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Action Park was a big amusement/water park in New Jersey. It was conceived of the idea for the participants to be in control of their own experience. This idea was fun, but in practice, it is incredibly irresponsible and dangerous.
Now, water parks are in the gray area for who controls it. It's usually from a state group deciding to overlook amusement dangers. So that's good, right? Action Park surely wasn't around for long!
Well... not exactly. You see, Action Park was a great tax income, because it was so popular and brought people in the state.
The CEO was one of the main attraction designers even though he had no experience, which sounds like it came out of nowhere, but it'll make a lot of sense soon.
The place was divided into three parts: Water World, Motor World, and Alpine Center.
Motor world had actual working battle tanks with tennis balls as ammo. It regularly was broken and when employees went to help they got pelted. There was also gladiator stuff but that's not that big
Alpine slide was purely made of concrete with small walls that could easily be flown off. You went down 120 feet on a small vehicle with most breaks broken (Even if they weren't you weren't required to use them) and there were two speeds: slow and fast. This lead to many people getting hit in the back. There were no helmets, no foam rails, no nothing.
Interestingly enough, this was where the park's first death happened. They covered it up by saying he was an employee, but he actually was retired and never worked at action park, but place it was before. They underreported deaths and injuries, so although we don't know how many really died, we have 6 confirmed deaths and over 1,000 injuries. Hospital workers recall 5-7 injured people coming ever since the park opened.
Next, the tide poil! It was massive and deep with big electrical fans that made 4 feet high choppy waves, plus it was fresh water, making it harder to float, and could hold 1k people. A lot of people bumped into each other and sank. Life guards reportedly saved 30 people a day. This was the most deadly one known, with 3 people dead.
There was also a kayak ride that simulated white water rafting. Instead of rocks, it had chunks of concrete and there were submerged electrical wires. No protection, just like the Alphine Slide. 1 person died from electrocution, but they denied it, saying it was a coincidental heart attack.
Tarzan swing was another attraction. The water was so cold that multiple people went into shock, one dying from a heart attack.
You know the cannonball loop.
All of this with the fact there were pubs, mostly underage employees, constant sex and drugs, it was a disaster.