{"id":15360,"date":"2023-12-27T03:04:28","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T08:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/?p=15360"},"modified":"2023-12-27T12:50:17","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T17:50:17","slug":"seaside-heights-to-host-first-night-ocean-county-jan-1-with-fireworks-prizes-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2023\/12\/seaside-heights-to-host-first-night-ocean-county-jan-1-with-fireworks-prizes-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"Seaside Heights to Host &#8216;First Night Ocean County&#8217; Dec. 31 With Fireworks, Prizes, Animals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5341\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2637637797_b49cceb939_b.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"Fireworks. (Credit: jeff_golden\/Flickr)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5341\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5341\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2637637797_b49cceb939_b-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"Fireworks. (Credit: jeff_golden\/Flickr)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2637637797_b49cceb939_b.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2637637797_b49cceb939_b-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2637637797_b49cceb939_b-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2637637797_b49cceb939_b-632x420.jpg 632w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2637637797_b49cceb939_b-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2637637797_b49cceb939_b-681x453.jpg 681w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5341\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fireworks. (Credit: jeff_golden\/Flickr)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Local residents will have the chance to ring in the new year as any Shore resident should \u2013 with fireworks on the beach!<\/p>\n<p>Seaside Heights will host its annual First Night Ocean County celebration New Year\u2019s Eve, Dec. 31, and will include prizes, train rides, fireworks and more, as part of a partnership between the town and a number of boardwalk businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Two trackless trains will circulate on the Boardwalk between event locations, and fireworks are scheduled for 5 p.m., weather permitting. Wristbands will soon be <a href=\"https:\/\/exit82.com\/event\/first-night\/\">available on the borough\u2019s tourism website<\/a>. The event is being presented in cooperation with Casino Pier, Lucky Leo\u2019s Arcade, Coin Castle and the Shake Shoppe Arcade.<\/p>\n<p>Events include:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Casino Pier Schedule of Events (No Wristband Required): <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1pm: Frozen Sing-A-Long<\/li>\n<li>2pm: Holiday Magic Show<\/li>\n<li>3pm: Kids Holiday Concert<\/li>\n<li>1pm-3pm: Meet & Greets with Holiday Mr & Mrs Mouse<\/li>\n<li>3pm-5pm: Meet & Greets with Australian Pups<\/li>\n<li>4pm: Kids Dance Party with a Countdown to \u201cMidnight\u201d Balloon Drop at 4:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong><span class=\"\">Coin Castle Arcade Schedule of Events:<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"auto\">1pm-4pm: Mr & Mrs Mouse, Blue Hedgehog & Coco (character visits will alternate throughout the day)<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\">1pm-4pm: Caricaturist<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Lucky Leo\u2019s Arcade Schedule of Events:<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"auto\">1-5pm: Caricaturists<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\">1-4pm: Face Painting & Balloons<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\">1:30pm & 3:30pm: Rizzo\u2019s Wildlife Show<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\">2-5pm: Appearance by Mario & Peach<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\">5pm: Fireworks on the Boardwalk<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\">5:30pm: Grand Prize<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Shake Shoppe Schedule of Events:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1-5pm: Caricaturist<\/li>\n<li>1-5pm: \u201cWeb Man\u201d Character Appearance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2023\/12\/seaside-heights-to-host-first-night-ocean-county-jan-1-with-fireworks-prizes-animals\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Local residents will have the chance to ring in the new year as any Shore resident should \u2013 with fireworks on the beach! Seaside Heights will host its annual First Night Ocean County celebration New Year\u2019s Eve, Dec. 31, and will include prizes, train rides, fireworks and more, as part of a partnership between the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,23],"tags":[1959,2610,2611,20],"class_list":["post-15360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-seaside-heights","category-things-to-do-seaside-lavallette","tag-featured","tag-first-night-ocean-county","tag-new-years-eve-2024","tag-seaside-heights-nj-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2637637797_b49cceb939_b.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgsn9q-3ZK","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}