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"By the time things enter the realm of legend, it can be difficult to divine what was true. To tell what actually happened.\n\"Action Park.\"\nIf you grew up near Northern New Jersey, the chances are pretty strong that the mere sight of those words is flooding your brain with feelings of dread, doom and possibly the memories of at least a few scars.\nWATCH PART 2: The Demise of the World's Most Dangerous Amusement Park\nFor the rest of you, here's the gist: In the years since it closed down in 1996, Action Park has earned a reputation as the most insane \u2014 and possibly the most dangerous \u2014 amusement park that ever existed. A lawless land that was ruled by drunk teenage employees, frequented by even drunker teenage guests, and filled with rides that seemed to defy even the most basic notions of physics and common sense. \nLet's put it this way: The park had a waterslide that went in a complete loop.\nOne more time: A waterslide. That. Went. In. A. Complete. Loop.\n\nLike many adults who visited Action Park decades ago, I find it impossible not to look back and think that at least some of what I remember and have heard in the subsequent years is a product of the snowballing effect of time and legend. Sure, things weren't as rubber-coated and insurance-obsessed as they are today. But still...\nAnd so, I got together with a documentary crew from the video site Dailymotion, and we set out to answer a simple question: It couldn't all be true... could it? No amusement park could have really been this insane. This incredible. This bizarre. And yes, this fun.\nTurns out, it was.\n\"Every story that you hear, any legend that you hear about it \u2014 it's all true. This is a place that it actually happened,\" Andrew Mulvihill, son of Action Park founder Eugene Mulvihill, and a guy who spent much of his teenage years working at the park, told me. \nIn part one of our two-part video series on Action Park, we look at the rides and the riders that made it the most insane amusement park the planet has ever seen. Check back Thursday for part two, when we go even deeper into the legend and legacy of Action Park.\nBONUS: 10 People to Avoid at Amusement Parks\n\n\n10 People to Avoid at Amusement Parks\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. The mischievous child with a Big Squirt watergun.\n\n\nVideo: YouTube, HearthSongToys\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. The PDA couple unable to peel themselves off of each other.\n\n\nImage:  Tumblr, daretobescared\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. The impatient line cutter. \n\n\nVideo: YouTube, Kendall Martin\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. The power-hungry ride operator who barks commands at guests.\n\n\nImage:  Tumblr, loves-you-juzzy\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. The argumentative guest that challenges the the employee who is trying to enforce safety regulations\n\n\nImage:  Tumblr, prideinmymostvulnerablestate\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6. The risk-taking fool who will eventually get hurt. \n\n\nImage:  Tumblr, 4gifs\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7. The guest who complains about everything, from long lines to churro prices.\n\n\nImage:  Tumblr, collection-of-gifs\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8. The person who pushes their way to the front of a crowd waiting for the parade to start. \n\n\nImage:  Tumblr, elizabethgillies\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9. The creepy guest who hits on every moving creature. \n\n\nImage:  Tumblr, otakus-n-things\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10. The rollercoaster rider who looks like they're about to yak. \n\n\nImage:  Tumblr, gemini-dragon-gifs\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImages: Dailymotion, WeirdNJ.com"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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