It opened in 1978 as part of the Mountain Creek ski resort and a way for the property to bring in money during the off-season months, and to also compete with Six Flags. The concept behind the park's creation was well-intended: Action Park was designed and marketed as appealing to thrill-seekers where they got to control how fast they went on a ride, so naturally it was a preadolescent and teenage boy's dream. Barnum by a former employee in a 2013 documentary about Action Park. It all started with a man named Gene Mulvihill, a New Jersey developer who was compared to P.T. The place eventually became responsible for six deaths including an electrocution. One said his mother worked at a nearby hospital, where she helped tend to a never-ending stream of kids coming into the ER with injuries from the amusement park. Just how dangerous was this place? It was so treacherous that while researching it I came across commenters on various sites that sustained broken noses, broken bones, skin burns, concussions, near drownings, and more. In fact, many former patrons claim it was a right of passage to survive a visit to "Class Action Park"-a fitting nickname given its notorious reputation. If you were a kid growing up in New Jersey in the '70s, '80s, or '90s, there's a good chance you visited Action Park in Vernon, just over the New York line.
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