Castle Ice

Nice and friendly staff! And also a wonder place to skate! Wasn’t crowded or anything.

If you want to rent the ice for $ 200/​hour and then have them send someone over to kick you off the ice so 3 little kids could skate, rent here! This ruined my surprise valentines/​anniversary gift. They sent over a former manager to talk to us and then said they would call their GM and talk to is after the ice time but they never did talk to us. Then as we walked out they said they wouldn’t do anything. We were out of luck. Customer service goes a long way and they are certainly lacking!

Really bad customer service!!! The young girls that work there are complete idiots!!! I asked for a manager and one of the girls said there is no manager but she can call a supervisor and the other girl raises her hand and said she’s the manager… Are you efffin kidding me? You’re lucky I didn’t cuss you out in front of everyone! Another thing, if you park in one of the reserved spots, apparently this business allows the person that reserved the spot to park on the road and block other cars… «She’s making a statement» as what the 2 imbecile girls that works there said! Here’s a tip to the manager and owners of this place… HIRE new employees that know and can handle the situation when dumb ass auctioneers or whatever you want to call them does stupid shit like this! I waited almost 45 minutes… Had to call the cops to make the stupid bitch MOVE!!!

Fun place to spend the day the day before Christmas break. Nice employees helping everyone with skates. Looks like everyone had a good time.

This place is amazing! First of all, it’s pretty cheap. The ice skating shoes are like $ 3, there are lots of play boxes or whatever you call them, and those are cheap too! Second, there are lots of people which means it’s popular and there aren’t that many people at the same time, I love it that way. Third, the quality is way better then I expected it to be, I thought it’d be dirty and messy, but it doesn’t stink of odor, the place is huge at the same time. Adding on, the ice skating shoes are in good quality, not that «broken» at all. This place is just the best!

I love their afternoon skate times from 11am-​230pm, since it’s a great way to get some cardio in when I want to get out of the gym. Everything seems pretty well maintained and their skate rentals are pretty good too. The manager, Jaime is very friendly and helpful too. The whole staff is friendly as well, and one of the young men who works the ticket booth is extremely polite, which is a rare thing to find these days. They have coin, key/​lock lockers, which are only $.25 cents… a total deal! The music selection is pretty good too, and the ice is well maintained too.

I would have given a 4 stars if the rest of the arena is more organized/​run with ethic people. The skating is great. You can rent walkers for $ 4 and the staff does a good job of keeping rough kids off causing troubles (Today we have some kids tossing ice ball in the rink).
The 1 star was because of the problem of their Café Ice Café. We ordered an pretzel during the break and the pretzel we got was so hot that it melt the plastic foam plate. Those food are for my kids so my wife went up and asked for an exchange.
The owner (?)‘s son was very upset and said this is the way how it is. He said we don’t use paper plate so we get the same issue too when we serve pizza. My wife was very upset so I went over and talked to the teenager at the register. He refused to exchange and said anything else caused you extra money. The debate continues and all stopped when I took out my cell phone and said «that’s fine. Just let me take some pic of what you are serving».
The teenage then got very upset and then face turned red and took $ 3 dollar and put in on a table and said «take the money and leave». He refused to take it back and said just tossed it into the gabbage can.
This place is where you take your kids to have fun and exercise. The place is great but the integrity of some of the Castle Ice Café people have serious issues. They don’t see serving melted plastic food to kids is problem. When is the last time you eat melted plastic?
I am going to file complaint to health department and write a letter to Castle Ice about the concern I have on this café. Don’t be surprised if they serve you stuff that have dropped on the ground before.

Broomball should be renamed «Fall down go boom ball.» If I don’t walk away with a bruise, a nearly broken finger, or sweating like a pig, I know I didn’t play very hard.
Inside Castle Ice Arena are two rinks, one rink for skating/​renacting the Peanuts Christmas special, and one for ice sports; namely: Fall down and go boom ball.
My homie introduced me to Broomball; I had heard of it, but since I’m a self-​proclaimed failure at ice skating, I wasn’t really too interested in learning more about it. But then I learned you wear regular shoes, equipment is unregulated, and you get to bash about with other people. Sign me up!
For under $ 200, you get a full hour+ of play time, so make sure you have non-​flakey friends that can commit. Or else you will foot the entire bill. We get enough people to average $ 10-​$ 15pp.
So what does Broomball look like? It’s like hockey. I wear jeans, shoes with shallow tread (or else ice debris get stuck inside. Converse are the worst for this sport), volleyball knee pads (for sliding – ooooh YEAH!), fingerless gloves, and I go helmetless – only because I’m an expert faller. But really, you should wear helmets. 6+ people face off against 6+ others, brandishing a wooden stick with a plastic paddle on the bottom. The puck is a largish, heavy rubberized ball. Get the ball into the net for a score without high-​sticking somebody in the jaw. This may be one of my favorite sports of all time.
I would like to try ice skating again. Maybe Broomball has given me enough skeelz to be able to stay upright on ice skates now. I’ll update this if I succeed… or fail. Either way, Castle Ice Arena is pretty cool.

I took my 12-​year here for the public skating session this past weekend. She wanted to learn how to skate like all her friends, and I figured I could teach her, having done some figure skating in my youth… ha! Well, although skating is something like riding a bike, I hadn’t quite counted on the damage the 15 years since I last set foot on the ice would do to my skill level! Needless to say, I didn’t quite get my «ice legs» back, but I did okay… taught her the basics, we had a blast for the hour and a half that we were on the ice, and it was all good! I may even come back without her sometime, as skating is so relaxing…
As for Castle Ice, well it was just about perfect. The staff were friendly and helpful. It was clean, and was not crowded at all (might have been the 70 degree weather outside though). The rental skates, while never a perfect fit, did just fine for both of us, and the price was right. I feel lucky that we live just 15 minutes away, and we will definitely be back!

Fun, fun, fun! Castle Ice is one of my favorite skating rinks! Not only can you go ice skating at this rink, but you can also play a sport called Broomball, which happens to be one of my new favorite activities! There are two ice rinks at this facility, and I have played Broomball on the smaller rink in the back about 4 times now. I love meeting up with friends so I can slide across the ice in my sneakers while trying to hit a ball into a net… it’s seriously a lot of fun!!! If you are looking for something to do, grab your friends and either go ice skating or try your hand at Broomball!

After skating at most rinks in the Seattle area I would say this is my favorite locally. The ice is perfect and temperature is just right. I like the benches and the large amount of clean rubber everywhere keeping your skates sharper longer. The only negatives is that it is in the middle of nowhere, there is not a bar or restaurant and the locker rooms could be a little bigger in bathroom. I like the pro shop here also and they sharpen skates fairly decent.

Overall, this is a nice lce skating rink; however, there were a couple of things which suprised me.
One is when you first walk in the ice rink area, down the ramp, there is a very strong sewer type smell. Not a good first impression.
The second is in the party rooms, the tables and chairs are very dirty and unkept. I doubt they have been cleaned in a long time. Knowing how much this location charges for party room reservations, it surprises me they dont take time to take care of this.
On the bright note, the skates are very clean, sharp blades and well cared for. The staff is incredible friendly and sociable and the music choice was good. It is a great place to have a party, just be sure to bring table clothes ;)

Came here with a few friends on a saturday night. The indoor ice rink was large. Friendly staff. It’s a good place to bring the family. I’m giving this review a 4 star due to the lack of music selections and the ice rink could use some resurfacing every hour or so like other places I’ve been to. Overall it was fun.

Friendly staff, well-​kept facilities, and reasonably priced, Castle Ice is my practice rink of choice. I figure skate here three to five times a week, have used their skate shop for sharpening and purchasing stuff like gloves and tights, and have always found everyone working there to be professional, friendly, and helpful.

A little out of the way, since my friends and I were driving from Seattle. However, it was a very nice ice rink. It’s big.
We came here for my girlfriend, Lek’s birthday party. It might not be big for her since she was in a hocky team back in her hometown. But, I thought this is acutally a very good one in Puget sound area. Admission with rental is total $ 10 per person. It’s reasonable. There’s this special floor that you can wear the skates to the bathroom. I thought it was cool.
I didn’t have a lot of experiences ice skating growing up. Therefore, I didn’t dress properly. It was cold. If you want to enjoy and have fun, don’t forget to dress warm enough and be able to move.
One thing I enjoyed here was the Zamboni. The staff drove the Zamboni back and forth smoothing the rink. It was very fun watching!

I come here with friends to play broomball on their smaller rink. It’s affordable, they have the gear and it’s a BLAST! There aren’t many places around that offer broomball so that makes this joint even cooler in my book. Who doesn’t love sliding around ice in their Converse?! Their broomball equipment is in good condition other than maybe the knee pads… so just don’t fall.
I’m a fan!

I love ice skating. The white of the ice contrasts my costume perfectly, and skating is the closest I can come to make it look like I’m Force Floating.
Sadly, skating rinks are becoming something of a novelty as opposed to a thriving industry. Personally, I blame Tipper Gore. If that witch hadn’t gone and demanded explicit lyrics be labeled and tried to get violent video games banned, kids wouldn’t be that determined to play them, and would actually go out and exercise. At least that’s how it’s rationalized in my head. Your mileage may vary.
Anyhow, Castle Ice here is one of the last vestiges of one of the all-​time great pastimes: Skating around in a cold environment and cross checking people in the back of the heads. Sure, they’re wearing figure skates instead of hockey skates and aren’t aware that «open skate» is actually code for «you’re playing a contact sport now, suckah», and yeah, the 6 year olds invariably start bawling every time you lay an elbow in to them to get em out of the way, but they should know better when they see the Vader in the rink!
The prices are downright reasonable across the board, and from what I’ve seen of the various instructors they have running skating lessons, they’re quite competent at teaching people how to skate, which helps ensure your darling little princess will one day fulfill your «beauty pageant mother» dream of becoming a figure skating monster who demands her hair be washed only with Evian and that the world should bow to her every whim. Though admittedly, I haven’t seen the instructors teach the kids how to say «Toepick» in various tones to imitate Moira Kelly. Hey, a parent’s got to be involved somehow, right? And don’t worry, they’ll totally look the other way as you berate young Shannon for landing off balance on her double axle. I mean sure, she’s only 4 and is wearing rental skates, but you’ve got dreams you need to live vicariously through her and time is of the essence.
They keep the ice in great shape here, and there are actually 2 rinks in the building, so it can handle overflow. The place is a little out of the way, but as long as you have a car, it’s not too much of a hassle.
I like it here. I’ll definitely become a regular. I’m docking it a point for the bad music selection and the inconvenient location, but really, this is more of a 4.5 review.
4 Deathstars.

We just had a skating party here on Sunday and it was more fun than we could have imagined!
When trying to coordinate the event, Jamie and Dustin were incredible to work with. We were even able to switch the date from Saturday to Sunday at the very last minute. We noticed that the weather was going to be lousy on Sunday and beautiful on Saturday and we’d much rather be indoors on Sunday. It was no problem, they were great!
I didn’t get the guy’s name that was running the place on Sunday but he was so good to us. After being on the ice for an hour, we were having so much fun and when I inquired about paying $ to extend our time on the ice and in the party room, he said we could stay an extra 45 minutes! His exact words were, «Sure, you can stay till 5:00, I’m not worried about it!»
If you rent the private rooms, you can even bring in your own food and drinks (even beer/​wine), as long as you don’t take it out of the room. We brought in cupcakes, chips, juice, beer, wine. It was perfect!
Everyone in our group agreed that this was a gem of a place to have a party.
We will be back!

It’s been many years since I went ice skating and my wife and youngest son recently went to Castle Ice for a playgroup and he has been clamoring to go back. We we recently met some friends at Castle Ice and skated in the late session (7 — 10 pm). We missed the Zamboni, because they don’t allow outside food when their café is open, so we ate in our car.
It wasn’t really crowded and there was a mix of really good skaters and learners, so you don’t feel like an idiot, wobbling out on the ice.
The staff was friendly and patient as we tried on shoes for 3 kids, that all needed help putting them on. They have buckets and walkers for those that need the sliding help.
The restrooms are clean, lockers are available and there are seats in the warm area and bleachers in the cold space where you can watch skaters.
Its a pretty nice rink and with the way my son talks about skating, I’m sure we’ll be back.

I really enjoy this ice rink. This is another one of those nice places that has a large sheet and a smaller practice one right next to it.
It’s a fairly modern ice rink with the general games, big open areas to sit near the ice and tables and chairs in warmer areas. Cold steel bleachers though, so bring a blanket. The ice itself is cold and wonderful. They tend to do a good job and it shows.
The locker rooms are fairly roomie and secure. Overall, it’s a really nice rink to skate in. Though the parking outside tends to be full quite often.