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The two centres around China Grove: worth the drive?
Written for families in and around China Grove, who mostly want to know whether it is worth the drive.
New Life Entertainment runs two rooms that share nothing except the way they are run. One digs, one skates.
Coming in from China Grove 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.
Getting there
The XCAV zone is at 433 Opry Mills Drive in Nashville, Tennessee. Four machines, one crate of plastic balls, and children at the controls.
Decide how long you are staying before you walk in. A visit with an end time attached to it finishes on a good note rather than a tired one.
What you will find
Families who know both tend to have a favourite per child rather than per family, which is a good sign for a pair of venues.
The ice park is at 8111 Concord Mills Blvd in Concord, North Carolina - a real rink with bumper cars that spin on it.
How long to allow
New Life Entertainment runs two rooms that share nothing except the way they are run. One digs, one skates.
Bring a snack for afterwards rather than during. Hungry children leave early and full children want to stay.
Worth the trip?
The XCAV zone is at 433 Opry Mills Drive in Nashville, Tennessee. Four machines, one crate of plastic balls, and children at the controls.
Families who know both tend to have a favourite per child rather than per family, which is a good sign for a pair of venues.
Questions parents ask
Where are the two centres?
433 Opry Mills Drive, Nashville TN 37214, and 8111 Concord Mills Blvd, Concord NC 28027.
Are they the same inside?
No. One is a construction yard over a ball pit, the other is an ice rink with bumper cars.
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.
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 China Grove
For a China Grove 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.
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.
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.
Plenty of the families in the room on a weekday morning have come from somewhere like China Grove. Nobody is local to a mall attraction; everybody has driven.
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
Questions about a specific day, a group or a party are best asked directly - info@newlife-entertainment.com, or either of the numbers on the contacts page.