8 Theme Park Rides That Were Too DANGEROUS to Stay Open

The lot off Interstate 435 in Kansas City, Kansas is still fenced and empty. The world's tallest water slide stood there for two summers before it killed someone. The park closed in 2018, the slide came down that November, and the land has not become anything since. This video is about what those rides actually were, what happened on them, and what usually replaces them — which in most cases is nothing, or a newer ride on the same footprint, with no indication of what came before. This countdown covers 8 theme park rides shut down for safety — from a New Jersey water park that paid employees $100 to test a loop slide before regulators closed it after one month, to a London fairground where five children died in 1972 and no memorial existed for 50 years, to a drop tower in Louisville where a 13-year-old lost both feet on an afternoon in June 2007. 👉 Which of these had you heard of? Tell us in the comments. 🔔 Subscribe: we find the history underneath ordinary-looking places, every week. CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro — The Empty Lot 01:06 #8 Cannonball Loop — Action Park, New Jersey 02:31 #7 Drachen Fire — Busch Gardens Williamsburg 04:09 #6 Son of Beast — Kings Island 05:52 #5 Superman Tower of Power — Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom 07:52 #4 Battersea Big Dipper — London, 1972 09:42 #3 Mindbender — West Edmonton Mall 11:30 #2 Thunder River Rapids — Dreamworld 13:11 #1 Verrückt — Schlitterbahn Kansas City 15:26 Final Thoughts — The History Underneath dangerous theme park rides, rides shut down, Action Park Cannonball Loop, Drachen Fire Busch Gardens, Son of Beast Kings Island, Superman Tower of Power Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom, Battersea Park Big Dipper 1972, Mindbender West Edmonton Mall, Thunder River Rapids Dreamworld, Verruckt Schlitterbahn, theme park accidents history, roller coaster history, water park disasters, amusement park safety, closed rides #ThemeParkHistory #AbandonedRides #RollerCoasterHistory #AmusementParkSafety #ForgottenHistory