Visiting as a group · Faq
Visiting as a group in Monroe: asked and answered
Short answers to the things worth knowing in advance.
Split a group by what they want rather than by age. The child who wants to watch is having a good time too.
The drive back to Monroe is where you find out what they actually thought. Children review an outing about twenty minutes after leaving it, never during.
The short answers
Tell the centre the numbers in advance and the day runs better for everyone, staff included.
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.
The longer answers
Any adult who has taken six children anywhere knows the failure mode: five occupied, one bored, and the bored one setting the tone.
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.
Still worth asking on the day
Split a group by what they want rather than by age. The child who wants to watch is having a good time too.
Take the phone out of your pocket before they start rather than after. The moment worth filming is usually the first one.
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.
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 Monroe
Weekends bring more of Monroe out at once. If the schedule allows a weekday, take it; the same visit is quieter and the machines wait for nobody in particular.
A birthday group runs better with a rough plan of who goes where first, even if you abandon it in the first five minutes.
Tell a nervous child what is going to happen in the order it will happen. Surprise is the thing they mind, not the activity.
A Monroe school holiday runs out of ideas by about day three. This is a day-three answer rather than a day-one one.
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
If a visit needs planning around a date, a group or a long drive, the centre is easiest to reach by phone: +1 (424) 387-6232 or +1 (615) 968-4925.