Group visit · Ages
Group visit in Hendersonville: is it right for a preschooler?
Age changes the answer more than anything else, so this one is written for a specific one.
For a class group the appeal is that the activity explains itself. No briefing, no equipment to hand out, no rules that take ten minutes to teach.
If you are coming from Hendersonville, treat it as a cross-town outing rather than a day trip. Go with a return time in mind and the day stays easy.
How it lands at this age
It works as a reward trip, an end of term outing, or the indoor half of a day that has an outdoor half somewhere else.
Group visits are worth arranging in advance so the centre knows how many are coming and when - a call does it.
What to plan for
Teachers get an activity where children take turns without being told to, because the machines and the cars enforce turns by existing in limited numbers.
Check the day of the week against the closing time before you leave. Sunday finishes earlier than the rest of the week and catches people out.
What parents notice
For a class group the appeal is that the activity explains itself. No briefing, no equipment to hand out, no rules that take ten minutes to teach.
It works as a reward trip, an end of term outing, or the indoor half of a day that has an outdoor half somewhere else.
Worth knowing
Group visits are worth arranging in advance so the centre knows how many are coming and when - a call does it.
Feed them first. Every attraction in the world is improved by not being hungry in it.
Questions parents ask
Can school groups visit?
Call ahead and arrange it: +1 (615) 968-4925 or info@newlife-entertainment.com.
Is it educational?
Working an arm on levers is hand eye coordination, cause and effect and patience, whatever you call it on the form.
Where is New Life Entertainment?
Two centres: 433 Opry Mills Drive, Nashville TN 37214, and 8111 Concord Mills Blvd, Concord NC 28027.
How do I get in touch?
By phone on +1 (424) 387-6232 or +1 (615) 968-4925, or by e-mail at info@newlife-entertainment.com.
Planning your visit in Hendersonville
The drive back to Hendersonville is where you find out what they actually thought. Children review an outing about twenty minutes after leaving it, never during.
Let the child lead the order of things. Adults optimise; children choose the thing that looks best, and they are right more often than they are wrong.
Agree the leaving time before you walk in, out loud, to the child. Announcing it later sounds like a punishment; agreeing it first sounds like a plan.
Coming in from Hendersonville with more than one child, the useful thing to know is that the room does not need to be rationed - there is more than one thing to do at the same time.
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
Anything time critical is worth a phone call first: hours are 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM Monday to Saturday and 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM on Sunday.