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Richard Giles
Disneyland Small World boats getting bigger to accomodate heavier riders
October 30, 2007 11:13pm
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The thing that I find the most amusing about this story, is this seems to be the opposite approach that other corporations would take.
Airlines would just downsize the boats, and charge more. The RIAA would sue the overweight customers for sinking the boats. And the Fast Food Industry would turn the water into slurpee.