Although The Indian Water Lilies is indoors, it is not a real dark ride, that is; there is no transport system but visitors have to walk into the show area to view the 3-dimensional tale. It was the first attraction in the Efteling that used advanced techniques to create an artificial, fairy-tale style environment. The consistency and style of the music, lighting, decorations and animatronics can be found in many other Efteling rides built later, like Spookslot, Fata Morgana and Droomvlucht.