Golden Skate in San Ramon
It made me kinda happy to see so many kids enjoying roller
skating at our recent visit to Golden Skate in San Ramon. Just like when I was
a kid, you could tell that some had spent quite a bit of time on skates, and
others appeared to be trying it out for the first time, clinging to the rail
for dear life as they scooted around the ring. I was impressed how clean and
new the inside of Golden Skate appeared. We haven’t been roller skating in a
very long time, but the rinks we visited were older, word and dingy.
The Golden Skate was colorful, and bright. Carpeting lets
less confident skaters get their bearings while putting on their skates and
when they are off the rink. The exception, reasonably, is the restrooms which
have traditional linoleum flooring. This became a bit of a problem for my
youngest, which was unwilling to get on the rink with her skates at all, preferring
to scoot around on the long stretch of carpet. In retrospect, I would have had
her take the rollerskates off before going to the restroom, but it felt like a
hassle at the time.
While we were there, they played a group skating game, had
shout-outs to the birthday kids, played a few songs with the lights out and colored
spotlights and the disco ball going, and even did one traditional playing of ‘YMCA”,
even though the rest of the time they stuck mainly to modern pop music.
They also have a nice large snack area with lots of seats
for anyone not skating, or for skaters to rest and snack. A dozen or so video
games and ticket games are also available with the usual little plastic prizes
for tickets.
The party rooms are small. For the party we attended,
parents couldn’t fit into the room at all, although one or two squeezed themselves
in and stood by the wall. There was another slightly larger party room next
door to ours, but I noticed that parents in that group didn’t really try to fit
themselves in there either. The two
young men who were in charge of facilitating the birthday party we attended
were wonderful. They had constant smiles, and I saw them constantly offering
assistance or helping or tidying up. All the employees I interacted with seemed
to really enjoy their job, and that was so refreshing and pleasant.
The cost seems to depend on the session you want to attend, with most sessions lasting around 2 hours. They are only open for roller skating on Fridays thru Sundays, with an adult skating session on Wendsday nights. You can
visit their website to see their calender of upcoming skating sessions and prices.
My kids has so much fun, they have been asking to go roller skating again ever since. So I hope to have other roller skating rinks to review for you soon.
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