Summer afternoons · Tips
Summer afternoons in Smyrna: things worth doing differently
None of this is complicated. All of it is the difference between a good hour and a difficult one.
By the middle of a southern summer, indoors stops being second best and becomes the plan.
Weekends bring more of Smyrna 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
School holidays make weekday mornings quieter than weekends - the same visit, half the noise.
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.
When you arrive
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.
While you are there
By the middle of a southern summer, indoors stops being second best and becomes the plan.
Bring less than you think. Coats and bags are the part of the visit nobody enjoys managing.
On the way home
School holidays make weekday mornings quieter than weekends - the same visit, half the noise.
The afternoon heat is exactly when children have the most energy and the least chance of being allowed to spend it outside.
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 Smyrna
Plenty of the families in the room on a weekday morning have come from somewhere like Smyrna. Nobody is local to a mall attraction; everybody has driven.
Photograph the machine as well as the child. In two years you will have forgotten what the room looked like.
A short visit that ends while they still want more beats a long one that ends in a meltdown, every time.
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
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.