First visit · First time
First visit in Mint Hill: a first visit, step by step
A first visit has a shape to it, and knowing the shape takes most of the guesswork out.
Arrive with time in hand. The first ten minutes are always coats, looking around and deciding, and rushing them costs more than they take.
A Mint Hill school holiday runs out of ideas by about day three. This is a day-three answer rather than a day-one one.
The first ten minutes
Watch what they choose before suggesting anything. Children pick the machine that matches their temperament with no help at all.
If two children are visiting together, plan for them to split up. Doing different things in the same room is the point of a room with different things in it.
What children do first
A first visit works best with no schedule attached to it. Come, see what the child gravitates to, and let that decide the hour.
Leave a little early. A visit that ends while it is still fun is the one they ask to repeat.
What usually goes wrong
Arrive with time in hand. The first ten minutes are always coats, looking around and deciding, and rushing them costs more than they take.
Two shorter visits teach a child more than one long one. The second time they already know what they want to try, and that is when the good part starts.
Making the second visit better
Watch what they choose before suggesting anything. Children pick the machine that matches their temperament with no help at all.
A first visit works best with no schedule attached to it. Come, see what the child gravitates to, and let that decide the hour.
Questions parents ask
What should we bring?
Warm layers for the rink, and the usual drink and snack for afterwards.
How long should we allow?
An hour is a comfortable first visit for most families.
Where is New Life Entertainment?
Two centres: 433 Opry Mills Drive, Nashville TN 37214, and 8111 Concord Mills Blvd, Concord NC 28027.
What are the opening hours?
10:00 AM to 8:00 PM Monday to Saturday, and 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM on Sunday.
Planning your visit in Mint Hill
Weekends bring more of Mint Hill out at once. If the schedule allows a weekday, take it; the same visit is quieter and the machines wait for nobody in particular.
Take the phone out of your pocket before they start rather than after. The moment worth filming is usually the first one.
If it is the first time, do not also make it a birthday. Learning a place and celebrating in it are two different visits.
The drive back to Mint Hill is where you find out what they actually thought. Children review an outing about twenty minutes after leaving it, never during.
The practical details
- XCAV ZONE — 433 Opry Mills Drive, Nashville TN 37214: four child-operated machines over a ball pit.
- ICE PARK — 8111 Concord Mills Blvd, Concord NC 28027: a real rink with bumper cars on the ice.
- Opening hours — 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM Monday to Saturday, 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM on Sunday.
- Phone — +1 (424) 387-6232 · +1 (615) 968-4925
- E-mail — info@newlife-entertainment.com
Questions about a specific day, a group or a party are best asked directly - info@newlife-entertainment.com, or either of the numbers on the contacts page.