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Visiting as a group in Brentwood, or something else?
There is no shortage of indoor options. The useful question is which one suits your particular child.
Four machines and one big crate spread a group out. So does a rink - there is no single queue for the whole party to stand in.
If Brentwood is home, this is the sort of place you end up returning to rather than ticking off. That changes what a first visit is worth planning around.
What it does differently
Tell the centre the numbers in advance and the day runs better for everyone, staff included.
Count on the drive home being the conversation. Children tell you what they actually thought about twenty minutes after leaving.
Where other options win
Any adult who has taken six children anywhere knows the failure mode: five occupied, one bored, and the bored one setting the tone.
Split a group by what they want rather than by age. The child who wants to watch is having a good time too.
How to decide
Four machines and one big crate spread a group out. So does a rink - there is no single queue for the whole party to stand in.
Let the child lead the order of things. Adults optimise; children choose the thing that looks best, and they are right more often than they are wrong.
The short version
Tell the centre the numbers in advance and the day runs better for everyone, staff included.
Any adult who has taken six children anywhere knows the failure mode: five occupied, one bored, and the bored one setting the tone.
Questions parents ask
How many children can come at once?
Call ahead with your numbers and arrange it: +1 (615) 968-4925.
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 Brentwood
The drive back to Brentwood is where you find out what they actually thought. Children review an outing about twenty minutes after leaving it, never during.
Go early if the choice is available. The first hour after opening is quieter than any hour that follows it, and quieter is easier for everybody.
Take the phone out of your pocket before they start rather than after. The moment worth filming is usually the first one.
Nothing about the visit assumes you know the area. The centre is inside Opry Mills, which is signposted from everywhere in Nashville and impossible to miss once you are there.
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.