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I wonder how this would fly here in the US with liability concerns.

Martin

On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 11:02 AM, Chuck Howarth <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

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> There is a chain of theme parks in the U.K. under the name DiggerLand
> where visitors use real construction equipment.  They have adapted some
> types of equipment as rides, and in other cases visitors sit at the
> controls of backhoes and actually get to dig.  This is not a Disney-esque
> cleaned up version, but the real deal — all of the equipment is real.  The
> owners originally owned a construction company and got the idea for the
> theme park from their annual family day — people were so excited about just
> getting to sit on the machines that it occurred to them to create an
> attraction around the concept.
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