Visiting with a toddler · Tips
Visiting with a toddler in La Vergne: practical tips
The things nobody tells you until you have done it twice.
Go at the quietest hour you can manage. A toddler reads a busy room as a loud room and gets tired twice as fast.
Coming in from La Vergne 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.
Before you leave the house
With a toddler the plan is short and simple. One thing, done properly, beats three things rushed.
A birthday group runs better with a rough plan of who goes where first, even if you abandon it in the first five minutes.
When you arrive
Bring the things that end visits early if they are missing: a drink, a snack for afterwards and a spare layer.
Toddlers rarely want the machine. They want the balls, the colours and the noise, and that is a complete visit at that age.
While you are there
Go at the quietest hour you can manage. A toddler reads a busy room as a loud room and gets tired twice as fast.
A short visit that ends while they still want more beats a long one that ends in a meltdown, every time.
On the way home
With a toddler the plan is short and simple. One thing, done properly, beats three things rushed.
Bring the things that end visits early if they are missing: a drink, a snack for afterwards and a spare layer.
Questions parents ask
Is there anything for very young children?
The ball pit holds their attention on its own, and on the ice side the cars need no skating.
How long will a toddler last?
Plan for less than you think and leave while they still want more.
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 La Vergne
If La Vergne 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.
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.
If two adults are coming, split up rather than shadowing the same child. One at the rail, one free, and everybody has a better hour.
The nearest of the two centres to La Vergne 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.