Drakenslangen

In June 2026, Toverland announced which attractions would keep running deep into the night during the 25-hour ToverFestival. Drakenslangen was included on that list alongside major crowd-pullers such as Fenix, Troy, Booster Bike, Merlin’s Quest and Djengu River. Between midnight and 06:00, twelve attractions were scheduled to be available.

For Drakenslangen, that was a notable role. The water slides are usually associated with a daytime family visit inside Land van Toos. During the anniversary event, the attraction became part of something different: not just a children’s and family ride, but one element in an overnight celebration of Toverland’s 25th birthday.

The park did warn that attractions could temporarily go down because systems might need to be restarted, or because of faults or weather conditions. Even with that caveat, the inclusion of Drakenslangen showed that Toverland wanted smaller and older attractions to share in the anniversary programme. For visitors, the overnight line-up offered more than the headline coasters and water rides. For fans, it underlined that Land van Toos, the park’s oldest area, still has a place in special park-wide moments.

In August 2022, Toverland reported a long-running issue at Drakenslangen. The black boat slide, the enclosed tube lane of the attraction, had already been out of use since the third week of July. The park described the cause as a technical fault. Technicians were working on a solution, but no clear reopening date was available at the time.

For visitors, the important detail was that Drakenslangen did not have to close completely. The two open lanes without a tube remained in operation, so the attraction stayed partly available in Land van Toos. Even so, the experience was noticeably reduced: the black lane adds variety to the water ride and is one of its most distinctive elements.

The news also placed the fault in a historical context. Drakenslangen opened in 2001, initially without the black lane, and previously carried the names Hara Kiri and Aqua Snake. The closed tube therefore highlighted not only the technical dependence of a water slide, but also the gradual development of the attraction over time. For fans, it was a rare glimpse at the vulnerability of what may look like a simple family slide.

In the summer of 2021, Drakenslangen was affected by a problem many parks recognised after the Covid period: a shortage of staff. Toverland confirmed that the water slides in Land van Toos had regularly been unable to open in the preceding weeks. The Kletterparcours was also mentioned as an attraction that sometimes stayed closed because of staffing pressure.

The park described daily planning as a difficult puzzle. The shortage had already been visible in food and beverage locations, but it now also affected ride operations. Toverland said it had to make choices and deploy available staff in a way that kept the overall guest offering as strong as possible. The most popular attractions were given priority.

For Drakenslangen, this meant the attraction was not limited by a technical problem or maintenance work, but by the wider labour situation. That makes the news a useful part of the ride’s recent history: a family water slide can be ready to operate and still remain closed when staffing is not sufficient. For visitors, the main impact was uncertainty, as the availability of smaller attractions could differ from day to day.