Summer afternoons · Seasonal
Summer afternoons in the summer break in Goodlettsville
Same room, different month, different day out.
School holidays make weekday mornings quieter than weekends - the same visit, half the noise.
A Goodlettsville school holiday runs out of ideas by about day three. This is a day-three answer rather than a day-one one.
Why this time of year
An hour on the ice is the most literal way to cool a child down that exists indoors.
Feed them first. Every attraction in the world is improved by not being hungry in it.
What changes
The afternoon heat is exactly when children have the most energy and the least chance of being allowed to spend it outside.
By the middle of a southern summer, indoors stops being second best and becomes the plan.
What to wear
School holidays make weekday mornings quieter than weekends - the same visit, half the noise.
Count on the drive home being the conversation. Children tell you what they actually thought about twenty minutes after leaving.
Planning around it
An hour on the ice is the most literal way to cool a child down that exists indoors.
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.
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 Goodlettsville
Families around Goodlettsville 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.
A short visit that ends while they still want more beats a long one that ends in a meltdown, every time.
Take the photographs early. The best ones happen in the first fifteen minutes, before anybody is tired.
The nearest of the two centres to Goodlettsville is the one to aim at - Opry Mills in Nashville - and the drive is the ordinary sort rather than an expedition.
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.