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This contraption is incredibly cursed and of course it was the brainchild of Action Park's owner
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The Life-Threatening “Ride” That Action Park Actuall...
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biblically accurate hamster ball
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"The ball cleared a small hill, briefly going airborne, then zipped right across Route 94, the two-lane road splitting the park." Jesus Christ
Kbity
what the fuck
Rabbit Crimes
this is what something being too dangerous for Action Park looks like, even
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Action park. Of course.
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I thought nothing could be worse than the looping waterslide but I was wrong
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I bought the book the Slate article exerpts from ages ago, I need to get around to reading it
BestWorstBro⟴
OF COURSE this (nearly) came about because of Action Park
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Also, that article was a really great read. Now I wanna buy the book
lucineblue
what... what was action park?
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lucineblue
: it was a themepark that was uh, very sketch where a lot of people were injured and some were actually killed because the attractions were all dangerous and there was no safety regulations
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Defunctland: The History of Action Park
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the primary method of "safety testing" the owner's invented new attractions was to tell his teenage and often minor employees to just use it complete with bonus pay bribes if people balked
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also at least one known recurring issue of employees actively disabling the safeties on one of the rides (the speed limiters on the go-karts, specifically) not only when asked to by ride goers but often even when not asked
BestWorstBro⟴
It got the nickname "Traction Park" because you were likely to end up in traction.
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The park itself bought the town it was in new ambulances because, well. They were gonna need 'em.
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Action Park - Wikipedia
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It was also one of the first waterparks, so nobody really knew wtf they were doing
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yeah, the biggest incident of that being that the place, uh
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sold alcohol
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with no way to limit how much people could have
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people who could then get into bumper boats and go-karts and a wave pool that was an active drowning hazard even to sober people
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water parks and theme parks took a really long time to realize open alcohol sales were maybe not the best business decision
lucineblue
oh god