All time
Danse Macabre Single-rider has the longest average wait at Efteling, at 33 minutes, followed by Danse Macabre (30 minutes) and De Vliegende Hollander (28 minutes). 17 of the 33 rides have an average wait of 15 minutes or less.
| Ride | Overall average wait time, mins |
|---|---|
| Danse Macabre Single-rider | 33 |
| Danse Macabre | 30 |
| De Vliegende Hollander | 28 |
| Joris en de Draak | 28 |
| Baron 1898 | 26 |
| Symbolica | 26 |
| Stoomtrein Ruigrijk | 24 |
| Droomvlucht | 22 |
| Stoomtrein Marerijk | 22 |
| Python | 19 |
| Piraña | 18 |
| Python Single-rider | 18 |
| De Oude Tufferbaan | 17 |
| Hooghmoed | 17 |
| Joris en de Draak Single-rider | 17 |
| Volkvanlaaf | 16 |
| Gondoletta | 15 |
| Monorail | 15 |
| Carnaval Festival | 14 |
| Max & Moritz | 14 |
| Vogel Rok | 14 |
| Fata Morgana | 12 |
| Halve Maen | 12 |
| Fabula | 11 |
| Kinderspoor | 11 |
| Stoomcarrousel | 10 |
| Villa Volta | 10 |
| Max & Moritz Single-rider | 9 |
| Sirocco | 8 |
| Symbolica Single-rider | 8 |
| The Six Swans | 8 |
| Pagode | 7 |
| Vermolenmolen | 5 |
Danse Macabre Single-rider sees the longest peak waits at Efteling, with its daily maximum averaging 54 minutes, ahead of Danse Macabre (49 minutes) and Joris en de Draak (45 minutes).
| Ride | Average maximum wait time, mins |
|---|---|
| Danse Macabre Single-rider | 54 |
| Danse Macabre | 49 |
| Joris en de Draak | 45 |
| Baron 1898 | 44 |
| De Vliegende Hollander | 42 |
| Symbolica | 38 |
| Droomvlucht | 36 |
| Python Single-rider | 35 |
| Python | 33 |
| Joris en de Draak Single-rider | 32 |
| Max & Moritz | 31 |
| Fata Morgana | 29 |
| Hooghmoed | 29 |
| Piraña | 29 |
| Stoomtrein Ruigrijk | 29 |
| De Oude Tufferbaan | 28 |
| Stoomtrein Marerijk | 27 |
| Monorail | 25 |
| Vogel Rok | 25 |
| Carnaval Festival | 24 |
| Gondoletta | 24 |
| Halve Maen | 19 |
| Max & Moritz Single-rider | 19 |
| Villa Volta | 18 |
| Volkvanlaaf | 18 |
| Kinderspoor | 17 |
| Symbolica Single-rider | 17 |
| Sirocco | 15 |
| The Six Swans | 14 |
| Fabula | 13 |
| Stoomcarrousel | 12 |
| Pagode | 11 |
| Vermolenmolen | 5 |
Efteling is usually quietest in January and February, when crowd levels average as low as 28%. The busiest month tends to be August, at around 67%.
| Month | Average crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| Jan | 33 |
| Feb | 28 |
| Mar | 39 |
| Apr | 54 |
| May | 53 |
| Jun | 64 |
| Jul | 58 |
| Aug | 67 |
| Sep | 49 |
| Oct | 55 |
| Nov | 37 |
| Dec | 41 |
Thursday is typically the quietest day of the week at Efteling, averaging 40% compared with 66% on Saturday. On average, weekdays are 19 percentage points quieter than weekends.
| Day | Average crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| Sun | 60 |
| Mon | 51 |
| Tue | 41 |
| Wed | 44 |
| Thu | 40 |
| Fri | 46 |
| Sat | 66 |
So far in 2026, crowd levels at Efteling are similar to the same point in 2025 (48% compared with 46%). Of the full years on record, 2022 was the busiest, averaging 53%. 2020 and 2021 are left out of these comparisons because COVID-19 closures and capacity limits affected crowd levels in those years.
| Event | Average crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| 🎄 Winter Efteling | 35 |
| Day | Crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| April 11, 2023 | 100 |
| May 19, 2023 | 99 |
| May 30, 2023 | 99 |
| December 28, 2023 | 99 |
| May 27, 2022 | 99 |
| June 13, 2020 | 99 |
| December 30, 2019 | 99 |
| November 13, 2022 | 99 |
| June 07, 2022 | 99 |
| August 04, 2020 | 99 |
| Day | Crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| December 05, 2019 | 0 |
| December 03, 2019 | 0 |
| October 01, 2024 | 0 |
| November 19, 2019 | 0 |
| November 18, 2019 | 0 |
| November 14, 2019 | 0 |
| February 18, 2022 | 0 |
| December 04, 2019 | 0 |
| May 27, 2021 | 0 |
| December 11, 2019 | 0 |