Florham Park Roller Skating Rink

Yesterday afternoon I took a step back in time, visiting Florham Park Roller Rink, NJ. This roller rink is as nostalgic as it gets with 80’s colors, a disco ball and staff to match the decade. The few signs you’re in current times are roller blades and current pop music playing.
The 45 minute drive from NYC was so worth it. Florham Park Rink had everything I remembered from my childhood skating rink. They even had the same games: limbo, shoot the duck and turns for boys skate and girls skate.
Our four year old was in heaven. She’s had a pair of roller skates for about a year now and she was proud to show anyone who would look her smooth moves. I tried out my new pair of blades and they served me well. I even surprised myself with a couple of spins. My boyfriend rented roller skates and did laps with a huge grin watching his girl, the tiniest one in the rink, skate laps to the beats of Taylor Swift and Pit Bull. We all broke a sweat and shared a lot of laughs.
They had several arcade games and an old school photo booth. We really enjoyed ourselves taking a step back in time and sharing it with our daughter.
We unfortunately saw a couple of bad spills, one with a likely ER visit to x-​ray a wrist. We wore helmets which we brought from home but were almost the only ones wearing them. I highly recommend bringing any protective gear you have. Skating is only fun if you don’t get a bad injury, so protect yourselves.
Tips:
Rentals are available for roller skates and roller blades in a large range of sizes including small kid sizes. $ 4/​pair

You can bring your own skates or blades.

Strollers are not permitted in the building.

Snack bar is cash only.

Bring your own helmet and protective gear like wrist guards and knee pads. These items are not available to rent.

You can bring in your own snacks and drinks.

Lockers are available to rent, however we kept everything in a backpack which I wore skating. Many people left backpacks under seats and everything seemed pretty safe.

Depending on what time you skate it’s $ 6.50/$ 7.50 per person. Rentals are $ 4/​person.

My 4 year old daughter uses EZ Roll skates, these are designed to make skating easier with a wider wheel base at the heel. We bought ours at Walmart but they’re also available on Amazon. These are not available to rent.
For more family adventure in the tri-​state area check out:

One of the last of its ilk. An old school roller rink, complete with all of the old school touches and charm.
Reasonably priced skate rentals. (The skates are actually in good condition)
Concession stand with all the affordably priced junk foods you’d expect.
Decent sound system.
Fun lighting.
The skating surface was smooth and well maintained.
For parties they’ll let you bring in your own food/​snacks/​pizza/​cake, etc.
Just good fun for all ages.

$ 7 admission
$ 3 rentals but you could bring your own
Music is old and played really low
A lot of kids but some adults so its for all ages
Place is kind of old but its cheap so we
Would return

Skating rinks have sure changed since I was a kid! Great place to have your child’s BDAY parties! My hubby and I went for our neices and they have separate areas and tables to bring in birthday cakes pizza etc… and the skating rink is huge!

Nothing to write home about. It’s a roller skating rink, has decent roller skates and blades for rental, and relatively cheap to get in and rent skates. Floors are pretty well maintained and the older lady who I assume is part of the family that owns this place skates around and helps little kids learn how to skate – she’s very good on her roller skates and dances around the floor too.
Couple of criticisms. (1) Don’t come here on weekend during the day, especially when the weather outside is bad. I went this past weekend and with 3 birthday parties going on at the same time, it was way overcrowded and impossible to skate. (2) Their soda fountain is way overpriced at $ 2 for a very tiny cup. C’mon, soda syrup costs nothing! (3) Their lockers are always jamming and eats your quarter like crazy – leave your valuables in the car so you can just stick your jacket and shoes under one of the benches.

My friend wanted to go skating for his birthday and this was the closest place he found near his Hoboken home. What fun! Ten bucks get you a skate rental and a two hour skate session. The rental skates were in EXCELLENT condition (rollerbladers take it to the street, ya pansies!) The skate floor was also excellent, though not particularly large. The non skate floor areas were a bit cramped but it was possible to find a place to sit and put on your skates. The music was good but not very loud. The crowd was 90% children, and I felt like an 18 wheeler trucker trying hard not to squish all the little cars. This place is not at all classy but it is pretty clean and an awful lot of fun. I hope to go back soon!

book a grown-​up skating party! this review might be useless to most, but my time here was too fun to keep to myself. friends and I paid to have the place to ourselves for a non-​traditional (squeaky clean) bachelorette party, and it was hugely fun. it was pricey ($ 325 gets you an hour and a half of skating), but with a larger group (up to 25 skaters) it could cost as little as $ 13/​person. the experience was weirdly luxurious and exciting, like having a bowling alley inside your house. the best part was definitely the décor, which appears not to have changed since about 1992 (abstract neon squiggles!). staff was friendly and helpful — and they made an honest, good-​natured attempt to fulfill our lame requests for 90s pop hits. we didn’t have much luck in that department, but i bet you could bring your own cds if, like us, you require ace of base, backstreet boys, and spice girls to fuel your skating efforts.

SO MUCH FUN! I loved when my friends had birthday parties there. And blading was wayyyyy easier than skating.
Couples’ skate was the sexiest thing in the world… maybe it still is?

!! SLUSH PUPPIES !! CHICKEN DANCE !! COUPLES !!
Actually. Eww to the last one. I never had anyone to hold my hand through those couple laps. :(Bowling alley, Creative Touch, and roller rink were THE choice destinations for birthday parties when I was in grade school. I LOVED this place. Especially since my whole school would go every year and it would sometimes fall on my birthday… making my birthday pretty awesome by association (besides the whole Justin Timberlake debacle). This place is STILL cool after all these years.
Man. those memories of trying not to fall on my ass whilst sitting on the porcelain jacuzzi. pretending that those splits were on purpose. and faux chasing boys.
I clearly haven’t changed much. Thank you Florham Park Roller Rink!
PS — They have old school skates AND rollerblades. Love.