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

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"On the 26th of May, 1978, a new attraction opened in the township of Vernon, New Jersey. For the next 20 years this unassuming US town would be the home to Action Park..."

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20 Comments

@joeb3300 1 year ago

My father worked at the "local hospital" and swears that the opening of Action Park saved them from closing due to lack of income.

@PineTree_SWH 1 year ago

I went to Action Park in ‘85 as a teenager (my parents had no idea). My foot got caught in a drain on a water slide ride - it was wedged in, then all the kids behind me pushed and pushed, my foot was then dislodged from the drain , it bled profusely into the slide area where everyone was queued up, turned the water pink, everyone applauded & cheered - and I still have that scar on my foot.

@emilyc.4000 5 years ago

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

@TheKaidynB 3 years ago

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

@adm712 5 years ago (edited)

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.

@tjeremiah9747 5 years ago

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.

@PickledThyme1 5 years ago

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

@sarge6870 3 years ago

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.

@goldflower03 5 years ago (edited)

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

@helloits_morgan 5 years ago

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

- Action Park owner

@kvk1960 5 years ago

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.

@JennRegier 1 year ago

4:25 Imagine a ride so obviously, grotesquely hazardous that even Action Park said 'we're not okay with this'.

@Pindamoes 5 years ago

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

@garrick3727 5 years ago

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.

@bubbl3gum_bunny412 5 years ago

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

@donmoore7785 3 years ago (edited)

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.

@mesau7002 5 years ago

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

@annespacedroid 5 years ago (edited)

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

@vampy22693 5 years ago

People Dying
Action Park Manager: Sounds like a personal problem

@lemmdus2119 2 years ago

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. 😆😆