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5 ways for kids to keep cool on Long Island

Originally published: July 23, 2012 2:30 PM
Updated: July 23, 2012 4:51 PM
By Beth Whitehouse  beth.whitehouse@newsday.com

Photo credit: Johnny Milano | Laura Strobel and the Espey family -- Matthew, Sean, Emma, and James -- escape the heat by riding Adventure Falls at Adventureland in Farmgindale. (July 7, 2012)

When it's blazing hot and you want to cool off, heading to the beach or the pool is a no-brainer. But Dallas Cranmer, 12, of Central Islip has a more original way to get wet -- riding a crocodile at Adventureland.

"They've got a waterfall you can go under and get so soaked," he says of the Crocodile Run ride. It even beats the Farmingdale amusement park's log flume, he says.

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