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Visiting with a toddler in Lebanon: where it fits among family activities
There is no shortage of indoor options. The useful question is which one suits your particular child.
Go at the quietest hour you can manage. A toddler reads a busy room as a loud room and gets tired twice as fast.
Weekends bring more of Lebanon out at once. If the schedule allows a weekday, take it; the same visit is quieter and the machines wait for nobody in particular.
What it does differently
Toddlers rarely want the machine. They want the balls, the colours and the noise, and that is a complete visit at that age.
Bring a snack for afterwards rather than during. Hungry children leave early and full children want to stay.
Where other options win
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.
How to decide
Go at the quietest hour you can manage. A toddler reads a busy room as a loud room and gets tired twice as fast.
Take the phone out of your pocket before they start rather than after. The moment worth filming is usually the first one.
The short version
Toddlers rarely want the machine. They want the balls, the colours and the noise, and that is a complete visit at that age.
With a toddler the plan is short and simple. One thing, done properly, beats three things rushed.
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.
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.
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.
Planning your visit in Lebanon
Parents from Lebanon tend to ask the same first question: how long will this hold their attention. Long enough to be worth the drive, and short enough to leave while they still want more.
A short visit that ends while they still want more beats a long one that ends in a meltdown, every time.
A birthday group runs better with a rough plan of who goes where first, even if you abandon it in the first five minutes.
For a Lebanon 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.
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.