The End Of America’s Most Dangerous Amusement Park | Last Days
New Jersey’s Action Park, the world’s most infamous water park, closed its doors in 1996. It eventually reopened as Mountain Creek Waterpark, but in 2014 the son of the original owner brought back the legendary Action Park name. His goal was simple: recreate the thrill that made the original park famous, just without the injuries, lawsuits, and deadly reputation. But reviving America’s most dangerous amusement park proved far more complicated than anyone expected.
LAST DAYS is Weird History’s prestige format series focusing on final chapters, deaths, downfalls and conclusions. In this episode, we examine the shocking true story behind Action Park’s controversial comeback, the accidents that defined its legacy, and why the park’s final chapter ended in failure.
(Much like real history, this video was produced entirely by human beings.)
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@democlem
August 3, 2026 at 4:30 am
At Wild River Country (used to be near Little Rock, AR) they used to let us kids go down the 100-foot vertical drop “Lightning” water slide head first and on our backs. Terrifying.
@AshGreen359
August 3, 2026 at 4:30 am
It sucks when places like this get ruined and everything is made baby sage and moron proof.
@AZBPS
August 3, 2026 at 4:30 am
First time I heard of this place was while listening to Uncle Joey tell Lee about Class Action Park 😂
Tremendous!
@KingCrazealmighty360
August 3, 2026 at 4:30 am
3:29 The Cannonball was the pipe that goes underground and shoots you out right above the stream bro
@KingCrazealmighty360
August 3, 2026 at 4:30 am
Man I loved action Park I am 51 years old and when it became mountain Creek I took my two daughters there
@drfranks1158
August 3, 2026 at 4:30 am
In a country as litigious as 'murika even a high school drop out with room temp iQ could see how dumb this idea was.
@frankatkins4969
August 3, 2026 at 4:30 am
I’m 52 and I absolutely loved this park
@frankm.2850
August 3, 2026 at 4:30 am
That 74% figure isn't that surprising. With the opposition to the reasonable and legitimate response to the Covid pandemic and the continued support of the Trump presidency, its pretty clear there are a LOT of really, really stupid people in this country
@frankm.2850
August 3, 2026 at 4:30 am
Wait, Action Park wasn't shut down‽
@trenchcoatbandit
August 3, 2026 at 4:30 am
OUT OF ACTION park sounds dope as frigg
@sunshinesquares
August 3, 2026 at 4:30 am
I went in the summer of 1994.
If you were at the Tarzan swing and watched a chubby teenager immediately lose her grip and violently faceplant onto the water, while the whole crowd said “OOOOOOH”
Yeah that was me.
@pattyl3090
August 3, 2026 at 4:30 am
Aha! 😃The only narrator I enjoy listening to 🎉
@foxypink3359
August 3, 2026 at 4:30 am
1:02 you should mention the 2020 Class Action Park documentary….thats way more in-depth and mentions that in 2018 a former employee, Joe Hession, bought the property and runs it now called Mountain Creek that’s prides itself on safety
@ElizabethBerry-w1r
August 3, 2026 at 4:30 am
My mother used to take us. I remember being at the top of this ride thinking this doesn’t feel safe. Nice to know a 10 year old was smarter than adults.
@jamesmoss3424
August 3, 2026 at 4:30 am
Action Park is a death trap.
@OneMightyandStrong
August 3, 2026 at 4:30 am
'Class Action' Park……….
@BrianaLoops89
August 3, 2026 at 4:30 am
Yeah, the families of the deceased probably don't find the "I survived Action Park" very fun or ✨️'nostalgic'. 😢
It not like it was a freak accident. It wasn't safe to begin with.
@GrabThatAuto1
August 3, 2026 at 4:30 am
They should have kept it open. What a shame. Seems like a fun place if youre not retar ded
@kibble-net
August 3, 2026 at 4:30 am
Isn't it funny how the folks who hate safety regulations the most, are the most likely to call themselves "Pro-Life"?
@jordanerling
August 3, 2026 at 4:30 am
I went here when it was mountain creek, the water for the Tarzan swing was freezing!
@TheRealKevLarDaDon
August 3, 2026 at 4:30 am
Hate telling this story, but I have been to, Action Park, on several occasions. Extremely dangerous for damn near every “ride”. They had this one attraction deemed “The Wedgie Ride”, I observed on several occasions old men with cameras, documenting people coming down the slide. There was an apparent reason it was deemed “The Wedgie Ride”. I was a child every time I visited AP, and with hindsight, understand what the old man meant when he asked me and my cousins to “please go down the slide again”. Super unfortunate, and extremely tragic. Glad AP is shut down!
@ESHess-gp4wi
August 3, 2026 at 4:30 am
At Action Park is a great Shellac album.
@Dr_Do-Little
August 3, 2026 at 4:30 am
11 minutes and it's still in intro. I'm done.
@BrianLaliberte
August 3, 2026 at 4:30 am
Anyone else from NJ grow up calling this "Traction Park"?
@luisataylor8089
August 3, 2026 at 4:30 am
My fav park, that i've never been to. This place sounds like it almost perfectly encapsulates the 90s
@dasher920
August 3, 2026 at 4:30 am
I have so many awesome memories of Action Park
Went there for my sixth grade senior trip with my church group every single summer in the 90s
I also remember having common sense and not jumping off the cliff when I knew I didn’t know how to swim….
@jamegumm
August 3, 2026 at 4:30 am
Real life Mr. Show’s DEVASTATOR!
@k1ngp1n66
August 3, 2026 at 4:30 am
Don't bother trying to call to see what business or person now has the old Action Park number… I let it rig a long time and nobody answered.
@PonyUpTillymahoo
August 3, 2026 at 4:30 am
I haven't watched Weird History in a while. Why does the narrator sound quiet/tired now
@wendy_lynn
August 3, 2026 at 4:30 am
Class action park
@jakewilson4679
August 3, 2026 at 4:30 am
👍👍🤘
@ScaerieTale
August 3, 2026 at 4:30 am
"A little more liberated" um… Yeah no, I don't consider the freedom to murder your customers as a tick in the "Positives" column there, boys, sorry.
@bamboozled1668
August 3, 2026 at 4:30 am
There used to be an "Action Mountain" park in Pine Hill NJ…
It's now a Trump golf course 😭
@OathTaker3
August 3, 2026 at 4:30 am
Gen "X" is truly the last independent, wild & free generation in America. We did & seen it all. 🤠
@pfkmsandiego
August 3, 2026 at 4:30 am
that’s sweet sweet voice has returned. We missed you. ✌️&❤️
@pamelamays4186
August 3, 2026 at 4:30 am
Suggestion. The last days of disco, specifically the last days of Studio 54.🕺🏾💃🏾
@EdwardandJessicaMiller
August 3, 2026 at 4:30 am
You should make this a regular series: Last Days of Opryland USA, Last Days of Six Flags Astroworld, Last Days of Wet N Wild Orlando, etc.
@youngboss87
August 3, 2026 at 4:30 am
Thank god my never let me go here god bless her soul 😊
@chickenwiretire
August 3, 2026 at 4:30 am
Great video, today! This was a good one, and reinforced my fear of water slides! 😅