The park's popularity went hand in hand with a reputation for poorly-designed, unsafe rides; inattentive, underaged employees;[2] intoxicated, unprepared visitors; and the subsequently poor safety record...At least six people are known to have died as a result of mishaps on rides at the park. It was nicknamed "Traction Park",[3] "Accident Park",[4] "Class Action Park", "Danger Park" and "Death Park" by doctors at nearby hospitals due to the number of severely injured parkgoers they treated.

One worker told a local newspaper that "there were too many bloody noses and back injuries" from riders, and it was widely rumored, and reported in Weird NJ, that some of the test dummies sent down before it was opened had been dismembered.[15] A rider also reportedly got stuck at the top of the loop due to insufficient water pressure, and a hatch had to be built at the bottom of the slope to allow for future extractions