Opening hours · Occasion
Opening hours for a group visit in Smyrna
Here is how the day tends to run and what is worth arranging in advance.
The published hours are 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM on weekdays and Saturday, and 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM on Sunday.
For a Smyrna family the trip works best folded into something else - the shopping that was happening anyway, a birthday that needed a venue, a Saturday that needed a plan.
Why it fits the occasion
Sunday closes earlier than the rest of the week, which is the detail most often missed when a family plans a late afternoon.
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.
How the day runs
The first hour after opening is the calmest of the day, and the hour before closing is the second calmest.
If a visit is time critical - a party, a group, a long drive - call first: +1 (424) 387-6232 or +1 (615) 968-4925.
What to arrange first
The published hours are 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM on weekdays and Saturday, and 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM on Sunday.
Take the phone out of your pocket before they start rather than after. The moment worth filming is usually the first one.
Small things that help
Sunday closes earlier than the rest of the week, which is the detail most often missed when a family plans a late afternoon.
The first hour after opening is the calmest of the day, and the hour before closing is the second calmest.
Questions parents ask
What time does it open?
10:00 AM on weekdays and Saturday, 11:00 AM on Sunday.
What time does it close?
8:00 PM on weekdays and Saturday, 6:00 PM on Sunday.
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.
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 Smyrna
From Smyrna the practical question is timing rather than distance. Arriving in the first hour after opening is worth more than shaving minutes off the drive.
A birthday group runs better with a rough plan of who goes where first, even if you abandon it in the first five minutes.
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.
Families around Smyrna who have done it once tend to plan the second visit differently: shorter, earlier in the day, and with the machine the child liked in mind.
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
The two centres are at 433 Opry Mills Drive in Nashville and 8111 Concord Mills Blvd in Concord, open 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM most days and 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM on Sunday.