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Aquanura Aquanura is the name of a fountain system in the Efteling theme park in the Netherlands. The premiere took place on 31 May 2012 on the park's 60th anniversary, and opened to the public the following day. The fountain was developed by WET Design, Efteling and Tebodin Consultants & Engineers.[1] The fountain is the largest in Europe[2] and the third largest in the world, after The Dubai Fountain and the Fountains of Bellagio,[3][4][5] though it could better be compared as a smaller version of Disney's World of Color.[6][7] The show falls within the scope of the park's "Frog King" theme.[8] As such, four large replica frogs are placed in the pond. The FountainAquanura has a total of 200 fountains, subdivided in nine types, each with its own reach and effect. Four of the types are custom designed and built for this project, as are the light effects. 800 lamps are placed in the pond, and 29 light and audio posts are placed around it, with moving heads on top, all in support of the water show. The super shooters reach a height of 45 meters (148 ft), well under their listed capacity. The whole project was constructed by Water Entertainment Technologies (WET), Tebodin Netherlands B.V., Heijmans NV, Kuijpers Piping & Procestechniek, Hoppenbrouwers Elektrotechniek B.V. and Primagaz Nederland B.V. at a total cost of €17,000,000.[9] The watershow can normally be seen at closing time of the park, extra shows are scheduled on busy days and days with extended opening hours. Since the opening of the original Aquanura, the symphony has changed. It has been remade with a couple of new song added. MusicThe music is a medley of compositions that are in the themes of other rides, performed by The Brabant Orchestra.
LocationAquanura is located in the Rowing Pond, thus replacing it, next to the Fata Morgana in the themed area Differ Realm.[10] See alsoReferences
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