Action Park 1983 TV Commercial
Action Park was an amusement/water park in Vernon, New Jersey (about 52 miles from New York City) that operated from 1978 to 1996 before being renovated and reopened as Mountain Creek Waterpark two years later.
Synopsis[]
Male Visitor #1: Just go to Action Park there's no other park like it.
(Cut to a shot of two kids on water slide and a racecar)
Female Visitor #1: When it's hot out this a great place to spend a day with your family
(Cut to someone flying off water slide into a lake, cut to child visitor coming up from the water)
Child Visitor: There's lots of big things for little kids to do!
(cut to a second female visitor, sitting as another visitor swings off a rope into the water)
Female Visitor #2: I love Action Park because it's so beautiful.
(turns to watch the other visitor jump into the lake, cut to elderly couple)
Elderly Female Visitor: It's like coming to Broadway, it's wonderful
(cut to more visitors on water slides, splashing, etc, cut to a visitor in racecar)
Visitor in Racecar: Race like a pro, It's great!
(Cut to someone on Alpine slide)
Male Visitor #2: These are the most amazing rides in the world (behind him someone slides down the water slide, screams as she splashes into the lake) I love it here!
(Cut to a black screen with the slogan, logo, and address)
Singers: There's nothing in the world like Action Park!
(cut to a final shot of a visitor on a water slide)
Why It's Cursed[]
Action Park was a really popular summer destination for many from the New York and New Jersey metropolitan area. It gained infamy for its lack of safety; poorly trained and underaged employees; and poorly designed rides and attractions. Nicknames included "Traction Park", "Accident Park", and "Class Action Park". Because it's lax regulations many lawsuits from injuries and death were filed before it finally closed in 1996. The cheapness and cringiness of the ad really shows what the park was like.
In 2020, a documentary called "Class Action Park" premiered on HBO Max.