This Was the World's Most Dangerous Amusement Park

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  • @smilingthroughitall1115
    @smilingthroughitall1115 5 років тому +1890

    Paramedic: What is it this time? Injured on a slide? Stuck in the loop slide? Nearly drowned? Asbestos inhalation?
    Owner: *YES*

    • @princesse0920
      @princesse0920 4 роки тому +1

      ForgetYou
      Lol 😆

    • @pikachugx67
      @pikachugx67 4 роки тому +13

      getting hurt on a slide, not bieng able to breathe or *lung cancer*

    • @MAGNUMMASTER7
      @MAGNUMMASTER7 4 роки тому +12

      I just imagine the annoyed paramedics who always had to go there lol

    • @mikeuhlir4823
      @mikeuhlir4823 4 роки тому +2

      I snort a line of asbestos every morning.

    • @ND-nt6yw
      @ND-nt6yw 4 роки тому +1

      Dont forget the electrocutions

  • @jeromebrazeal7120
    @jeromebrazeal7120 5 років тому +4747

    My physics teacher in high school use to go there when he was a kid and he said he is surprised he is still alive

    • @partyharry7585
      @partyharry7585 5 років тому +66

      jerome brazeal dude cool I’m guessing your high school is in Montclair? Maybe west orange?

    • @Lrix
      @Lrix 5 років тому +228

      i asked my dad about action park and he just laughed at me.
      i guess i don't wanna find out anymore

    • @mrchicken388
      @mrchicken388 5 років тому +222

      My Uncle wen there when hew was younger and nothing but fond memories of it. He said you could tell who went to Action Park over the weekend because they'd be covered in bruises on Monday at school.

    • @leftylizard9085
      @leftylizard9085 5 років тому +13

      "Was"? Has he gone since?

    • @greenoftreeblackofblue6625
      @greenoftreeblackofblue6625 5 років тому +28

      @@leftylizard9085 I get what you're asking but "was" refer to him as a kid I don't understand what's hard to understand about that

  • @qaisnimry2789
    @qaisnimry2789 4 роки тому +2584

    Their motto: The action doesn't stop, but your heart does!

  • @thecommish1976
    @thecommish1976 4 роки тому +613

    We had a saying about Traction Park, "If you didn't get hurt, you didn't go."

    • @dinoxman8584
      @dinoxman8584 4 роки тому +7

      Traction park? What is this, Mortal Engines?

    • @terminusfinity009
      @terminusfinity009 3 роки тому +1

      About the Dies

    • @peterrice8825
      @peterrice8825 3 роки тому +10

      @@dinoxman8584 Traction Park is literally the nickname from the locals.

    • @kathrynjamesandben7997
      @kathrynjamesandben7997 2 роки тому

      @@peterrice8825 yeah, he mentioned it on the video.

  • @qwertyuiopzxcfgh
    @qwertyuiopzxcfgh 5 років тому +5704

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

    • @craycraywolf6726
      @craycraywolf6726 4 роки тому +49

      Grunkle Stan? 😂

    • @reidbarry5459
      @reidbarry5459 4 роки тому +128

      family: allow us to reintroduce ourselves

    • @ethan951
      @ethan951 4 роки тому +26

      For us the fatalities always come second to the customers

    • @reckless204
      @reckless204 4 роки тому +2

      Lmao 😂 yo

    • @ronanbanahan1823
      @ronanbanahan1823 4 роки тому +4

      qwertyuiopzxcfgh straight to the gulag

  • @sleepyysleep
    @sleepyysleep 5 років тому +4901

    Park owner: “I dont know whats dangerous about a boat ride with metal deadly spinners underwater”

    • @SpacemanSpleef
      @SpacemanSpleef 5 років тому +231

      SxnseiGOD I thought he was gonna get chopped

    • @suneilparimoo6687
      @suneilparimoo6687 5 років тому +111

      Well the proxy park owner was an intoxicated teenager probably

    • @jordandennis6794
      @jordandennis6794 5 років тому +8

      @@SpacemanSpleef I did to honestly

    • @elinarideout4525
      @elinarideout4525 4 роки тому +10

      I don't know why that was even approved
      And I also don't know why anyone would go to the theme park in the first place!

    • @rafalswiniarski3866
      @rafalswiniarski3866 4 роки тому +30

      Park owner:"What do you mean a loop in something that uses gravity and humans is bad? Rollercoasters do it so why cant a water slide?"

  • @Mirandorl
    @Mirandorl 4 роки тому +339

    The "days" on their "days since last accident" sign had to be changed to hours

  • @MarcusGT
    @MarcusGT 4 роки тому +619

    I think people were like “Why is there an ambulance at the entrance?”
    And then they were in the ambulance when they left

    • @marshaytrue
      @marshaytrue 3 роки тому +26

      You’d think people would just say, yeah I’m going home, if you see an ambulance parked outside.

    • @raidenthompson3768
      @raidenthompson3768 3 роки тому

      Ooof

  • @KeepCalmContemplateYourChoices
    @KeepCalmContemplateYourChoices 4 роки тому +3619

    Welcome to Action Park!
    Coming here is a *once in a lifetime experience!*

    • @loridaume2036
      @loridaume2036 4 роки тому +164

      literally and metaphorically

    • @mariowithcoolglasses3640
      @mariowithcoolglasses3640 4 роки тому +122

      I mean...
      Yeah but like...
      You're not wrong but...

    • @marcelszekowski315
      @marcelszekowski315 4 роки тому +21

      a person *d e a t h*

    • @KurtisC93
      @KurtisC93 4 роки тому +53

      The last thing you'll ever have to cross off your bucket list.

    • @Mars_555.
      @Mars_555. 4 роки тому +2

      Are you guy without a mustache cuz I see you everywhere

  • @shanelibuna1213
    @shanelibuna1213 5 років тому +5820

    Wonder what their motto was 'We put the FUN in funeral!'

    • @subpar3462
      @subpar3462 5 років тому +39

      Jason Du good one

    • @marinesole2
      @marinesole2 5 років тому +12

      You stoll that from a game quote

    • @planeincolour2265
      @planeincolour2265 5 років тому +66

      There actually moto was this “There’s nothing in the world like Action Park”

    • @talha.5575
      @talha.5575 4 роки тому +3

      That's great

    • @l_Jyv_l
      @l_Jyv_l 4 роки тому +19

      Lets have *Fun*eral

  • @gabigarcia7809
    @gabigarcia7809 4 роки тому +527

    It’s actually still open they just renamed it Mountain Creek. A lot of the dangerous rides are closed now though but it’s still there! I live right near there.

    • @martinarbe1
      @martinarbe1 4 роки тому +15

      So no fun then?

    • @bobbinette3368
      @bobbinette3368 4 роки тому +46

      @@martinarbe1 I'd love to see action park come back and try to exist in today's landscape. The rides they were making would never be allowed in the U.S today and you'd have adapt and overcome the laws. They didn't even have insurances bro.

    • @sheilyculajay3402
      @sheilyculajay3402 4 роки тому +5

      Martin Arbelaez yeah it’s just safer

    • @neroquin
      @neroquin 4 роки тому +4

      What about the wave pool? I wanna go in a wave pool like that it sounds really fun

    • @stephaniesummer2663
      @stephaniesummer2663 3 роки тому +3

      Sophie de Bruijn The wave pool is just a normal wave pool. Still pretty cool tho.

  • @heresyhunter4100
    @heresyhunter4100 4 роки тому +27

    My parents are both survivors of the park. My mom got beat up pretty bad on the alpine slide and one time got stuck in the loop-de-loop. They always went home with some kind of cut. And yet, they both were always so excited to go.
    They both got a kick out of this video

  • @LilQU4N
    @LilQU4N 5 років тому +3172

    Parents: In my day, we didn’t have so many rules and weren’t coddled like you guys.
    Parents’ childhood:

    • @callmeblt6325
      @callmeblt6325 5 років тому +18

      The Quantum Cast because we didn’t have millions of people living in one city back then, do you know how dangerous it is, a free country isn’t really free, you don’t know what they had to do to make this country free, they have to watch everybody to make sure everything is ok.

    • @PresidentFlip
      @PresidentFlip 5 років тому +128

      Sour apples Comment back literally Detroit’s population was almost 2 million in the 50s, now it’s under a million. learn some facts boomer

    • @callmeblt6325
      @callmeblt6325 5 років тому +2

      PresidentFlip why do I need to know that

    • @PresidentFlip
      @PresidentFlip 5 років тому +94

      Sour apples Comment back cause you made a stupid comment about not having millions of people in one city back then, as if cities weren’t as overcrowded back then

    • @callmeblt6325
      @callmeblt6325 5 років тому +3

      iiAerii and that’s exactly what caused DISEASES. The over populated and polluted city’s are creating diseases and sicknesses, Thousands of people die from the flu each year, you guys don’t even know. A long time ago before all these big cities were here the average life span for a human was over 100 years for most people, today the average life span for a human is 79.

  • @Lukethomas2015
    @Lukethomas2015 4 роки тому +4072

    "There's Nothing In The World Like Action Park!"
    *GOOD.*

  • @mayueyue9294
    @mayueyue9294 4 роки тому +1072

    Plot twist: Action Park was designed by Doctors to grow their business

    • @lizlee8715
      @lizlee8715 3 роки тому +4

      this needs more likes istg

    • @4KimballGlaspie
      @4KimballGlaspie 3 роки тому +12

      Well there IS a shortage of dead bodies for students to study.🤷🏾‍♀️

    • @Bryanhitsnukes
      @Bryanhitsnukes 3 роки тому

      @@danielmcblain7151 I was born in 2010

    • @Mr.Apples
      @Mr.Apples 3 роки тому

      I a as born in 2012

    • @bngmapping
      @bngmapping 3 роки тому

      @@Mr.Apples ...

  • @KillerOfU33
    @KillerOfU33 3 роки тому +240

    Hey, tech person here. That advert at the end is actually really misleading and harmful. A vpn won't protect you if you connect to a random wifi router. VPNs are a good step in protecting yourself from some things, but they do absolutely nothing for protecting against malicious wifi routers

    • @HelheimMudkip
      @HelheimMudkip 3 роки тому +23

      Thank you for speaking up

    • @SavageJarJar
      @SavageJarJar 3 роки тому +20

      Thanks for spreading the news! I am not the most tech-savvy person, so I didn’t know this until I saw a UA-cam video or something about it, and I am sure a lot of people still don’t know this.

    • @199NickYT
      @199NickYT 3 роки тому +4

      Can you explain further? It definitely protects against the malicious wifi router seeing your personal data, but is there something else that they do to your device?

    • @KillerOfU33
      @KillerOfU33 3 роки тому +9

      @@199NickYT man in the middle attacks, though many devices have some protections against it, it definitely is still more than possible. Malicious wifi routers have many ways of harming you. A VPN literally only spoofs your location and makes it hard to figure out your real location, that's it. That doesn't protect you from really anything at all other than advertisers who try and track you - which is a good thing to protect against, personally, but it doesn't help your device. And a malicious router can still see that you're connected to it, and it knows where it is, so that point I just mentioned is entirely moot.

    • @SavageJarJar
      @SavageJarJar 2 роки тому +1

      @🐸 Hippity Hop Slime Shop The Channel 🐸 Getting paid to spread lies isn’t worth it.

  • @thatonenerd2547
    @thatonenerd2547 5 років тому +2622

    We live in NJ and my dad went there a lot as a kid and got sad when it closed because he went there so much. "It was crazy fun, y'all missed out"
    madlad.

    • @snow86241
      @snow86241 4 роки тому +199

      you guys missed out on the best death of your lives!

    • @ghjpkshdgtjdgvbzm
      @ghjpkshdgtjdgvbzm 4 роки тому +16

      Snow lol same

    • @immortalsofar5314
      @immortalsofar5314 4 роки тому +46

      @@snow86241 I was once introduced to someone as being crazy because of the extreme sports I did. I told them, that's not crazy. To exist for 70 years and never live a day in your life - now *that's* crazy!

    • @njsullyalex2744
      @njsullyalex2744 4 роки тому +27

      I'm from NJ and my dad grew up here. He has a lot of nostalgia towards Action Park, he remembers having a great time there as a kid. That being said, we've had more than a few discussions on how absolutely terrifying this place actually was, and my dad remembers either seeing or riding on more than a few of these rides.

    • @Hi-nu6sg
      @Hi-nu6sg 4 роки тому +14

      They’re now called Mountain Creek

  • @zanel4195
    @zanel4195 5 років тому +3326

    You forgot to mention the part in the loop where you *_break your neck_*

    • @billyosullivan4514
      @billyosullivan4514 5 років тому +18

      No one did break there neck

    • @anonymousaccount6384
      @anonymousaccount6384 5 років тому +110

      billy osullivan r/whooosh

    • @w.547
      @w.547 5 років тому +191

      @@anonymousaccount6384
      damn bruh that was an EPIC r/whoosh moment lol (laughing out loud) XD !!1!!!1!

    • @helloo9349
      @helloo9349 5 років тому +6

      billy osullivan r/wooosh

    • @nepsyasudra3262
      @nepsyasudra3262 5 років тому +99

      Worse, what if you slide back down the loop stuck upside down drowning in the oncoming waterfowl? 0.0;

  • @avi_perosn3931
    @avi_perosn3931 3 роки тому +84

    4:07 when this ride was first tested with a dummy the dummy came out headless

  • @Canimakeit603
    @Canimakeit603 4 роки тому +40

    The loop reopened briefly in the 90s. I remember my watching my friend Josh coming out the other end all dazed and confused.

  • @kumustakuya154
    @kumustakuya154 5 років тому +3092

    I used to work here back in the 80s. I was 17 at the time. It was only for a summer. But I can confirm just about everything in this video was true.

    • @theevildrummingsithlord1492
      @theevildrummingsithlord1492 5 років тому +105

      Did it become terrifying to work there while you were there?

    • @davereich_the_observationist
      @davereich_the_observationist 5 років тому +291

      I grew up going to that place. Skinned knees from the slide because my legs were too long, and flew into some hay bales a few times, and we called it "Death Park". One trip on the loop water slide was enough for me. And yeah, I was a lifeguard but not there, and even *I* pulled some people out of that wave pool!
      I loved that place....

    • @nightisright1873
      @nightisright1873 5 років тому +36

      Have any old photos of the park

    • @lukeland6741
      @lukeland6741 5 років тому +12

      If I Were You I Would Quit But I Guess There Wasn't Any Other Place That Was Hiring ._.

    • @carlosf7187
      @carlosf7187 5 років тому +2

      Interesting

  • @lrom5445
    @lrom5445 4 роки тому +1697

    I need to buy an "I survived Action Park!" t-shirt. My dad took us there many times, and I frequented the wave pool and alpine slide.

  • @Islay2806
    @Islay2806 4 роки тому +232

    2020 so far
    January: Coronavirus
    February: wildfires
    March: quarantine
    April: Murder hornets
    May: people are no longer social distancing and the virus spreads faster
    June: Protesters
    July: Action Park, Grand re-opening!

    • @armendfiqi
      @armendfiqi 4 роки тому +9

      You forgot the aliens..

    • @glitchtime404
      @glitchtime404 4 роки тому +12

      stoic shhhhhh that’s the Final boss of December

    • @Random_Person.-.
      @Random_Person.-. 4 роки тому +4

      It's already been reopened I think, but it has a new name now.

    • @Islay2806
      @Islay2806 4 роки тому +1

      Random Person- it’s a joke

    • @Random_Person.-.
      @Random_Person.-. 4 роки тому +2

      @@Islay2806 ik I'm not an idiot

  • @goingblargh
    @goingblargh 4 роки тому +80

    Action Park: "They're going to bury what's left of ya in a soup can!"

  • @oliviabitecofer1005
    @oliviabitecofer1005 5 років тому +330

    As a coaster enthusiast, I appreciate that the park was actually dangerous, not just clickbait.

  • @5minsrevisiono_o613
    @5minsrevisiono_o613 4 роки тому +2543

    "Three safest materials to land on: concrete -"
    Well that escelated quickly .

    • @drBulky
      @drBulky 4 роки тому +35

      That is a sarcasm boi

    • @TMiK21
      @TMiK21 4 роки тому +71

      @@drBulky Are u dumb?

    • @drBulky
      @drBulky 4 роки тому +4

      @@TMiK21 no u

    • @TMiK21
      @TMiK21 4 роки тому +29

      @@drBulky Oh, u are just regular arab.

    • @qwertycat2778
      @qwertycat2778 4 роки тому

      😳

  • @pikenation9841
    @pikenation9841 4 роки тому +29

    Unqualified lifeguard: I want to lifeguard somewhere with action. /job centre worker: say no more.

  • @Sw33tG4mer
    @Sw33tG4mer 4 роки тому +171

    I feel like this park was designed by a serial killer.

  • @eggymoose7958
    @eggymoose7958 5 років тому +2949

    Welcome to Action Park!
    So much fun *you’ll never leave*

  • @james2042
    @james2042 5 років тому +707

    FYI to everyone watching, the park has since been reopened with some of the original stuff in tact. The park is now called Mountain Creek Waterpark. While the saftey standards have increased, some of the less dangerous stuff is still original. Please upvote so people see
    The cliff jump at 5:54 still exist, the tarzan swing with the glacial water still exist, the "cannon shoot" at 6:03 still exist
    The first ride mentioned where you go flying down the hill has been revamped so you don't go down as fast, and the materials are much safer, but still exist
    The slide shown at 2:53 is now a roller coaster that follows almost the exact same footprint.
    Where they had the loop slide now host a thing called high anxiety, which you would just need to see for yourself
    They have a slide that is a 90 degree drop, and the floor falls out from under you as you go straight down
    They have a bunch of rides carved throughout the mountainside that make for an interesting experience

    • @EliteCustomGamer
      @EliteCustomGamer 5 років тому +49

      The Cannonball loop was removed. State shut it down.

    • @james2042
      @james2042 5 років тому +4

      @@EliteCustomGamer are you serious? It was my favorite one there

    • @EliteCustomGamer
      @EliteCustomGamer 5 років тому +36

      @@james2042 People got hurt way too often. Was considered the most dangerous ride in the state.

    • @james2042
      @james2042 5 років тому +37

      @@EliteCustomGamer i went on it at least 30 times and only have severe brain damage... seriously though if you fucking listened to the life guards and held your formation and didnt lie about health issues you were fine

    • @mimi6780
      @mimi6780 5 років тому +36

      they also closed the glacial water ‘Tarzan’ one recently

  • @The_Biscuit_From_Heaven
    @The_Biscuit_From_Heaven 4 роки тому +136

    Welcome to Jersey; the Florida of the North!

  • @hiddel3358
    @hiddel3358 4 роки тому +40

    Action Park: Breaking the geneva covention for your own entertainment

  • @dwnfall6541
    @dwnfall6541 5 років тому +4916

    My Dad worked there, they gave him a life guard uniform even though he couldn't swim...

    • @snow86241
      @snow86241 4 роки тому +232

      LMFAO

    • @theguytheman417
      @theguytheman417 4 роки тому +350

      How did he even get hired lmao

    • @CookieGal-
      @CookieGal- 4 роки тому +502

      @@theguytheman417 Considering the rest of the park, how does his hiring surprise you?

    • @chazaq2010
      @chazaq2010 4 роки тому +13

      Awesome

    • @jdmozee12
      @jdmozee12 4 роки тому +11

      🤣

  • @CHNOPS1000
    @CHNOPS1000 5 років тому +792

    Action park: we are the most dangerous park on earth
    CallMeKevin: hold my beer

    • @jozeph2932
      @jozeph2932 5 років тому +41

      Jim Pickens has entered the chat.

    • @Cpmyppproductions
      @Cpmyppproductions 5 років тому +46

      RTgame: hold MY beer

    • @Happinezz_
      @Happinezz_ 5 років тому +21

      @@Cpmyppproductions How about:
      Two Irish bois: hold our beers

    • @uselessDM
      @uselessDM 5 років тому +2

      @@Cpmyppproductions A slide that just breaks nour neck. Sounds about right I guess.

    • @jess648
      @jess648 5 років тому +5

      RTGame: Am I a joke to you

  • @migacmagic6675
    @migacmagic6675 3 роки тому +8

    People in the ads: :) this park is very safe AND FUN :)
    meanwhile in the background: * drowning noises *

  • @notiivory
    @notiivory 4 роки тому +10

    Guys, it's still open, it just looks much safer now and it's called Mountain Creek Water Park

  • @tingtongtherussianspy1383
    @tingtongtherussianspy1383 5 років тому +805

    How to get away with murder
    Create a amusement park

    • @blitzn00dle50
      @blitzn00dle50 5 років тому +11

      And then build a wooden coaster.
      Then wait 5-50 years depending on the manufacturer and it will start breaking bones

    • @translucenc3lol482
      @translucenc3lol482 5 років тому +2

      @@blitzn00dle50 be sure to give it a loop as well.

    • @blitzn00dle50
      @blitzn00dle50 5 років тому +2

      @@translucenc3lol482 maximum suffering. now we just gotta name it son of beast

    • @braydenmunger8391
      @braydenmunger8391 5 років тому +1

      This is in like the 70s tho

    • @mattyorshin
      @mattyorshin 5 років тому +2

      or be a politician . they get away with murder all the time . ask the Clintons

  • @RaidPirateGaming
    @RaidPirateGaming 5 років тому +10623

    Still a safer park than my park in Roller Coaster Tycoon.

    • @iriscorporation5447
      @iriscorporation5447 5 років тому +347

      Have you seen GrayStillPlays? That guy likes to torture people.

    • @monicaant.1422
      @monicaant.1422 5 років тому +47

      Ha I never played that game but I played Mall Tycoon

    • @TotoDG
      @TotoDG 5 років тому +91

      You did not have a childhood if you’ve never played the RCT games.

    • @RaidPirateGaming
      @RaidPirateGaming 5 років тому +44

      @@monicaant.1422 I played Mall Tycoon. It was pretty fun. I also had School Tycoon too which was fun but in my opinion nothing beats Roller Coaster Tycoon and Zoo Tycoon.

    • @garythesnail6177
      @garythesnail6177 5 років тому +3

      does anyone know if RCT is available for Mac ?

  • @virginiacoleman-prisco3328
    @virginiacoleman-prisco3328 4 роки тому +4

    Person: is to tall to properly use bumper boats
    Action park: you have lost foot privileges.

  • @masinolabs4883
    @masinolabs4883 3 роки тому +9

    This was probably, ironically, the most fun amusement park of all time

    • @alexbennet4195
      @alexbennet4195 Рік тому +2

      If you think it’s fun to end up with bruises or broken bones than sure lol. But there are much safer ways to explore your masochism kink.

  • @pauljmorton
    @pauljmorton 5 років тому +880

    Starting from 6:28 I expected the video to turn into a Brilliant ad at any time.

    • @lewl284
      @lewl284 5 років тому +14

      Paul J. Morton your amazing

    • @milannarayan2734
      @milannarayan2734 5 років тому +29

      @@lewl284 you're **

    • @2manyeggshells
      @2manyeggshells 5 років тому +51

      @@lewl284 If you ever wanted to learn grammar but gave up we have the perfect thing for you, our sponsor, Brilliant, link in the description!

    • @simonlow0210
      @simonlow0210 5 років тому +5

      Same, I was expecting it but it never happened. XD

  • @chocOneOOne
    @chocOneOOne 5 років тому +477

    The 80's were just a different time...it's actually pretty amazing this place made it past 1985

  • @connorssmallengines6663
    @connorssmallengines6663 4 роки тому +5

    My dad went here when he was little and he was in line for the loop water slide when a nail came loose and tore up someone’s back as they went down. He said he could see the water turn slightly red as he came out. He also rode the alpine slide and still has the scar from when he took a corner too hard and fell off.

    • @grimlar
      @grimlar 4 роки тому

      should not have been drinking water while reading that

    • @scarl11
      @scarl11 2 роки тому

      Loose nail or possibly those teeth that they mention in other Action Park vids, from someone smashing their jaw on the loop bit? Either way, grim.

  • @kimzee59
    @kimzee59 3 роки тому +2

    Fun fact. For the numbers at the start of the video. This is not just about the rides. The number of people to the ER also includes things like someone tripping and breaking something, or someone collapsing. The number is not all about people who were injured on rides.

  • @DeeEast
    @DeeEast 5 років тому +914

    “Everything is legal in New Jersey.”

    • @StationOfTerrapin
      @StationOfTerrapin 5 років тому +8

      NPC #4782 I need to remember this

    • @Cacowninja
      @Cacowninja 5 років тому +38

      Not really since they have lots of gun control and you can't pump your own gas.
      Also the taxes are high as fuck.

    • @sophias5956
      @sophias5956 5 років тому +27

      Fell Man it’s a lyrics from Hamilton

    • @electricflow8827
      @electricflow8827 5 років тому +1

      @@Cacowninja lol why

    • @jamier65551
      @jamier65551 5 років тому +2

      not anymore bro

  • @kingkiro2790
    @kingkiro2790 5 років тому +946

    in the 80s, I rid the waterpark with a loop with
    Head injuries
    Skinned knees
    Fracture
    Broken bones
    I spent about 5 months in the hospital.
    :(

  • @mikedevonish3933
    @mikedevonish3933 Рік тому +3

    I took my daughter there many years ago...like 30 or so.
    I completely agree with this. I'm a thrill seeker and that bob sled thru me for a loop. Literally, took a curve and ended up some odd number of feet in grass dazed and confused.
    Yea, had an incident on that water thing. That's all I'll say.
    Took my daughter home early.

  • @notobeanassbut
    @notobeanassbut Рік тому +1

    This place was so much fun. I say this having suffered a traction park injury. I slid down the Alpine slide on my back after I fell off one of those little cars. When my parents took me to the first aid building, I remember them telling my dad that they were waiting on two ambulances, and one helicopter for different patients and to take me to the hospital by car. We still went back after that, It was the greatest of times.

  • @trymienator
    @trymienator 5 років тому +407

    Engineers be like: how much danger do u want?
    Owner: yes

    • @williammerkel1410
      @williammerkel1410 4 роки тому +3

      Didn't you see the video? Real engineers did not design these rides.

    • @blitzn00dle19
      @blitzn00dle19 4 роки тому +2

      owner: *takes schizophrenia medications*
      engineers:
      owner: where you guys at

    • @sanjaysinghiaf
      @sanjaysinghiaf 4 роки тому

      Huh

    • @bkrider19
      @bkrider19 2 роки тому

      lol

    • @Lqg7379
      @Lqg7379 2 роки тому +1

      @@sanjaysinghiaf u didn't understand the joke

  • @ottergreen8190
    @ottergreen8190 5 років тому +71

    I still have scars from “Traction” Park. When snowboarding now you can still see remnants of the Alpine Slide from the chair lift that brings back memories or nightmares, depending on your experiences.

    • @evandaire1449
      @evandaire1449 4 роки тому

      Otter Green I skied there for years. I only learned of it’s insane past much later. I’ll say I’ve almost drowned in that wave pool myself

  • @cupriferouscatalyst3708
    @cupriferouscatalyst3708 Рік тому +3

    The craziest part is that out of all these rides, the most deadly one is the only one I've experienced. Many times, even. Wave pools area pretty common at public swimming centers in Sweden, and they're a ton of fun too. Of course, most people know how to swim here since it's required to learn in elementary school, but they don't exactly ask you to prove it before getting in a pool, and I'd be surprised if no one has ever died in any of the wave pools here.

  • @drawing4u962
    @drawing4u962 4 роки тому +3

    As a New Jerseyan I can confirm that action park is a blast. The park is still open if you want to go. It’s just under a new name. “Mountain Creek Water Park” multiple people have died there since it reopened.

  • @CamDMoor
    @CamDMoor 4 роки тому +301

    Man, this looks like a park you'd see on the Simpsons ! 😂

  • @sran438
    @sran438 4 роки тому +447

    2:27 *Please turn on subtitles*
    *”This bride alone experienced 26 separate cases of head injuries, and 14 cases of broken bones.”*

  • @eddiesantos1540
    @eddiesantos1540 4 роки тому +8

    One of my uncles worked there he said his favorite part was hooking up with the guests at the bathroom while getting paid 😆

  • @dcorica79
    @dcorica79 4 роки тому +4

    1:53 I loved the alpine slide!
    5:53 Almost drowned on that cliff dive that water was extremely cold.

  • @diegoalvarez3807
    @diegoalvarez3807 5 років тому +2278

    The safest ride is a Toyota Corolla

    • @ghostkillzz8530
      @ghostkillzz8530 5 років тому +4

      fourpinz 8 lol

    • @blueandgreenslacks
      @blueandgreenslacks 5 років тому +8

      fourpinz 8 stupid dead meme reference and a stupid statement because automobile accidents are the number four cause of death in the United States.

    • @Alpina-Corsa
      @Alpina-Corsa 5 років тому +80

      ÆONSONE dur hur hur i get triggered at fucking everything

    • @ghostkillzz8530
      @ghostkillzz8530 5 років тому +38

      ÆONSONE okay bro no need to get triggered

    • @blueandgreenslacks
      @blueandgreenslacks 5 років тому +4

      Since when are stating facts “triggered?” Btw @winning rock it’s hurdy dur dur you dingus.

  • @adamgronvold8608
    @adamgronvold8608 5 років тому +397

    If only action park had Brilliant™ they'd have known how to properly construct rides that were both safe and fun.

    • @radloglutar
      @radloglutar 5 років тому

      Good one

    • @rfl232
      @rfl232 5 років тому +2

      every reallifelore videos

  • @bluerazzbery
    @bluerazzbery 3 роки тому +1

    I've been on 1 roller coaster ever. I was a kid, and the latch that holds you down was broken. I had to hold on to the shoulder straps the whole ride while my latch flapped about. When I got to the loop, I knew that if those shoulder straps slipped off my shoulders I'd just die. Was a pretty bad experience...

  • @pedrox96
    @pedrox96 4 роки тому +3

    Park's visitor: a
    Action Park: *your free trial of living has ended*

  • @exdeegaming4872
    @exdeegaming4872 5 років тому +418

    Sounds like RTgame on planet coaster

    • @keiraazzopardi6298
      @keiraazzopardi6298 5 років тому +2

      Ex Dee Gaming lol yeah I actually clicked on this video thinking it was rt game like and idiot😂

    • @AG-AG
      @AG-AG 4 роки тому +1

      Yup

    • @saturatedtwo3458
      @saturatedtwo3458 4 роки тому +1

      100%

    • @themyofmy
      @themyofmy 4 роки тому +4

      @lucette5 what a strange way to play GrayStillPlays in any game ever 😳

    • @somedude8714
      @somedude8714 4 роки тому +3

      "Making a slide that critically injures people on Planet Coaster"

  • @ingvarhallstrom2306
    @ingvarhallstrom2306 4 роки тому +167

    Looks at the title.
    Me: "Must be Action Park?"

    • @MEMORIA1316
      @MEMORIA1316 4 роки тому +6

      Same

    • @haruhifujioka5952
      @haruhifujioka5952 4 роки тому +2

      Same lad

    • @L_mattox
      @L_mattox 3 роки тому +1

      Same, dude.

    • @halfwaydeadFTF
      @halfwaydeadFTF 3 роки тому

      I dont like the name why its action the park is dangerous

    • @adele6020
      @adele6020 3 роки тому

      because a lot of action goes on there. like death and injuries

  • @SeanFrench01
    @SeanFrench01 3 роки тому +2

    My mom brought me here when I was a toddler back in the 80s. I remember wanting to go again when I was a little older and being told it was closed.

  • @ap70621
    @ap70621 4 роки тому +2

    I survived Action Park in the mid 90s. You can actually still go there today. It is now called Mountain Creek Waterpark and the dangerous rides have either been modified or removed.

  • @billtheminer9945
    @billtheminer9945 5 років тому +2007

    *Amusement Park?*
    more like
    *_ABUSEMENT PARK!!_*

  • @2kdegenerate708
    @2kdegenerate708 5 років тому +232

    Defunctland has a great episode on this if you want a more in depth view on this park.

  • @Babbleplay
    @Babbleplay 4 роки тому +2

    The thing is, everyone knew it was dangerous, and it kind of became a bragging point. Locals, especially, were proud of going to Action park regularly without getting hurt/killed.

  • @dwarfnamedcake
    @dwarfnamedcake 2 роки тому +1

    This is almost as bad as the Veruckt water slide. 10-year old Caleb Schwab, son of Kansas senator, Scott Schwab rode the water slide with 2 older women, the ride’s weight was uneven, and after the 60 feet drop, Caleb flew off the ride and hit the metal ring to support the raft at speeds over 70mph. He was decapitated, and body was found at the end of the slide. His 12 year old brother saw him being decapitated, and screamed, and told an employee “My brother just died because of your ride.”

  • @hhs_leviathan
    @hhs_leviathan 5 років тому +319

    Action Park is the kinda place you would design when you are 7... You are not thinking about safety and instead just yell *IMAGINE HOW COOL IT'LL BE!* whilst high on Sonic X and Cheetos.
    Now I kinda want to experience it...

    • @demi-fiendoftime3825
      @demi-fiendoftime3825 5 років тому +11

      There are people working on rebuilding it only with safety standars like helmets and pads for the Alpine slide with more cushioning outside the sides so people if they do wipe out dont get seriously injured

    • @Wockes
      @Wockes 5 років тому +7

      @@demi-fiendoftime3825 but that's no fun :P

    • @demi-fiendoftime3825
      @demi-fiendoftime3825 5 років тому +3

      @@Wockes XD true

    • @argyldeathbrand6192
      @argyldeathbrand6192 5 років тому +7

      It’s been open again for a while under the name Mountain Creek. I’ve been. It’s a good time. Still dangerous as hell, but they give you helmets now, and no loop slide.

    • @lorraineadormonicus
      @lorraineadormonicus 5 років тому +1

      Me : Lets add a slide that looks like a di***!

  • @butteredsheep2876
    @butteredsheep2876 5 років тому +471

    "Concrete and glass is very safe"
    Real life lore 2019

    • @dg_alexbones9610
      @dg_alexbones9610 5 років тому +43

      Czech Republic USA Mapper I’m pretty sure he was joking

    • @theepicchickenyt
      @theepicchickenyt 5 років тому +16

      I have a question what are the enchantments on the diamond pick on you profile picture

    • @migraeneolufsk
      @migraeneolufsk 5 років тому +26

      some people really doesn't understand sarcasm.

    • @drBulky
      @drBulky 5 років тому +7

      R/whoooshhh

    • @thesalandarian3314
      @thesalandarian3314 5 років тому +3

      Sarcastic

  • @lavalampdrinker
    @lavalampdrinker 4 роки тому +17

    america: (Has the worlds most dangerous park)
    russia: ok, my turn.

    • @HoppingSkipper
      @HoppingSkipper 4 роки тому +2

      Pripyat amusement park in the 80's: hold my beer

  • @carboncubss
    @carboncubss 4 роки тому +2

    My pops used to get free weekend passes from work, went there dozens of times, wrist bands for free food and drink. Alpine slide was my favorite one of them all. Man that place was freaking fun, dangerous, but fun. There is an Alpine slide in Bromley Mt VT also, is killer and better than the Action Park one!

  • @OtherworldJudge89
    @OtherworldJudge89 5 років тому +71

    I actually lost it at the loop de loop slide part. Been laughing for five minutes! 🤣

    • @rohankhatri3102
      @rohankhatri3102 5 років тому +1

      Nameless King i went to the reopened “mountain creek waterpark” pretty recently and there’s a ride where you stand and a hatch opens underneath you and you fall into a slide. Still pretty dangerous even without the loop de loop slide

    • @uhohskrek2598
      @uhohskrek2598 4 роки тому

      Rohan Khatri almost every water park has the hatchet slides they are very common. I’ve never been to water park there only snowboarding so I can’t rlly say anything

  • @xappgametvx
    @xappgametvx 5 років тому +304

    I did not expect a freaking loop on a water slide😂

    • @jasper3706
      @jasper3706 5 років тому +11

      Neither did literally anyone else in history except for the insane dude who made that slide

    • @ramon1906
      @ramon1906 5 років тому +5

      It gives one in Germany with a loop, its doable but u need to be instructed well and watched out for

    • @Pining_for_the_fjords
      @Pining_for_the_fjords 5 років тому +2

      Despite it literally being in the thumbnail?

    • @Rinkawaiii
      @Rinkawaiii 5 років тому +1

      Alexander its an odd loop too. Some slides have a loop. I’ve seen a water slide that has a loop, and they are very different.

    • @TheJoeSwanon
      @TheJoeSwanon 5 років тому

      It was actually designed by the owner

  • @pg-13yoshi91
    @pg-13yoshi91 3 роки тому +3

    Glove world IRL looking pretty sick

  • @johns123
    @johns123 2 роки тому +1

    Two years later and this video is still one of your best. Such a classic

  • @datsko6339
    @datsko6339 5 років тому +202

    I went on an alpine slide in Minnesota last summer. I went over a hill too fast and flipped off my sled, landing on the track. Because I was going so fast, I slid about 20 feet on the concrete track (in my bathing suit mind you). I was instantly in searing pain and I ended up making it down to the bottom with blood covering the backs of my legs. I went to the hospital to discover that I had gotten second-degree burns on the entire back of my legs from about mid-thigh to ankle. The park said it happens all the time and they even had a name for it "track rash". Worst experience of my life

    • @frisk7951
      @frisk7951 5 років тому +13

      Ouch..hope youre alright

    • @mikewizz1895
      @mikewizz1895 5 років тому +23

      If it "happens all the time," and thats coming from the park itself, then why the FRICK have they not made it safer or shut it down

    • @majavictoria2009
      @majavictoria2009 5 років тому

      aaaaaaaaaaaaa :(

    • @zachinthehat1707
      @zachinthehat1707 5 років тому

      Alpine slides are old school fuck around get hurt lolll still I love them awesome childhood memories and still fun as an adult.

    • @brunoglopes
      @brunoglopes 5 років тому +2

      mike WIZZ because money

  • @happydr_
    @happydr_ 5 років тому +175

    Action park reopened years later as a safer park. I have been to the new park and it is actually a regular water park now.
    Edit* they renamed it Mountain Creek Waterpark btw,

    • @thefreakinguy100
      @thefreakinguy100 5 років тому +2

      legocraftmation ive been there oop

    • @ezrabaraka3583
      @ezrabaraka3583 5 років тому +1

      I’ve been there they had a lot of the same rides

    • @ezrabaraka3583
      @ezrabaraka3583 5 років тому +2

      Interesting I thought they renamed it back to action park in 2014 lol but it seems they renamed it back to mountain creek now like this year

    • @BM-sc2nk
      @BM-sc2nk 5 років тому +1

      It's now called action park again

    • @SS5Ghaleon
      @SS5Ghaleon 5 років тому +1

      They renamed it back to Action Park a few years ago again

  • @ChaosGamer123
    @ChaosGamer123 3 роки тому +2

    Action Park! So much fun, you’ll go to the ER and your life will be done!

  • @wanali4504
    @wanali4504 3 роки тому +1

    Public executions in the 16-1900’s: hanging, guillotine, electric chair
    Public executions in late 1900s: action park

  • @anonymousanonymous_000
    @anonymousanonymous_000 5 років тому +127

    I remember the commercials for this park as a kid. Thank goodness my parents never took me. Your commentary is hilarious !

    • @kittylickeriv38
      @kittylickeriv38 4 роки тому +4

      Fiery Fist O' Pain? Try that ride at Glove World

  • @YoHoOMirster
    @YoHoOMirster 5 років тому +40

    "touched live wire, and killed him."
    "it induced a heart attack, and killed him."
    "hit his head on a rock, which killed him."
    along with:
    lots of drowning
    lots of bruises
    lots of really bad headaches
    'Tis the beautiful noise of the cacophony of death.

  • @djmutt2000
    @djmutt2000 4 роки тому +4

    A song that perfectly describes Action Park:
    Dear mom and dad, I’m doing fine. You guys have been on my mind.
    You asked me what I wanted to be and now I think the answer is plain to see.
    I wanna be famous.
    I wanna live close to the sun, pack your bags cuz I’ve already won.
    Everything to prove, nothing in my way. I’ll get there one day.
    Cuz I wanna be famous.
    I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous.
    I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous.

  • @lolz-f6c
    @lolz-f6c 3 роки тому +3

    I went on the tube slide that went into that freezing cold water. It was awesome, in my childhood opinion. The cliffs you could jump off of were also a ton of fun and probably much safer then the cliffs we would jump off into the Delaware when we were rafting in the summer. I do remember getting stuck in a slide and slamming on my stomach and then getting hit by the person that was coming behind me. I can’t remember if it was that slide with the loop though.

  • @theawesonenintendofan3623
    @theawesonenintendofan3623 4 роки тому +511

    Dad: so, where you wanna go in Disneyland or Action Park
    Son: Action Park
    Dad: *SO YOU HAVE CHOSEN.... DEATH*

  • @AndyHappyGuy
    @AndyHappyGuy 5 років тому +292

    Goes into loop slide fine and dandy.
    Gets out of the slide drowning with a serious nose bleed and back pain.

  • @djmutt2000
    @djmutt2000 4 роки тому +5

    There needs to be a season of Survivor set here

  • @jakethesnakelord
    @jakethesnakelord 4 роки тому +6

    Gotta love how this guy almost has a sponsor EVERY VIDEO.
    Just Thank him that he wont do raid shadow legends tho.

  • @wonder6835
    @wonder6835 5 років тому +130

    Ah Action Park and its infamous loop tube ride. This whole park is just hilarious.

    • @jasper3706
      @jasper3706 5 років тому +1

      And also deadly.

    • @therealdave06
      @therealdave06 5 років тому +1

      Which reopened

    • @sheeple04
      @sheeple04 5 років тому +4

      @@therealdave06 Which now focuses on safe rides made by actual amusement and water rides manufacturers that know what theyre doing, and not make their stuff themselves and not knowing what theyre doing.

  • @JustinY.
    @JustinY. 5 років тому +64

    Safety regulations: *Exists*
    This Amusement park: _It's free real estate_

    • @onlyyas8522
      @onlyyas8522 5 років тому +3

      They pulled a fast one there

    • @Yoyle-gp2xq
      @Yoyle-gp2xq 5 років тому +1

      you did a fast one sir

    • @oofbekistan8469
      @oofbekistan8469 5 років тому +1

      Real estate add: *Exists*
      Justin Y: _It's free real estate_

  • @waltermccormick5677
    @waltermccormick5677 4 роки тому +2

    Park:*closes*
    Everyone in a 1 lightyear radius:OOOOOOOOOFFF!

  • @ernie3312
    @ernie3312 4 роки тому +6

    My mom when there a few times but one time she was there some kid drowned in the wave pool and the lifeguards didn't notice so they had to yell at them to turn off the waves.

  • @TheJoeSwanon
    @TheJoeSwanon 5 років тому +95

    I actually went to this park :-) it truly was a free-for-all and surprisingly a good time as long as you didn’t get killed

    • @MrJimheeren
      @MrJimheeren 5 років тому +2

      jonathan lavezzi sounds fun

    • @lucaspropstmilik8149
      @lucaspropstmilik8149 5 років тому +1

      The world need more of this.

    • @brandoncobb4646
      @brandoncobb4646 5 років тому

      What was the best/worst part?

    • @Carewolf
      @Carewolf 4 роки тому

      It reminds me of ski-resorts. One of the few remaining places you can have fun in ways that would be extremely dangerous if you do something dumb.

    • @bowens9347
      @bowens9347 4 роки тому

      Easier said than done.
      You kids make up lies for attention lol.

  • @jmandawgfan2533
    @jmandawgfan2533 5 років тому +35

    sir you've been in a coma for 30 years
    "oh boy I can't wait to go to my favorite water park"

    • @Voltorb1993
      @Voltorb1993 5 років тому +8

      "sir, you have been in that coma because you slid down a water slide with a loop in that park."

    • @casey6556
      @casey6556 4 роки тому

      @@Voltorb1993 "It's fine, I got better!"

    • @snow86241
      @snow86241 4 роки тому

      LMAO

  • @CallieMasters5000
    @CallieMasters5000 3 роки тому +3

    Their "You have to be this big to go on this ride" sign was a coffin.

  • @anakinskywalker248
    @anakinskywalker248 4 роки тому +2

    Me: “I broke my neck on the slide and when I came out I almost drowned in the pool.”
    Nurse: “It’s just a little bump. here’s a cup of water get back to class.”

  • @intellectuall_idiot
    @intellectuall_idiot 4 роки тому +101

    *There's nothing in the world like Action Park!*
    I believe that.

  • @ryanrollercoaster
    @ryanrollercoaster 5 років тому +73

    “In the United States alone” *shows ride in France followed by a ride in China*

  • @Hypno_BPM
    @Hypno_BPM 4 роки тому +2

    growing up 15 min away from this park , i’m so glad my family never went in the 90’s.

  • @brayden6449
    @brayden6449 3 роки тому +3

    I like how they did everything to deal with the problem, except actually making it safer.