's a cool park.
Efteling?
I love this park. Plus their Halloween event is the BEST Halloween event I have been too! The atmosphere is incredible & the mazes are truly terrifying..
It was phenomenal!
Even better than walibi...
I've only been during summer. Surprised they would have mazes that scary given how they seem to pull families.
@@CanobieCoaster I would highly recommend a visit, I have done MANY mazes, but I will never forget any of the ones I did that evening!
Plus the park is open super long hours, 11pm firework night rides on Troy... Arrr what bliss.
@@CanobieCoaster visited the halloween nights, 2 years ago, there were like 5 or 6 mazes or so. The "maison de la magie" maze was very immersively and great themed, Witches Forest seemed the weakest. Also I noted, compared to Universal's halloween, its much more family oriented, like you dont see any gore and guts. What I liked in comparison to universal, was that they dont kick people out to reenter for the halloween even, you stay in the park and just pay extra for the mazes. The scare zones were all free, the circus scare zone was unique, it was like a fun house with scary clowns
Theyre adding 4 new attractions for this summer, they look amazing!
Pixarus looks great.
Excellent video! Nice calm narration along with amazing video shots. Great job!!
Thank you very much!
Best theme park reviewer on RUclips!
Can’t wait for your Magic Kingdom and Epcot reviews!
Thank you!
toverland is actually my favorite themepark because all of the potential they have, massive expansion space, kind neighborhoods and if they keep up like this they will become one of the top players in Europe in the next 20 years
I prefer Efteling and Walibi in the same country, but I love how much Toverland has grown.
I live about 45 minutes away from it, just across the border in Belgium. It's my homepark and I love it so much. Each addition has been better than the one before, and I love how they try to build worlds. Avalon could've been a simple fantasy area, but they decided to give it a backstory and make both rides tell a part of it. Now with the expansion to Avalon, they made sure to continue that story with more new characters. Every ride there fits the story and world of Avalon and I love it so much. They even made sure to keep the sightlines within the area nice with the locations of the new flatrides. I can't wait to see what the future holds for Toverland!
P.S. I know an ex-employee of Toverland who worked in the D'Wervelwind and Djengu River area. He told me about all 4 flatride types before Toverland announced what they would be (at that point, the only rumors I saw online were of some sort of drop tower, another thrill ride, and two family rides. That employee correctly told me the specific type of all 4 of these). He also told me that the park is eyeing an Intamin blitz or Mack multilaunch for the next project, probably around 2026. If it is true, I will be so happy
If they get one of those two coaster types, that will be an excellent addition and it would likely become the new best ride in the park. I hope it happens!
I hope they get an intamin blitz. I don’t want them to spend all their money on some overrated Mack llaunch coaster accelerating at the speed of a special Olympics player without legs on a tricycle carrying 3 cinder blocks
@@mrgrass1232 hehe thats a bit harsh if not totaly unthruthfull. Not sure if they should go for that with phantasia next door though it will be a bit difficult to compete with Taron.
Would love to see a bermuda blitz like lechcoaster though, heck even all of their new models would be fine and there aren't that many in the neighbourhood to compete with.
@@arturobianco848 not reallly tho. Taron is an oldgen intamin blitz. With intamin blitz nowadays you should think about Toutatis, Gotham city escape or velocicoaster with modern trackwork it’s totally different than taron
Skipping the rapids but riding the family coaster is such a thoosie moment
I started in the back (due to Blitz Bahn and a few other low capacity rides) so that's why I did the family coaster with minimal wait
Very nice revieuw, as an ambassadeur i do like these kind of videos.
Shows positive reactions and a nee flow of visitors.
I really like the park and the staff.
Loved the review, and love toverland. I think this park will be one of the top parks in europe in lets say, 10 years. I would like to see a full dark ride, and a transport ride like a train or monorail.
Those would be nice additions.
many say this park also offers Europe's best halloween nights
Wow, wish I could check it out someday.
Toverland is most likely the most fun theme/ amusement park i've ever been to, just the amout of dumb stuff to do is amazing and the rides and atmosphere are also just great
it's just whack how they manage to grow at such a pace.. but i sure as hell won't complain xD
And they show no signs of stopping.
@@CanobieCoaster i hope they'll never stop xD
One of my favorite park experiences
Nice!
Brilliant, thanks. It's on my list. I can only hope Troy has some maintenance between the 2023/2024 off period so it's super smooth, but if not, hopefully it doesn't get any more of a shuffle than it already has. Would visit anyway for Fenix.
I had a friend visit the park recently and the ride was closed for some trackwork.
@@CanobieCoasterI believe they fully re do Troy every year to keep it smooth.
This park looks awesome
It is.
@Canobie Coaster recently I've been trying to start up my own coaster channel. So far I've made two videos, but thus far I've felt the editing process of my videos incredibly tedious. Any tips to make editing less tedious? I like writing my scripts, but editing is just a chore. Secondly, I'm having trouble seeing what's a good volume for background music. If you could help me out, that would be great.
The volume for background music is one I struggle with since it partly depends on the quality of your speakers. I usually set the audio 30-40 dB less than the narration. As for editing, it's easiest if all the footage is there when you hop into the editor (ex. Not stopping to download more).
@@CanobieCoaster thanks so much for your help! I've started downloading all my media early for the remaining parts of the video and it really does speed up editing. Thanks for the tip. As for the music, I download all of mine from different sources so getting them all to the same volume level is a chore, but just one I'll have to accept. I try to keep all my music clearly herable, but still firmly in the background so you can hear the narration mine. Anyway thanks foe all your help, your channels one of the main inspirations behind mine, and none of my videos would be possible without you, thanks to your extensive catalog of off rides footage.
I really hope this park gives Boosterbike some much-needed TLC. Its motorbike vehicles with little theming makes it stick out like a sore thumb. Imagine if they made the main ride area into a forest (trees around the helix) and made the vehicles look like broomsticks... Would love to see that
I'd also love two train operations.
So they brought a wild mouse coaster into the park just to keep guests entertained for a little bit. That's interesting. Although I personally would've kept that coaster for the sake of giving guests more things to do, and I would've given it a retheme to make it fit more into whatever land it was placed in.
I believe it was a traveling one they leased/rented for a brief time (the ride was probably between fairs).
Toverland is planning on adding a proper overnight stay option in the near future I’ve heard, so that might change soon.
I could honestly see this park becoming the unquestionable number 2 of the Dutch theme park industry in the next 15 years. Ofc Efteling is the untouchable number 1, but if they keep this momentum up they’ll surely leave Walibi in the dust. This park has a very good location between other parks and near 3 countries with big cities all around and it doesn’t have the height and space constrains most Dutch parks do.
That's great they're adding a better hotel option.
@@CanobieCoaster They had plans for one on the opposite side of that small lake next to avalon not sure if they still have them.
Maximus’ Blitzbahn may have a slow line, but at least the queue area is great.
True!
It might not be a top tier amusement park in europe but it is getting close to it. I Happen to like the park a lot but its easy acces for me since i live about 45 minutes away from it. For those who come over to do a themepark tripp i would highly recommand it.
It's exciting to see it keep growing.
If I end up going back to amsterdam, I’d love to hit this and walibi, especially if they get that 2026 launch coaster
Well worth visiting.
I think that in 10 - 30 years this will have the second best lineup in all of beneluxe (just behind walibi holland because a intamin mega coaster, an rmc, a highly themed launch coaster and a big dipper are hard to beat)
Efteling is still my favorite park in the country.
Highly themed? Medium themed
That indoor area kind of looks like the indonesian Transstudio Minis inside malls
It does.
Id say thorpe park has also had a pretty major change
That is another one.
In the case of Thorpe, it was a fire that caused the change.
@@ElectriKong- This is a common misconception that I don't believe to be true. Tussauds purchased the park in 1998 and started making thrilling investments before the fire with Tidal Wave in 2000. I think they always had plans for it to be a thrill park, especially with Chessington nearby. Plans for Colossus must have also been underway before the fire. Yes the fire probably did speed up the process, with Nemesis Inferno, Detentor and Zodiac all likely opening earlier than originally intended, but it was not the cause.
you should TOTALLY go to Toverland
Ok
the campground is temporary they only have it in the summer months
Makes sense.
how much theming in a park I wish there was a theme park like toverland or wait yes in fact yes but it will be until 2024 if I remember correctly
PS: I hope and you go to great yarmouth pleasure beach It is an interesting park more than anything for its wooden roller coaster
Maybe one day!
For me this is by far the best park in the Netherlands, I know that's a bold claim, because Efteling, but Toverland has something the Efteling doesn't have, the company vibe is just about service, always nice employees, and it almost feels like family somehow, maybe because the park is family owned, but it's service and hospitality never fails, with the Efteling it just feels so much more commercial, and I'm not a big fan of that, I'm even afraid, as Toverland keeps on growing, they too will fall in that commercial area.
I prefer Efteling for the superior theming. And I probably would take Walibi because of their coasters. But I like all 3 parks.
Efteling is not commercial,Efteling it's a magic park,I never was in Toverland,I want to go there,but Efteling always gonna be magic
Toverland is great. But your review is outdated. You should come back.
At the rate they're expanding, any review would quickly become outdated. I visited the park twice last year.
@@CanobieCoaster Yeah and they have re-tracked sections of TROY again this winter, got two new park shows and on 1 july they are opening 4 new rides. And you missed the magic wand you can buy at Port Laguna which you can use in Port Laguna and also in the new area of Avalon.
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That is another one that has heavily changed.
@@CanobieCoaster Does it even count if it started less than 10 years ago?