He owns the claim to fame of being the first-ever human to try out the Cannonball Loop - after a homemade test dummy was decapitated. There was a lot of funny stuff that happened,” said Andy. The book offers an unvarnished history of the park, which was open from 1978 to 1996, as well as a portrait of his eccentric father - and an ode to a seatbelts-optional era.
Now, Andy tells his family’s wild story in “Action Park: Fast Times, Wild Rides and the Untold Story of Americas Most Dangerous Amusement Park” (Penguin Books), out Tuesday. That often seemed to be the case at Gene’s Action Park - a water park in Vernon, NJ, nicknamed “Traction Park” because of countless injuries incurred there.
The enclosed water slide, which ended with a disorienting vertical loop, was - as Gene’s son Andy, 58, told The Post - “a ride to survive, not a ride for fun.” The Cannonball Loop was Gene Mulvihill’s white whale. Six Flags' bottom line battered by extreme weather as attendance plunges by 400K 'Tallest, 'fastest' giga roller coaster in North America reopens after eagle-eyed guest helps avert disaster
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