Independence Skateway

I took my kids here for their first skating experience and they had a blast. We went on Christian skate night, which is the first Monday of every month. They play Christian music, the admission is only $4 a person, and the skate rental is free. Wednesday nights admission is $3 and skate rental is only $2. The place is super affordable! Weekends are more expensive, like $10 total per person, however they do have a family deal where if you have 4 or more people, each skater gets a free popcorn and drink. Other than skating, they have a concession stand, and they even sold slices of pizza from a restaurant, I forget which. They have tons of tables, which is really nice. They also have some arcade games, 2 of which are claw machines where you are guaranteed to be a winner of either candy, or rubber ducks/animals. My kids loved that. Where you rent skates they also rent out skate walkers for beginner kids, and they sell glow necklaces which my kids just had to have. They played a couple of skating games as well. My kids were begging to return the very next day, even though their legs hurt, which is a sign of good exercise. They also slept great that night. Win! I will for sure start going once or twice a month with the kiddos. I'm happy to have something new and fun to do with them.

Took my grandkids for something different to do. Prices were reasonable. Side note - cash only. Floor was smooth. Would definitely recommend and plan to go again. Great for birthday parties are just skating

i wanted to write another review for this place. Since the last time I've been there I am pretty sure they got a new floor, for the skaters. this. Is. great. The old floor had a bunch of popcorn and gum stuck to it, this one's nice and smooth. It also just looks really good. Shiny. They offer food and popcorn and drinks. My favorite part is the "mini arcade" they have. They have a couple of machines were you try to win stuffed animals or candy my favorite one is the air hockey (I'm really good at air hockey) The downsides of this place are definitely the skates. They're very old, they smell, they leave your white socks with dirt on them, some of them literally have like screws or spikes sticking out and they really hurt your feet. I recommend that they get some new skates to go along with their new floor. They take song suggestions but they rarely ever play your song which is really annoying. obviously the place is kind of dirty because a bunch of little kids run around with pizza hands and stuff, but I think it definitely improved since the last time I've been there.

Best skating party ever! Not only did they accommodate us at the last minute for my daughter's birthday party, they were very professional very accommodating and nice. Everyone there went out of their way to make sure the party went smoothly. Not to mention a party for 12 kids which included two and a half hours of skating, ice cream, pizza, popcorn was $102. This place was absolutely wonderful and I will be coming back again and again!

Was there at 4:00pm today to take my son skating. Their website says open skating from 4:00-6:30pm. However when we got there the woman at the counter said there is no 4:00-6:30 session in the summer. My son had waited all week to go skating. We left with him in tears. When I asked her why the website said they were open she said it was her brothers job to update the site but he won't do it. Perhaps her LAZY brother should have seen my son in tears. Don't run a business if you're too stupid and lazy to keep your website updated. She didn't have any sympathy or apologize. Classy operation folks. Hope karma comes back on you.

haven't been in a while but there's really no fault to the employees or management i've noticed in the past 1-2 years or so.i can't lie, i can't skate well and neither can a lot of kids, and it's expected for a rink or any other physical entertainment facility to not provide refunds for what is essentially user-error, falling, crashing, etc.they provide skates on admission, and they can be traded in for another pair if you grabbed the wrong size.there was an issue with clusters of kids talking inside the rink along the fencing and rink entrances. i can't offer a solution to the problem, especially since i've seen employees disperse/bench groups like this, but it's likely still a problem outside of rented party slots.my last time going here was before covid hit, so i can't speak on their response or recent times, sadly.

Worse party ever! This was the worst experience ever planning a birthday party. Customer service is the worst. Party started at 1:00 and the pizza did not get served until 3:00, mind you the party was over at 3:30. Who eats cake and ice cream before food. We had 30 minutes if that to feed 15 kids, sing happy birthday and eat cake. Never again will I ever go back! Don't waste your money! There are plenty of other wonderful places around for a kids birthday party.

i dont like the service its really bad for kids getting hurt they dont take Cover for injuries and they yelled at my daughter for having an inside attack I was not there at the moment and she walked out and she was just taking off for breath and next thing you know she told her you shall not this again and my daughter is only 12 so I don't agree with this business it's not OK I don't like it and it really needs to get situated a lot more so I'm giving it a one rating but it's they have good food they have good music it's just I don't like their service and I don't like the people there they need more it's like a family and business yes I know this And it's just i dont like it

This used to be one of my favorite places to go when I was younger. The staff was nice, they kept it fun AND SAFE!! But so much has changed. I am extremely disappointed with what I just experienced. The staff payed no attention to the elementary and middle schoolers who were cursing at the top of their lungs. Not only that but the unsupervised kids who had been dropped off by their parents earlier, were running around on the skating rink with out skates on PURPOSEFULLY trying to knock skaters over. The kids who seemed to cause the most trouble were the CHILDREN of the staff... I was shocked to learn that the skating rink employees no longer care for the safety of ALL of their guests. Kids were running and skating and fighting all over the place. I was with a group and we all felt that our safety was truly in danger should one of those kids try to cut in front of us and not quite make it. They made one announcement that kids without skates on needed to stay in the middle of the rink and it was not enforced at all. It got to the point where kids were racing across, and a group of girls were running down the side of the rink doing cartwheels while skating was still in motion. I don't know if that's how every day is, but I would recommend not going on a Friday night, or, if you are a parent or guardian, STAY WITH YOUR KID, you would be surprised the inappropriate vocabulary these reckless 10-year-olds know.