Disneyland for Dudes

Posted by Miss Cellania in Travel & Places on December 27, 2008 at 8:42 am



Männerspielplatz is a 17-acre theme park in Germany with a real theme. The name translates to “men’s playground”.

For 219 euros (about $280), patrons can spend the day operating 29-ton Liebherr backhoes and 32-ton Komatsu front-end loaders, off-roading through the woods in a Mercedes-built Unimog, peeling out in a Suzuki SUV, and slinging some mud on quad bikes.

The park began as a one-time promotion that became permanent when more and more patrons wanted to have some fun. The biggest customers are women, however, who buy tickets as gifts for men. Link


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18 comments to "Disneyland for Dudes"

  1. Max Power
    December 27th, 2008 at 9:02 am

    (it's really "men's playground"!)

  2. Robert
    December 27th, 2008 at 9:13 am

    That place looks great! How many pages of releases would you have to sign if one of these were in the U.S.?

  3. Miss Cellania
    December 27th, 2008 at 9:34 am

    You're right, Max.. I'll get that fixed. Thanks!

  4. Dave
    December 27th, 2008 at 11:14 am

    Right-o, Robert. But imagine the bile-filled comments you'd see here if it were in the US.

  5. Sugarimp
    December 27th, 2008 at 12:11 pm

    Forget the BF, I'd get a ticket for myself.

  6. Noelegy
    December 27th, 2008 at 1:34 pm

    My husband SO wants to go to that place now.

  7. Gauldar
    December 27th, 2008 at 1:39 pm

    Dave, I don't get it. I'm surprised something like this hasn't happened in the US by now.

  8. Max Power
    December 27th, 2008 at 2:06 pm

    Miss Cellania, cool! :)

  9. Robolasse
    December 27th, 2008 at 2:30 pm

    "Theme Park". Yeah right, and suddenly they are invading France again. :-D

  10. liphttam1
    December 27th, 2008 at 2:34 pm

    What if you brake the equptment? Would you buy it?

  11. DOJ
    December 27th, 2008 at 2:38 pm

    I think this is a great idea

  12. Auguste
    December 27th, 2008 at 2:49 pm

    You can do manual labor [mostly] all day and only have to pay $280? Damn, where do I sign up?

  13. Rocky Rook
    December 27th, 2008 at 4:53 pm

    That is AWESOME! But I think I'll pass.

  14. oc.stomias
    December 28th, 2008 at 12:46 am

    Saw a piece on TV about a joint in Colorado where they'll let you play with heavy construction equipment. That sounded like fun.

  15. Johnny Cat
    December 28th, 2008 at 12:52 am

    I wonder what a Disneyland for women would be like. A ride where you get to try on lots of shoes; get your picture on the cover of Vogue; Saunas.

  16. Arden
    December 28th, 2008 at 1:22 pm

    Ahahah funny.

    No. That sounds like the worst ride ever lol. I'm sure YOU would love it though.

  17. Randall
    December 29th, 2008 at 8:28 am

    No Hardhat, no hearing protection, no eyeprotection or safety shoes. Looks more like a lawyers playground to me.

  18. Daniel Kim
    December 30th, 2008 at 8:08 am

    Once, years ago, I was rebuilding a closet with a friend. The friend had knowledge and skills, I had a house that needed a closet. It was fun, and I joked that there are a lot of guys who would pay money to have some instruction and opportunity to do some building-things.

    I had just watched the movie "City Slickers", where Billy Crystal and buddies go on a cattle-drive fantasy camp vacation. I suggested to my friend that a Home Improvement Fantasy Camp would be just the thing for middle-aged white-collar guys. They would go to some place in Florida and get oriented, receiving their hard hat, gloves, toolbelt, earplugs and goggles. After an inspirational speech by Jimmy Carter and Norm Abrams, there would be a few days of workshops for basic skills.

    Then there would be elective specialty workshops, followed by a stint with Habitat for Humanity building a bunch of houses. This would all be filmed by the This Old House crew, and Norm and Steve would do their usual tour of the works.

    People who show aptitude in some specialty would be featured on a This Old House broadcast about the camp, but everyone would get a video tape of the show with their own personal feature in which they would demonstrate their skills and maybe shake hands with Norm, Steve or Jimmy Carter.

    I'm sure there are people who would pay up $2500 for a two-week fantasy camp experience like that.


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