Kleine Zweefmolen (2023)

Ride
Kleine Zweefmolen
Efteling
Location Kaatsheuvel, North Brabant, The Netherlands
Coordinates 51°39′10″N 5°03′00″E / 51.652816°N 5.049910°E / 51.652816; 5.049910
Park section Marerijk – Anton Pieckplein
Status Operating since 28 March 2023
Theme Old timey Funfair
Rider height 100 cm unaccompanied
Replaced Kleine Zweefmolen
Statistics
Manufacturer Wood Design Amusement Rides
Product Junior Chair-O-Plane
Designer / calculations Anton Pieck
Capacity 20 guests per ride
Cabins 10
HELP
The ride in 2024

Kleine Zweefmolen is a Junior Chair-O-Plane built by Wood Design Amusement Rides currently located at Efteling in Kaatsheuvel, North Brabant, The Netherlands.

Design

This ride is a custom design, made to resemble the old version it replaced as close as possible. The same thing was done with Grote Zweefmolen. two years prior.[1] The ride did recieve some additional theming in the form of monkey statues. These statues where designed by Anton Pieck for the 1951 original version of the ride, but were never realised. They would finally appear on the new version after a redesign by Karel Willemen. These statues would debute on the reopening of the area after multiple theming upgrade on 19 April 2023.[2]

Location

The ride is located within the "Anton Pieckplein" (roughly translating to "Anton Piecksquare"), an area of the park themed to an old timey Dutch village in the middle of an classic funfair. Other rides in this area are Anton Pieckcarrousel, Grote Zweefmolen, Vermolenmolen and Vlindermolen. The area got a big facelift in 2003, adding more theming and removing some older rides (such as the Jeepmolen).[3]

Etymology

Kleine Zweefmolen is Dutch for "Small Chair-O-Plane"

References

  1. "Restauratie van de Kleine Zweefmolen".
  2. "Feestelijke opening vernieuwd Anton Pieck plein in de Efteling".
  3. "Anton Pieckplein on Eftepedia".
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