Summer afternoons · Tips
Summer afternoons in Opry Mills: 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.
Weekends bring more of Opry Mills out at once. If the schedule allows a weekday, take it; the same visit is quieter and the machines wait for nobody in particular.
Before you leave the house
An hour on the ice is the most literal way to cool a child down that exists indoors.
Warn a nervous child about the noise before you walk in. Knowing what to expect is most of the difference between anxious and curious.
When you arrive
School holidays make weekday mornings quieter than weekends - the same visit, half the noise.
By the middle of a southern summer, indoors stops being second best and becomes the plan.
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.
Bring less than you think. Coats and bags are the part of the visit nobody enjoys managing.
On the way home
An hour on the ice is the most literal way to cool a child down that exists indoors.
School holidays make weekday mornings quieter than weekends - the same visit, half the noise.
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 Opry Mills
Coming in from Opry Mills 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.
Count on the drive home being the conversation. Children tell you what they actually thought about twenty minutes after leaving.
If it is the first time, do not also make it a birthday. Learning a place and celebrating in it are two different visits.
Families searching from Opry Mills 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.
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.