Lakewood crowd and Lakewood pricing?
There are 2 camps I know of that have a huge influx of Lakewood kids (I had kids at each) and believe me, there is no such thing as Lakewood pricing.
If anything, this new place may offer a very scaled back version of camp (no major trips, no outrageous color war breakouts, no concerts, ect) to keep costs under control.
Still, I think the camp will need to fill 250-300 spots, so the easiest customer to pick up is the one who just found out his 2010 place is no more.
I’d look into it for myself if I was in the market, but my kids are mostly phased out of camp, so to switch for 1-2 seasons, its not worth the upheaval.
Why don’t you call the camp and ask them who their core element is? They must have someone as a backbone, maybe a yeshiva’s summer program? Another thing to keep in mind is, they probably will conduct interviews for campers as well as staff memebers, so they can tell you who is applying.
You should also ask who the learning director is, who the rebbeim are (and what yeshiva they are in now). That will tell you the tone they expect to set