The Rinks – Anaheim Ice

Two of my boys play hockey here on a regular basis. The rink is also the Anaheim Ducks practice facility. There is one NHL ice sheet and one Olympic size sheet. Hockey games are played on both.
The spectator seating on the NHL sheet is great. It is arena style stands with no netting along the side. If you are video recording a game, this rink is the best.
The Olympic rink is colder for spectators. The seating is more sparse. There is a railing way up high where you can stand. This has the best view.
Parking is easy in the structure across the street. There are spots on the lowest levels for less than two hour visits. If you are on the upper levels, get your ticket validated in the rink, and it is free. The top of the structure has a good view of Southern California.

I didnt know this place existed until a friend recomended this place to me. Took my family over ladt weekend and we had a blast!!! Good place, good bive!

I’ve come here several times with friends and it’s always a good time, even though I’m still really terrible at skating. Usually lots of families or couples on dates, but a really inexpensive fun weekend /​holiday event.
If I can remember, it’s a few bucks to rent skates and a small fee to skate around for a few hours. Everyone’s generally in a good mood and it’s fun — even if you can’t skate properly.

Tonight was the worst customer service I’ve ever experienced anywhere!
I called ahead, like the rest of my 5 other friends had already done, to reserve a spot to play some pick up hockey and the lady on the phone tells me that they aren’t taking any more reservations because 17 people have already reserved their spots, but we do have 7 walk on spots open tonight. I leave my grandmother’s birthday dinner early and show up at 8:15 to get in line to pay for the 10pm pick up session, but when I get there there’s already 2 people in line ahead of me. I’m kind of standing off to the side of the line and I ask one of the ladies at the counter, who is also the manager, Emily, how many walk on spots are open and she says «7, but let me double check». She doesn’t come back so I assume that there’s 7 spots open for walk ons. As I had been waiting for her to come back, 2 other people got in line for pick up. I figured it would be no big deal since there’s 7 open spots, but I get in line with the rest of the guys anyways. I’m the 5^th person in line now. 7 open spots. Basic math would indicate that I should have no problem getting in, right? WRONG! There’s only 4 open spots for walk ons now because 3 people bought «club passes» before they even opened up the option to pay for the session. So after the 30 minute drive to get there and 45 minutes of waiting to pay, I start explaining the situation to the manager about how this is unfair for me and how I feel lied to not only by herself but by the girl over the phone. The managers best response was redundantly repeating «Sorry, I can’t let you on the ice». When asked if she could make an exception based on my situation she said «No, because 24 other people would be complaining». My experience here leads me to believe that the staff and management are careless, lazy, inexperienced, and DO NOT care about their customers or the quality of service that they are supposed to provide.

$ 13 for admissions and rental, pretty sweet deal. The ice was very easy to skate on, especially if you can skate on it after they resurface it. No, it’s not always easier to skate after the Zamboni comes along. I went skating in Bryant Park in New York and that made the ice worse, then again there were lumps to begin with. Anyway, if you don’t know how to skate, they have these plastic seal shaped apparatus to help you stay on your feet. I think it’s a first come first serve, finders keepers, losers weepers kind of deal because I saw them being passed around after one person finishes with it.

Check hours. They open on the weekends for two hours from like 1 pm-​3pm on Sunday. Prices are good decent. Admission $ 10 rental $ 3.
Gets a little crowded. Lots of people come. There’s a line, but it goes by fast.
Lots of people on the rink, but they clean the ice sometime in the middle of it.
The shop in the rink is great! Service awesome. One of the guys, Alex, helped me with my skates. Super nice and helpful!
There’s another side to the left where hockey games go on. Fun to watch too.
Also a snack bar and random arcade games.
Bathrooms clean.

The rink is pretty big and the prices are fare I would definitely come back again! Everyone was so nice and everyone leaves their shoes on the side alone so no one will take it

I took my boyfriend here last night for his birthday and we had so much fun! My ankles were killing me because my skates were hurting me but other than that, we really liked it. The facility is pretty clean and staff is very nice. The prices are great! It’s $ 10 for general for two hours and $ 3 for skate rentals. There are two different types of skates that they let you borrow.
For the price, it was wonderful. I loved this place. Will definitely be back.

Wonderful place to come skate with family and friends however I recently visited the ice rinks and San Jose and they have a small section for beginners with stackable 5 gallon buckets to help people balance. I wish anaheim had a similar program to assist new skaters so they don’t get frustrated and are willing to come back.

Typical Downtown Anaheim means the hellish and confusing parking system. For the rink, park in the structure. There’s 90 min parking, so if you’re like me and can’t handle a 2 hour public session, that works.
Get there early on weekends and holidays, for some reason people all get this idea to torture themselves in the freezing cold on little blades! There’s a line to pay and a line to get skates. And a line on the wall to hold on to once you get to the ice. Zamboni resurfaces halfway, while you can re-​lace your rentals and hope your feet can handle another hour. Or you decide getting a snack or going home is better than another hour.
It’s cold there — bring some gloves, they come in handy when you spend your time struggling to get back up.

Ice rink was fine but their skates were terrible. They hurt your feet and it made my heel bleed.

If I could give this place negative stars I would. DO NOT have your birthday parties here. This was the WORST birthday ever. Bad service and food. They served the kids drink with pepper inside of it. They were disorganized. Our hostess was too busy ice skating to even help us. I called to speak to someone and they transferred me to voicemail. Let’s see if they follow up.

Nice open ice rink to go ice skating. There is plenty of room for you to skate around and not feel like you are constantly running into people. They have public sessions depending on what day and time you go. The sessions are for 2 hours, so you have PLENTY of time to skate around. The prices are $ 10 for admission/​to skate and $ 3 to rent skates. They give you an option of having Hockey skates or Ice skating skates. The difference being ice skates have a break/​stopper in the front which i found to be annoying and took me a little bit to get used to.
Definitely recommend going here if you are looking for a place to skate, there’s plenty of room as well as an affordable price.

The management here does not know what they’re doing. The supervisors and shift leads are all unbelievably inexperienced. The staff is horribly mistreated. The business model here is inefficient, inconsiderate of guests AND staff, and outdone.
Birthday parties here are boring and the food sucks. The snack bar is overpriced, and so is the skating, to be perfectly honest.
It smells like mold throughout the entire building. The boards are dirty, the ice is in terrible condition, despite apparently recent maintenance.
Honestly, why come here when Artesia or Paramount are so much closer? Your business is much more appreciated there, and it’s not such a corporate nightmare to visit.

Great place to take kids to skate met some nhl players, food is good little pricy. Well go back

My first time ice skating and it was really fun. The staff are really courteous and help you out if you look like you’re in trouble. They’re also really attentive to those who fall, which is always reassuring. There are two ice rinks to skate on. After going to a few other rinks, I’d have to say that this one had some of the smoothest ice. It really makes a difference (even for beginners like me).

This was my first time at a pro shop after a lot of research going into pro shops in SoCal; but apparently this place was the best on the West Coast as far as figure skating selection goes. The guy that helped us out– Frank, was patient, friendly, and answered all our novice questions. He had our skates baked, fitted, and sharpened in an about hour and a half, leaving us time to hit the ice on the Olympic sized rink the same afternoon. No more waiting for two days at Pasadena Skate at Paseo for sharpened blades; as expected of the home of the Ducks, we got two sets of skates sharpened in less than 30 minutes. Will definitely be back for more skating and future fittings!

Neanderthal go eye skate two fryday ago to celibate burntday for cavewife of neanderthal friend Grugg.
Neanderthal not eye skate for what feel like 20,000 year, but decide to give it go. At first, neanderthal more wobbly than brontosaurus attempt to headstand in hot yoga, ha! But after shortwhile, neanderthal get comfort and able to go fast like veloci rapper. However, even at end of night, neanderthal still never learn how to stop or slow down. Thankfully, neanderthal just run into wall at full speed to stop.
Neanderthal not use restroom, so cannot comet on other reviews about that.
Price is good, in upinion. If rent skates, I think it was $ 13 total for skates plus session, and session was two or two and half hour. Cheaper than see hot new movie remake with bad actor any day of week!

My son Travis loves skating/​playing hockey here. We are so happy that they’ve added stick time on Tues./Thurs. afternoons for extra hockey practice. The coaches (Kyle and Bernie) here are really great, have helped my son learn to play hockey, and gained skills in his skating ability. I like the fact that 5 public skating sessions are included in the hockey program.

The Rinks — Anaheim Ice boasts two ice rinks, one NHL sized and one Olympic sized.
Of all the rinks I have skated on in California, these two rinks had the best ice in terms of quality. I am a big fan of their locker rooms which come equipped with a heater and an easy access bathroom complete with showers. Sure the place is a bit unkempt, but hey, it’s an ice rink. As long as the ice is good I’m happy.
Their pro shop has your basic hockey and figure skating necessities and also some NHL hats, shirts, etc.
After entering I also noticed Anaheim Ice has a snack bar as well, but I did not visit it.
I was also informed that the architect behind Anaheim Ice had also done some work for Disney Land. Each rink had a beautiful high wooden roof that was almost reminiscent of a wooden boat turned upside down. It is important to note that high roofing is a big plus when it comes to hockey as aerial passes cannot be used in rinks with low roofs.

Pretty nice ice rink. Two sheets of ice, better than average locker rooms and good spectator seating for both sheets of ice.
Nice snack bar in the lobby. And they serve beer!!!
Rental skates are still rental but they have a large assortment so they always have the right size.
Free parking in the parking structure across the street but you need to remember to validate using the machine in the counter, next to the skate rental.

Pros: Very clean rink with a snack bar. Lots of staff on hand to help out. There is two rinks inside which is convenient because you can watch a hockey game or switch sides and watch ice skating. I really like the layout of the building as well.
Cons: The snack bar is kinda outdated and the staff behind the counter isn’t the friendliest either.

My boyfriend took me to go ice skating for one of our monthly anniversaries at Anaheim Ice Rink! (IT WAS SO MUCH FUN!) I got to see the boyfriend fall on his butt a few times (HAHA!). I was teaching him how to skate, but I am not the best at skating either (yee!). We went there like an hour before it was closing and we were able to skate 4 times around the rink (pretty good! and it does get tiring after awhile).
Parking:
In a structure right across from the ice rink. There should be typically 2 hour free parking with validation on Mondays thru Fridays. Here is a link for parking info:
Service:
The workers are very nice and friendly. They try to take care of you as quickly as they can because it can get pretty crowded.
Pricing:
Under 5 w/​skates = $ 5.00
Youth 5 – 15 = $ 7.00
Seniors 55+ = $ 6.00
General 16 – 54 = $ 9.00
Skate Rental = $ 3.00
Public Skating hours:
Check on their website for the hours since it varies from the dates. They typically have time blocks of when the public can come in and skate. Here is the link for their hours (updated daily):
Note: Dress super warm! Maybe wear some butt pads: P
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This is a fun place to go back from time to time! So go grab your date and go get your skates on!!! :D