Action park

Last week Dailymotion and Mashable released a documentary on the notoriously dangerous ACTION PARK… which left the Internet awash in water park horror stories from New Jersey residents.

The Cannonball Loop was Gene Mulvihill’s white whale. The enclosed water slide, which ended with a disorienting vertical loop, was — as Gene’s son Andy, 58, told The Post — “a ride to survive, not …

It's the documentary Action Park deserves.

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From 1978 to 1996, thrill-seekers from around the world flocked to Action Park, a "human zoo" where guests were injured nearly every hour. Andy Mulvihill, the owner's son, remembers the wave pool where a summer job became a struggle to keep people alive.

For almost 20 summers Action Park was Jackass-meets-Disneyland for East Coasters—booze, bare butts and broken bones. Nostalgia, though, is a complicated thing.

A New Jersey amusement park that was as famous for the many lawsuits brought against it as it was for its rides, with no fewer than six people losing their lives there and 110 people reported injuries in a single year. Since it closed in 1996, Action Park became the stuff of urban legend, even inspiring a documentary valled 'The Most Insane Amusement Park Ever.' And on June 14, Action Park is back.