Quote:I'm dying to hear TMD's review of this gem.  You just know he's been there and has a story or two.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhN0YI0FpDE

 

I think that's him below the waterslide at the end of the commercial (0:50 mark.)

 

 

Ahh, good ol Class-Action Park.....lol

 

Yeah, been there. That place was nuts. It was nicknamed the above because so many people sustained injuries or died there while partaking the rides. 

 

The workers (mostly teenagers) were usually all drunk or high as well, so they never really paid much attention to their jobs. Thus, contributing to the safety issues. 

 

They had this one water slide that actually did a full loop at the bottom, and at the time was the first of its kind....lol, that lasted maybe a year, as it was poorly designed and too many people got hurt or stuck. in the loop or just before it due to lack of water pressure. 

 

Then there was the rapids ride that sent you into this pitch dark tunnel (which isn't the smartest idea for a rapids ride....many instances of riders getting banged up and bloodied in that or once out of the tunnel, into that wall at almost full force, lol.....what a place...

 

Its reputation for injury got so bad that it was losing patrons left and right by the mid 1990's and closed (bankruptcy) However, it was bought by another owner and safety was made a bigger priority, and it re-opened a few years later...Its actually going back to its original name of Action Park this summer. 

 

Its not the draw it once was though. Too much competition now. It used to be pretty much the only one of its kind in that area back in the day. 

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