The Story of Action Park | A Short Documentary | Fascinating Horror

[@helloits_morgan]

“Some of you may die, but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make.” - Action Park owner

[@JVCNKIDZ]

Who is Lord Farquad?

[@weenis9950]

@@JVCNKIDZ my sugar daddy

[@anaramirez9454]

Lord farquad is that you

[@TrianglePants]

"I'll get a thousand guests killed before I let my company die!"

[@GuadalupeGuacamole]

The Alpine slide was made of concrete, fiberglass and asbestos🤣🤣🤣what’s the worst that could happen😂😂😂

[@emilyc.4000]

Those shirts saying "I survived [tourist attraction]" aren't meant to be taken literally

[@larrychilders6599]

except in the case of Action Park

[@lynncrosby9175]

Meaning you might or might not have survived. I bought a t shirt that said "[ survived Black Bear Pass." But that actually was a near thing.....

[@boataxe4605]

Mine says “I survived the road to Negril”and if you’ve ever ridden a motorcycle from Montego Bay to Negril you’ll take it literally!

[@minnowpd]

The workers called it 'traction park".

[@lorih.2224]

ROTFLABO!!!!! 😂

[@adm712]

When I was 11 in 1983 I fractured my big toe on the Tarzan swing as I landed on a hard concrete area on the side of the pool. I remembered being "treated" in the "first aid" station by a college kid wearing an AC/DC tee shirt.

[@bronzantilium7699]

🎶”Concrete shoes, cyanide....TARZAN SWING!!”🎶

[@DatsexiVAChick]

Damn sorry to hear that I hope you're ok now

[@kayeanderson3622]

Oh I’m sorry about your toe at least your lifeguard had taste😛

[@lydia7177]

LOL

[@dezznutz3743]

Where were your parents?

[@Weazel1]

I appreciate that just like any other video about a specific disaster, he starts with the date. This implies that the mere opening of the park was the disaster in question.

[@HadridarMatramen]

Before I ruined the count by liking your comment, the number of likes it had was 113 - which also happens to be the emergency phone number to the ambulance here in Norway. A silly, entirely irrelevant thing, but after watching this particular video, and then your comment stating that the opening of the park was the real disaster, it just made me giggle!!!!!

[@patriciavietor375]

There are more of these

[@kvk1960]

I nearly drowned in a wave pool in Germany when I was 16 and trapped in the deep end. I remember flailing my arms around like windmills trying to get the attention of a lifeguard and screaming for my life while trying not to go under as my elderly aunt and uncle laughed and waved at me thinking I was having fun. Fucking nightmare memory still and I am now 60 years old.

[@NeilLewis77]

Ive been there. For me it was the "sun life center" in Wales 94. I guess in some way we are all veterans of terror.

[@zerozerohero7189]

You guys have cheated death. No wonder it's been going after other amusement park victims!!

[@Queenofcats36]

Oh man, I relate to this!! Has happened a few times. Sadistic family members I swear.

[@kittykittybangbang9367]

What water park was it?

[@alicem1961]

Oh god, this reminds me of when I was 9 and choking on an ice lolly. I must have been turning blue, but my friends were just laughing at me. I literally wanted to die just so they would feel the guilt that they didn't help me. Gives me the chills just thinking about it

[@robertsantiagonc]

Went five straight summers. There is no exaggeration in this video. I don’t know how I survived. Great times.

[@sammysabo]

I love how you still say great times 😂😂

[@PlagueRavenRX]

"I went. It was dangerous. I almost died. It was awesome."

[@jayfender4486]

We lose people every year on rivers and lakes 🤷‍♂️

[@isaiahscott1998]

I went 3 summers is a row. One of the slides was a waterboarding simulation. Such funny and good times getting rekt there

[@elllieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

@@jayfender4486 Rivers and lakes are very different from whats supposed to be a controlled and safe experience

[@luxdiscountfurniture]

Frankly in listening to this, I'm surprised only 6 people died in that entire time.

[@deserthoney]

I was shocked also. I was expecting a much higher number.

[@thisbeem2714]

Same.

[@CatgirLinKC]

They think that a lot more died, but it was covered up because the park could lie and say they were an employee, there's a great documentary about it on HBO, "Class Action Park". One guy that died from being thrown off the Alpine Slide, he had formerly worked there , so they didn't claim his death as a customer dying.

[@dezznutz3743]

@@CatgirLinKC The Documentary on HBO literally states 4 people died and how they died. Sorry, but you dont "cover-up" deaths at a public park, I swear to G** people dont think before they type.

[@CatgirLinKC]

@@dezznutz3743 ok, I see a pattern of defending Action Park's death rate in other posts, so I am wondering if you are an investor or the son of the former owner? In any matter, in reference to your condescending comment above, Wikipedia page, look under "Fatalities" tab... en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Park Quote: July 8, 1980: A 19-year-old man was riding the Alpine Slide when his car jumped the track and his head struck a rock, killing him. Gene Mulvihill told reporters that the man was an employee because if he was an employee then he wouldn't have to report his death to the state. The man worked at the park as a ski lift operator the prior season; he never worked at Action Park. -- end quote .... so, because he worked at the ski lift for Mr Mulvihill the previous season, they fudged their reporting to the state and said he had been an employee.

[@Lizpost57]

I am a survivor of Action Park. Major head injury and had to be taken to the local hospital. Two other people were also taken there during my hospitalization

[@qbconnect2883]

But did you go back the following summer?

[@ObsidiusPrime]

I see your comment is a year old so you may not respond and that’s fine. But how did the accident happen if you don’t mind me asking?

[@naomisgram1]

😢

[@laceneil4570]

The English version of Action Park was Fantaseas. My family went there regularly, during one visit someone nearly drowned in the wave pool and was brought back with cpr. The staff didn't give a duck about safety, my two little brothers were allowed on slides that they were below the height restrictions, and in the wave pool you could go up to the end where the fans were and hold on to the barrier. Ah, the 80s.

[@naomisgram1]

@@Lizpost57 😢

[@MidnightDarkness666]

Dude didn't even mention how they employed underage, untrained and often times high on drugs college kids to serve alcohol to patrons, act as life guards and first aid responders.

[@canaisyoung3601]

That's what that documentary on HBO Max is for.

[@albinsalguero6300]

They still do that have you seen the life guards 120 pounds wet no muscle about 5ft 6 how the fuck is he going to save a 300 pound man from drowning.

[@davidbradley3227]

Stoned kids dishing out alcohol. I like this place even more!

[@markgarvey5859]

Yep were crazy an not local employees Vernon had very little weed or any drugs back then they started bussing in staff from Newark an that caused major problems with staffing an any type of good employees

[@fredtaylor9792]

That sounds like an awesome place to work!

[@Pindamoes]

"They can't sue us if they're dead" - Action Park, probably

[@Michijoy]

Their families: _Allow us to introduce ourselves._

[@thatmotivatedchris6749]

@@Michijoy The neighbors who join them: #2 ⬆

[@brey1720]

Seems a bit accurate 😅

[@holdencross5904]

Lawyers: You weren't supposed to say that!!!!

[@Michijoy]

@The One, The Only, The Official Mr. Troll Face omg who hurt u

[@PickledThyme1]

"Made of concrete, fiberglass, and asbestos." I don't think I've ever heard of a scarier combination of materials.

[@chrisgrant1029]

Thousands of people could be suffering from breathing in this asbestos. This takes years to show

[@zaodedong9935]

Water, metal grate, and exposed wires, is much scarier.

[@shadegreen5351]

Sugar, spice, and everything nice. Most dangerous combination ever. That stuff will ruin you.

[@phthartic]

Geez what a bunch of wimps. Granted a steep concrete slide doesn’t sound all that fun to me for the apparent risk involved, but what’s the panic about the materials? Concrete? Ever seen a sidewalk? Wouldn’t want to faceplant on one, but does that make it “scary?” Fiberglass? Ooh, how scary. Guess your tentpoles, fishing rods and ladders are just ticking timebombs right? Oh, and the big one: asbestos! That one is such a lethal deathtrap that we used it for tons of stuff for over a hundred years at least. Wouldn’t you think something so scarily lethal would have made people notice how dangerous it was a bit quicker? “Hey George, ever notice how everybody with transite siding on their house dies a year after moving in?” “Uh, no, can’t say that I have...” I don’t know the statistics, but I’m pretty sure this stuff doesn’t kill or even cause cancer in some huge percentage of people around it. You have to work around it in a job where it’s floating around in the air for years to have any reasonable chance of being harmed by it. The people who demolished the concrete slides might have needed to worry, but just rolling over it in the open air when it was set in concrete probably presented miniscule risk compared to the risk of crashing your cart somehow.... In other words yeah, the activity looks fairly risky, but whether the slide was made out of wood or clay or concrete with no asbestos wouldn’t make it any less scary to someone who can evaluate risk rationally.

[@Animo92]

@@phthartic in all fairness asbestos when it's whole and complete is harmless, it's it's you crush or damage it that is the problem

[@kayvaanmcsharrowkyn6901]

As a Child of the 80s it AMAZES Me that ANY OF US LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO PROCREATE

[@lexprontera8325]

Even so, at least it's the 1980s and not the 1880s 😬 Yikes!

[@9876432234545]

You 80’s kids are so special 🫠 90’s all the way

[@lilyw.719]

What are you talking about? We were the last generation to have a real childhood. It was great. I wish I could go back.

[@MyMaxKitty]

@@lilyw.719 I wish I could go back, too

[@michaelderenne9838]

Lol

[@bubbl3gum_bunny412]

The owner of Action Park was pretty much playing Rollercoaster Tycoon in real life

[@darkdreamsdontdie7785]

We need more people like him to deliver good times to the world

[@partehbear2995]

Bubbl3gum_ Bunny As a person who’s made a ride in rollercoaster tycoon that sends you head first into the ground, yeah

[@laceneil4570]

Or Theme Park, when you make the rides too fast and people fall off and die, but people still go to the theme park despite the high death toll. XD

[@26michaeluk]

I bout fell out laughing at this comment.

[@carrie_k]

Lmao

[@datboi4925]

As someone who lives close to this place, i love when people talk about it and find about about it. This place was literally a death trap run by teenagers.

[@zelda781]

i’m curious have you ever been to it??

[@rc9145]

I wonder if the abandoned place is still there if it is it’d be creepy as hell

[@Yawyna124]

@@rc9145 As in the video, it wasn't abandoned. Purchased, made safe, reopened. Still operating today as Mountain Creek Waterpark.

[@alanatsunberries4340]

I was just there last week! It's currently a skii resort and waterpark. It's nothing like how it was, which is a bit of a shame since i'd love to explore the abandoned ruins of this place, but none are left.

[@winterkrash]

@@Yawyna124 that would be quite unsettling for me if I will go there now. Knowing about the tragedy... 😐

[@jacklambert1521]

"Safety tested mainly by trial and error." This sentence shouldn't even exist.

[@That_Awesome_Guy1]

If enough of the employees survived testing the ride would be allowed.

[@jacklambert1521]

@@That_Awesome_Guy1 It's like the park was built by Jeff Bezos.

[@Horusthebetrayer]

And I'm glad that it does.

[@newdaze]

Hi, Jack!

[@KM-pp4je]

Sounds like the Covid vaccines.

[@yukeenakamura1398]

I remember Johnny Knoxville talking about how fun but unsafe this place was in a documentary or interview. You know a place is batshit crazy when Jackass tells you it’s dangerous!

[@coltburks5450]

Pretty sure they made a movie about it with him playing the owner

[@hardcorehunter9438]

​@@coltburks5450 you're right. Didn't realize until now it was based off this

[@EndFemicideSaveLives]

Damn 😳😂

[@smilesgirl17]

Lmao maybe that’s how he got inspired for jackass

[@atqmra13]

Huh. Maybe action park is why I enjoy jackass so much.

[@jonesingforprosperity1964]

This video omits two of the most bizarre things about Action Park: That most of its employees and guests were teenagers allowed to be drinking alcohol for most of the day, and that the park had purchased multiple ambulances to take multiple guests to the hospital every day. Absolutely insane.

[@Spankmepink]

Yup, this is probably the worst video on the channel. Besides that important fact this video leaves A LOT of facts out.

[@thegriffin88]

Not only that but they put the brewery right next to the go-kart ride. When it was after hours the employees would take the cards for a joyride down the highway. Good times. 😊

[@jonathansoko1085]

That sounds like a good time though

[@jonathansoko1085]

@@Spankmepink well thank God we have you the professional know it all to help us out! We are so lucky you're here

[@boataxe4605]

Sounds like the land of the free and the home of the brave.

[@skiprockjr.6881]

I went to Action Park about 10 times when I was a kid. I was always too scared to do anything besides the inner tube lazy river thing. People would be walking around with open wounds, giant abrasions, bloody noses. All I would do when I was there was watch people get hurt.

[@rbisme113]

Dang. The lazy river is always a good choice IMO.

[@L8dyAriel]

Along with those war wounds everyone watched those kids .. felt bad.. and talked about it with friends on our way to the Tarzan Jump and the huge toilet bowl that they installed.

[@skiprockjr.6881]

@@L8dyAriel I distinctly remember watching people go on the Tarzan swing and expecting to see someone die.

[@twistedyogert]

@Darlene Her When someone goes to an amusement park, they are expecting to have fun, not wind up in the hospital.

[@alexandria3583]

so not only are people getting hurt, they're risking nasty infections by staying at the park. we all know waterparks are disgusting. glad you're okay

[@farrahfiasco]

As a kid growing up in NJ during the 80s and 90, Action Park was indeed talked about in excited whispers and hushed tones. I remember vaguely going there once with my parents but it’s all a blur. Probably from a head injury.

[@amyroucoulet655]

Haha. Funny not funny. Sadly its prob true.

[@mhzprayer]

Lol good comment! Would have been great without that last explanation sentence. Just leave it with "vaguely remember" or it's "all a blur" and its friggin hilarious haha

[@paulzammataro7185]

🤣

[@automnejoy5308]

​@@mhzprayer Huh? You are wrong. The last sentence is what makes it funny.

[@kcc-karenschroniccorner9432]

Sorry, but I friggin lolled at the last sentence. Gold.

[@donmoore7785]

I dated the daughter of a "safety investigator" Action Park had on staff, in 1982-1983. He has some amazing stories! One evening when I arrived at her house, he came to the door with his knees and elbows are skinned from testing the Alpine Slide. It was a wild amusement park - as crazy dangerous as this video says.

[@DaxxLexx]

I like when people talk about Action Park and are like "yeah I broke my arm 7 times and my cousin got decapitated but other than that it was my favorite summer ever"

[@tracyanne64]

😅

[@brianhill7905]

I remember my favorite summer there when on the water slide I got my weiner cut off and became possessed by a demon after visiting the haunted house.

[@justinanderson1706]

@@brianhill7905 To be fair, that was advertised in the brochure with every visit.

[@tracyhall2901]

😂

[@1582len]

@@brianhill7905 you too!!!

[@goldflower03]

"This swinging rope is great, but what it really needs is a concrete wall opposite of it." - Action Park employee, probably.

[@mortenkveim8447]

If not, there is no action :)

[@RAMnnn1892]

😂😂😂

[@briq4]

Also use actual mountain water that was always 30° colder than the air. It was quite Refreshing!

[@dx1450]

They got the idea from watching a Roadrunner cartoon.

[@dx1450]

They got the idea from watching a Roadrunner cartoon.

[@novemberguy7087]

I believe the reason so many people look back fondly on Action Park is due to copious head injuries from the rides.

[@Tindometari]

We're also talking about the 70s and 80s. Doesn't take head injuries to explain memories being kinda 'soft focus'.

[@travian821]

My bet is that not a lot of people got injured proportionally wise. Just a few every week or day most people wouldnt notice. And I guess the danger made the things a little bit more enjoyable and memorable... if everything went right that is.

[@novemberguy7087]

@@travian821 Yeah, that is most likely the reason why. I was just making a joke before.

[@kidragakas]

@@travian821 I mean, enough folks were getting injured it got the nicknames “Traction Park” and “Class Action Park”, so I imagine it wasn’t a small proportion. It was well known it was risky; one can only imagine how much more we’d know if this was happening in now in the social media age.

[@valeriewilliams1103]

I drowned once or twice at the water park. And I'm fine

[@awg7068]

I still have scars from the Alpine Slides. The whole park was absolute madness, you didn’t get in trouble if you went off the track with the carts, or if you slammed into someone else, or did an insane daring-do off of the rope swing. When you came into the park, there were always ambulances at the entrance. Kids not much older than me were running things, and you could smell the pot smoke coming out of the employee shacks. I have to say, I do remember it with great fondness, but I was a kid, so what the hell did I know about safety? I was lucky that I wasn’t ever hurt badly, but this should never be repeated again. As a parent now, I’m horrified, because Frontal Lobes and the ability to consider consequences.

[@supertuber120]

I just don't understand how ambulances at the entrance wouldn't turn more people away 😕. I mean you were a kid at the time so I see how you might not have thought much of it, but the adults? Why wouldn't they be scared for their kid's safety at a place that needed ambulances on standby and just say, "Nope. We're going somewhere else."

[@boataxe4605]

Do as I say,not as I did. Hypocrite.

[@vasiliyshukshin7466]

Those frontal lobes can be real fun killers, can they not.

[@awg7068]

@@supertuber120 You have to understand what Boomer parents were like. They would literally throw you out of the house in the early morning, and expect not to see you until the streetlights came on. They probably saw the ambulances and assumed they were there 'just in case'. Hell, most of the grown ups there were drunk at the Beer Hall, and were driving the go-karts drunk as Lords.

[@awg7068]

@@vasiliyshukshin7466 I'm amazed that mine still work, to be honest. I would be horror-struck if my kids ever tried 1/4 of the stunts I pulled off at Class Action Park.

[@SingleScoopGelati]

This one is my favorite because it is so wildly negligent that the entire park sounds like one of those fictional corporate entities in the Fallout universe.

[@kamikaze6363]

Yeah I expected the guy that owned it to look like Cave Johnson.

[@livinghistory9701]

🎵Come on down to Nuka World and see it for yourself, a vacation that refreshes, a trip you won't forget, a park with every minimum safety standards met🎵

[@meevluv]

You should check out Class Action Park, a full length documentary about this park. It's on HBO.

[@upland77]

Yeah that's capitalism for you

[@nathanielovaughn2145]

@@upland77 You clearly need to take econ classes. You don't understand the concept of capitalism vs. public safety regulations.

[@mesau7002]

Probably had lawyers standing at the exits handing out their business cards.

[@dx1450]

The park got the nickname "Class Action Park."

[@RyDawg084]

🤣

[@user-none1313]

He owned the insurance company it's headquarters was over seas don't know why that was left out and Vernon made him buy ambulances and pay the volunteers who were stationed there on the weekends

[@alex26361]

@Winahh Taylahh no it’s legit I’ve been there before lmao honestly a pretty fun park tho

[@ollie7070]

@@alex26361 hell it was probably a blast if you didn't get injured your driving a cart at 50 mph and big wave pools sounds awesome, but dangerous

[@tjeremiah9747]

My parents always said the 80's were wild and lawless. But go karts that dont require a helmet to ride and go 80km/h, that's some real wild shit.

[@v-town1980]

Yeah, the 80s were awesome in most ways. We just did stuff without mommy having to put a helmet on us or coddle us.

[@whatabouttheearth]

Im pretty sure a water slide with a complete rollar coaster type of loop is crazy! You would shoot up into it feet first and head down, thats nuts

[@vintagesawyer6246]

Ya some carts had a loose strap they would hook over your neck and one arm just so you wouldn't fly out I guess.

[@BigM33100]

@@v-town1980 I mean, putting a helmet on when you’re going 50mph seems less like coddling and more like good sense. Just like a motorcycle, if I saw someone going at those speeds in an open air vehicle I’d assume they’re just tempting fate.

[@bronwynknox3605]

I think the point of this video is that many people didn’t survive!

[@TheKaidynB]

The scariest thing about cannonball loop is that they sent a crash dummy down the slide and it came out without its head

[@Stratelier]

And that loop appeared perfectly circular -- there's a reason modern loops use the "teardrop" shape instead.

[@annespacedroid]

Action park: I'm pretty sure your kids head was missing BEFORE they entered the park.

[@whatabouttheearth]

My grandpa did maintenance and saftey at Disney Land in California for 20 years and one time some dummy thought it would be cool to block the saftey bar on Space Mountain...guess he never thought about hoe those lights that look like stars are staying there in mid air...he stood up and a beam took his head clean off, my grandpa and some other guys had to go down to the bottom later and recover it. Alot of crazy stuff happens at Disney.

[@jennywithlove1210]

@@whatabouttheearth Some peoples stupidity amazes me. There's rules and guidelines for a reason, and I hope your grandpa was okay after that

[@lord_of_the_oreos_vol3]

Space mountain was such an awesome ride......... And now i know those *stars* are actual light beam hanging 😬

[@foxtrapandendo7541]

@@whatabouttheearth as took his head clean of you mean as he got his head chopped off

[@foxtrapandendo7541]

@@whatabouttheearth or you mean another way because i dont get ir

[@Miketheratguy]

8:00: Pro Tip: If an amusement park says that you need to sign a liability waiver to ride one of their rides, you should probably find a different amusement park.

[@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245]

I mean

[@lisalee2885]

Omg!!! Too funny! I'm waiting for that Liability waiver for Restaurants after Covid 😂😂

[@ryanstinson6740]

@@lisalee2885 I'm waiting for you to get a job instead of living if mommy and daddy's money.

[@lisalee2885]

@@ryanstinson6740 LOL! Ryan you are too funny 😂 I'm 56 and have lived on my own since 19. For the record my parents are deceased 😥 P.S. I have worked all through covid 👍🇺🇸👍🇺🇸

[@Miketheratguy]

@@jarlborg1531 Life is definitely worth risking for a 30 second thrill ride.

[@yowtfputthemaskbackon9202]

"once a few employees survived the experience it was declared safe" incredible

[@luisferr2001]

So glad Disneyland was never managed like that.

[@skychieftain]

@@luisferr2001 Disney is worse. Much worse. You have no idea

[@kittykittybangbang9367]

@@skychieftain Are you sure about that?

[@skychieftain]

@@kittykittybangbang9367 yes

[@randomshyte9989]

Thats what they ment with trial and error

[@sarge6870]

I'm 60 yrs old now but when I was a teenager, my friends and I went to Action Park during the summer break from school. One year, I rode the Alpine Slide and on a deep slope in the ride, the cart got away from me after going through a steep turn and and I slide about 50 feet on my elbows and knees down the cement track. I got severe burns to my elbows and knees and had to go to the on-sight medical building. They actually wanted to charge me for the medical service when it was their ride that caused the injuries I sustained.

[@qbconnect2883]

They tried to charge you 😂😂

[@cazzey8569]

Geez. Trying to charge someone for getting injured on their ride 😂😂 I meannnnnn just wow

[@AdmRose]

Hey, alternative revenue stream.

[@evelyngarcia4286]

I went there in the early 90's. I was in the wave pool having fun when suddenly I looked down and saw this small girl, maybe 5 years old completely submerged in the water and she was unable to come up due to the waves. I basically saved her life because no one was watching this poor child. I picked her up and took her out of the water and brought her back to the shore and she ran back to her family. This poor girl was by herself in this dangerous pool. I never forget this moment.

[@gfgffdd]

You are a true hero. I can only imagine this scary moment.

[@timo184]

Hero!!

[@KristenRowenPliske]

This is what terrifies me about those “lazy rivers” at some parks, where my kids are concerned. At the junctions of different paths, it would get backed up with everyone on tubes pushing to get through & fool kids swimming underwater below. I wouldn’t let my girls, though 13-14, do that & they just looked at me like I was crazy. There was nowhere to come up, I told them; they had to wait until we were past the crush. I was nervous for other people’s kids doing this, too.

[@gfgffdd]

@@KristenRowenPliske yes their are some unseen dangers at those parks. Parents need to watch over their kids. It was the right desicion to make.

[@justacherry4406]

I've never been to action park but I have a similar story. I was swimming with some family friends and they have twin girls, and at the time the girls were still fairly young (elementary age, probably kindergarten/1st grade). We were at a deep swimming hole at a river and there was a large area up top where all the adults were, where they couldn't see the kids from (already awfully irresponsible). I noticed one of the girls was in the deeper area and barely keeping her head above water and I just got this awful feeling in my gut that she would drown if I didn't go get her (thankfully I'm a strong swimmer). Sure enough, I swam over to her and she immediately tried to climb on top of me. I could feel how tired and yet panicked she was and as soon as I went under from her weight, I knew she was in trouble. I got my head above water and grabbed her with one arm, keeping her head level with mine and started shouting for someone to help me get her out of the water. Nobody either heard me or responded, so I swam over to a much shallower area where she could sit down and catch her breath (there was rocks by the edge that were only barely submerged). The scariest part is that as soon as she caught her breath, she went back to going down the river "slide" into the deep end and I kept an eye on her the entire time, terrified that she was going to go under. She barely knew how to dog paddle, let alone actually swim. I was infuriated at her parents and terrified for her safety, and to this day even just thinking about it fills me with adrenaline. I'm so glad I went with them, because god knows what would have happened if I'd declined that day. I doubt she still remembers it but I will never forget that day. Even now, at any area where people are swimming, I keep an eye on everyone else, especially any youngsters without flotation aids. I've never had to save anyone else yet, but I'm constantly on high alert just in case.

[@JoeBob79569]

My general thoughts when getting on a scary ride growing up was _"it must be safe, otherwise it wouldn't be allowed to run."_ I'm not sure if I believed it or if I was just trying to convince/console myself just so that I'd go on it.

[@Showsni]

Just like this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4KofIujp56AfM0

[@JoeBob79569]

@@Showsni Lol, yea that sums it up pretty much exactly! Never heard of that show before, must give it a watch..

[@AK-jt7kh]

Well normal kids at normal theme parks convince themselves in this way, but in your case, you probably were consoling yourself. 🤣

[@bubblesawesome3284]

I said the same thing

[@markusbrauns4274]

Airplanes were pretty scary, to people when they first flew over oceans.

[@davidsigalow7349]

In another KZbin documentary about Action Park, it was reported that the first life-sized test dummy sent down that dangerous waterslide was decapitated by the looping feature. That this did not deter the park from opening the ride to the public is all you need to know.

[@KM-pp4je]

Wow. Just WOW.

[@troyundroy1]

“Excuse me Mr Mulvihill, why is the dummy screaming?” “THIS RIDE IS CLOSED!” …for the afternoon.

[@matthew_natividad]

Seems legit

[@jenniferbrowne8313]

😳

[@LoneWanderer013]

Also apparently people getting bad head bruises from that loop so they added foam to it. People started getting weird cuts and lacerations on their heads instead and when they looked at the foam again it had several teeth imbedded in it.

[@jasonlacroix6083]

Surviving childhood as a kid in the 70's was a badge of honor. I grew up in Florida and the insane things we did were endless. We had a local water park built in our neighborhood and we took advantage of the chance to skateboard the slides before it was officially opened. It was a thirty foot death drop if you didn't stay in the slide. But, we tore that place up!!

[@nustde00]

Dude!! What a memory! Wish i was there pal, I would have shredded a slide lol

[@jasonlacroix6083]

@@nustde00 I skated into my 50's. Until I nearby folded my knee backwards in our local bowl. First time skating ever really hurt me.

[@matsmith5800]

The good ol days😄😄😄

[@sirdudeness1386]

😳😳😳😬😬😬what the hell. Pure insanity.

[@stephensmith7293]

Same here. I was a 70s child / 80s teen. Surviving childhood then, did deserve a badge. Like being allowed to play at the local park, unattended, at age five. (yes, five) Being allowed to cross the street by myself, at age five. (yes, five) Explains why I cut my left hand open climbing a fence, requiring eight stitches to fix. Also explains why I was struck by a car crossing that same street. In hindsight, my parents were really stupid. My five year old, certainly won't be crossing streets, or playing in a park alone. Then, there was riding our bikes, all over our area of the city, or walking to the mall to hang out, by age eight. Stuff you can't let your kids do anymore. At least these days, most people are aware of all the danger of living in most societies. Good luck out there kids. You'll need it.

[@stephenjohnson8487]

Im 43 and still have the scar on my knee from alpine slide....I was around 7-8 yrs old at the time......Im so proud of that scar

[@conroy5087]

😂

[@henryfoxwell762]

I still have the blank look of having my face ripped off at Action Park.

[@stephenjohnson8487]

@Tash & Co. Lol..no doubt...

[@stephenjohnson8487]

@@henryfoxwell762 I remember when I got the road burn on my knee from the turn I took that day...one of the park workers came to where I was and rode me down on the same cart....and they sprayed me with that orange stuff....I made the initial comment after watching class action park on max....I got mad excited, cuz they actually talked about the injuries and the orange spray in the documentary almost exactly in the same manner as how I tell people the story about when they sprayed me with hat shit......it burned like hell for like 3 seconds (like they said it would), then I felt no pain.....after that me an my uncle and his friends still stayed for like another hr...lmao......GOOD TIMES MAN

[@ssnake0]

I loved action park still have the scars. Alpine slide 🤙🏽

[@MrDlt123]

My brother went to Action Park with his class the day after I left to go to Desert Storm. We hugged at the airport, because we both knew that some wouldnt make it back. Thankfully, he and everyone in his class survived.

[@melodiefrances3898]

Rofl!!!

[@lewisjeffreys9175]

🤣

[@amyroucoulet655]

Omg lol!!!!

[@markusbrauns4274]

I'd take my chances with Action Park, over war in the desert anyday.

[@osoman818]

I'm glad you did

[@cherubcherub1698]

fiber glass, concrete, asbestos name a more iconic trio, I'll wait 💅🏾💅🏾

[@johnnyyen4910]

Lennon, McCartney and Harrison. Do I win?

[@marysunrise7575]

Beyoncé, Kelly and Michelle 😅

[@cherubcherub1698]

@@marysunrise7575 don't lie you know Michelle and Concrete have the same personality 😭😭😭

[@coriohttv]

@@cherubcherub1698 oh my god you did not just

[@kissarococo2459]

Those should be names for an eyeshadow palette tbh.

[@jessicaheger1880]

I went there in maybe 1982, at age 7ish. My mom and I were in the ski lift/sky ride which went directly over a road (without any seat belts or safety measures, of course). Then it got stuck. My poor mom was so terrified, but she kept it together so I wouldn't freak out. I remember looking at those water slides, but was told they were for adults. And the alpine slide fascinated me, but again i was really too little to be doing that ride either. Sounds like my mom was wise to be so prudent.

[@captaindiligence7858]

One of the first things I did when I got internet was research amusement park ride safety, and show my kids the facts. One of the dumbest things I hear ppl say is "They wouldn't sell it if it wasn't good for you" Don't trust "they" and check things out for yourself.

[@xpan195]

“Only 6 deaths?” Yeah but consider the thousands of undiagnosed head injuries… you ever drive around Jersey? This park is probably the source of a lot of brain damage

[@skylined5534]

I'm actually starting to think brain damage from head injuries somehow became hereditary! Your deadpan comment did make me laugh 😂

[@mrivard81]

Nope. It's the schools.

[@iliketowatchvideos47]

Still can't get over the carts going 50mph ! Wtf

[@TheRedVipre]

Suddenly it all makes so much sense. Wonder if the "Jersey Slide" maneuver has its roots in action park as well.

[@maxbrazil3712]

It's genetic.

[@Jscsonic]

This sounds just like the parks I used to make in Roller Coaster Tycoon as a kid

[@thehaefman656]

I feel this so fucking much

[@samjackson1895]

At least nobody was literally deleting the ride while you were on it though.

[@MajorT0m]

Murderer!

[@user-pt1cz4ot1e]

What The Haefman said. Makes me want to steal my son’s Switch tonight.

[@samjackson1895]

@@user-pt1cz4ot1e Do it. :p

[@katla_phc]

An additional note about the cannonball loop slide (honestly each attraction at the park deserves its own video, absolutely everything was batshit insane): when they started testing the slide, they noticed that so many people were leaving the slide with missing teeth, broken noses, etc. So they added padding at what they suspected were the worst parts. Then they tested it with the padding--people were coming out of the slide still with missing teeth and broken noses, but less frequently. However, almost everyone had these weird deep cuts. They looked inside again. Multiple riders' lost teeth were stuck in the new padding, resulting in the cuts. Also the test riders of the cannonball loop were the underage park employees who were pressured into doing it because they would be paid $100 cash for riding the slide.

[@catmaxwell6691]

..getting lacerated by other peoples embedded teeth sounds more like an 1880’s problem, than a 1980’s broblem😂 (Paying the kids to potentially get maimed is awful)

[@alnabulsi313]

This is a genuine horror story. I've heard tons of tales about action park, but I've never heard about the fucking teeth.

[@rissarose781]

Wow that's is so disgusting and unbelievable!!

[@stephb8298]

@@alnabulsi313 I heard about that in a documentary on HBO and knew instantly I was going to hell for laughing

[@markdaniels7174]

Man, that really IS batshit crazy! Missing teeth? No problem; we’ll add padding. Cuts now? Oh, it’s just previous missing teeth cutting the newer riders. Open it up to the public! The amateur engineers and owner seem stupendously careless with these contraptions.

[@zuitsuit80]

I grew up going to Action Park often. It was indeed dangerous but that became a big part of the appeal for many of us who made it out of those rides safely. It became a twisted right of passage. Much of the park is still there and running. To correct the video, many of the original scary rides are still there. Such as the Tarzan drop and the waterfall jump. The terrain is still notoriously steep and slippery. It’s at Mountain Creek Resort.

[@eustab.anas-mann9510]

*rite

[@ilikemitchhedberg]

@@eustab.anas-mann9510 For all intensive porpoises, it means the same thing. Dont be such a Pre-Madonna. Enjoy you meal and Bone-Apple Tea.

[@Mr.Boom_513]

​@@ilikemitchhedberg😂

[@freespirit5719]

@@ilikemitchhedberg - 🥂🤣🤣🤣

[@The_ZeroLine]

It’s disgusting there’s no danger allowed today in anything. It’s why you can be basically certain nothing you can do at these amusement parks will be any fun.

[@deserthoney]

Loud speaker as you enter park: "May the odds be ever in your favor"

[@csamp2855]

This is a resonatingly funny comment.

[@necronomicunt]

Lmaooo

[@Aal-2447]

Underrated comment. This comment section is full of wee nuggets of gold!

[@fizazlebedazzled7876]

“Let the games begin”

[@rickyrickardo8347]

Good luck everyone!

[@christianloper9483]

I love how this one wasn't showing a single catastrophic disaster but was like, "Look at this shitshow." lol

[@pearlssbu8749]

A very loveable shit show

[@ressljs]

This park sounds like its awesomeness far outweighed its horror.

[@DavidB-rx3km]

I don't think the narrator understands how cool this place was, thousands and thousand of people must have visited, with what sounds like a very, very small amount of deaths.

[@arcrides6841]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂✌⚡

[@ydcee3123]

@@DavidB-rx3km That wasn't the point. The thing that ended AP was the lawsuits. Cost a lot to hire lawyers for that sort of thing. Then the insurance rates must have grown incredibly high after the lawsuits. Then maintenance, employees and the owners are of course, going to leave with their millions. Most people just look at business, especially one that big, as entertainment and what they want. That's how the rich stay rich. Business, business, money, money. Do we really know how many lawsuits AP had to fight. We are on the outside looking in.

[@ShiroArctic]

A couple of things I've read about this place: One of the employees who tested the Cannonball Loop actually suffered permanent brain damage from the ride. She didn't quite have enough speed to clear the loop, and ended up smashing her head into the inside of the slide as a result. Another thing I've read is that one of the nicknames given to the park as a result of all of the injuries there was "Class-Action Park," which I personally think is hilarious.

[@BertGrink]

I´ve also heard that they had to install a hatch at the top of the loop so that they could dislodge stuck riders.

[@sblagg527]

I thought you were going to say it was nicknamed "Traction Park."

[@dr.detroit1514]

A place known more for Ambulance than Ambiance.

[@unclelou4839]

'Class Action Park', 'Traction Park', etc., yep. When I was coming up in the 70s & 80s this place was legend - and not in a GOOD way. We went one summer and it had a really creepy/sleazy vibe. Basically a bunch of drunk, obnoxious punkass teenagers. By '83 or so the place looked like a cobbled together wreck. I remember my dad looking around warily, commenting on the shoddiness, and saying a lot of "you're not going on THAT!"

[@unclelou4839]

@@dr.detroit1514 Although I didn't personally SEE any terrible injuries/mayhem while I was there, one of my sisters did call attention to the ambulances. What seemed like a FLEET of them, idling and ready. A morbid vibe, for sure.

[@cshaffer8258]

I was in my late 20’s when I visited AP. To be perfectly honest, I LOVED IT! I remember the race track, speed boats, Alpine slide and the rolling rapids. I felt like a teenager again! However, I then went on the new Bungee Jump tower! Back in those days, I weighed about 270. You had to weigh in before climbing the tower. They would weigh you and print out a ticket showing your weight which would then get attached to a harness that you had to wear. I was 40lbs over the 230 limit. When I was getting weighed, I was told by the person weighing me to pull myself up on the doorway header that was directly my head. By doing so, I was able to get my weight down to below 230. He printed the ticket and up I went. I believe it was 100 drop and they had very large air bags on the ground for just in case. I went up and after getting attached to the bungee, I jumped. Feet first. Good thing I did so. Because when the bungee had fully stretched out my feet literally hit the air bags. I was fine. But I noticed that many people had jumped head first! Had I opted to do that, I very easily could end up breaking my neck. If I recall, during that summer, there were a couple of deaths on that “attraction” alone! AP was forced to close the Bungee Jump and like 2 or 3 years later, they were shut down for good. But, I still loved that day! Always will!

[@freakexecutiveofficer]

Jesus that’s terrifying

[@terrencej-smith5522]

You probably recall incorrectly. Nothing online says there were a "couple" of deaths from their bungee jump. Sure injuries aren't well documented but the actual fatalities at the park are. Everything i have read says 6 people died in the park during its operation. The 6 mentioned in the video. I do find it hilarious that the jump was called (and presumably sponsored by) the Snapple Snap-Up Whipper Snapper Ride.

[@cshaffer8258]

@@terrencej-smith5522 maybe I do. I do remember the park being shut down at least twice due to deaths. This was before the internet (at least I didn’t have it at that time) and cell phones. So I received the info from word of mouth. The park was extremely unsafe, however I remember having a blast!

[@edyoumans1318]

Zero deaths on the bungee rides. Worst injury was a broken ankle which occurred when a jumper slid off the airbag while being lowered and landed with one foot sideways. Thrilling ride, but one of the safest at Action Park.

[@user-zp4ge3yp2o]

I notice a lot of comments about how health and safety has ruined everything, despite this channel being absolutely full of stories demonstrating why health and safety is important.

[@ronk9830]

It makes you wonder. Is the issue really safety, or is it lawsuits?

[@tjmarx]

Too much of anything is just as bad as not having it at all. It's about balance. Health and safety is important in the right context and the right amount of a given case by case situation. For example, despite many dying every season you wouldn't want to "climb" Everest on rails. Indeed it's the very real and high risk of death that makes it an attraction. The same goes for many sports, activities and amusement attractions. Where health and safety have been introduced they are genuinely less fun. This channel frequently exaggerates the calibre of events such as to make theme appear more interesting than they really were..

[@ronk9830]

@@tjmarx I understand what you're saying, but I don't understand what you're saying...too deep for me.

[@tjmarx]

@@ronk9830 I was talking to OP.

[@ronk9830]

@@tjmarx Who probably doesn't understand what you're saying, either...

[@divadude0411]

"the guests are in charge"....Anyone who has ever worked with the general public can tell you how horrible of an idea that is. People can't follow even the simplest instructions, let alone operate a ride like that.

[@Trich-nf2zf]

Right! Like wearing masks lol

[@CheshireCat-cm1si]

Eric DiMemmo Anyone who has ever worked in any form of customer service (restaurants, retail, amusement parks, etc) can confirm that it is never a good idea to put "the guests in charge"...no matter how much Karen screams about it.

[@Seysey_]

People are like chickens 😭

[@midnightthoughts85]

It’s gene pool cleansing

[@Wulfen73]

It wasn't a philosphical idea, it was a legal one. It is based on the... sometimes insanely applied concept of liability, I am not responsible for your actions. The issue here of course is the concept that the customer has to be capable of making an informed choice and the equipment has not be overtly dangerous. As a former lifeguard the Wave pool sounds insanely dangerous, when the waves are too powerful that force can be bounced back and then forced down by the newer stronger waves creating a rip current dragging people under and hurling them into the deep end, possibly bouncing them off the bottom. (Remember a cubic meter of water is 1 ton, you get that moving at a reasonable speed and the strongest swimmers are going to struggle)

[@ShroudedWolf51]

My favorite fact about Action Park is that the park had such a relationship with the local EMS department that Action Park replaced all the ambulances with brand new ones.

[@suchafknladyyy]

😭😭😭😭

[@janosnagyj.9540]

They provided them tools and job as well.

[@noxirs7059]

Action park probably even paid for their salaries.

[@DonNaireo]

Fun fact, that also contributed to a small portion of their bankruptcy.

[@floatingbacon3909]

@@DonNaireo thanks for bringing down the vibe……..

[@Fred5612]

The rides have an “Aperture Science” vibe to them. We used a few test subjects, some survived, so we deemed it safe for the public to enjoy!

[@ferrreira]

“During the 1995 season the park operated without insurance” it surprises me that this was still open in 1995

[@ominouspsychadelic8560]

Its still open today its not called action park anymore its called mountain creek and I was there a year ago and all the attractions except go carts are open

[@chrisconing8275]

I remember taking my son there in 1995 to see the misfits play.

[@yuu507]

operated without insurance....WITHOUT INCIDENT🤨🤣🤣

[@mytube1962]

@@ominouspsychadelic8560 And skiing in the winter

[@SuperMookles]

Who the hell would actually insure it?

[@kaprphish]

I am an Action Park veteran. I remember Action Park as the scariest theme park I've ever been to. Even the simplest ride there was unlike anything I've ever seen.

[@ceesvanderschoot9799]

Did u try the loop ?? On the swimslide ?? What was it like ?? Man i would have tryd it for sure. Really wanna know what it was like.

[@ammieadams2643]

Been there a few times 😬 Used to live in Highland Lakes.

[@bagaboiebailey]

Sounds like good times

[@beans6765]

My dad went on the loop slide and make it around but he said it was extremely painful because he slammed on the top of the loop and got like 4 bruises

[@shaunpetersen256]

Yeah, action park was a trip. First ride you encounter was the alpine slide. Nothing like watching someone get roadrashed to start your outing. The cliff diving was crazy because it was below the level of the wave pool. So you get out of the wave pool, walk down a path and there in an open drop to the water. I wonder if anyone ever walked off accidentally. The worst for me was that slide in the video that just dumped you midair five feet above the water. What you only knew once you rode the slide was that there was a fairly sharp left hand turn in the pipe right before the dump. It was an enclosed tube, so you had no idea it was coming, then tossed to the side of the tube and before you gain bearings, you were dumped midair into daylight and splashed into cold ass water. I only did that once...

[@jj983]

As soon as you walk in all you hear is: Objective: Survive.

[@xelectrix]

Neat idea for an indie game

[@beatsbynik1722]

LMFOOOAOA

[@lisal.4498]

As a survivor of the wave pool at age 8, I can tell you that this pool was insane. If a 16 yr old park worker/lifeguard hadn’t seen me out of the corner of his eye I would have drown under one of hundreds of rafts allowed in the pool. My brother also was injured on the alpine slide and rope lake. At the time we were young and having so much fun we didn’t realize the lack of adults running this park. Everyone was either drunk or high as a kite. Needless to say, those days are over and now kids can’t even play on a swing set without cedar shavings underneath them. I guess the rest of us grew up pretty tough

[@boataxe4605]

So a 16 year old employee saved your life and your calling him or her out for being too young or high?

[@gracieb.3054]

@@boataxe4605 Just b/c one of them managed to do their job, doesn't mean the intoxication of underage employees wasn't a problem. I nearly died in the wave pool twice. Others died there. Yeah, I'd say that intoxication was part of the problem.

[@svinjamaria]

OSHA: “WHY CAN’T YOU JUST BE NORMAL FOR ONCE??????!!!????? Action Park: *I̶̴̗̗̦͍ͨͭ̉͢͟N̰̜͉͔ͬ̽͢H̶̪͍̒ͥ͑̓U̸̫̠̰͈̕M̶̷̲̊ͥ͋͟Ȧ̶̵̗̳N̰̜͉͔ͬ̽͢E̸̖̪̱͚ͨ̀͜ S̵̶̮̬͖̄͑͟C̸̣̭͖̤̒̈͊͟Ŗ̴̪̈̄͞E̸̖̪̱͚ͨ̀͜E̸̖̪̱͚ͨ̀͜C̸̣̭͖̤̒̈͊͟H̶̪͍̒ͥ͑̓I̶̴̗̗̦͍ͨͭ̉͢͟N̰̜͉͔ͬ̽͢G̛͔͇̞̹̈̀͘͘͟*

[@ianmcginnis5734]

Come with meeeee, and you will beeeee, in a world of OSHA violations...

[@thatmotivatedchris6749]

Blame it on my stupidity for not knowing but how do you do that with your text ?

[@22I22]

@@thatmotivatedchris6749 zalgo

[@thatmotivatedchris6749]

@@22I22 thanks for telling me the meaning

[@grimtea1715]

This comment is seriously underrated

[@khakiwolf4146]

"The rides were fixed mostly by trial and error." "Welp... the dummy came out with the head ripped off again." "Fuck. Ok, let's try something else."

[@hotaru8309]

He probably just wasn't going fast enough.

[@diyimprover6887]

"I don't think it's very respectful to keep referring to Jason as 'the dummy', Mr. Mulvihill. He was just looking for that cash incentive." "You're right. I'm sorry. But we still need to try something else. Find me another dummy."

[@FPVsean]

Khaki I like your pfp c:

[@ianmcginnis5734]

Action Park: Hey how many times did the dummy make it this time? Ride mechanic: 4 Action Park: close enough

[@Sylkenwolf]

Kinda like the fiery fist o'pain!🤣

[@russellsantana]

I used to love Action Park, especially the Alpine Slide, but I do remember thinking even as a risk-taking teenager that these rides can't be safe!

[@spegynmerbles3993]

“Safety? You fucking figure it out”

[@skylined5534]

"Just don't get hurt, dumb-ass" - Action Park safety marshal, probably.

[@flyingveda]

@@skylined5534 says Red from That 70's Show lol

[@emmarisby]

@@skylined5534 omg haha 😂😂

[@peterbelanger4094]

"Safety?........HaHaHAhA!!!....Hey, Vinnie, dis guy here is askin 'bout safety?......I got ya safety right here.....Keep the line movin" This is New Jersey we are talkin about, LOL.

[@dirtymike3329]

This is honestly based, I would love to go therw

[@bukuroshebytyci185]

The fact that people kept going on those rides in spite of people constantly getting hurt is just... incredible.

[@Freyja-uc7te]

Lol I know 😕

[@imperialtutor8687]

Not defending this death trap of park but it had millions of visitors and just a "few hundred" injuries. Its kinda like driving without a seat belt on a rainy road. Its just rolling the dice.

[@umazajacker8182]

It’s not the age of the internet, most probably doesn’t even know that there is too much action

[@redsloane879]

Darwin Award nominees.

[@templeprogramming4982]

Are you kidding me I would go right now if I could.

[@Exnem]

Important to note they asked teenagers and children for attraction ideas for some of this stuff, and the operators of the attractions were often teens themselves and usually pretty drunk because they sold alcohol at the park which was a draw for parents to this place at the time.

[@hithere5553]

Drunk teenagers at a waterpark known for its lack of safety. What could go wrong?

[@beans6765]

Recipe for disaster

[@stalebread9825]

On top of that the kids knew going to the park was dangerous but treated it like a trial of passage or coming of age

[@deathclassic4209]

Someone I know who's older told me him and his friends would get drunk, smoke weed, and take PCP and drive over to Action Park and go on those unsafe attractions. Obviously they got injured a bunch of times but never reported it. Shit was fucking crazy back in the day

[@h.p.hatecraft2081]

The loop on the water slide guys. Imagine you're not fast enough and can't make it out of there, then you're stuck in the dark where nobody hears you screaming and you goddamn know that the person after you is going to slam into your defenseless body at full speed. No doubt that this happened more than once. What the actual fuck did they think when they planned this thing??? This shit is straight out of some cruel nightmare. I feel my heart racing just thinking about this.

[@stevenwaldon4469]

Love the username!

[@TheMedicatedArtist]

People got stuck so often that they eventually added a hatch get people out.

[@Ruffeep]

@@TheMedicatedArtist how the fuck did they save them before that lol And how many people got stuck before they added it Did they use a rope or something hahaha

[@chelseadickinson42]

They didn't mention the teeth that would get embedded in the slide from people smashing their faces and how people who slid down after would get lacerated by the teeth.

[@minacerra]

I feel suffocated at the thought. Shudder.

[@genem3785]

"The Gang Builds A Water Park"

[@michaelweems679]

I see what you did there. If they were in charge, it would have been much worse, lol.

[@mytxmygun6300]

Ya this has Charlie work written all over it

[@anthonygerardi4658]

Literally laughed out loud

[@Sean-ky4bj]

half way though I was thinking that this sounds like something created by Frank Reynolds

[@viktrois]

@@mytxmygun6300 particularly the rides

[@ArchTeryx00]

For a lot of New Jersey teens of the time, Action Park was a rite of passage, the place where all the "tough kids" went. The deaths and lack of safety actually *enhanced* the park's reputation, as did the almost total lack of supervision. The kids there were allowed to get away with stuff that would get them instantly kicked out of any water park today. It got so bad at one point, BTW, that the park actually purchased new ambulances for the town!

[@voiceofreason1208]

Same in CT. The few of us that got our parents to make the drive, came back with scars and war stories. 😂😂

[@twistedyogert]

😬

[@RachaelClag]

Sounds like it would have been the coolest place to go to for teenagers in the area in in the eighties... lack of supervision, alcohol, a chance to show of for the girls... 🤣 What more could you have asked for back then?!

[@twistedyogert]

@@RachaelClag I wouldn't want to risk being sent home in a box. Or explaining to my parents how I ended up in the ER.

[@cadoo5591]

@@RachaelClag That's exactly what it was

[@brucet.3239]

I went there as a kid when it had already changed names to Mountain Creek. They still had the Tarzan Swings. I was initially scared to go on it, but ended doing it due to peer pressure. To this day it is the single scariest ride I ever experienced. That terrifying feeling of dropping into a deep, ice cold pool completely disoriented and nearly drowning will never leave my memory.

[@gedofgont1006]

Cherish it, man. These are the memories you'll tell your grand kids, one day.

[@brucet.3239]

@@gedofgont1006 Yups that is very true!

[@brynnexsmile]

@@gedofgont1006ah yes the lovely stories of trauma spilling to grand kids

[@Friggsdottir]

​@@brynnexsmileNothing wrong with telling me interesting stories.

[@thekidd211]

I’m from CT and we took many a class trip to Action Park in the early 90’s. One of my classmates lost control in the Alpine Slide and got the worst road rash I’ve ever seen on like half of his body. I just remember the staff telling him it was his fault for not braking appropriately. We were probably 12 years old. Great times.

[@dikkkranium9403]

Yeah I'm from Connecticut to rent we had this summer program that we took the trip there through that was good times

[@cindys9491]

A field trip??

[@thekidd211]

@@cindys9491 not sure I understand the question. Are you confused that every region of the world doesn’t speak the same way?

[@LQOTW]

@@thekidd211 No, I think the ?? is because the term implies that it was a school outing - a delivery right into the jaws of death compliments of the school district.

[@TheTeeta24]

Amazing

[@vladen14]

"once employees had survived a ride it would be deemed safe". amazing hahaha wtf

[@CharlotteWeb100]

My brother in law is a ride safety and maintenance engineer for one of the UK's biggest theme parks that has old wooden roller coasters they physically walk each day to do a visual inspection of the tracks before sending an empty train around. The rule is whoever checks and signs off the rides as safe has to be first on them which is fair shout. Just before opening the gates you can see just two guys hurtling around on roller-coasters but because they've ridden it literally hundreds of times they look like they could be drinking coffee and reading a newspaper. Just "Meh" but at least you know they're pretty sure those rides are safe.

[@nativeafroeurasian]

@Heidi Thomas I think it was the users responsibility for the most part but to get electrified or get an unexpected high speed modified car is unexceptable! Everything I know of the car is from the video so I might be wrong.

[@iwinjerrudouyourmum8415]

Mann.Co Approved

[@MrSoulPotato]

I worked for an amusement park that used to have the same policy

[@publiusventidiusbassus1232]

D-Class personel on the SCP Foundation be like:

[@emmakopp7830]

I just asked my dad if he had ever been here since we live close by to mountain creek and he said he had gone here as a kid and him and his friends were constantly getting hurt. The worst injury was one of the girls he knew went down a water slide and a nail sticking out cut through her back and she needed 300 stitches. Absolutely horrifying.

[@mrsheydurr]

jesus christ 300 stitches

[@Garykem8]

I think you added one 0 on accident Right?

[@downychick]

Pain! Poor gal.

[@cindypeterson1450]

It was so much fun, there is nothing like it

[@EllawoodBlues]

@@Garykem8 No they actually forgot one it was 3000 stitches because holy fuck a goddamn nail on a waterside my whole body just cried 😩 😭 that poor girl!!

[@keithfavara4943]

My cousin and I went to Action Park back in the mid to late 80's and it was a blast. I don't remember the rope swing, but think I remember a place where you could jump off a ledge into the pool below. I mainly loved the Alpine Slides and this tube ride where a million kids were going down and you would get clogged up every once in a while due to everyone being around you so you'd have to get up and walk or throw the tube a bit and jump back in. Never really remember seeing carnage at the place, but I do have a pretty vivid memory of seeing alpine slide sleds thrown into the area outside of the track and I remember riding up on the ski lift thinking that I'd hate to be those people that were on them. The interesting part is that I never heard about any deaths or people getting hurt there.........maybe some road rash from the Alpine Slides or whatever bruise or scrape from whatever else, but back then we got outside so those things were happening whether you were at Action Park or not so nobody is going to blink an eye over that kinda thing back then. Bad reputation or not......I loved the times when my cousin and I would go to this place and I'm glad we did.

[@Elcapitaan5]

"Remembered with great fondness by those not killed or horrifically injured."

[@starime46]

This park is the embodiment of the “her arms were cut off, her legs were cut off, her head was cut off” audio

[@mb2001]

From what...?

[@luci4186]

@@mb2001 i’m pretty sure it’s from tiktok

[@meganparker8703]

Lmfaoooo

[@update411]

pulls out the that's terrible, that's hilarious spongebob meme lmfao

[@Nadsow]

“....Her eyeballs were plucked out. Her eyebrows were then waxed.” Lmao

[@tanaschmidt3728]

“Once a few employees survived an experience, it was usually declared safe” “Survived”. That is grade A safety standards right there

[@hhjj621]

You mean " *GRAVE* A safety standard", maybe?!!!

[@billykye]

I heard that loud and clear too. Blimey! People reminisce about this park like “We were veterans who served in combat together” 😂

[@foxyalchemist8271]

"A few"? 😲

[@subforceusa694]

My brothers, uncle and I used to go in the 80s and my brother Jon and I did the vertical loop which was insane. At the top it sounded like a gun going off when a person went down the tube towards the loop. We only did it once due to how scary it was. Also the 112’ waterside near the top of the park was insane. Basically had a turnstile to allow just the person without a car or mat to go over the edge which was so steep that there was a thick plastic like material where some people left the slide completely and you’d see a silhouette of peoples faces near the top of the slide. This was there to keep people from falling out of control. Dropping 112’ you pick up some crazy speed and my bathing trunks were up into my chest area practically from the force of the water at the bottom. My brother Steve jumped off the cliffs there with legs open when hitting the water. Dude was signing a high note after that!

[@heathergray2696]

I heard that alcohol was a HUGE issue with the wave pool. Teenagers, alcohol, deep water and high waves? What could possibly go wrong?

[@ZeranZeran]

people need to teach their kids how to swim, and how to hold their liquor. /s

[@liftlabperformance]

It was great.

[@TheHuggybear516]

Darwinism at its finest. The weak will sink

[@rsoubiea]

Humans plus alcohol equal instant accident waiting to happen. Improper maint., training And inspections. What could go wrong?

[@joshuaa1605]

Well the teenagers shouldn't have had the alcohol lol

[@AbCat4]

Jack the Ripper only managed to kill five. If he'd only known to go corporate and build a theme park...

[@brittanysteiner9561]

Hahaha greatness

[@victoriamayo5774]

🤣🤣🤣

[@alara5977]

But then again it would be too much effort

[@thetoughcookie3665]

This comment is evergreen, but not blocking.

[@jacqueline3782]

😂

[@vampy22693]

*People Dying* Action Park Manager: Sounds like a *personal* problem

[@TheJordanKidd14]

😂😂😂😂

[@richardscathouse]

Ok maybe U.S. Congress

[@kvxtr]

For those people who go often in water pools and Wave pools Here is my advice Dont Submerge yourself into the water more than you can stand stable Especially near Crowded areas When you go deep levels and start to float then the waves can be dangerous it can push you down and send you into a state of panic If you do want to go into deep water for the thrills try to go with a partner so that you can look after each other Be safe out there!

[@realityblows5817]

Stay in the area where the waves crest DO NOT GO OUT DEEP My advice

[@harveyholmes9533]

Love all the people who kept going, probably just like ‘yeah it’s a shame about those 6 people but I’m built different’

[@ASHERUISE]

6 people probably died at your local super market, that's nothing!

[@mikalie4360]

@@ASHERUISE The supermarket probably didn't directly cause the deaths

[@TheIronChainMaster]

A lot better than these softer weaker later modern generations that's for sure

[@buckberthod5007]

But that's exactly the truth! People should have understood there limitations and knew what they could or couldn't do. Some people could handle this place better then others. I would have loved to go here. Those super buggy doing 50 sounds fun as hell, or the racing boats.

[@maureen669]

We're from Jersey. Pffffft.

[@amandavillano4913]

My poor dad was one of the unfortunate souls to have gotten stuck in the loop

[@katrinaoliver4167]

How did he get out??

[@amandavillano4913]

He had to use his body weight to propel himself the rest of the way down, he dropped straight down and broke his nose, came out all bloody and still didn’t want to leave the park! Lol

[@georgeimmanuel3992]

@@amandavillano4913 😭👍

[@lordcrimson908]

Legend

[@bonniehowell4259]

I always love finding these stories. I have always been fascinated by that slide.

[@aceckrot]

Stories like this make me wonder, yet again, how I survived growing up in the 70s.

[@TheActualMrLink]

With great luck, it seems...(late 90’s kid, btw)

[@drusilla_darke]

@ _A. Eckroth_ ▪︎▪︎▪︎ You and me both ... you and me both.

[@AtomicFire1972]

We knew how to take a fall back in those days. And we understood that to live is to risk. Kids today are too soft and sheltered. Then there was Action Park. A thrill ride of excitement for those lacking a self preservation gene in their DNA.🤪😁🤣

[@cookiemonster1638]

Makes me wonder how I even survived growing up in N.J.🙄😄

[@GaryNumeroUno]

Natural selection at its finest good buddy. Charles Darwin would be proud to see only the strongest survived this wild environment! Half the modern day political correct brigade would not make it I'm afraid to say. Stay safe and happy.

[@Michael-x9y6j]

Place was so much fun. Summers between college, my friends and I would go. Thankfully, we only suffered cuts from the alpine slide.

[@johncrowley8511]

Try to imagine riding a cafeteria tray down a concrete half tube at 50 miles an hour with a faulty brake which never ever worked. If you were heavyset you couldnt help but fly out of the half pipe and fall off. The smooth concrete would give a burn on your arm or shoulder that was beyond painful. You were then hustled off to a rusty shack which was the medical center. The 15 year old drinking a Budweiser with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth spraying you with a mixture of iodine and rubbing alcohol. If you didn’t scream too loud you were giving a keychain and got to show off the orange open wound (no bandage). In between puffs on the cigarette the 15 year old would tell you to hit the water to ease the oain. Yes take your open wound and go in the wave pool. The next girl that came in was 12 y/o had her finger broken backward and she was told to go straight to the hospital. She got a free pass for another day. Im not kidding.

[@notavailable.000]

sounds like total fun.

[@Red_Lanterns_Rage]

best theme park ever 11/10 😈

[@nurgles_be_saggy]

Sounds lit af. We have all turned into pussies if you ask me

[@anhedonianepiphany5588]

@@nurgles_be_saggy Oh, _absolutely!_ I'll bet that girl with the broken finger was crying about it too. The only pain I get is from cringing due to morons using farcical lingo such as "lit", which _is_ a valid word, but one whose meaning has been corrupted and co-opted by ignorant imbeciles.

[@nurgles_be_saggy]

Anhedonian Epiphany it was a joke weirdo

[@fconnell75]

We called it Traction Park for a reason. My brothers and I often left with bumps and bruises when we went. It should also be noted a lot of injuries were the result of under age drinking. I can tell you 1st hand it wasnt uncommon to see 13 and 14 years with open containers.

[@Rai_S82]

Aaah, good times, good times...

[@0BRAINS0]

I do remember that, always coming home with scrapes and bruises and they would serve alcohol to anyone at that park.

[@ceesvanderschoot9799]

Good old times

[@bosslady1914]

No it's just an extremely dangerous place designed by satan himself

[@AnnLippert1]

Brilliant name. Wow. It's cool to see an actual person who experience it!! Live!

[@kennysboat4432]

When I saw the loop I just kept saying "How is that a good idea?" many times...

[@xIIIQueenOfSwordsIIIx]

Haha! Same! I was thinking it would've been cooler as a horizontal loop that flung you out the end at an angle.

[@BimmerBabe]

@@xIIIQueenOfSwordsIIIx that is wild too 😂😂😂

[@tinahochstetler2189]

Some ideas are meant to be good. Others are just meant to be ideas.

[@winnie5873]

i would have been one of those kids that was WAY too wimpy to go down that slide.

[@arbitrary_raspberry]

I know right.. like.. if you know about gravity and all.. how do you ever think that a loop is going to be a good idea on a water slide!??

[@kattriella1331]

The main thing I'm taking from this is that you really shouldn't trust the average person to not put themselves or others in danger for an adrenaline rush. Besides complete disregards for safety from the people running the park, most of these injuries seem to have been caused by trusting people not to be stupid. Let me tell you something: People, in general, are incredibly stupid. Just when you think you've designed something that's completely idiot proof, someone goes and makes a better idiot.

[@LSD123.]

Fun police... Ride at your own risk, I say.

[@gracieb.3054]

No, really, I didn't know anything about the risks when I went when I was 12 and 16 years old. There was no internet, or smartphones or anything. There were tv commercials and I begged my mom to go ever since I was 7. I don't think most people knew about the risks. We assumed if the government let something take place or be sold, then it had to be safe. Had to make many assumptions pre-internet. There was just no way to know except by word of mouth. It was the innocence and ignorance of the time.

[@tacobellalugosi2527]

my uncle went to this place as a teen back in 79 he said the place was alot like lord of the flies .there was drinking and weed smoking going on in the park . teens and adults having sex in heavy wooded areas . he said that the alpine ride was like a right of passage if you didnt ride it you was made fun of all summer till you rode it . my dad only went there once he unlike my uncle had some brain cells left . said hell no im not going back there . well my uncle went there for two summers he said it was maybe 25 times for two summers his last time he got his arm broke riding the alpine cart went off the track , said nope no more . scared the hell out of him after that . when it closed they both said ""well....bout time" after hearing all of what was happening . we all watched the HBO Doc . and my uncle said that didnt even tap the surface of what happened in and around that place . said it was crazy to put it lightly .but Damn fun lol

[@thebrettyouneed178]

Uhm where was the weed smoking and teen sex scenes and waterpark accidents in lord of the flies? Just kidding I get what your uncle ment

[@JohannRosario1]

Lord of the Flies was about HUMAN SACRIFICE! Oh wait, same thing here, never mind.

[@katherinerosemore274]

What a dumba*s

[@tacobellalugosi2527]

@Elite Soulfly well you had to ride the alpine ride to get to party with the "cool kids" you had to ride it at least two times a summer . thats how crazy that ride was .my uncle said he rode it 4 or 5 times to help his buddies or gal pals get into that "club" it was the big thing to do back then . you were a no body unless you did the alpine . my dad was more about working and making money then trying to fit it back then .plus he was seeing my mom back then so it wasnt his thing . my uncle was 4 years younger so it was right up there for him .

[@tacobellalugosi2527]

@@JohannRosario1 well some people did die there . and tons of people got hurt . so yeah . heh

[@librarianontheloose]

"is that ride safe" "I mean the kid we paid 20 bucks to try the thing lived so..."

[@snakes3425]

Employee: I've had PTSD since that day

[@cursedfishtanx9087]

Bruh

[@The.Living.Dead.Gurl0233]

False. They gave him $100. 🤣😂

[@magicvampirelver1321]

"Yeah so...its all good bro" 😆💀 lmfao

[@calvinbaII]

Makes me think of Kearney from The Simpsons "well it ain't getting any safer"

[@AndrewCamarata]

This place sounds like a good time.

[@prg2812]

Action Park. Where you're the centre of the accident.

[@BRAVOACTUAL]

"I got this ride here people stopped using for no reason. Im gonna try and fix it." Next video idea?

[@jdlives8992]

It kinda does cept the asbestos and staling. Go karts are awesome. 1k in the pool? That’s nasty. Ski boats ! Yes. First to ride Nope. Alcohol a must.

[@lukejette]

I went there 30+ years ago. It was.

[@DANBSTL24]

Its sounds like a nice place to go and fall into a coma.

[@motofunk1]

Went there a few years ago, it was great. There is something to be said about the parks built in the 70's and 80's. They were built on hillsides and shaded with many trees. The concrete free form slides that flowed with the natural hillside are so much more fun than the cookie cutter parks of today.

[@smilesgirl17]

Water World just north of Denver 🤘

[@steveludwig4200]

Yeah, who cares if a few kids die and hundreds are injured badly. At least it was on some hills in the shade right? #IDIOT

[@garrick3727]

I love how the newspaper headline was "Action Park injuries up in '86" It's like a crime statistic. I mean, you gotta expect some injuries and deaths.

[@morphman86]

"Right, we got this water attraction here, what should we put in it?" "Electrical wires?" "BRILLIANT IDEA! What should we build the bottom out of?" "How about metal?" "EXCELLENT! Now, with a metal lining and electrical wires, what is the best theme for this ride?" "I don't know, something that frequently throws people out of the vehicle perhaps?" "SPLENDID!"

[@deserthoney]

😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣...this reminds me of those "what was God thinking when he made (whatever animal would be inserted here)" and then the convo was between God and an angle. Hilarious

[@yurilouback6331]

Thought the same thing XD Heck, I'm no engineer, but even I know you simply does not put wire near freakin water... Thought it's a push to assume anyone who worked on the design of that park was an engineer.

[@TheDivergentDrummer]

@@deserthoney As in " What was god thinking when he made the Duck billed Platypus"

[@deserthoney]

@@TheDivergentDrummer Yes! It is done in conversation format between God and an angel. They have many different ones. One on snakes 🐍, kittens 😸 and several other animals. I am going to go see if I can find some of them. To me it is hilarious.

[@beth-bi9yv]

Once a few employees survived the rides, it was deemed safe for the public.... Anyone else wonder how many employees are secretly buried in the nearby hills?

[@mattstorm360]

We have a hill?

[@UltimateMTB]

@@mattstorm360 yes, mountain creek

[@sngray11]

Being an ‘80s kid, this brings back so many memories and nostalgia. I never went to Adventure Park, but that would have been a place I would have frequented regularly if I lived near there.

[@Trouble_Bubble36]

Guess you have brain damage.

[@LeBatteur]

Ah yes, asbestos poisoning, concussions, broken bones and drownings arouses the sweetest nostalgia, doesn’t it.

[@JosephHickman-xk1eh]

Busch beer garden.oarnge countys poor bastard of Disney land. Think the Griswold familys second hand choice after a long adventure trek from suburban Chicagoland to fucking southern California.

[@JosephHickman-xk1eh]

Heck the beer was cheap.and I being a kid wasn't even carded by the "security " guard.

[@katemaunder2080]

"I'm Johnny Knoxville and this is Action Park"

[@Thefabrizzio97]

Underrated comment

[@literallystingy2858]

💀💀

[@sourpatchkiddhtx1462]

😂😂😂😂😂💀

[@theguywithgaugedears]

Shut up and take my money

[@XxHAZMATxX]

Ironically he made a movie where he was the drunk and irresponsible owner of a water park based on action park

[@amyntut]

Been there many times in the 80's as a teen. Broke my leg and arm on the water slide when an employee was switching off with another guy and he held us all back from going down because he and his friends wanted to go down like a train together. We all ended up smashing into each other some people face first. They did nothing but clear the injured away and the ride went on. No warning others of the common sense thing . Only reason I'm saying about this is because if they cared like other parks they would've been seen and stopped before going down the slide. I wanted to wait until they all went down but we were all forced to go down together by the employee that just came on to take the other guy's place. They wouldn't let us off or to wait.

[@Jason_Maier]

Nice to hear first hand accounts from Action Park. One of the rumors I've read about the infamous looping waterslide was that a. Test dummies sent down in got decapitated b. Employees were offered $100 bills to test ride it, to which one replied "$100 didn't buy enough booze to drown out that memory!"

[@ArchTeryx00]

@@Jason_Maier Both are absolutely true. The channel Defunctland has a pretty long and detailed history of Action Park and both points came up.

[@donnab7666]

I hope you sued.And there is no way anyone would or could force me to injure myself or others.. This is horrible what happened there for years. You would think that people who saw any of the deaths or injured in the paper or on the news would think twice before going there. I guess common sense isn't so common.

[@ashleyshim2078]

@Elite Soulfly Liar 😂😂😂

[@shawnaweesner3759]

rhoads girl How many guns did they (the employees) have pointed at you?

[@keonvneon]

The loop water slide gives me so much anxiety, imagine not completing the loop and falling back and being trapped in the slide being hit with water...

[@cleliawurgler9704]

I was kinda wondering how the people got out of the slide if they didn't make it around the loop. I mean,were they just stuck? I also thought how horrible it would be if another person came down the slide and slammed into them. Since the safety of that park was so bad, I wonder if they actually waited until they saw the person come out of the slide before sending another down? That's the right way to do it but it didn't seem like there was alot of common sense going on.

[@tanhart]

@@cleliawurgler9704 pretty sure they installed a door at the top of the loop to get stuck people out. you know, instead of fixing the ride or taking it down. Before the door people would have to drop down the loop and tear their skin off since the whole thing was full of sand.

[@TheIronChainMaster]

Ah yes the new waterboarding method

[@carboneticmarshmellovv3622]

This > talking to death itself

[@PrezVeto]

@@cleliawurgler9704 If someone gets stuck, you just send more and more water flow down until it's enough to push or float them to the top of the loop, which they can crawl over and drop their troublesome asses down the other side!

[@lemmdus2119]

My cousins and their friends wore their Action Park wounds like a red badge of courage. My cousin scraped his entire right forearm on the Alpine slide and my other cousin cut his face on a water slide. Those of us not wounded, though glad, felt lesser for not. 😆😆

[@c.s.hayden3022]

The water slide with the vertical loop is hilarious. It just seems so common sense that wouldn’t play out well. It’s amazing what people could get away with in business years ago. We often complain about frivolous lawsuits, but just having the ability to take legal action makes them assume liability and completely improves things.

[@marieangie5663]

It feels like the water park equivalent of a rollercoaster with a fire pit at the end😂

[@joesills1650]

I want to know how the people that didn’t make the loop got out of it

[@ranga1cat]

@@joesills1650 defunctland also did a video on action park that has some more info. Apparently there was a hatch on top of the loop to get stuck people out.

[@imarriedabrkfsttaco3737]

People would get ripped open when they went through the loop,when they opened it up to investigate they found teeth embedded in the surface! Most likely from the the trial and error phase when they were dialing it in. SMFH.

[@joesinister]

I would have took one look at that shit and noped out really quick. Whomever came up with that was likely doing their body weight in cocaine at the time.