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Duck tours (or, more formally, amphibious tours), are tours that take place on purpose-built amphibious tour buses and (modified) surplus amphibious military vehicles
Boston Duck Tours is a privately owned company that operates historical tours of the city of Boston using replica World War II amphibious DUKW vehicles. [1] Boston Duck Tours first started running tours in Boston, Massachusetts on October 5, 1994. [ 2 ]
Ride the Ducks was a national duck tour operator and eponymous tourist attraction in some parts of the United States and Guam. It made use of amphibious vehicles, nicknamed "ducks", to provide tours of cities by boat and by land. Ride the Ducks was purchased by Herschend Family Entertainment Corporation in 2004. [1]
The tours visit wilderness trails and enter nearby Lake Delton and the Wisconsin River. One company, Original Wisconsin Ducks, has more than 90 vehicles and is the largest operator of duck tours in the United States. Mayor Brian Landers stated, "Many of our own residents take duck rides. I've taken duck rides myself". [43] [44]
Several major tourist destinations in the United States feature duck boat tours, including Austin, Boston, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. [9] Before the Table Rock Lake accident, there had been several other fatal incidents involving duck boats, [10] notably one near Hot Springs, Arkansas, on May 1, 1999, [11] [12] in which 13 ...
A specific sub-type of tour boat is the duck tour vehicle or amphibious bus. In World War II, the United States built and deployed over 20,000 DUKW 2½-ton payload, 6x6 drive, amphibious trucks; and upon winning the war, many became surplus, and were left (sold or donated) in the liberated countries. In many countries these very robust vehicles ...
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The BBC, Reuters and TIME articles (if you actually got round to reading them) do question the safety of duck boats.--♦Ian Ma c M♦ 10:25, 21 July 2018 (UTC) The article fails to distinguish between original DUKWs and modern Duck boats, which have a much better safety record. Also, recent federal law sets new safety regs for DUKWs.