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            Symbolica 08/12/2020 13h50
The fantasy float quickly drives out of the Botanicum because the aquarium with the fable fish starts to leak, there was a short circuit and Pardoes showed us the way to a safer place. We will not know how it went on in the Botanicum.

Botanicum
Via a short connecting corridor and a corner with rockwork, the fantasy floats slide one after the other into a Victorian greenhouse with a vaulted roof and elegant trusses: the Botanicum. The third scene. Special plants such as "Flos Reijnders" and Flora Magica grow along the columns and in large pots, which open and close their petals. The light inside dims and the magic shops spread out over the glass panels, after which we see that behind them there is no outside air but a kind of underwater cave. A large fable fish, a mythical animal that looks a bit like a baleen whale,  swims down from the height and makes whale noises. The friendly-looking animal (accidentally) breaks the glass with its tail, after which more and more cracks appear and water runs through the trusses and panels. The light makes a short circuit through the water and fails. The Fantasievaarders quickly drive out of the Botanicum, into a path where Pardoes points the way between a number of plants to a safer place: the Gates Passage that gives access to the Treasures Boudoir, the Music Salon and the Heroes Cabinet.
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Symbolica
Symbolica is a trackless dark ride in the Efteling theme park in the Netherlands, which opened the 1st of July 2017.
Originally, an attraction called Hartenhof would be constructed on the site of Symbolica. The project was postponed multiple times, until it was renamed Symbolica. Consturction started January 11th 2016. 
The story is of Symbolica is all about visiting king Pardulfus, who lives in Hartenhof (court of hearts). While the visitors await their audience with the king, a character called Pardoes appears. Pardoes then guides the visitors through hidden parts of the castle. 
Before the visitors can enter their Fantasievaarders, there is a pre-show with two animatronics. A staircase magically opens and the visitors are directed to the boarding station. Here, they can choose one of three different routes: Heldentour (Hero tour), Muziektour (Music tour) and Schattentour (Treasure tour). The castle consists of eleven scenes, where each of the three routes attends nine scenes. 

FACTS & FIGURES
Attraction type: Trackless darkride
Date of opening: 01/07/2017
Cost:  € 35,000,000
Manufacturer: ETF Ride Systems
Capacity: 1400 per hour riders per hour
Vehicles: Fantasievaarders (fantasy farers)
Riders per vehicle: 6 (2 rows with 3 riders)
Duration: 7 minutes                                                                               
   

Taken in: Holland / North Brabant / Duiksehoef (show map)

Taken on: December 8, 2020

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