Lost teeth, drunk lifeguards: Share Action Park 'survivor' stories at this Hunterdon event

If you grew up in New Jersey in the ‘80s, chances are you visited Action Park, the state's shamed and now-shuttered amusement park in Vernon where Mountain Creek now resides.

You also probably remember pummeling into fellow ride-goers on the concrete Alpine Slide as you struggled to control your own speed; emerging from the enclosed Cannonball Loop waterslide with cuts from other riders' lost teeth; and the teenage "staff" trusted to keep you alive − who were often drunk or high.

And now, a Frenchtown gift shop wants to hear those stories from you.

Sublime, which curates offbeat gift items often featuring New Jersey, will host a free Action Park storytelling event at the 22 Bridge St. store at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30.

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"Ever since Sublime, a 4-year-old Frenchtown gift shop, started stocking Action Park merch, visitors have been instantly gripped with an uncontrollable urge to recount their scrapes and near-misses at the waterpark deemed the most dangerous in the nation," according to a press release from the store. "It struck us that giving free rein to these impulses would be a great idea for summer evening event."

Video about the park's comically dark history will be screened and then attendees will be asked to share their personal memories of Action Park, which has been called "Class Action Park" and "Accident Park."

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Sublime, owned by Renee Olson, sells Action Park hats, mugs, books, T-shirts, key chains and sweatshirts. In the future, the store hopes to offer vintage Action Park items.

Go: Sublime at 22 Bridge St., Frenchtown on Friday, Aug. 30 at 7 p.m.; free; sublimeandtonic.com .

Staff Reporter Jenna Intersimone: JIntersimone@MyCentralJersey.com

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