i went on two family vacations to myrtle beach when i was like 11 and 13, and i went on this thing constantly. scared the shit out of me! it's still the word's tallest tubular slide. all black tubes, couldn't see a thing!
I dont know what the best waterslide it that I have been on.......probably something at Schlitterbahn in Texas. Nothing I have been on compares to those slides at Action Park though, if it was still open........I would plan a vacation there.
Alpine Valley 2000
Summerfest 2006
"Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -Lisa Simpson
i went on two family vacations to myrtle beach when i was like 11 and 13, and i went on this thing constantly. scared the shit out of me! it's still the word's tallest tubular slide. all black tubes, couldn't see a thing!
This has to be the raddest thing ever, I would give anything to ride this just once
That looks like total fun...I've been on one similar...I love those things!! There is a waterpark in New Braunfels, Tx called Schlitterbahn, it's a resort. IT's fun as hell!
And so the lion fell in love with the lamb...,"
"What a stupid lamb."
"What a sick, masochistic lion."
That looks like total fun...I've been on one similar...I love those things!! There is a waterpark in New Braunfels, Tx called Schlitterbahn, it's a resort. IT's fun as hell!
I doubt you have been on a similar one, this is the only true looping waterslide.
Alpine Valley 2000
Summerfest 2006
"Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -Lisa Simpson
I never made it to Action PArk but I wish I did. I'd see the comercials every summer as a kid but my parents wouldn't take me. I never asked I guess but that's not the point.
This was my favorite water ride of all time though. HydroForce at Darien Lake. Totally badass.
Hilarious that this thread popped up. I never saw it before.
I had been to Action Park in the past. Prob around 93/94. It was as bad as it seems.
I almost became a casualty on the River Rapids tube. One of those large floats that holds 8-12 people on top. I fell off the side of the raft and was dragged underneath the raft by the current. My skin literally scraped against the concrete bottom of the chute and I tried to punch the raft above me to let the people on top I was underneath. LOL. I was trapped under the water for what seemed like a long time.
Also the vertical slides there were no joke. You would be airborne for a second or so until your body landed back onto the slide. You also got an aenima from the speed every single time.
And so you see, I have come to doubt All that I once held as true I stand alone without beliefs The only truth I know is you.
Hilarious that this thread popped up. I never saw it before.
I had been to Action Park in the past. Prob around 93/94. It was as bad as it seems.
I almost became a casualty on the River Rapids tube. One of those large floats that holds 8-12 people on top. I fell off the side of the raft and was dragged underneath the raft by the current. My skin literally scraped against the concrete bottom of the chute and I tried to punch the raft above me to let the people on top I was underneath. LOL. I was trapped under the water for what seemed like a long time.
Also the vertical slides there were no joke. You would be airborne for a second or so until your body landed back onto the slide. You also got an aenima from the speed every single time.
Anyone else think this would make an excellent movie? What a premise. 'Danger Park'.
This would make a great movie. Really, someone needs to write it. I love how the owners never quite get in any trouble for the safety hazards.
"The park entertained over a million visitors a year, with as many as 12,000 coming on some of the busiest weekends. Park officials said this made the injury and death rate statistically insignificant. Nevertheless, the director of the emergency room at a nearby hospital said they treated from five to ten victims of park accidents on some of the busiest days, and the park eventually bought the township of Vernon extra ambulances to keep up with the volume." Classic
I can't believe people are talking about action park!! In dirty jersey!!! From 96-08 my dad and I owned a service station in north jersey right on 23 north heading towards action park! Every fucken day long people would pull in and ask which ways action park??? Straight up 23 north is what I'd say over and over and over again. Then I met a cool guy who turns out was running the park while he was in high school. Fucken kid was making cash all through high school. Sad to say I never went there. Now it's gone but there's a ski resort. Fucken jersey has it all! Or had it all......
I can't believe people are talking about action park!! In dirty jersey!!! From 96-08 my dad and I owned a service station in north jersey right on 23 north heading towards action park! Every fucken day long people would pull in and ask which ways action park??? Straight up 23 north is what I'd say over and over and over again. Then I met a cool guy who turns out was running the park while he was in high school. Fucken kid was making cash all through high school. Sad to say I never went there. Now it's gone but there's a ski resort. Fucken jersey has it all! Or had it all......
I can't believe people are talking about action park!! In dirty jersey!!! From 96-08 my dad and I owned a service station in north jersey right on 23 north heading towards action park! Every fucken day long people would pull in and ask which ways action park??? Straight up 23 north is what I'd say over and over and over again. Then I met a cool guy who turns out was running the park while he was in high school. Fucken kid was making cash all through high school. Sad to say I never went there. Now it's gone but there's a ski resort. Fucken jersey has it all! Or had it all......
A kid in high school was running Action Park?
Ya DS, believe it or not. The kid was making $$$$ too. Guy turned out to be awesome at shit like that. He's working for some mountain resort in Colorado now.
I can't believe people are talking about action park!! In dirty jersey!!! From 96-08 my dad and I owned a service station in north jersey right on 23 north heading towards action park! Every fucken day long people would pull in and ask which ways action park??? Straight up 23 north is what I'd say over and over and over again. Then I met a cool guy who turns out was running the park while he was in high school. Fucken kid was making cash all through high school. Sad to say I never went there. Now it's gone but there's a ski resort. Fucken jersey has it all! Or had it all......
A kid in high school was running Action Park?
Ya DS, believe it or not. The kid was making $$$$ too. Guy turned out to be awesome at shit like that. He's working for some mountain resort in Colorado now.
This may have been the coolest thing ever where it was dangerous or not. Might I add that it is at the coolest waterpark ever. I am laughing like crazy at this article right now.
:fp: Holyshit, that Wikipedia entry is hilarious! All the details about each attraction in the waterpark is just a detailed description of how outrageously dangerous they were! It sounds like if you went there all you would hear and see is throngs of people screaming and panicking.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/lickyoats/399180751/
the best waterslide ive ever been on was that huge one at "blizzard beach" in disney world... got alot of water up my ass but it was worth it
and this "action park" explains alot about new jerseyans
http://seanbriceart.com/
Summerfest 2006
"Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -Lisa Simpson
That ride needs an elevator
Summerfest 2006
"Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -Lisa Simpson
That looks like total fun...I've been on one similar...I love those things!! There is a waterpark in New Braunfels, Tx called Schlitterbahn, it's a resort. IT's fun as hell!
"What a stupid lamb."
"What a sick, masochistic lion."
I doubt you have been on a similar one, this is the only true looping waterslide.
Summerfest 2006
"Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -Lisa Simpson
This was my favorite water ride of all time though. HydroForce at Darien Lake. Totally badass.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10601589@N02/6167770460/
The drop was a hell of a lot steeper that it looks in that photo and you'd end up skipping across the lake for a few hundred feet.
I had been to Action Park in the past. Prob around 93/94. It was as bad as it seems.
I almost became a casualty on the River Rapids tube. One of those large floats that holds 8-12 people on top. I fell off the side of the raft and was dragged underneath the raft by the current. My skin literally scraped against the concrete bottom of the chute and I tried to punch the raft above me to let the people on top I was underneath. LOL. I was trapped under the water for what seemed like a long time.
Also the vertical slides there were no joke. You would be airborne for a second or so until your body landed back onto the slide. You also got an aenima from the speed every single time.
All that I once held as true
I stand alone without beliefs
The only truth I know is you.
SOunds like a good time!
"The park entertained over a million visitors a year, with as many as 12,000 coming on some of the busiest weekends. Park officials said this made the injury and death rate statistically insignificant. Nevertheless, the director of the emergency room at a nearby hospital said they treated from five to ten victims of park accidents on some of the busiest days, and the park eventually bought the township of Vernon extra ambulances to keep up with the volume."
want to be enlightened"
A kid in high school was running Action Park?
If I could go back there right now, I wouldnt have the balls to go on 75% of the rides.
All that I once held as true
I stand alone without beliefs
The only truth I know is you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkmI9xZXQjo
Ya DS, believe it or not. The kid was making $$$$ too. Guy turned out to be awesome at shit like that. He's working for some mountain resort in Colorado now.
That's kind of cool but scary at the same time.
Wow!
Might have made me ask my parents to take me there. :fp: