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- BUSINESS, Page 47Business NotesAMUSEMENT PARKSLost in the Wooz Zone
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- 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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- 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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