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And if you're looking for a fun way to stay cool, a water park might be a good idea. News 12 New Jersey's Lauren is joining us live from Mountain Creek, checking out the wave pool, Lauren. The sun is up, bathing suit is on. We are ready to beat the heat today. Mountain Creek Water Park. We have Jackie here, the marketing director, high tide wave pool. I mean this is gonna be a great morning and a great day here. Yeah, what a better way to cool off this summer from the heat than a trip to the water park. Amazing. So we have the wave pool here. waves are in full force. What else do you have here? We've got over 20. Rides and slides for all ages, all thrill levels. There's fun for everybody, and you have the life vest if anyone wants it. The lifeguards are here. Safety is really important, right? Yes, safety is really important, making sure that everyone is having fun but being safe doing it. Exactly. And you have appreciation weeks coming up. So if someone's watching at home and they want to come to the park, there's some deals that you can get in on. Yep, we've got deals for teachers, uh, law enforcement, healthcare workers. There's something for everyone, all right, and we have to have some fun today, right? So what, what do we have in our lineup? What, what are we gonna do today? We're gonna, we're here at the wave pool now. We're going to do the cliff jump canyon cliffs, uh, we're gonna also do our new rides, the Cannonball Falls and the Tarzan swings. What's your favorite part about the water park? I like it because it's just you can have however much fun or thrill you want. You pick your pick your adventure. All right, Jackie, I think it's my turn to go have some fun. You want to hold the mic? All right, here we go. We're going in, guys. Here we go. Oh, she went Hair wet and all. Lauren, do. I mean, if, if you're gonna do it, I mean, yes, might as well have some fun. It's gonna be hot. We're gonna have to like now pluck her out of there and make her go do some work.

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And if you are looking for a fun way to stay cool, maybe a water park could be a good idea, a good idea for New Shelton, New Jersey's Lauren De, who is live this morning at Mountain Creek in Vernon. Do you see Lauren there? Oh, there she is. OK, I see. All right, we're out here jumping off a cliff this morning, canyon cliff jump. Jackie, how high up are we? We are 15 ft. And uh how refreshing is this water? This is some of the most refreshing water we have at the resort, and this is so beautiful. You could see all the trees and the mountains in the background, even just the. Swimming area here. So what type of activities are here? This is our most unique zone. It's the springs area. So we've got, you know, bombs away, the cliff jump. We've got a body slide, and then this is where our iconic two brides live. I mean this ride is pretty popular as well, and because we have the heat wave, today is going to be a pretty popular day. Are you expecting a lot of people to be coming in? Yes, of course, expecting everyone to be cooling off and the pass is going. Get in for a day, a week? What, how, how do you get in? Yeah, we've got day tickets starting at 59.99, and we've got season passes so you can enjoy all summer long 119.99, and it's been four heat waves for us here, so we're counting them. All right, um, I guess I've chit chatted long enough. Should I give it a go? 15 ft, you said 15 ft. I don't know the last time I jumped off a high dive. Probably it's the streeter pool days back in Marstown. Yeah, that's the last time. All right, ready, Jackie? I'm ready. You've got it. Oh, OK Here we go. Uh, woo wow, she's so brave. Oh my goodness, OK, wait, OK, she's back up. I'm holding my breath with her. She's having the best time. I love that. That's good. That was good. She's like, she's listen, the thing is when you send Lauren do to do anything, she really does it and she's all in.

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Looking for another way to cool off, a fun way actually. Why not check out a water park? Might be a good idea. It is for News 12 New Jersey's Lauren D. She's live this morning at Mountain Creek in Vernon. What do we got, Lauren? OK, so if you thought that cliff jump was extreme, Jackie, this one is way more extreme. Tarzan swings, tell me about this one. So here we have 3 swings for different heights, and you, you know, hold the handle and you swing out. And you let go when you're ready. Is this new here? Is this the new address? This is new for open last at the end of last season, new for this season, and it's one of our most thrilling, exciting rides. OK, let's have one demo go. We'll have him go. Show us how it's done. OK, OK, wait, what that looks manageable, right? Yeah, absolutely. Have you done this one? I have, yeah, and you like it? Yeah, it's fun. Enough talking. Should we do it? Let's do it. This is the only way to beat the heat, Jackie. OK, so how do we do this? You see, she's, she looked like she was stalling for a second and all right, let's see. Oh boy, this is gonna be interesting to see. So she's holding onto the thing, she's gonna jump. You feel the fear for this, right? Oh yeah, see, there was, yeah, the hesitation. Don't hesitate, Lauren. Just do it. Come on, just do it, Lauren. Let's go. Lauren, Lauren. Oh, that was great. Oh my goodness. Didn't quite stick the landing, but that was fun. It was. Oh man, why can't we all be there with her? That would be so fun. We should just take the whole newscast, or go right to the auto park. You gotta do something right in this heat, especially this afternoon, Rizzo. What are you gonna do? I mean inside? I mean, if I was at Lauren there, we'd be acting like full children, like fools, like total fools, not even children, fools.

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Looking for a fun way to stay cool. How about a water park? It's a good idea, at least for News 12 New Jersey's Lauren De, who's live at Mountain Creek in Vernon. I don't know, Lauren, you tell us, has this been a good idea doing this this morning? It has been so extreme, but I'll tell you what, there is something for everyone here at Mountain Creek. We have Jackie, the marketing director here. I mean that was intense. The Tarzan swings, the cliff jump, Cannonball Falls looks like anyone can do it. Yes, it's a little more easy fun. So here behind us we have Cannonball Falls. Uh, you have rock slide and root slide. And big splashes, um, it's so much fun. I mean, it helps you cool off, right? And what's so cool is the rainbows like you're going down the slide and you could see that, like talk about that. Yeah, so anything that looks like a rainbow, uh, it's translucent, so the sun goes through it and as you're going through it, it almost looks like the slide is lit up. Wow, OK, just because of the logistics, I'm not gonna go live. Down the slide, but after I need to check that out, and this is an iconic ride, right? Yes, yes. Both Tarzan Swings and Cannonball Falls are two of our icons that are back and better than ever. And so what are the hours because we have the park to ourselves this morning. This is awesome. We are open daily midweek 11 to 6 and weekends 10 to 6. OK. And then you have like something cool going on at night. Right, Friday night, yeah, every Friday night until mid August we have water park after dark for 21 plus. It's a little nightlife scene. It's super fun with several rides. I mean, and how has the weather been treating business and people coming? Is it doing OK? I mean, I know we've had 4 heat waves, so yeah, the heat waves definitely help, uh, you know, we're the perfect place to cool off, so on the hot days everybody's here. And this is gonna be pretty crowded later on. I need to go down that slide, Jackie. Let's go. All right, we're hanging out of Mount Creek this morning. We're at the water park. Lauren do New, New Jersey. We're gonna need video proof of that, uh, to see that rainbow slide, Lauren, just like you've done so well, yeah, I know, I know, throughout the morning that should be easy for her now at this point.

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And one way to have fun and stay cool is going to the water park. Maybe a good idea for News 12 New Jersey's Lauren Dou. She's live this morning at Mountain Creek in Vernon. Lauren knows just the right way to relax and cool off today, right, Lauren? This is definitely the place for me to be the heat, Jackie. This is amazing. We're on a raft, lots of water, Mountain Creek Water Park. This has been an amazing morning, and the bulk of the heat isn't even here yet. Yeah, we're about to go down the Colorado River rapids. I mean, it's all fun and games now and then it's gonna be so thrill seeking. We started off in the wave pool, the. Cliff jump, the Tarzan swings, the slides. I mean, there's something for everyone here. Yeah, there really is. And so what are the hours because I know it's gonna be swamped today. Yeah, we're open today from 11 to 6 p.m. and then weekends 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and anyone could just come on in. Yeah, we're open daily. We have day tickets starting at 59.99. Season passes for all access all summer long. Can't beat it. You cannot beat the heat without coming here. And so what's your favorite part about working here? Oh, there's so many, but I mean, look at this. This is, how can it get better than this? This is it. All right, we're gonna go down. We gotta give the microphone away and we gotta do it safely, so I'm gonna switch sides. Everyone, I wish you were out here to enjoy it with us. We're having such a good time. Mountain Creek Water Park, Lauren De, New 12, New Jersey. Let's see. Let's see what she's gonna do. Here we go. All right. Oh, OK, yeah, this gets intense. No, OK, not bad. OK. All right, and she's off. Lauren's gone. I love, I love that.

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