Carolina Ice Palace

We attended a party here last weekend for my son’s classmate. We were in a private area with lots of tables and access to the food/​drinks. There is also a door that leads out into the rink so you can avoid the busier public doors.
The rink wasn’t super crowded, like it can be during the holidays, and the rink supervisors (especially my buddy Matt) were keeping people in check and quick to get to people who had wiped out.
My son needed one of the pvc pipe walkers ($ 3 to rent), as did a lot of the little kids. We used hockey skates (I played in college so you won’t ever catch me in figure skates) and they were in good condition.

A pretty good place to ice skate if you can skate… there are plastic walkers to aid amateurs. My kids like to skate here when they visit. I have never mastered any form of skating. so just enjoy being a spectator on the sidelines filming videos.
Looks like birthday parties are held here, I didn’t try the food. pretty standard fast food selection… there’s a bar area as well, and a nice retail shop on the left of the entrance.
Skating prices are reasonable. If you are going to do this often, it would probably be best to buy your own skates. as skate rental selection is somewhat limited. My grown son wears a 9 ½, which is a pretty standard size? He could not find comfortable fitting hockey skates and switched them out twice and had to settle for ones too tight.
Years ago he was the first to get injured here as a child right after they first opened wearing figure skates with sharp front edges cos they didn’t have hockey skates that fit. He is now 30. He noticed that the figure skates now no longer have the sharp front edges like in the past.

Great coming out here to grab a cocktail from the bar and watch amateur hockey matches.

We had a good Family Day out here… It does seem to be CRAZY busy at the 1 – 3 open skate on Sundays, there were a lot of birthday parties going on, so we killed a couple hours next store at Lowes and came back for the 3:30 — 5:30 time, which was less crowded… I think its a bit silly that they make you rent the «walkers» for $ 3, that help you stabilize on the ice. This was a must for my 5 year old to stay balanced. I am glad they offer them, but I think for safety, they should just give them to you for free. The ice was very rough, a lot of little holes for your skates to get stuck in and trip over, I am not sure if the Zamboni driver is doing it right (don’t you hate back seat Zamboni Drivers) I will say we will Definitely be back, as this is the only ice rink in the area, and my kids LOVED it…

Perfect local for football, wings and beer. Seems it’s still a bit of a secret. Comfy couches, tons of screens and good service.

Very nice, and real cheap for military! Great way to just let loose and warm up the legs. Skates are decent and well kept, the rink is smooth and fresh, though the bathrooms can get a little nasty. Still, very happy there’s a rink in the area! They offer plenty of support beams for the new skater, and it’s not so crowded which I think is a great thing.

I had never been ice skating before and was REALLY nervous. I’m really good at roller SKATING (not blading) but was coerced by friends. We got a $ 2 off military discount, and skate rental is included in the price.
You trade in your shoes for skates and they also held my purse back there w/​my shoes for me. You can see everything back there so you know they’re not going through it stealing anything, but then again you shouldn’t keep your valuables with strangers anyways! Anyway, I got my skates on with some help from friends and I waddled my way back to the rink for the first time ever wearing ice skates. I got on the ice and WOAH. It is not as easy as it looks!!! Well after a few times around the ice, we finally tracked me down a walker!
The only complaint I had is that there were a lot of kids using adult sized walkers so those of us that needed one had to wait quite a long time to get one because so many kids were taking the big ones instead of ones their size.
Well once I got myself a plastic walker I was flying high! I had a lot of fun here. I only fell once and the girls working came over right away to make sure I was ok! The staff was very friendly.
since I am clearly a skating novice, I can’t say anything about the state of the ice or anything, except that once it gets rough it’s tough, but I didn’t really have any complaints! I’ll be back for public skating.

The only ice skating rinks in the area that offer public skating times. Snack bar for the kiddies, Penalty Box Lounge for the adults. The bar food is pretty good — about what you’d get at an Fudruckers /​Applebee’s and beer is reasonably priced.
As a hockey player and former rink rat, I have to bring this up on the condition of the ice: The Zamboni drivers leave too much water on the ice when they cut it which makes it get rough too fast, this is more annoying for those of us who play hockey than it is for folks at a public skating session, but I just needed to vent.