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The Action Park was a new Jersey entertainment park opened since 1978. May Until 1996 September
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There were a lot of exciting runs in the amusement park that were not always safe for motorcyclists
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The rock history was 2020. The theme of a documentary, Class Action Park
It is hard to believe that more than 45 years have passed when one of the most speaking parks has first opened its doors.
The Action Park on Route 94, NJ, was a destination of teenagers and families around the northern part of the state. Although the daily “Entertainment Parks” were spent with the excitement, the guests of the famous attractions have spent a year since 1996. At the end of the view, how dangerous some of its sights can be.
The part of the entertainment was divided into the Alpine Center, the water and motor world. Each of these chapters had runs that tested the boundaries of the entertainment parks. It has left many guests with unforgettable stories, but also caused really shocking results for people looking for fun.
The infamous summer fun was 2020. The theme of a documentary, Class Action Park. Created by filmmakers Chris Charles Scott and Seth Porges, the film shares some shocking stories about the story of Action Park and why he was still loved, despite so many dangerous incidents. Here are the five most incredible revelations from a documentary.
Cannonball Lop was a stretch from the beginning
The closed pipe water skating rink quickly led the guests down, before putting them in a loop and shooting in the landing pool.
“The first couple of people came out and their mouths were bloody. And it was before they were paste upwards; there were a bit. So they sent a couple of other people, and when those people landed, they landed with varnishes. They couldn’t find out why these people had leaves from a giant loop.” Remembered documentary documentaries.
“Then they disassembled the loop and found their teeth stuck in a paddling from the first couples who went down and knocked their teeth. And these other people go up and roll into it.”
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Some rides allegedly had no engineer’s contribution
While most of the entertainment parks accept many considerations to make sure that the ride is expected and safe, everything I needed in the Action Park was an idea, says former employees.
“A certain number of runs in the park was more or less designed by people who had no engineering degrees, and I was certainly one of them,” said Ed Youans, Park Operations Manager in a documentary.
“People who were like on the fringes of the driving design world, people who six flags or Disney didn’t want anything to do, these guys will literally watch the gene [Mulvihill, owner of Action Park] In the Industrial Conventions, ”said journalist Seth Porges.
The gene was also interested in “bigger, worse and more extreme riders,” said the Porges, who leads him to Tinker with design, through the middle of construction.
“Many rides were experimental and the design on paper looked good,” said Head Geleguard Bob Krahulik. “But in reality, when the ride was turned on, it was not suitable for a safe ride in public.”
Things from Action Park would end in nearby 94 route
It was not uncommon for a ride in the Action Park to leave the track. More than occasionally, parts of the places of interest even ended on the 94 road – a highway that divided the park locations.
One ride was “this giant ball we had with ball bearings inside it with another ball, and you will open two doors and enter the ball to go downhill,” said Andrew Mulvihill, CEO of Action Park in a documentary, noting that the track was built with PVC tube.
The ball could not stay on the road due to its size and shape. In addition, the PVC route could not always follow before summer heat.
“On the day we put a living man in him, it became really hot and he did not realize that PVC had expanded. So when we put a living man in the ball and tried it to go down the mountain, the ride just collapsed and the guy ended with a ski slope.”
Another incident occurred when the staff found out how to “disregard the speed of the Governor”, so Go Karting, known as Lola Cars, could travel to 60 miles per hour.
“I took the Lola car 94,” YoMans confirmed. “The highest speed is more than 60 miles per hour. It was worth it.”
Reportedly reported that the park had no insurance
When the Action Park created a controversial reputation, people wondered what insured the park. It emerged that the park was uninsured because, according to the Porges, the “concept of insurance did not believe in the gene.”
“He thought that if you were injured, you should be responsible. He should not pay insurance companies. However, he needed insurance to keep the business. It was part of the lease, so he had a solution.”
The payment ended with a fake insurance company, which was made by the gene by its own parent company, Great American Recreation. According to 1985 New York Times The article “The Great American Recreation Personnel, from 1977 to 1981, the counterfeit documents and created a fictitious insurance company that would carry out a complex self -insurance scheme that deceived state agencies, Vernon’s town and private companies and individuals”.
Gene was one of the accused, finally accused of 110 criminal conspiracy, fraud, forgery, theft and purification to meet state lease requirements in accordance with Times. He was fined $ 45,150 and was sentenced to probation for three years. State prosecutors argued that the court also imposed it personally responsible for the fine of the Great American recreation company – $ 250,000. ” Times added.
There were some terrible injuries in the Alpine slide
Those who visited 2,700 feet. The alpine slides drove in a sleigh where there was a brake and accelerated control stick. Chutes were made of concrete and fiberglass, which causes motorcyclists to cause serious road rash and other injuries that may lose a sleigh while driving.
“The area around the slide was just a rock, so everything from broken bones to concussions. On average, you would be injured in 50 to 100 people on average. You can double it on the weekend,” Mark Johnson, a suspected security guard.
In one of the 1980s. In the incident, the motorcyclist had a sleigh with an improperly functioning brake that caused him to turn and was thrown out of the stroller. Motorcyclist George Larsson Jr. struck his head on a rocky area around driving after being thrown out of the sleigh. He was in a week before he died at the age of 19. His death happened in just four days before he was to be the best man at his brother’s wedding.
The gene was convinced that the state had not been reported to the accident, and the documentary said George was not a member of the general public and that a former employee whose accident occurred within a few hours after a few hours. The details were wrong, and when the case was related to the litigation, the gene dealt with the Larsson family for $ 100,000.
Gene died in 2012. October 27, at the age of 78.
Class Action Park broadcast by HBO MAX.
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