Skate Station Funworks

I was in Gainesville and needed to entertain the children for a day… I found this while googling and a few times on their website said that there were bounce houses… and my kids love those.
So we get there, and paid $ 36 for 2 kids to get the unlimited band… Mostly because they wanted to do the jungle gym and the bouncing… so they told me the unlimited would be the way to go.
Well the kids had no interest in skating, so that aspect of the unlimited band wasn’t used. And there weren’t any bounce houses… there were the trampolines with bungee cords… so the kids were scared and didn’t want to do that. Nobody was working the rock climbing (It’s a legit rock climbing wall, nothing my 8 year olds would be able to do), and so I wound up spending 40 bucks (had to buy socks since we were traveling and they just wanted their crocs on) for them to play on basically a McDonalds playground.
The arcade was so small that the kids, who love arcades, had no interest, which was good, because just getting in tapped our spending allowance for the day. The skating rink wasn’t anything to make it way better than any other skating rink I’ve been to. It was basically a lot of glitzy lights and wall paintings to take your eyes away from the fact you just spent so much money for nothing.
I mean the local skate place here, had 2 bounce houses and about the same arcade, a much bigger and nicer rink, and charged $ 5 for all day skates. I guess I’ve been spoiled.
The girls working the counters were really nice, though. I hope they’re making $ 30 per hour to justify the cost.

Charge to much for birthday parties. My daughters party was unsupervised. Employees never came back and we had to clean off the table and find a garbage can.

Super fun. Went on a Wednesday evening with a couple friends for adult skating night. They played good music and all the workers were nice and attentive.

Skating price was reasonable for a long session (Sunday 12 – 6 for $ 9 includes skates, &4 extra for inline). Place has a decent variety of arcade games, big rink, and was reasonably clean. Only reason that I have it 4 stars was that in some places, the place is showing its age. Others in our group enjoyed the go carts.

Ok so, let me preface when I say I am reviewing this after having bought an Unlimited Pass from Groupon. So I did not pay full price to play. I do not believe that an Unlimited Pass would be worth it at Full Price.
The Go Karts are a bit dinky and dilapidated. We ran five races and out of five different Karts I only had one that made me feel like I was driving, not just being jerked around for 7mins. They’re all pretty bad and need some refurbishment. However, the staff member who was running the track was pretty attentive to pile-​ups and things, and didn’t give us a hard time for our slight bumping of each other in the heat of the moment with wonky Karts. He seemed to understand that we were trying to get the most out of a tough situation. However, kids might not notice some of the driving issues with the Karts and would have a great time.
We also played a round of the mini golf which I actually found some of the holes to be quite challenging and one or two to be pretty inventive.
Didn’t get to go skating, my other adult friends were not in the mood to bust their butts trying to remember how, but the rink was clean and seemed well-​maintained and they played new music as well as the music I learned to love to skate to in the late 80s-​90s.
Didn’t eat or grab a real drink but they do charge $ 0.85 for a cup with ice water, which is kinda lame cause we would’ve brought a bottle to fill at the fountains from the start if we’d realised that.
I’d come back, but again, only on a discount. Would love to skate the next time though.

The concept for several attractions under one roof is sound, but this franchise needs some work on it’s product.
Attractions include skating arena, climbing wall, arcade, putt-​putt golf, batting cages, and go-​carts. Food and drink are available.
The skating area is large, 4-​wheel skates are included in the admission, but in-​line skates are $ 4 more. You may use personal skates at no charge. Intermittent skating games are played.
The climbing wall is supervised, but you need to ask at the counter if an employee is not at the wall. The attraction price includes one ticket for the climb and is not unlimited as the skating. Pricey for the value given
The arcade is a bit limited, but popular. Have large bills for the token machine to take advantage of pricing. The staff had only &5s & $ 1s when we were there
Forget the putt-​putt golf. The attraction is run-​down, seedy, and should be an embarrassment the management.
We didn’t use the batting cages. They appeared to be in good shape.
The go-​cart attraction is $ 6 extra for two hours. It was well run, good equipment, and worth the extra charge.
The food sucks, small portions, and expensive. Medium soda is $ 3 and a refill is $ 2. 20 oz vending machine drinks are $ 2.50.
The staff, for the most, were cheerful and helpful. They were the best part of the experience.
Skate Station is OK for roller or in-​line skating and go-​carting. Everything else is a poor value for the asking price.

This place smells the same as the skating rink I went to as a kid. We passed a fun afternoon with cheesy music and terrible food. My biggest complaint was that a lot of the arcade games were out of order and no one seemed to care…

Decent place to take your family or kids to fairly inexpensive entertainment.

Great place for the kiddies to have fun. Nice rink, rock climbing, go karts, mini golf. Cool place. If they had lazer tag it would AWESOME! When I used to go skating at their previous location off of Main street, they had Lazer tag. The Lock-​ins (7pm-​7am skating) were the shiznit! Good times. The one thing I don’t like is how there are no sinks in the bathrooms. The sinks are out in the open area where people sit and eat etc. Kind of awkward. But other than that, the kids love it so, I guess so do i.

I don’t respect mini golf courses that don’t respect themselves.
Came by on a muggy Saturday afternoon to enjoy some mini golf and go-​carts with the family.
The mini golf is horribly designed. Not that I take mini golf seriously, but I’ve never skipped so many holes out of boredom. That foliage surrounding is also fairly unkempt and full of all sorts of bugs, including a giant, nasty banana spider.
I guess if they’re going for the «swamp» theme, they’ve done a good job.
The only saving grace of my experience were the go-​carts. Fun track and the guys running it were doing their job well.
I can’t say much about the roller rink or rock climbing since I didn’t partake in either, but both looked all right.
Ultimately, if you’re planning on coming for the mini-​golf, find someplace else. Also, be aware of your surroundings for any monstrous banana spider webs in your away.

Skating rink, batting cages, mini-​golf, go-​carts, rock climbing, video games snack bar, etc. This place has something for everyone. It is mosly for kids, but if you have to hang out there as a adult you will not be bored!