In 1981, Python arrived as Efteling’s first roller coaster. The park itself later described the ride as a great change in direction: a fairy-tale park, long known for gentler pleasures, had set a bold length of Vekoma steel on the far side of its grounds. efteling.com· coasterpedia.net

The ride was not a quiet addition. Efteling’s own history of the coaster notes divided opinions at its introduction, yet also records that the Python helped give the park a new future and brought 400,000 additional guests in 1981. efteling.com

Python’s form is plain to the traveller from the queue: two loops, a double corkscrew, and a helix, arranged as a Vekoma Double Loop Corkscrew. Eftepedia records that the landscape and station plans were refined around the ride, with the steam railway ultimately routed around the coaster rather than beneath it. eftepedia.nl

For the 2018 season, Efteling undertook a major rebuilding. The park said the thirty-seven-year-old coaster was almost entirely dismantled and reconstructed over twelve weeks, keeping its familiar loops, double corkscrew, and helix while preparing the ride for further years of service. efteling.com· efteling.com