Summer afternoons · Tips
Summer afternoons in Madison: practical tips
The things nobody tells you until you have done it twice.
The afternoon heat is exactly when children have the most energy and the least chance of being allowed to spend it outside.
Families searching from Madison are usually weighing one thing: whether it is worth the trip for an hour of something the children have not done before. The honest answer is that it depends on the child, and the rest of this page is about telling which.
Before you leave the house
An hour on the ice is the most literal way to cool a child down that exists indoors.
By the middle of a southern summer, indoors stops being second best and becomes the plan.
When you arrive
School holidays make weekday mornings quieter than weekends - the same visit, half the noise.
Take the phone out of your pocket before they start rather than after. The moment worth filming is usually the first one.
While you are there
The afternoon heat is exactly when children have the most energy and the least chance of being allowed to spend it outside.
An hour on the ice is the most literal way to cool a child down that exists indoors.
On the way home
By the middle of a southern summer, indoors stops being second best and becomes the plan.
Let the child choose what to do first even when it is the thing you would have chosen last. The order matters less than the choosing.
Questions parents ask
Is it air conditioned?
Both venues are inside malls, and the ice park is a rink.
When is it quietest in the holidays?
Weekday mornings, generally.
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 Madison
A Madison school holiday runs out of ideas by about day three. This is a day-three answer rather than a day-one one.
Do not schedule anything immediately afterwards. An hour of concentrated play is tiring in a way that shows up in the car park, not in the room.
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.
Families around Madison 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
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.