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What the centre is for in Davidson: where it fits among family activities
There is no shortage of indoor options. The useful question is which one suits your particular child.
The last one is the one parents actually buy. Children remember the day they drove an excavator far longer than they remember most afternoons.
Plenty of the families in the room on a weekday morning have come from somewhere like Davidson. Nobody is local to a mall attraction; everybody has driven.
What it does differently
Educational is doing a lot of quiet work in that list. Levers, timing and patience are a curriculum nobody has to announce.
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.
Where other options win
Those are ordinary words until you watch a child work out a bucket for the first time, and then they are just a description of what happened.
The centre describes its aim in four parts: inspiration and creativity, safety and care, educational games and activities, and creating lasting memories.
How to decide
The last one is the one parents actually buy. Children remember the day they drove an excavator far longer than they remember most afternoons.
Check the day of the week against the closing time before you leave. Sunday finishes earlier than the rest of the week and catches people out.
The short version
Educational is doing a lot of quiet work in that list. Levers, timing and patience are a curriculum nobody has to announce.
Those are ordinary words until you watch a child work out a bucket for the first time, and then they are just a description of what happened.
Questions parents ask
What is the centre aiming for?
Inspiration and creativity, safety and care, educational play, and days children remember.
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.
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 Davidson
The nearest of the two centres to Davidson is the one to aim at - Concord Mills in Concord - and the drive is the ordinary sort rather than an expedition.
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.
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.
If Davidson 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.
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.