looping waterslide

[SFGadvKing]

i've heard rumors of a looping waterslide. is there really one and where is it?

[viperlord]

I don't think that there really is a looping waterslide.

[serpent king]

where did u hear this?

[edh101985]

I heard their is a looping waterslide but i forget where it is.

[Raging Rider]

Isn't that impossible? How would you keep the inverted part wet so that you would't burn your back?

[Kraken]

It was at Action Park, New Jersey, It's closed though.

[RiFT]

I found this pic on another message board.

I TAKE NO CREDIT FOR THE PIC.

But here it is. It was in Action Park, one of the most unsafe water parks ever.

[GhostRider85]

That looks like a very small loop! Wouldn't it hurt to go in such a tight loop?

[serpent king]

y is it so unsafe?

[Richard Wilson]

lol, just look at it... and the park owners were like corrupt and stuff

[Amy]

They were, the park owners were criminals. Long story, don't ask.

They tore that slide down a few years ago when Action Park closed. It's now Mountain Creek, a much safer waterpark run by Intrawest.

[Coaster131]

I actually had the chance to ride that slide! It was a long time ago when we drove up to New York. We saw Phantom of the Opera (GREAT SHOW, I might add), and when it was over, we went to our hotel in Vernon. It was the big hotel at the bse of the mountain. Pretty nice...and we had planned going to Action Park. Anyways, we went, and when we arrived the next morning, the slide was closed. We stared at it like "What the heck?! A loop?!" Anyway, we did most of the park and on our way back down to the lodge, we noticed it was open. I volunteered to ride it, and it was a quite stupid choice.

It was horrible. The tube was very small and had no ventilation whatsoever. All you could smell was Chlorine and feel intense heat. Anyway, the loop os so small and the water is running so fast at the bottom of the drop that the water makes it around on one side. Well, I went down...gained a LOT of speed, hurt my back, hit the loop, got the most intense whiplash ever, went around the loop with more G's than a Flying Dutchman loop, and skidded into the splashdown pool. At least I can say I did it. Never felt the need to do it again.

Also, Action Park was an excellent waterpark! The slides were very creative and very well worked into the land...especially the Colorado River Run and the Sewer Slides. Colorado River Run is a FAST family raft. Sewer Slides are wide, single person tube slides that are open for the first half, and drop underground for the second half and has dripping water like a sewer. I loved the entire park except for the looping one.

Also, Action Park was considered the most dangerous because there were so many accidents when it was still Action Park. Their Cliff Dive was a literal cliff dive. You went up to a ledge, a lifeguard told you when it was safe, and you jumped 50 feet into a 15 ft pool below! The pool was also a huge swim area and people watched as people fell. Really great free-fall. Screw the SCAD Dive! This one has no harness to hold you in place. Still, the slides dropped into very deep water. Waterparks nowadays drop you into only 3 feet of water...but Action Park would splash down into 10 or more feet. That was the main problem. I want to make a trip back to see what Intrawest has done to the place. Also, they had an EXCELLENT Alpine slide...Intrwest took it out 2 years ago. I go Skiing at Mountain Creek at least once a year, and the ski runs are away from the waterpark, except for one. But that one passes about 5 slides and that's it. I couldn't see anything else.

[Pulobear]

WOW are where they serouse? that slide looks like a death trap! i remember always hearing on the nws alot of people drowing in there wave pool.but a loop on a water slide! who made that how? that looks like a water slide version of the first looping rollercoaster at coneyisland n.y ! wow looks intense thats a picture i will never forget.

[beltzies64]

Now that little contraption is NOT something I would want to ride!

[Coaster131]

Beltzie...you are right! I regret riding that thing because it hurt so much! At least I can say I did the only ever Looping Waterslide!


Also, at the base of the drop right before the loop, there is an escape hatch so that if you don't make it through, you can still get out.

[NightCoaster]

I think that is Cool. Cool to look at, Not to ride!!;)
Thanx For Listening,
NightCoaster

[Medusa1861]

Wow that's scary, i don't want to ride it but i think if i was accually there and saw people on it i would, it's like i one in a lifetime ride

[DeKalb]

To the guy that rode it (if you really did): Did you go lying down or sitting on the slide? Didn't it bop yer head?

[S:ROSFNE]

I've heard horror stories of that thing. haha it's so wicked.

[AJRNWO316]

Looping water slide??? I've never heard of one but it's a cool idea.

[RCTfreak]

That makes some of the early looping coasters back in the early days look safe!!!!!

Talk about a death trap.

-RCTfreak

[Honan Beetch]

A looping waterslide seems like a pretty cool concept. I don't think I'll ride it though.

[DrachenFire96]

That waterslide looked wild, but I can imagine it being quite painful, and I understand why none are built.

[Amy]

Can I just point out something to everyone?
Saturday, July 24, 1982 - A 15-year-old boy drowned in a wave pool at Action Park in McAfee, New Jersey.

Sunday, August 1, 1982 - In an accident at Action Park in McAfee, New Jersey, a 27-year-old man was killed after being electrocuted while on the Kayak Experience ride. Two other victims also suffered electrical shock and were hospitalized.
An investigation by the New Jersey Labor Department concluded that, although the ride's equipment was properly installed and maintained, an electrical problem existed in an underwater electrical fan system, used to simulate rapids. The current in the motor circuit of an underwater fan that churned the surface of the water had the potential to incur bodily injury under certain circumstances.
The investigation ultimately concluded that no safety laws or ride regulations were violated. A park spokesman said that the investigation had absolved the park of responsibility, claiming that there was no "proof" of mechanical failure.
The Kayak Experience was drained and closed after the incident.

Sunday, July 19, 1987 - An 18-year-old man drowned in a wave pool at Action Park in McAfee, New Jersey.

Just a few to name that I found. I wouldn't go on that slide not only because of the slide itself, but because of the park that it was located at. Hate to sound like Markey, but I knew what went on behind the scenes as well.

[RiFT]

For all those who said you "knew what was happening" and that the owners were crooks, can you please explain?

I'm curious.

[Amy]

Ahh...okay. It's a really long story. Basically, this guy with the last name Moverhill or something, he owned and ran all of Vernon Valley/Great Gorge. This included the condos, ski resorts, spa, resteraunts, action park, and everything inbetween. My family owns a condo there, so from when I was very little I was aware of everything. Basically this guy and his son would steal all the money from the place. They would do half as**d repairs on things, cut corners (dangerously), and basically take money. Stuff like that. They did worse things but I don't feel like getting into a decades worth of stories. They went bankrupt, and intrawest took the place over. But under their ownership the place wasn't the most wonderful. Lots of things went on behind everyones back. I can't really get into it. Maybe I'll ask my dad to tell me the story again. It's long.

[trock476]

I'm just curious about that escape hatch. How could you stop to get out (without burning the skin on your hands or feet)?

[birderboy]

Originally posted by trock476
I'm just curious about that escape hatch. How could you stop to get out (without burning the skin on your hands or feet)?

If you didn't make it through the loop, you'd just valley out and keep getting slower and slower. Not too hard. But if you changed your mind halfway through the ride, well, sucks for you.

[markm62]

That slide looks sick. That thing would crack body in half. What next, a freakin Intamin GigaLooperSlide!! What happens if somebody gets stuck in it?

[SFGadvKing]

i knew i heard of it somewhere, actually i think i heard about while reading one of the thirllride! rumors a while ago

[Amy]

You're right, some one brought it to Rob's attention in one of the WR/RN updates. I contributed to that conversation that week. ;)

[Coaster131]

The escape hatch is for people who don't make it completely through the loop. If you valley out...and the lifeguard doesn't see you come out, the shut off the water flow and open the hatch and pull you out. Not that hard.

[DannyBoy]

That tube looks really skiny and the loop looks sooo tiny. Anyone know the diameter of the tube and the height of the loop???

[RebeLXK1]

Broken Back

[mforce45]

That looked like a lawsuit waiting to happen. I'll ride some extreme stuff, but I think I'd pass on that waterslide.

[coasterqueen]

OUCH!!!

I don't think so..........Interesting pic though!!




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[coastergenius100]

I think that the looping slide might be ok with tubes, but the notion would be proposterous as a body slide.

[TITAN GIRL]

I remember this slide! I never rode it but I did see it when I went to Action Park. It has been ages since I went, I think it was back in the summer of 91'! I remember that it was closed the day I went! I had heard when I was there that they were still working out the bugs because smaller light weight people were not getting enough speed to get around the loop, and they would get stuck!!:confused: :confused: Action Park was ok, but one thing I did not like was how FREEZING COLD the water was- BRRRRRRRRR:eek: :eek: !! I remember watching my Uncle get on a slide, they had to spray him and the others down with cool water so thier bodies wouldn't go into shock when they hit the pool at the bottom. Now thats crazy- I had never heard of that before!!:confused:

[person who loves coasters]

THATS CRAZY...that picture of loop is very strange.

[person who loves coasters]

Originally posted by Evil Princess
They were, the park owners were criminals. Long story, don't ask.

They tore that slide down a few years ago when Action Park closed. It's now Mountain Creek, a much safer waterpark run by Intrawest.

You mean to tell me its still running!?!?!?

[Amy]

The waterpark is, but it is an entirely different waterpark owned by an entirely different company run by entirely different people with entirely different rides. So in a sense, a different park is running in it's place.

[J-Brew2001]

I am way too claustrophobic to ride enclosed rides like that. That one looked thin enough to be a straw. That was a cool pic though.

[Ta2KX]

OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!! if u didnt make it thru that loop u'd be trapped for good!!!!!! there wud be water rushing all over u and u cudnt breathe, itd be completely dark!!!! but i'd ride it, ONCE

[Marcus]

X? MF? S:Ros? Stratosphere? DT? ??? Wat coaster could ever compare to this!!!! I mean this is the best thing since PBJ. Its so wrong it the best thing ever. I mean this is finally ride you could of actually died on. If this was still existing my sn would be DeAtHSlIdE.

[intamin101]

Yeah, that looks painful.

[viperrocks]

Hey, I'd ride it. But then again, I have a tendency to perform actions upon myself that cause bodily harm, so...

[birderboy]

Originally posted by Ta2KX
OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!! if u didnt make it thru that loop u'd be trapped for good!!!!!! there wud be water rushing all over u and u cudnt breathe, itd be completely dark!!!! but i'd ride it, ONCE

As stated about 20 times now, there's an escape hatch if you don't make it through the loop. It wouldn't be completely dark, there'd be a blue tinted light. Water wouldn't rush all through you, it if the lifeguard didn't see you they'd stop the water flow. The water was going so fast that it'd pass the loop anyways. It's all in the posts above.

[medusa7787]

i would not ride it that looks way to scary,it looks like the loop is like 6 ft tall

[coastergenius100]

Even though I've always wanted to go through a loop that tight, I still don't think that that would compensate for the crude conditions of the ride IMO.

[whirl n hurl]

Oh my God, I'm having a panic attack just looking at that thing.:eek: :eek:


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[Hector]

I don't think I would fit. That looks very scary. Unfortunatly the type of person I am would have me ridding it at least once (if I made it out alive that is)

[Lancelot]

wwwiiiiiccckkkkeeeedddd

[Alon]

This slide isnt for my neck and I dont think for any other neck.
I guess this ride used to come with a helmet .
I wonder how many accidents were there before they shut it down ? .

[Intamin42]

All i can say is that picture is computer generated!!!!

[gravitron]

i rode that. IT SUCKEd

[coastergenius100]

AH, there's the Easter Egg. (whirl n hurl's post)

[Chris L]

Originally posted by birderboy

If you didn't make it through the loop, you'd just valley out and keep getting slower and slower. Not too hard. But if you changed your mind halfway through the ride, well, sucks for you.

LOL. Seriously, that thing looks dangerous and insane. I would rather sky dive than have to let my body whip through that 8 FT high tubed loop.

[SFGadvKing]

i was looking through the old thrillride rumors and found thisRecent remarks concerning the defunct Action Park and its looping water slide continue to inspire recollections:

I went to NJ's Action Park one Summer, around 1983/84 or so... they did have a waterslide with a loop. I'm not sure if this is the "inverted" slide you have heard about. The slide was simply a blue tube with a loop at the bottom. I think the start of the slide was about 4 stories tall with the loop being about 20 or so feet tall. The weight requirement was 150 pounds, as you need that much to gain enough velocity to make it around the loop. I asked the attendant if anyone had ever not cleared the loop. He said that one time a girl did not make it through. When opened the trap door at the base of the loop, and she crawled out laughing. I suppose she's lucky that she wasn't pulled out with a broken neck! Riding it was an interesting experience. At the beginning, there was a horizontal bar across the top of the slide that you would use to "swing" on to get maximum momentum. You slide feet first, on your back. Since it was totally enclosed, it was dark. As you slide down, then enter the loop, it's hard to tell that you actually go upside-down... it feels like you're making turns (which, you sort of are). It didn't end in a pool... it ended on a flat surface, with about 3 or 5 inches of water to stop you. I remember exiting the loop, stopping in the water, standing up, then sitting right back down, as it was pretty disorienting. Overall, a cool experience. My back was rubbed red a bit, but that was it. I only did it once. I returned the next year, and it was in pieces, being removed. Looking back, I wish I did it twice. I understand why it was removed, however. If you only make it up part of the loop, you could fall off of the "floor", hit the "roof", and fall down head first back into the base of the loop. Their "safety proceedures" included an attendant at the base that would signal the upper attendant that the slider came out of the other end. It sure wouldn't be fun to slide down and run into a person stuck in the base, right?!?

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To clear up any confusion over this "inverted" water-slide that once stood at Action Park (RIP) here is some info. I remember going to this park a few years ago and I thought it was a more extreme water park. What I mean is that most of the slides, attractions, etc. were alittle more intense and steeper, bigger, longer, etc. then most other water parks. The Cannonball Loop stood near the entrance to the WaterWorld section of the park. It was off to the left. Although to ride it you had to be 18 years old and be a certain weight. It consisted of a steep drop, a circular loop, then a run-out into a pool. The entire thing was in a blue tunnel. I never rode it due to my age but I heard it was quite a trip...

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I went to Action Park about 7 times a long time ago. And I can confirm that they did have a Looping Water Slide, locted near the entrance. I always went with my camp and there were always horror stories about that ride which was never open and it was overgrown. Horror stories that I now can see being true, people dying etc. The loop looked very circular and looked like it could be fun, but imagine being enclosed in that thing. Action park was a nice Water Park, I'm sad to hear its gone, I remember all the extreme rides they had there.

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its true there was a looping slide at action park (it went down a hill and then through a 20-30 foot loop and into a pool) until the park got a new owner and was tore down (by the way the parks new name is "Mountain Creek")

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i believe it was in 1985 when five friends and i went on the inverted slide.i remember four of us getting really twisted inside the loop.one guy was on the light side and didnt make the full revolution and had to be pulled out of some sort of escape hatch at the bottom of the drop. after that the ride was closed for the day.

Weird, huh? Guess we shouldn't expect to see another one of those any time soon ;)

[miXmedia]

OMG I was gonna say that looks like Mountain Creek where that 90ft slide is when I first saw that pic! Weird.. I was just there 2 years ago then..


All I have to say is WHAT THE HELL WERE THEY THINKING!?!?! It doesn't take a rocket scientietist to figure out that that is a DEATH ride!!!! I don't see how you can make it around that loop! Thats too insane! The tube and loop looks really small.. why did they make the entire thing enclosed like that! What kind of sick person made this? Very easily you can smack your head on that thing, get knocked out, then drown in the fast running water...

this sounds like a water park planned to be unsafe where the ride ops, lifeguard and owners are all insane and ****ed up in the head like you would see in movies... like one of those abandoned places... thats CREEPY

[chilled]

i would definatly give it a try tho i would go down on my stomach

[1984 v. 2.5]

Lol, that makes those tight, circular Schwarzkopf coasters look like nothing. I'd estimate you'd pull close to 4 or 5 g's on that thing. Wow.

[miXmedia]

Originally posted by chilled
i would definatly give it a try tho i would go down on my stomach


yeah, if ya wanna knock yourself out, break ya neck and take your face off at the same time, go ahead lol

[NitroRU]

Originally posted by SFGadvKing

I went to NJ's Action Park one Summer, around 1983/84 or so... they did have a waterslide with a loop. \
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anyone who said they rode this ride then is on crack, because it didnt appear until the early 90's. any it would only be open for maybe an hour of the day.

action park was the greatest water park on the face of the earth. there was nothing like it, and there will never be another park like it.

for instance, what park you get paid to go to, spend over an hour on a water ride if you felt the need. then go down a 100 ft waterslide steeper then 90 degrees on top of a hill so it looked about 500 ft. go through a cannoball shute where if you went fast enough, you could flip around the tube, and then land in 35 degree water. dont forget bungee jumping, they had the first and best slingshot i can recall (the one at GA isnt worth 2 cents)
they also had the first space shot ride i can recall seeing.
where else can you just decide you wanna run the rock in some bball, or challange the volleyball pro there to a one on five. they also had an american gladiators competition that was quite badass.
theres also a 75 ft cliff dive, a slide that stops and drops you about 40/50 feet into a pool, there was the blue mat race ride where you could often find then entire gambling high stakes on who would make it down first. lets not forget the tarzan swing where you could do whatever the hell you wanted.
btw they also had a grand prix race track, go carts, speed boats, a tank tennis ball assualt game where you were in the tanx shootin balls at each other. how could i forget the maze with no way out.

lets recap- you have a park you oculd EASILLY sneak into, and you had the worlds greatest variety of rides. thats a damn good park.

BTW - dont wast any time or effort going to mountain creek if you liked AP. everything is safe, and the other side has been leveled. on the brighter side, its easier to sneak in :)

i could go on for hours about this so i will just stop

[EastCoasterDude]

Originally posted by edh101985
I heard their is a looping waterslide but i forget where it is.




there used to be one at action park in vernon new jersey,i rode it once and let me tell ya it was insane,but it is now gone.

[cedarpoint4ever]

thats crazy! when you are on the slide are you in a one person tube?

[APJSFR1]

Originally posted by SFGadvKing
i've heard rumors of a looping waterslide. is there really one and where is it?

Seriously? I have never heard of that! It sounds pretty cool though!

[NitroRU]

u guys should try to read through the whole topic b4 replying. everything you guys said was repeated about 20, maybe 22 at most, times. just a little fyi

[CoasterKid22]

That'd be an awesome ride to ride but amazingly painful. I still can't believe they even built one.

[antfarm007]

I'm thinking the Mob owned the park, from what I hear...Money hungry, unsafe, finger pointing...either thats the United States Congress or the Mob...you decide...

[NitroRU]

whoever owned it, it was a badass park

[SteelScorcher1]

Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! That looks painful!!!

[SFGadvKing]

im not really sure what this means, but i found this website click here (http://www.detroitlakes.com/bestwestern/waterpark1.html). it says "New 17 feet high, 133 feet long looping waterslide with flume shut down lane" im not really sure if it really has a loop in it. any other information about this?

[Anaconda]

Originally posted by SFGadvKing
im not really sure what this means, but i found this website click here (http://www.detroitlakes.com/bestwestern/waterpark1.html). it says "New 17 feet high, 133 feet long looping waterslide with flume shut down lane" im not really sure if it really has a loop in it. any other information about this?

I doubt it has a loop in it, due to the length of the slide.

[NITRO1318]

ive been to mountain creek and think its an awesome park but before it was mountain creek where was the looping water slide.

[Amy]

No no, not the mob, just crooks, trust me.

[Graham]

That looks painful but fun!!!!!!!!!!;party; :) :cool: ;) :rolleyes: :p :eek: :confused: :) :p

[Brett Stevens]

I would take one look at that ride and say "No way." I wouldn't even consider it.

[BryanWood]

I always thought a looping water slide would be cool. But, the physics of it would cost a lot of money to design and maintain.

[miXmedia]

I always thought it would be cool but it would never happen... but that was back when I thought coasters should have 10+ inversions and be crazy...

[jojo103081]

If you hadn't included the pic, I would have never believed it. My gosh, that is one of the most amazing things I have ever seen. And I thought summit plummit at Blizzard Beach was bad!

[CrescentFresh]

That really is bizarre looking. Think a looping waterslide could ever really work and be comfortable?

Wouldn't it hurt at the end, sliding out? It doesn't look like there's a pool, but a puddle of water.

[cHiLeR x 321]

my brother told me about Action Park and he said it was sooo dangerous and intense.. i think he went on that loop coaster also. He said it was nuts the whole park wus dangerous

[Skye]

Was anyone actually hurt on it?

[cedarpoint4ever]

I would think that a looping waterslide would be fun, but the loop would have to be bigger than that. That looks like it would probably snap your neck .

[Alon]

What happend if someone raise his head up from panic or other reason during this ride ? . I dont like any covered aslide because I am afraid I will forget to lie down and raise my head up .

[force_freak]

That......Is the most.......Retarted invention ever!!
Who ever made that should be shot!
I never rode it but that looks miserable!!!:eek:

[force_freak]

Originally posted by CeDaRPoInTzTeR
X? MF? S:Ros? Stratosphere? DT? ??? Wat coaster could ever compare to this!!!! I mean this is the best thing since PBJ. Its so wrong it the best thing ever. I mean this is finally ride you could of actually died on. If this was still existing my sn would be DeAtHSlIdE.
What are you insane?

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[richmmo]

I still think that picture is a fake!

[jschmalzried]

Its not fake...belive me...it was in the book White Knuckle Ride.....damn I wish I knew where my copy of that book is.

[Skye]

that picture is from the book. i have it. It does look a bit surreal i think, but i'm sure it existed.

[semsskaterboy]

that is crazy who would think a water slide some day woulhave an escape hach

[Skye]

well its the only way if people got trapped.

[rklesla]

I remember going on this slide too. I had fun. It was rough but fun. The park was awesome, because of how dangerous it was, it was extremely fun. Big deal you get maybe a few scratches or bruises. How often do you get to ride a loop waterslide, a slide that goes under ground and pops out of a cliff 50 feet to a pool of spring water, a tarzan swing into the same spring water pool, a fake but awesome colorado river, a cliff jump of 75 feet roughly, no stupid safety crap, alpine slides. Not often. I might ask, when I was there, bungee jumping was free and the slingshot and the skydiving thing was $5 extra. People got hurt, but they had fun and memories that will be forever. Most of the rides they had were just 5-10 years before the times. I think they had one of the first slingshots, bungee jump, and aerodium (a big fan that blows about 150-200MPH winds at you as you float in the air like your skydiving).
As for the person mentioning them hosing you down. They did that on the canonball run to wet you down for the slide, too many people got scared and stopped themselves in the slide. Stupid people, they came to the end of the tunnel and realized they now need to jump off the end 50 feet into water. There was no way off other than that.

To answer most questions. The loop slide took a long time to get passed. The slide material was made differently than most water slides today, not the usual hard plastic. I went on it early 90's. When I went, there were a whole lot of people looking at the slide (which was located just inside the main entrance to the park, next to the monorail to get to the other side), but no one was willing to try it. My dad and I were the only ones that I saw ride it that day, everyone else just seemed to want to watch. Like was said earilier there is an escape hatch for ones that don't make the loop. The loop looks to be about 20 feet high. You laid down on your back went down made the loop and you realized, wow, I cleared it...it burnt alittle but not anymore than those slides that go almost straight down. I must say the best park ever and the slide is unique and I'm proud to be of the few to ride it. I believe it is now gone and I think mountian creek has put up a duck pond where the slide used to be. I have many pic's of it, but I have to find them.

[bk2004]

The picture looks so unreal, that it almost looks fake, and I am surprised that the people who check this kind of stuff let the park open the dad-gum thing! I didnt believe it neither until the above post!

[MilhouseTheKing]

Someone already asked it but it was never answered, how do they keep the water going around the loop?

[SFFT_Freak]

It was anwsered. The water gained alot of speed from the drop and would stay on the one side of the slide throughout the loop

[Carowinds 73-03]

That would be awsome to ride a looping water slide.

[James R]

i KNOW i have the picture that was posted here last year i think. it's lost somewhere in the depths of my computer's memory. I'll make another sweep looking for it. I THINK i have it. Crike. Now i am having second thoughts if i actually do. Crud.
** AHA. Stole this from stinks. ;)

[Skye]

do you have pics of any of those other rides?

Also, any more of the slide.

[Carowinds 73-03]

I think the loop on the waterslide looks very scary but i would be the first person in line to ride it. I wonder if it would hurt.

[James R]

ehh. no. thats the only one anyone ever posted. i can't recall who originally posted it. Its one of the of veteran posters. Its from a book. This thread is nearly a year old. whoa. bumped or what. ;)

[SFGadvKing]

actually i started this thread over 2 years ago. and i dont know why you were looking so hard for that picture, rift posted it on the first page of the thread, 7 posts down. im not sure if this was posted yet but i found a good article about the park http://themeparks.about.com/cs/waterparks/a/mountaincreek_2.htm

[James R]

oh... hehe... i saw this thread yesterday and it only had like 4 pages. Sorry about that. :)
*wow. Thats seems like an awesome park. IT probably is better than SplashTown that is here close to houston.

[Carowinds 73-03]

I don't know. The park looked a little sketchy to me. Don't think i'll ever be going. I hope at least someday a Six Flags or Paramount Park build a waterslide with an inversion so i could finally see what it's like. I don't really know about how safe a loop would be but they could do mabye a corkscrew or an inline on one, Now that would cool. Hell mabye we will see a hyper waterslide one day (yeah right mabye in the year 3000).

[TDMAMBA]

I don't know. The park looked a little sketchy to me. Don't think i'll ever be going. I hope at least someday a Six Flags or Paramount Park build a waterslide with an inversion so i could finally see what it's like. I don't really know about how safe a loop would be but they could do mabye a corkscrew or an inline on one, Now that would cool. Hell mabye we will see a hyper waterslide one day (yeah right mabye in the year 3000).

Would you like to climb up to 200 ft in a stair way. Then only to be on a platform 4ft wide with 4ft high railings?

[SFGadvKing]

I don't really know about how safe a loop would be but they could do mabye a corkscrew or an inline on one, Now that would cool.

lets take a minute and think about an inline twist on a water slide. now im guessing it will be a tube slide since a non-enclosed slide with an inversion would be incredibly dangerous. so an inline twist in a tube slide.....think about what it would look like. :rolleyes:

[PANTSFREE]

I remember hearing about said looping slide, on thrillride in wild rumors a while ago. In any case, that looks vicious! We need more unsafe parks like that I think. Parks where you sign a waiver form, and just have a great time on death defying water slides! The only way a 200 ft slide would work is if they had an elevator, no way ANYONE would want to take the time and effort to climb up that many stairs! And finally, there already is an inline twist of sorts on water slides, those olderslides with the two tubes that are constantly twisting around one another.

[Carowinds 73-03]

Would you like to climb up to 200 ft in a stair way. Then only to be on a platform 4ft wide with 4ft high railings?

Sure. I don't see why not.

[Skye]

haven't they built one at 150ft? 200ft not that far off.

[Carowinds 73-03]

Really? Where?

[PANTSFREE]

Ohhh yea!!! there is a water slide inm brazil or somewhere in S. America! I think it's almost 200 feet. I'll have to look that up...

[Byron]

It's 135 feet.

[bk2004]

Is the 135ft one the looping waterslide, or another one?? Man, you would need an elevator for one that tall!! :D

[Carowinds 73-03]

No the looping one looked only about 30-60ft.

[bk2004]

So the "escape hatch" is designed for if you do not make it over the loop? Ha ha, sounds so unprofessional.

[Carowinds 73-03]

I would think a persone would make it through the loop with that much speed.

[Byron]

Is the 135ft one the looping waterslide, or another one?? Man, you would need an elevator for one that tall!! :D

The 135 foot one is the one in Brazil.

[Carowinds 73-03]

Does anyone have any pics of the 135ft water slide?

[rklesla]

So the "escape hatch" is designed for if you do not make it over the loop? Ha ha, sounds so unprofessional.

Cedar Point has a topthrill dragster that was designed to be able to not make the first hill and come back without injuring people. Why is an escape hatch unprofessional?

[Skye]

what happened if someone got stuck half way round?

[rklesla]

what happened if someone got stuck half way round?

You don't. Gavity brings you back down. Anyone who didn't make the loop was an idiot for slowing themselves down on the slide by using there hands. When I went through it, I went through that loop extremely fast, in order to not make it, you'd have to slow down about 50%.

[SFGadvKing]

you mean what happens if you get stuck at the top of the loop? wouldnt you automaticlly either finish the loop or go backwards towards the escape hatch?

[Carowinds 73-03]

I guess you pull yourself through or you just S__t out of luck. j/k

[rklesla]

You fall to either side. The waterslide is not your typical hard plastic, it has probably a 3 inch cushion and very slippery. So I guess if your in the loop and fall down, you'll hit the "ceiling" of the upper part of the loop and fall on either side. But remember it does have some cushion so it probably wouldn't hurt too bad.

[whirl n hurl]

I'm a bit claustrophobic, so I'm getting nervous just looking at the thing!!!

[Skye]

still don't get it.......ok, it's cushioned, but if your upside down almost, won't you fall away from the side and hit the roof? Cushioned or not, that would hurt.

[James R]

So, Action Park owned this slide, so i bet the owner knew all the specifications about this ride. Would there be any place to find the specifiications of this ride? Skye, if you did fall, sure you would hit, but i don think that you would necessratily fall away. The only way, i'd expect, to do that, is slow yourself down really fast, and if you did, you would kind of go up like on those "Stealth" type slides, then slide back down. I wouldnt think that they would let people slide down, and not beable to get out of the escape hatch with out hurtthing themselves, adn i'd imagein, thtat the water would move pretttttty fast. Hrm.

[rklesla]

still don't get it.......ok, it's cushioned, but if your upside down almost, won't you fall away from the side and hit the roof? Cushioned or not, that would hurt.

Well, you should have plenty of speed coming into it and you will make the loop, so falling shouldn't be an issue. I'd imagine to slow yourself down to not make it you'd have to practically burn your hands on the way down.

As for spec's on it, I don't know where any theme park posts those? Do you? I tried to find more info and pics on it but none exist on the internet. I have pic's of the slide and a pic showing down into the slide but these are all at home right now.

[jojo103081]

Does anyone have any pics of the 135ft water slide?

Summit Plummit here in Orlando at Disney's Blizzard Beach was the tallest for a long time, at 120 feet... now the one in Brazil, named "Insano, " is the tallest in the world. Here is a link to a picture of it: http://www.bootsnall.com/samericatravelguides/fortaleza/forttranslation.shtml It is towards the bottom of the page.

To get to the top of Summit Plummit, you can take the "ski lift" to the top of the mountain (where most of the other slides are), but then you have to hike up another 30 feet of stairs. It is quite a trek, but the line is normally so long that you have plenty of time to rest before actually going on the slide.

[bk2004]

Thats thing about that Waterparks, stairs,stairs, and more stairs. They basically need water resistance escalators! lol! You could loose over 20 pounds on a water park diet of you went 2 times a week or more! lol

[Carowinds 73-03]

Thanks JoJo. That thing looks awsome. I really don't mind all the stairs, you really don't get much of a workout unless there is no line for the slide, other than that you go up about 1 step a min so you have pleanty of time to rest before the next step.

[rklesla]

Thats thing about that Waterparks, stairs,stairs, and more stairs. They basically need water resistance escalators! lol! You could loose over 20 pounds on a water park diet of you went 2 times a week or more! lol

That park was very tiring. With all the stairs and hills you had to climb, only a kid can survive a days worth of riding. The slides and rides made good use of the hillside. They had a 100 foot slide where you walked up stairs and hills half-way up to it.

[bk2004]

Are you talking about Blizzard Beach, rklesla, because I know whacha mean. The whole park is built on a fake mtn, and to even get to one of the smaller slides, you have to climb so many stairs. This park has at least double the amount of stairs that you would have to climb to get to a waterslide than a normal park would have.

[Mouse16]

I fell in love with Blizzard Beach the moment we arrived. The awesome themeing, wonderful slides (I like the Zip Line), but the one ride that tops them all has to be Summit Plummet. I was talked into taking a ride on it. Usually those types of slides are really "back scratchers", but Summit Plummet was smooth as glass. I sat down, the operator said "Go!" and I screamed my way to the bottom, barely touching the slide. I really loved the whole "through the tunnel" part. Neato.

[rklesla]

Are you talking about Blizzard Beach, rklesla, because I know whacha mean. The whole park is built on a fake mtn, and to even get to one of the smaller slides, you have to climb so many stairs. This park has at least double the amount of stairs that you would have to climb to get to a waterslide than a normal park would have.

No, action park. They built it on the real mountians.

[bk2004]

Wow. That probably means the thing has a short season. Action Park is the name? Where is it? Somewhere in Ohio? :confused:

[rklesla]

Wow. That probably means the thing has a short season. Action Park is the name? Where is it? Somewhere in Ohio? :confused:

Its in new jersey. The park is a ski resort in the winter. In fact, if you ski there you can see the slides... :-)

[Skye]

This park has at least double the amount of stairs that you would have to climb to get to a waterslide than a normal park would have.


I think 100ft in this park is the same as 100ft in another. But maybe not........

Anyway a few extra stairs? good exercise....

[Carowinds 73-03]

I second that. I might not have to but a stair master. Just visit alot of waterparks over the summer.

[Thrillboy]

:eek: That picure was terrifying! It just loks soo evil and poorly maintained! I am glad they removed it when the park became MC. I might have been forced to ride it to prove my fellow camp members i am not a chicken! The drop looks kind of odd though. it looks too slanted. how tall is it?

[Carowinds 73-03]

I don't think anyone has said on here but my guess would be no taller than 60ft.

[rklesla]

60 feet seems to be right. It uses the hillside.

If anything, MC should've kept it for looks. It'd be like a statue..:)

[LuvChyld79]

Ouch. Insanity is bred on the west coast, I see.

[bk2004]

Thats cool to have a skii resort/water park. There is a place like this in Tennessee. Its called ober. It has everything. Skii resort, alpine slide, water slides, kiddie rides, ice skating rink, and a whole place to eat/play games, ect. This place reminds me of Action Park.

[coastersrsweet]

I found this pic on another message board.

I TAKE NO CREDIT FOR THE PIC.

But here it is. It was in Action Park, one of the most unsafe water parks ever.


I remember seeing that pic some 2 and half years ago when I was an avid poster.. and I specificlly remember having the same kind of discussion on this same topic.. Yeah I would defiantly want to ride it ONCE, no more, just to say i did... I presume no one died??? but it's closed down now... maybe one day I can construct a better one for the world to enjoy!!

[rklesla]

Ober is in gatlinburg isn't it?

That place had alpine slides, which were cool, but too slow.

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As far as dieing on the slide. If you were smart, you didn't die. You probably would have to try to die.

[bk2004]

Ober is in gatlinburg isn't it?

That place had alpine slides, which were cool, but too slow.

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As far as dieing on the slide. If you were smart, you didn't die. You probably would have to try to die.

Yes, Ober is in Gatlinburg. And yes, they have slow ones. There not banked properley and there are a lot of traight runs. There used to be ones in Chattanooga that were awesome, but those closed down and now there are houses sitting on them :( .

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When i first saw that looping waterslide picture, I thought that it was fake, but then when I heard that it was true, then I imediatly thought "Has anybody ever gotten killed or injuered on it?" But I guess not and I am surprised!

[rklesla]

Injured? maybe. Killed? I doubt it.

[coastergenius100]

Seriously? I have never heard of that! It sounds pretty cool though!

Dude did you even read any other posts other then the first one? Yes, there were pictures provided earlier, good job waiting for 40 posts to go by before responding to the first post.

[BlueSkies78]

Wow. Another thread that brings back memories. I remember going to Action Park back in the early 90's. I'm amazed now, my parents ever took me!

[rklesla]

Corrupt or not. I wish the park would come back in same fashion. Mountian Creek just doesn't cut it. I'd go on the slide many times more.

[Nitro1118]

Mountain Creek is a great park, too. It still has some slides from the old Action Park. Don't judge it before you go to it.

[rklesla]

They got rid of the good rides.
They don't have alpine slides.
They don't have the loop slide.
They don't have the aeroflight.
I don't think they have bungee jumping for free.
I don't think they have sling shot anymore.

Anything that was considered fun or dangerous was removed.

[rklesla]

Ok, I finally found my pictures on this slide. Here they are.

The slide seems to be 40 feet high, loop being about 15-20 feet.

I'm gonna check and see if I can find more of the slide itself.

[dragster21]

I would love to ride that! it looks freaky but awsome!

[bk2004]

Looks good rklesla! Thanks for the photo's. Now I can actually believe that this ride was real and that people rode it.

My only fear of this slide would be that if you didn't make it all the around the loop, you would land on your head at the top and fall down. Ouch!

[rklesla]

Looks good rklesla! Thanks for the photo's. Now I can actually believe that this ride was real and that people rode it.

My only fear of this slide would be that if you didn't make it all the around the loop, you would land on your head at the top and fall down. Ouch!

If you didn't make it, you'd just slide back down to the bottom head first on your back. No biggy.

[willski2002]

Yes, Ober is in Gatlinburg. And yes, they have slow ones. There not banked properley and there are a lot of traight runs. There used to be ones in Chattanooga that were awesome, but those closed down and now there are houses sitting on them :( .

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When i first saw that looping waterslide picture, I thought that it was fake, but then when I heard that it was true, then I imediatly thought "Has anybody ever gotten killed or injuered on it?" But I guess not and I am surprised!

I remember those slides in Chattanooga! I can't recall the name, but they were awesome! I remember going down with my dad and going under a huge sign that said, "bump". We went over it at full speed and experienced some of the best airtime anywhere. :D

[Air]

Now that I've actually seen the loop in contrast to the size of a person, it doesn't seem as small. But it still looks dangerous. Can you even breath in that tube?

[Cid]

if you didn't make it you would fall down, not slide down. unless you have upstops of course. which i don't think most people do.

add this to the list of rides i wouldn't ride. never been to big of a fan of water slides anyways. i'd watch though, and see people's reactions.

[rklesla]

Now that I've actually seen the loop in contrast to the size of a person, it doesn't seem as small. But it still looks dangerous. Can you even breath in that tube?

Its the same as any tube slide.


if you didn't make it you would fall down, not slide down. unless you have upstops of course. which i don't think most people do.

add this to the list of rides i wouldn't ride. never been to big of a fan of water slides anyways. i'd watch though, and see people's reactions.

I'd imagine that you slide down, not fall. If by chance you stopped at the top, you would hit the wall which looks like its 12 inches, not bad for a fall, then slide down that. The only thing I was worried about the whole time was not that I wouldn't make it, or falling, it was the darkness and not knowing when the loop was coming. You didn't see light till you were on your way down the otherside. I still think it would be cool to make it transparent somehow.

[TheWave89]

Why does this thread keep getting replies when it started in 2001. It's 3 years old!! LOL. A never-ending thread...

[coaster kid]

Isn't that impossible? How would you keep the inverted part wet so that you would't burn your back?

Well, the issue here is not whether it works but how well. If a person can make it around the loop then water can. The loop has to be small and therefore tight so that it works. However fast you make it the loop has to be small enough with enough G to work, remember it is the g-force stopping you from falling straight down rather than making the loop.

Making it faster can not change the G-Force in the loop otherwise it won't work so it will never be a comfortable ride.(and there is a limit to how fast you can/want to go down a water slide anyway before the splash becomes uncomfortable.

[coaster kid]

Wow the number of posts on this topic, what I just said sounds a bit wierd, i only read the first couple of pages; didn't realise there was more!

[rklesla]

Well, the issue here is not whether it works but how well. If a person can make it around the loop then water can. The loop has to be small and therefore tight so that it works. However fast you make it the loop has to be small enough with enough G to work, remember it is the g-force stopping you from falling straight down rather than making the loop.

Making it faster can not change the G-Force in the loop otherwise it won't work so it will never be a comfortable ride.(and there is a limit to how fast you can/want to go down a water slide anyway before the splash becomes uncomfortable.

It wasn't an uncomfortable ride, it was a quick ride.

As far as the water, there wasn't alot of water going down the tube to begin with, so with little water the fricton will prevent it from going through the loop. Instead they sprinkle water from the top of the tube down on the slide. Same with on the loop, it sprays water to the slide that needs wet. There must be a drain between the hill and loop to pump out the water there. You can't feel that drain though, but I know there has to be one.

[DarkJedi]

Hello.

Okok, I know the thread is 3 years old (hehe sorry, but I saw this thread... erh... the whole site only yesterday), but I have to ask:

Is here anybody, who have more pics of this slide excluded the pics from the book and the pics of this one member here (4 pics)?

I... have to see more and I have to see the whole slide from the left, front, rigt, upper side,... ;)
Or has anybody a video of this slide (or the actionpark generally)?
I would like have more pics of this amazing park please! =P

(Please forgive me, for my poor english, I'm from germany... ...where we don't have such as cool waterparks as in the u.s.).

[rklesla]

Hello.
I... have to see more and I have to see the whole slide from the left, front, rigt, upper side,... ;)
Or has anybody a video of this slide (or the actionpark generally)?
I would like have more pics of this amazing park please! =P

I have more pic's. But they are at my parents house. I'll have to scan them next time I visit them. When I do I'll put some more up.

[DarkJedi]

Yeah! Thanks, that would be great. Anybody else who has photos of the Actionpark or this waterslide?

[Sparks]

No sorry, but it sounds really cool. I would like to see a picture of it as well

[DarkJedi]

@rklesla:
Please visit your parents!!! Your Mum and Dad miss you! ;)

And don't forget to scan the pics please. hehe. ;)

[inaflash]

From NJ originally and have great memories from Action Park. I'm just glad there are people who remember it the way it was. Too bad there won't be anymore parks like it. Damn lawsuits. It's definitely someplace everyone got a bruise from at least once. I flew off the colorado ride and hung on flapping on my stomach as my friends pulled me in (by the end).

The loop ride in question... Only saw it open once in maybe a dozen visits over the years. Even then, I was shocked to finally see it open. Motor world was great! but i wasn't old enough to use most of it until they finally closed. Alpine slide, my dad definitely flew off of that one. The speed slide had an iron mat at the top of it so you didn't fly off the top initially! They had severe weight requirements too.. with a scale at the top. Life guards sucked.. but you know, i think everyone just knew they took their health in their own hands back then. No one expected to be taken care of. You got hurt, you went to first aid. You didn't have a lawyer on speed dial. Mostly, it was your fault for not holding on or something... Waterparks were always dangerous.

Anyway, just wanted to thank this thread for the memories. Was going to take a road trip down there with my friends now.. but i guess it's not worth it. Sucks to settle for crappy waterparks... FOREVER!!!

[DragonKhan]

At least one bruise every visit? Hmm, sounds familiar...

At the local indoor waterpark (Alpamare, Switzerland) I go home everytime with several bruises. The slides aren't really dangerous (but still very intense), but when you know the tricks tô gain the speed it can end up in a very wild ride.
On the Double Bob ride I once ended up running after my tube. I wish I could've gotten a pic of it. Must've been hilarious :D

http://www.alpamare.ch/main/p_id/78/obj/47/nav/78/nav2/78/lang/5.html

Anyway, to get back on topic of this legendary thread...
I know I would've tried this slide at least once. just for the brag rights :D
More pics please!

[Calvin]

I was on one of those really long slides (a bit of slide, then a pool, and more slide, then a pool, etc.), and my tube slipped off away from me. I ended up flying down on my butt.

[cannonballer]

I think a looping water slide would work and be safe if only the loop wasnt completly verticle. Imagine a larger loop using tubes to travel down and set the loop at a 45 degree angle! maybe a little more than 45 I am not a mathamatitian or a speller! Anyways there has to be a way to get it to work and be safe I think seting the loop at an angle!

[coaster_kid89]

Kraken Jr.^
Anyway I would still like to know who made this death trap. And I wouldent be supprised if Shlitterbahn(sp) came out with a new version because they are the peak when it comes to water slide tech.
(Whistles go WOOOOooooo LOL)

[Enchanting_One]

wow this thread is really old! i guess alot of us out there are still interested in this looping water slide. i remember going to Action Park and seeing that ride and wondering how it worked, as it wasnt operating on the day i saw it. everyone who i mentioned the slide to did not believe that it actually existed, but after reading this forum and seeing the pic of it i can be proved right! lol i was also wondering does anyone have pictures/ info on any other rides in Action Park? i am interested in hearing more of the story of the corrupt owners and how and why the park ended up closing and i havent been able to find anything on the web. if anyone has something of interest to Action Park fans please post it! Thanks

[dirkthejerk]

I was searching the net for some info on Action Park and this looping waterslide, and I came across this thread. I used to go to Action Park every summer when I was a kid in the late 80's, early 90's. I remember seeing this slide one summer and it always stayed in my head. It looked extremely sinister and I wondered even as a kid how safe it could be. Unfortunately I never saw it when it was opened. Action Park was awesome. Remember the motor park, that was so cool, and the monorail that took you over to it. I always got nervous on that thing, cause I thought it would tip over. I remember it had safety nets at certain points of the rail, as if that would catch and support the steel monorail filled with people. That place was crazy.

[alprider02]

I remember a couple years ago overhearing my parents talking with our neighbor about Action Park... We were going to take a trip to Mountain Creek but that ever happened... Anyways.. They never talked about the looping slide, but they talked about the slides that went underground and then left you to freefall.. Personally I think that the underground slides were an AWESOME idea... But the loop? wow.. that was really dumb.. I would NEVER go on that! Either that or I would get to the top after walking up, and have a heart attack because of fright...



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That "Insano" Slide... Here's a couple more pic's I found on google..

http://www.lianah2n.blogger.com.br/f_insano.jpg

http://planeta.terra.com.br/educacao/keller/album/fortaleza_17082002/domingo.htm
^go to the bottom

http://www.tropicaliente.com.br/insano2b.jpg
^a little small but it'll do

[Eric5412]

Here are some pics that I have of Action Park.I'm looking for more,so if anyone has any please post them.

[Eric5412]

Here's more

[Eric5412]

More....

[bk2004]

I looked at all of them even if they don't say so. That park looked pretty fun! Those water slides were awesome too!

And and alpine slide is icing on the cake! I love alpine slides! :D

[CPdude05]

I found this pic on another message board.

I TAKE NO CREDIT FOR THE PIC.

But here it is. It was in Action Park, one of the most unsafe water parks ever.
How did you make it look so real. lol.

[Byron]

It is real.

[CPdude05]

I just got my contacts with the new prescription yesterday. That is so fake.

[Byron]

Have you read any of this thread? It is a real picture of a waterslide that was at Action Park in New Jersey. It isn't a photoshopped picture, it's real.

[Andy]

That slide really does look freaky. I'd go on it if I knew I'd come out the other end in one piece...I'm sure it would work without problems if the drop was much higher and the loop much larger.

[CPdude05]

are we talking about this water slide?

http://www.thrillnetwork.com/boards/attachment.php?attachmentid=337

that has to be fake.

[Incredi_Hulk_77]

are we talking about this water slide?

http://www.thrillnetwork.com/boards/attachment.php?attachmentid=337

that has to be fake.


If you had read the thread at all you would know that it was real. It is not open any more, but it was at one point.

[pearlsea]

i once had a dream i was on a looping waterslide and it was an open one not a closed one so u could see outside the slide, but i think they can make a safer verson of that with rafts and a bigger loop and a bigger drop and it might work even if it was open cause it dosent matter on the wheght of the pepole but the wheght of the raft and the G forces will keep it going throught the loop. the only problem would gbe the water going through the loop but they can put a jet of water in the loop where u face up on the loop and that would keep the water flowing

[Thrillboy]

it could work if the raft was attatched to the loop part by a track, kinda like a water coaster with a loop

[m-force 4 ever]

that slide looks soooooooooooooooooooooooo painful, and that loop is like the tightest loop I've ever seen. what is that thing like 8 ft. tall? i dont beleve it's 20 ft tall, especially if the drop is 40 ft. Tall.

[CPdude05]

I would like to see another pic of that water slide. To see if it WAS real.

[slipknot8527]

I dont see whats so hard to believe....its in two different amusement park books I own.

[CPdude05]

It looks very fake. I CANT STAND IT!

[bk2004]

The only thing that looks really weird to me is the supports. There's two on the drop, and just wires on the loop.

[slipknot8527]

There are articles in the paper about people being hurt on it and Action park being sued and all that jazz.

Hey, also, we didn't land on the moon.

[rlrcstrfreak]

I would so ride that!

[CPdude05]

Ok I guess it is real now, but the picture still looks freaky!

[ErioL]

I would so die in that! Yea thats what I thought.

[CPdude05]

^lol.

I cant believe a park is stupid enough to have that water slide.

[Thrillboy]

The loop looks like the old Flip Flop loop. are there slide designing/building Companies like Intamin and B&M are to coasters?

[rlrcstrfreak]

Yea thats what I thought.Ya well at leat i woul....... um Oh ya well im gonna ............Im gonna get a person to tell ya that im right!

[CPdude05]

The loop looks like the old Flip Flop loop. are there slide designing/building Companies like Intamin and B&M are to coasters?Yes, there are. White Water (i think that that is the name) and Proslide are some that come to mind.

[Thrillboy]

Does anybody know who designed this slide?

[CPdude05]

^They probably designed it themselves. It definitely didnt come from the companies that I mentioned.

[SFOG Freak]

Wow, I never posted in this thread.......

The slide looks pretty damn painful, but i'd do it.

[Skye]

this thread is still going?

This must have been the only looping slide that exisited......it was almost certainly the first.

[NELLY]

That park sounded brilliant.

Like a couple of people said, it was the danger of the place that made it.

We need parks like that, instead of all this tame rubbish being made "over safe" these days.

[RLLrCoastrLover]

NE slide that needs an excape hatch is not a ride for me.

[RllrCoasterFan]

The slide sounds fun but I don't know if I could do. Ouch!

[DemonHunter4337]

Man that slide sounds insane I wouldn't ride it.

[Arioch]

I just read through all 15 pages of this post...

Amazing, I remember going to a waterpark in England a long long time ago and thinking it was pretty dangerous and then I read this and it's like, wow, that England waterpark was super super safe compared to Actionpark.

Although Actionpark does sort of remind me of a local waterpark around here called Four Bears. Mind you, Four Bears is a piece of crap and is literally built on a landfill. But they have a speed slide there that was the most painful ride I ever rode since when you would get to the bottom, the thing was designed horrible so that your neck would snap back and hit the bottom of the slide.

Apparently no one gave this much thought though until a girl broke her neck on the ride and they then said "Hey, maybe we should make people wear helmets since this ride is a death trap"

Anyway, my point is, Bam Margera really needs to open up his own Waterpark and put the loop slide in there because that would be wicked sweet. I'd give it a try, looked fun.

[medieval]

That slide looks painful.... Im surprised they dont give you a mat or something to sit on. If they were to make another one, you know how hard that could be. But with todays technology, I could see it.

[coasterdude28]

ouch! i dont think the human body is supposed to bend like that. i don't know about that one

[rklesla]

From NJ originally and have great memories from Action Park. I'm just glad there are people who remember it the way it was. Too bad there won't be anymore parks like it. Damn lawsuits. It's definitely someplace everyone got a bruise from at least once. I flew off the colorado ride and hung on flapping on my stomach as my friends pulled me in (by the end).

The loop ride in question... Only saw it open once in maybe a dozen visits over the years. Even then, I was shocked to finally see it open. Motor world was great! but i wasn't old enough to use most of it until they finally closed. Alpine slide, my dad definitely flew off of that one. The speed slide had an iron mat at the top of it so you didn't fly off the top initially! They had severe weight requirements too.. with a scale at the top. Life guards sucked.. but you know, i think everyone just knew they took their health in their own hands back then. No one expected to be taken care of. You got hurt, you went to first aid. You didn't have a lawyer on speed dial. Mostly, it was your fault for not holding on or something... Waterparks were always dangerous.

Anyway, just wanted to thank this thread for the memories. Was going to take a road trip down there with my friends now.. but i guess it's not worth it. Sucks to settle for crappy waterparks... FOREVER!!!

I remember that speed slide. They had a observation deck at the bottom of it. People would sit there all day, drink and eat, and watch the women lose their bathing suits on the ride.

I wish they'd make a park like them. Rides can be boring if there is no thrill in them.

[Thrillboy]

Man, this thread is long!
I really wish that someone else could make a looper slide. Just modify it a bit, it would like how Revolution in Magic Mt. is compared to the old flip flap (a neck-snapping first attemp to loop a coaster) when the loop on coasters first came out. Just give it some time, it will be the same thing. Also try not to double post it looks annoying.

[Dan G]

I highly doubt anyone would design a looping water slide...It's just not as safe as you think it is...Because they can't design it for everyones body weight. And if your too heavy you probably wouldn't make it around, and fall back down and getting severly hurt while doing so. Plus, theres no way to get water all the way around the slide, so I don't think that would be good too. I'd rather not seeing another one of these things popping up, because I wouldn't ride this thing and risking my health, and I'm sure there are tons of others out there that share the same belief.

[Thrillboy]

Origanally Posted By Eastcoastn07:
Plus, theres no way to get water all the way around the slide

then how'd Action Park do it?

[coaster_kid89]

They really didn't, the sprayed you BEFORE you got in the tube.

[bk2004]

I highly doubt anyone would design a looping water slide...It's just not as safe as you think it is...Because they can't design it for everyones body weight. And if your too heavy you probably wouldn't make it around, and fall back down and getting severly hurt while doing so. Plus, theres no way to get water all the way around the slide, so I don't think that would be good too. I'd rather not seeing another one of these things popping up, because I wouldn't ride this thing and risking my health, and I'm sure there are tons of others out there that share the same belief.

That's how I feel about this slide. It seems as if the flaws out number the pros. The pictures look photoshopped too, but their not. I mean, the supports are wires and little tubes! But still it's just like how in the world does this thing work?

[Dan G]

then how'd Action Park do it?

Umm have you ever seen water loop? :rolleyes: Makes you think why we don't have looping log flumes or looping water coasters. There just isn't a way for the water to go around in a circle to create and inversion on a water slide. Action Park thought that if your body was wet that you'd still make it over the slide seeing how the friction between your body and the slide is lessened when your wet. I mean, if there was no water in water slides, do you possibly think you could make it through the whole slide without stopping?

What action park did was very dangerous...They designed this thing based on one body type which creates tons of health hazards when you think about it. Imagine all the things that could have happened if you didn't make it through the entire loop...What do you think would have happened if you slowed down at the apex of the loop. It makes you glad that the sick minds that ran Action Park were put out of business.

[Thrillboy]

there was a way the water whent through the loop. in the book White knuckle ride (where the picture comes from) on page 104, it describes

"even with advances in technology one common property of water is it dosen't flow uphill....at least it didn't, until the amuesment park industry got a hold of it. in 1991 Tom Lotchfeld introduced his patented system of 'water injection technology' a series of nozzles that shoot a small but powerfull 'sheet' of water onto a surface (even UPHILL), instantly forming the basis for a new generation of exciting water rides"

(New generation huh? I see that went far, just look at this thread!)

So it was not based soully on body mass. nor was it based on spraying people before the ride.
Also Eastcoastn07, you can see in the pic, there is water gushing out of the bottom of the slide, so it is there.

-and to the people claiming to have been on this ride, are you sure? have the websites i've veiwed about this ride says it never opened to the public. including an interveiw with an AP employee (whish i could remember where I saw that)

[rklesla]

Water can go around in a loop. All you need is pressure.

The loop wasn't dry. They sprayed it and it was open, now for how long I don't know. I think it was closed more than open. The slide looks bad, but it was fun. The cliff jumps and tarzan swing was a more health risk than the slide.

[rlrcstrfreak]

what do you guys mean "they sprayed it"?? I am confused... did they spray the people with a lube? or what...?

[Sandy W]

That would really hurt. I say personal injury lawyers shut that down.

[coastergenius100]

Oh my goodness, is this stupid thread still going on, I remember this from 3 years ago, come on guys, let's find something else that's more interesting then a looping waterslide.

[cannonballer]

Oh my goodness, is this stupid thread still going on, I remember this from 3 years ago, come on guys, let's find something else that's more interesting then a looping waterslide.Yeah like a looping carosel now that would be interesting.

[sfft_2108]

That looks like fun. I guess. I am not a big fan of water slides, nor LOOPING WATERSLIDES.

[rlrcstrfreak]

Oh my goodness, is this stupid thread still going on, I remember this from 3 years ago, come on guys, let's find something else that's more interesting then a looping waterslide.
I find it queite interesting and unique... and if you dislike the thread start a new one, or do not post in this one.

anyway like I asked earlie: What do you guys mean about the spray? Do you mean they spray water on the person? or teflon maybe...?

[coastergenius100]

Well, I mean it was a good thread at one time, but I mean three years? That's almost as long as this site as been going on. We get the point of the thread:

guy 1: I heard of a looping water slide is that true?,
guy 2: yes, here's a picture of it but has anybody ridden this before?,
guy 3: yes I have and it hurt a lot,
everybody else: wow let's talk about it for 3 years

[socalMAN123]

That's crazy. Three years and this topic is still going? Dang. I mean its a good idea.

[rlrcstrfreak]

I think it is interesting, I see no reson to stop it if people still have things to say.

[rklesla]

I find it queite interesting and unique... and if you dislike the thread start a new one, or do not post in this one.

anyway like I asked earlie: What do you guys mean about the spray? Do you mean they spray water on the person? or teflon maybe...?

They hosed you down before getting on the slide. They also had nozzles in the loop that sprayed the slide. Water went down the slide, since it was dark I could not tell how the water went in there. But I do know this.

1. Water went down towards the loop. 100% positive.
Some told me there is a drain at the bottom, some say the speed of the water had enough momentum to go around the loop. I couldn't see it, too dark in there.
2. Water was being sprayed on me in the loop.
3. Water was coming out the slide at the exit.

You can think what you want, but this is how they did it.

[Cephas]

It would be bad if you were so fat that you didn't even fit in the slide...

[Skye]

wouldn't that apply to any slide? and what has it got to do with this anyway?


it is an incrediable pic, i mean if you didn't know better, most people would say that is a fake. theres nothing like it anywhere in the world (probably).


Another one will be built, someday everyone will forget about this, and 1 person will think 'what happens if we add a loop?".

[Calvin]

guy 1: I heard of a looping water slide is that true?,
guy 2: yes, here's a picture of it but has anybody ridden this before?,
guy 3: yes I have and it hurt a lot,
everybody else: wow let's talk about it for 3 years

LOL. Imagine a bunch of people just sitting in a circle talking for three years, non-stop...heh.

Yeah, sooner or later someone's going to build another one. Life moves on.

[sfft_2108]

Yah, I think Its time this discussion stops. lol.

[Cid]

This thread is a piece of TN history! I hope it stays with the site forever!! When the day comes and another one is built we can start talking about it in this thread again cause it follows the orginal topic.

I bet they could make a better one with master blaster technology.

[medieval]

Wow this is an old thread.
But, I wouldn't be surprised if they built a looping water slide with the technology we have.

[Montu Man]

That old slide looked like it was aboutto fall apart and looked unsafe. And if you wanna go upside down, why not build a looping water coaster? It could just drop, loop, and splash. Those could be very cheap, and more fun then a speed slide.

[Macyismydog5]

One problem....What restraints to keep you in the raft?
I am sure that a water coaster with master blaster tech. couldn't have OSTR's.

[Calvin]

That would really hurt. I say personal injury lawyers shut that down.

Okay, boy are you ignorant. It is closed.

Also, ^, it was a body slide. Fun! :P

[James]

yeah its only been gone for what... 10years ;)

[rlrcstrfreak]

Well, I have somthing to say: OK here is is: Ok:

I have thought Up about 4 different Looping waterslide Concepts over the years, some i know would work! They are really cool, anyone else have looping slide concepts?

[Macyismydog5]

Oh no...Oh please god no!!!!!!!!!!!
*runs down the hall scraeming 'run for your life another concept thread ahhhhhh!!!!!!!*

[SFGadvKing]

it seems like i'll be remembered for something on this site...

[Bencerisback]

One problem....What restraints to keep you in the raft?
I am sure that a water coaster with master blaster tech. couldn't have OSTR's.


he was talking about a water coaster like JTA or buzzsaw falls i think, a log ride like dudley doo right would be awesome with a loop, maybe restraints for that too, but if dudley doo right does what it does alreayd with out restraints it could go no restraints on a loop i think

[cannonballer]

Die Thread Die!

[Thunderhawk]

Hey, this thread rocks.
Long live a thread about a looping waterslide no one liked!
Also, I personally still find the Moutain Creek Waterpark to be pretty intense.