Action Park
An amusement park in Vernon, New Jersey, Action Park is filed here for what the record attaches to it. "Class Action Park"—the 1978 park famous for its dangers. HauntHunt files it with abandoned places, dark history and local folklore. The dossier holds 1 reported claim and 1 documented fact, with the verified spine filed separately from the lore. It stands abandoned — what remains is the shell and the record.
Private property; do not trespass.
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Is Action Park haunted?
The record holds 1 claim — filed as reported, not verified. The heaviest filing is classed media reported. The archive documents the claim; it takes no position on the ghost.
The record — long form
Action Park was 'Class Action Park' — the 1978 water park where Gene Mulvihill's philosophy was that visitors controlled their own rides, where the Alpine Slide had no brakes and the Cannonball Loop was a cartoon-physics 360. Six people died; the injuries were uncountable.
The park was the experiment — the ride-at-your-own-risk park where the wave pool needed 20 rescues a day, where the kayaks electrocuted a rider, where Mulvihill insured the whole thing through a fake Cayman Islands company. The nurses called it Traction Park; the lawyers called it Class Action.
The park is still there — reopened as Mountain Creek with the memory intact, the Cannonball Loop legend, the generation of New Jersey kids with the scars. The file keeps the park: the 1978 opening, the six deaths, and the most dangerous amusement park in American history.
Action Park is the archive's danger file — the ride-at-your-own-risk park, the Cannonball Loop, and the injuries that made it legend.
Why this file matters
Action Park is the archive's danger file — the most dangerous water park in America, the six deaths, and the legend that's still told with the scars.
A park that killed keeps its loop — the file's suggestion being that Action Park's hold is the Cannonball Loop: the slide designed on a napkin, the broken brakes, and the park that was the liability lawyers' dream.
Action Park was an amusement and water park located in Vernon Township, New Jersey, United States, on the grounds of the Vernon Valley/Great Gorge ski resort. The park consisted primarily of water-based attractions and originally opened to the public in 1978, under the ownership of Great American Recreation (GAR). Action Park featured three separate attraction areas: the Alpine Center, Motorworld, and Waterworld. The latter was one of the first modern American water parks. Many of its attractions were unique, attracting thrill-seekers from across the New York metropolitan area. While extremely popular, Action Park had a reputation for poorly designed rides, undertrained and underaged staff,
Action ParkThe record of claims
The park’s danger is documented history, not legend. Action Park's file is thin on proof and long on persistence — the standard profile of American place-lore. Coverage gave the claim its audience; proof remains another matter. 'Action Park' carries the account. The legend does what legends do — it explains the place in a way the records can't.
Documented history
The park’s six deaths are documented; the film is the source. The record dates it to 1978. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. Sources including 'Action Park' carry the record. The detail belongs to the verified spine of the entry.
Sources on file
- 01Action ParkWikipedia · encyclopedia · A4
Field notes & open questions
Abandoned parks batch; VERIFY task auto-queued.