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The Haunted Castle ((オランダ語:Spookslot)) is a haunted attraction in the amusement park Efteling in the Netherlands. It was designed by Ton van de Ven and was the first attraction built outside the Fairy Tale Forest. ==History and details== On July 24, 1976 the announcement〔''Documentariaat de Efteling'' The date of announcement (July 24th, 1976) also marks the official date of foundation of Documentariaat De Efteling, largest privately held collection and source of information concerning the Efteling Themepark 〕 on the making of the world's biggest haunted castle appeared in Brabant's daily newspaper, ''Het Brabants Dagblad''. The article mentions that the castle would be built between the Fairy Tale Forest and the rowing and canoeing pond. This was a strategic choice, because the location of the attraction would attract visitors to the normally ‘forgotten’ southern part of the park. The main reason for this mega-attraction was declining numbers of visitors at Efteling. Aiming for a more general public, with an attraction that didn’t depend on the weather conditions, Efteling authorized their young designer Van de Ven to start designing the ride. Van de Ven designed the castle as a walk-through attraction 〔(Official site )〕 and, in the style of Anton Pieck, the castle was designed to look old and decayed. It is meant to look as though it was once beautiful and majestic, but is now haunted and in ruins and somewhat romantic. The construction took about 18 months and the castle was officially opened May 10, 1978. On May 12 a television special was broadcast with Kate Bush singing in and around the castle. She had a big hit around the globe with "Wuthering Heights" at the time.〔(Kate Bush' television special, filmed in the Efteling )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Haunted Castle (Efteling)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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