Some of those are just NUTS!

For the ultimate in “sketchy” and a trip down memory lane, look no further than “Action Park” (now out of business) in Vernon, NJ, where a visit there could very well result in your death or some other horrible event.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Park

“While extremely popular, Action Park had a reputation for poorly designed rides, undertrained and underaged staff,[2] intoxicated guests and staff, and a consequently poor safety record. At least six people are known to have died as a result of mishaps on rides at the park. Healthcare workers and locals had nicknamed the place "Traction Park",[2] "Accident Park", "Class Action Park"[3] and "Friction Park".[4]”

That “Cannonball Loop” water-slide ride, pictured about halfway down the wiki page, closed about a month after it opened because it was badly injuring the riders.

“The slide was open for only a month in 1985 before it was closed at the order of the state's Advisory Board on Carnival Amusement Ride Safety, a highly unusual move at the time. One worker told a local newspaper that "there were too many bloody noses and back injuries" from riders.[2] Some early riders came back with lacerations to their bodies, whose cause was later determined to be teeth that had been knocked out of riders' mouths and become lodged in the interior walls.[10]: 12:30  A former Navy physician found that riders were experiencing as much as nine Gs of acceleration as they went through the loop.”

They advertised heavily in the NJ/NY region (I grew up in NY) and I begged my folks to take us there, but they wisely did not.

Here in the Yoop, we dont water slide. We Luge. Same thing, just colder!

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“The slide was open for only a month in 1985 before it was closed at the order of the state's Advisory Board on Carnival Amusement Ride Safety, a highly unusual move at the time. One worker told a local newspaper that "there were too many bloody noses and back injuries" from riders.[2] Some early riders came back with lacerations to their bodies, whose cause was later determined to be teeth that had been knocked out of riders' mouths and become lodged in the interior walls.[10]: 12:30  A former Navy physician found that riders were experiencing as much as nine Gs of acceleration as they went through the loop.”

I'd ride it, that sounds badass !

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Here in the Yoop, we dont water slide. We Luge. Same thing, just colder! Eek

Every time I go to Marquette we jump off the "cliff" into the lake. You guys know how to party up there !

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That “Cannonball Loop” water-slide ride, pictured about halfway down the wiki page, closed about a month after it opened because it was badly injuring the riders.

I believe this is the same one that was a segment of History Channel's new series, Hazardous History with Henry Winkler.

Jumping into Lake Superior from Black Rocks is all part of living in MQT. Chilly, though!