Efteling – the fairytale theme park in the south of Holland – has revealed that a new attraction is to launch where the Bob bobsleigh run is currently located, scheduled to open in spring 2020.
After more than 34 years of service as a children's roller coaster, next year Bob will make way for a new roller coaster aimed at children aged between 4 and 10 years old.
Max & Moritz will be a dual-tracked roller coaster, based on a well-known German visual poem about two naughty boys called Max and Moritz.
Like Bob, Max & Moritz will be suitable for the whole family (with a minimum passenger’s height of one metre) and will open in spring 2020.
Bob’s current Swiss theming and its station building will be retained for the new attraction, while the construction of the track will start in September 2019 and is expected to cost 15 million euros. The bobsleigh run will remain open until then.
Max & Moritz will be themed on the 1865 German illustrated story of the same name, written and drawn by Wilhelm Busch. The story follows Max & Moritz, two naughty boys who make fun of villagers with their mischievous behaviour. Efteling will create a new adaptation of the original story in the attraction; a happy nod to the story about the two boys.
With the announcement of Max & Moritz, the opening of another new attraction in a soon-to-be expanded area to the east of the theme park will be postponed until 2021. It will be part of a completely new themed area. The new themed area will be part of the adventurous Reizenrijk and include a new attraction next to the Efteling Hotel, renovations at the hotel and a few smaller attractions.
