classism, positive
Something I really like about the Efteling is that, despite being a large and well-visited theme park, they don't have a paid 'fastpass' system.
They do occasionally trial 'virtual queueing' systems and such (all of which have been a failure so far in practice), and they do have single-rider lines (which work well!), but those are always usable for everybody.
This is deliberate; they've explicitly stated in the past that it would be unfair to give some visitors priority or more access just because they have more money to spend.
Wish more places were like that.
re: classism, positive
On which note, they seem to be *much* better at crowd management and reducing queue lengths than eg. Disneyland Paris or the various UK theme parks. Queues are often much shorter than you might expect from the visitor numbers.
I don't have hard evidence of why this is, but I can't help but suspect that there's capitalist incentives at play here, and that the parks that have a fastpass system have every reason *not* to fix the queue congestion issues.
re: classism, positive
(For those unfamiliar with what kind of park the Efteling is, which is probably most non-Dutch people, this gives a pretty good idea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY5A55OFLKI)
