Roll-A-Bout Skating Centers

If you live in Chapel Hill, there’s three options for rollar skating rinks – one in Durham, one in Cary, and one in Burlington. We have come to make the trek to the Roll-​A-​Bout Center in Burlington.
Sadly, it’s the cleanest of the three options – and that’s not saying much.
Is it too much to ask for doors for the restroom stalls? I guess so because you will NOT find them here.
You can’t bring outside food in, and the selections inside are abysmal at best. And way overpriced. And don’t even get me started on the help at the snack bar – buying something from them will make you feel like you just ruined their day. RUDE is putting it nicely. .. They seriously have to be family to the owners or I can’t even imagine these girls holding their jobs there.
So why on earth do we go? It’s an available indoor skating rink. It would be better if they would reverse the flow for a change of pace… why do they not do that here? Puzzling…
But they have a nice mix of music – oldies to the top ten. It’s usually not too crowded. The skate staff on the rink are friendly, helpful and keep things going well.
They offer fresh cookies… but you have to buy them in advance and then they cook them… s-​l-​o-​w-​l-​y. They never announce when they are ready… so sometimes they give your already pre-​paid cookie (s) away and you’re out of luck. I don’t get that. Oh, and the cookies are nothing to write home about. Overpriced and overly hyped, indeed.
IF you can steer clear of the food (and don’t even THINK about getting a drink with a lid and straw… no can do!)…it’s skating fun for a decent price.
TIP: Don’t go on Mondays… they are closed for private parties… and if there’s not a party, they’re just plain closed!