Summer afternoons · Occasion
Summer afternoons in Salisbury — a weekend afternoon, sorted
The occasion changes the planning more than the activity does, so this is mostly about the planning.
The afternoon heat is exactly when children have the most energy and the least chance of being allowed to spend it outside.
Nothing about the visit assumes you know the area. The centre is inside Concord Mills, which is signposted from everywhere in Concord and impossible to miss once you are there.
Why it fits the occasion
School holidays make weekday mornings quieter than weekends - the same visit, half the noise.
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.
How the day runs
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.
What to arrange first
The afternoon heat is exactly when children have the most energy and the least chance of being allowed to spend it outside.
If one child is nervous, let them watch for the first ten minutes without being asked to join in. Almost all of them join in.
Small things that help
School holidays make weekday mornings quieter than weekends - the same visit, half the noise.
An hour on the ice is the most literal way to cool a child down that exists indoors.
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.
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.
Where is New Life Entertainment?
Two centres: 433 Opry Mills Drive, Nashville TN 37214, and 8111 Concord Mills Blvd, Concord NC 28027.
Planning your visit in Salisbury
From Salisbury the practical question is timing rather than distance. Arriving in the first hour after opening is worth more than shaving minutes off the drive.
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.
Count on the drive home being the conversation. Children tell you what they actually thought about twenty minutes after leaving.
For a Salisbury 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.
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.