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- Jan. 23, 1989: Business Notes:Amusement Parks
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
- Jan. 23, 1989 Barbara Bush:The Silver Fox
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- BUSINESS, Page 47
- Business Notes
- AMUSEMENT PARKS
- Lost in the Wooz Zone
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- <p> It's funny, but people like the feeling of being lost. They
- say it helps them cope with stress," says architect Henry
- Yanaga. He should know. Yanaga has designed Wooz, an amusement
- park featuring a giant labyrinth. A Japanese firm, Sun Creative
- Systems U.S.A., has launched a $2 million marketing campaign to
- sell 60 Wooz franchises in the U.S. Its main attraction: a
- tortuous 5,000-ft.-long maze formed of 7-ft.-high redwood walls.
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- <p> A pastime that the Japanese learned from the English by way
- of New Zealand, the maze craze shows signs of catching on in
- the U.S. Since August, thousands of visitors have paid $7 apiece
- to get lost in the first American Wooz, which stands for Wild
- and Original Object with Zoom. The $13 million park in
- Vacaville, Calif., offers two degrees of difficulty.
- Claustrophobes need not fear, because three escape routes are
- provided. Price of a franchise: $45,000 plus construction costs.
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