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And News 12 is celebrating some of the best beaches here in the state this morning. We're gonna have some fun in Kingsburg News Twelve's Lauren de is checking out all the activities there. So Lauren, what's first on the list? Ok. I'm having way too much fun this morning already. Star the manager here at Bevan. W what do you say? We have a roll off, right. Let's do what I do right? Ok. Ready. 123, go. Ok, let's go. This is, oh, come on. That was all we've been like making these shots all morning. Here we go. You have the keys to the kingdom here with the uh with the card. So at Bev and Wally's, I mean, this is so much fun. It is one more, one more. Oh 00 my gosh. You, you always get a second chance but you were a high score. I got the high score there. We had so much fun and this is just one of the games that you can play here. What else can you do here? So there's over a selection. So there's over 100 games depending on what you want. There's pitching time. There's Space Invaders. There's so many things, there's interactive games for Children. There's interactive games for adults. It all depends on your mood. So we're here for our customers to be happy. Well, I Wonka there. It's, it's all about your age. So I like Avengers because it's interactive for the customers. And that what I said was awesome too because it's played to you with and it makes the kids feel like they're always getting what they want. Our man goal is to provide the best customer service and give you what you need. So as long as everybody's happy, our man go to make sure you come back and we can say hello, look at all these prizes. I mean, this is, this is one of the best jobs I think. Forget best beaches. This is the best job. Oh, it keeps going. Yeah, we have over 100 games on this one. So they have stacker where your ST block all the way. So have to win an amazing prize. You have cut, you win where you cut the rope and try to win one of these many prizes. Our claw machines with so many different, so much fun here. What time do you open up yet? They open at 1111. All right. Well, come down here and challenge star and me to some ski ball. Right. Yeah, Valerie will be here. There's sherry next door. There you go. We're having fun this morning in Keys. Lauren Dune is still in New Jersey.

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News 12 is celebrating some of the best beaches at the shore. And this morning we're having some fun in Kingsburg. That's right. News Twelve's Lauren do is at a water park and it's a perfect place to be when it's hot outside. Lauren. Is it time? Look at this. You next, you're going down this time, grab your B suits, meet me down here. So the best and live here. I mean, look at this view. This is amazing. What kind of rides do you have here here at our family water park. We have about 18 thrill rides. So that's the slides. We have our separate kitty area, which is what we were just planning to with a toddler area for all the little kids. We also have the relaxing lazy river and two spots. So if you just want to kind of relax, your kids are a little bigger, let them go on the rides. You hang out, you know the Jersey shore, the water has been a little chilly, so I'm sure you're getting a lot of people coming here. How do you keep everyone safe on a hot day? Yeah, so we actually have um Ellison Associates, which is insurance company for our life guards and they keep our lifeguards at the highest level and completely dedicated. So we're constantly doing in services and training with them. And then also our pools are always crystal clean and always tested. So it's always great, always amazing. And so you have a lot of events coming up too, right at Runaway Rapids and at the amusement park. Yeah. So we have Christmas in July, which is July 25th and we're gonna have a surf Santa and the Grinch. Yeah, that's gonna be really fun because I go down the slide. I hope so. We also park in the park in September. That's September 8th dogs come in, they get to swim the last two hours of the pool, like the whole park being open and part of the proceeds go to the uh mom County SCC A. So it's like a fundraiser as well. It's so much fun. Love watching all the dogs a great cause. And how can people find out about that? You can go on our Facebook, you can go on our website. All of it is posted updated weekly and daily. So, yeah. All right. What time do you open? When are you expecting this to get pretty packed? 10 a.m. And we also have a weekday Warrior special. So if you buy one, you get both parks for free every Monday through Thursday. So or not for you buy one, you get the. Wow, look at this. Ok. This looks like a great spot for kids. This must be, what's the perfect age to come here? I would say probably between like six and maybe like 15 would be like the perfect age. Um, they enjoy my six year old loves it. So, and I feel like my five and three year olds with kids and kids and everyone, this looks like a really fun morning. I cannot wait for things to heat up and for this place to get packed. We're in keys, celebrating the best beaches. Do you think it's the best beach? For sure? I mean, a pretty great Ks Lauren do it. 12 New Jersey.

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News. 12 is celebrating the best beaches of New Jersey. And this morning, we're going to have a lot of fun in Keys News. 12, New Jersey's Lauren do has been at the park. She has played some ski ball. What do we got now? I am the owner. Actually, I'm just chit chatting with the owner of the Ginsburg amusement park here. This is amazing. Thanks for opening up early this morning. Thank you so much for coming here. So happy to have you and you have the game open this morning and we were just talking about the prizes. Are you ready to play? Maybe octopus will play? Tell us about the park. Well, the park has been here forever. Over 120 years my grandfather started. I'm the third generation, my son who helps me operate. He's going to be the fourth generation and it's just a wonderful thing to be able to do. We're open from March all the way to the fall and we entertain half a million and some odd people. I think you've already been at the water park and we have dozens of rides here. We have go karts. We have dozens of games. We have bars, we have food joints, you name it. We have everything and we have a beautiful beach and we have a fishing pier. We have a fishing pier that goes a half a mile out into the bay. And that's very, that's just very active spout also. So, between the beach, the water park go karts rides food bars. We have everything you could want for a day trip. And you're telling me these 12 plays in those bars and restaurants have been playing all day long. Other than when somebody says I want to see the Yankee game and then we put one of the tvs on to show the Yankees or the Mets, which is my personal favorite. All right. But we begrudgingly allow the Yankee fans in and we try to be hospitable to them. This is true. Met territory. Anyone will tell you that. Pork roll teller ham. Oh, yeah, we have that also. We have, we have, we have pork roll, pork roll, egg and cheese. We have the best hot dogs in the state. The Heidelberg which has been in business since the 19 forties, which is right behind us. You know what can we chit out even more? Can we give, we wanna do another? All right, let's go do that. And then maybe that time we'll play a game. We're hanging out in Kingsburg this morning. Lauren do New South. New Jer

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Well, News 12 is celebrating the best beaches of New Jersey. And this morning we're having a lot of fun in Kingsburg News. 12, New Jersey's Lauren do, checking out the amusement park there all morning, Lauren. What we got? I got a shark for you. Look at that guy right here. We've been hanging out with Hank, the owner area of Mark. You operating out all these games over here. I mean, this is a lot of fun. Absolutely. We, we try to have games for all the kids that come out, all different age groups. It doesn't matter. There's something for everybody here. Amazing. Yeah, I mean, we were showing off the game before we were talking to Hank over there. Hank. You're good at fishing for sure. I've never tried this. Let's go. I'm gonna see if I can hook one. How do the prizes work? Look at that. Oh my God. I got first try. I picked one up and I might get, you know what? I'm gonna pick out one of these beautiful prizes. I mean, look at this, this stuff is just beautiful. I like the squish mellow. What do I gotta do to get that squish mellow right there. I just got to catch a couple of fish. That's all. It's that simple. It's that simple. And you were saying it is simple and you want to keep it simple and you have it for all ages, all ages, especially the little kids. When they come, you want something very simple for them. Something that, you know, they can just come in, grab a toy. They're good to go for the day, makes them happy. So, if it makes the kids happy, who else is happy? Oh, we hope the parents are happy. We hope they all have a good time playing the games with the kids and watching the fun that the kids have the memories that they're building together. Yeah. What's your favorite game? The water games? Definitely my favorite. Ok. So I got to ask, I've always wanted to know, are those games rigged? No, not at all. It's all, it's all basically skill based. You know, the water game. It's the first one to the top. So it's just racing against everybody. Hank your phone's blowing up over there. If your friends, your friends want you. That's awesome. They want my prize. That's what they want. That's, they're using me for my prizes. This is great. This is, I mean, this is a lot of fun. And, uh, yeah, I mean, it must be, it must be fun. It's enjoyable. But my favorite part about everything is when you give the little kids the prizes and they just glow and the light up on their face. It's some of the best that you can. It's a good feeling to see. All right, ready. Let's see if I can hook another one. Hey, you, are you glowing? He is on fire on fire. Bam. Look at that. We're having buddy Kings bar. Come down, meet us, join her. See if you can catch more sharks than me. Laura, dear to 12 New Jersey.

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News 12 is celebrating the best beaches of New Jersey. And this morning we're having a lot of fun in KS for news from New Jersey's Lauren. Do enjoying the morning at the amusement park, maybe time for some food here. Definitely is N so Mambo Nando's and I have no. Yes. Yes. Thank you for having us. Welcome. Welcome. Welcome. So Puerto Rican food, obviously, right? Yes. Authentic Puerto Rican food is what we have here and you're saying authentic because a lot of people come seek you out from all over. Yeah. Yeah. A lot of people do come from all around the tri state area, New Jersey, Pennsylvania all over the place. Yeah, they love us. Why do you think that is? I think the main part is my mom. Uh the other half is me, my wife and it's, you know, it's a whole family business that we have going on here and working back there too. Yeah. Yeah, working back there, you know, and, and that's what it is, you know, people want good food and, and a good place to come to and this is it, you know, the Kingsburg amusement park. Yeah, there we already got a customer eating. We have already somebody online 830 eating a bana. Is it good as you separate it? Amazing. OK. Real quick. Thank you. F so what we have here is the famous Al Capua authentic recipe by my mom. Uh Mofongo. We have papa Reena and beef empanada. That's among many things. We have uh we have a Rocco canes cara sandwiches. We have all the Puerto Rican good stuff here. So if you're looking for the best Puerto Rican cuisine, come off, exit 117 jam. Anything you want to add? I just come on down, off exit 117 for the best Puerto Rican cuisine. You celebrating the best beaches of New Jersey. Is it Keynes? Laura, do he still of New Jersey?

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