Best Ice Skating Lessons Dudley Near Me

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nlvforest: I take lessons here and it's really nice, the staff are really kind and good at helping you to challenge yourself to harder things. On public sessions, they are always open to help and always keep an eye for people who have fallen over. The food IS BUSSIN.

Julian Petrov: Me and my family love it! It would be better if the family tickets were a bit chipper.

Jonnie Walker: Been here many times however on my last occasion, even though I had paid for parking I was fined £100. Won't be returning here again after that.

Gareth Hughes: Very happy memories of coming here over half-term with my 5yr old daughter and wife. They both learnt to skate for the first time and the staff were very accommodating and professional.Unfortunately like a number of other customers, we were caught out by Premier Park Ltd who "farm" the car park which doesn't appear to be owned by Planet Ice. We paid for parking as instructed. My daughter needed the toilet before we left so we were a few minutes late coming out and charged £100. The same thing happened after her lesson the following day. Little did we know this at the time as the Parking Charge Notice came through 2 weeks later. To be charged £200 was nearly x3 the cost of her lessons and skate hire over half-term. Given Premier Park Ltd have completely tarnished the memory of watching my daughter learn to skate for the first time I will have to seriously consider whether we can bring ourselves to return to Planet Ice Solihull in the future. It appears many other customers of Planet Ice have also been caught out and issued expensive Parking Charge Notice's through Premier Park Ltd, which will have contributed to their £3.8m gross profit last year. We kindly request that Planet Ice consider buying their own car park space outside the ice rink as they clearly provide a valuable service unlike Premier Park Ltd who unfortunately seem to have survived the Covid pandemic whilst many more scrupulous companies perished. From the reviews I wonder whether other customers will be put off attending Planet Ice due to several horrific experiences with the car parking situation which would be a shame as our experience of the ice rink itself was very positive.

wes ]: Staff very uptight, but love the size of the rink

Dave Marsden: Quite a nice place. It's a bit old- fashioned and tired but OK. Be careful of the parking. I paid for 3 hours and was 24 minutes over. The parking picks up your number plate on entry and exit, costs £60!!

Zoe To: The toilets there are very wet and dirty. The equipments are good. You certainly have to check the time slot of your skating time because they do lots of ice hockey there when the ice rink is not open to the public. I had a really good time playing there.

Jim Spencer: Proper old school rink. Has that damp musty smell when you walk in and the place is freezing cold. Wrap up warm when you visit here. Facilities are fairly basic but it has a nice little cafe and separate seating area. I can imagine that the atmosphere for a Hockey match is amazing. It certainly paid its part for an under 12's game.

Filipe Gomes: Took a youth group here recently. We used to come all the time, came back hoping to restart it. I won't. Whilst it was fun being in there alot has changed which has become a huge money grab. Entry has doubled since we last came, and it has to all be done online. Adding snakes, adding spectators plus kids support oh my goodness it's expensive.Apartfrom that not much else to talk about, music wasn't great paid over song that was inappropriate for kids.Overall we still had a great time skating around in circles for the night.

Your Trucking: Good ice rink, little bit outdated needs an update and gets quite busy during the afternoon however I would recommend at off peak hours

Petru-Cristian Cioplea: 3 cazaturi dar a fost ok

Jake He: Had a great time at Planet Ice with my friends, large parking space, mostly full. Make sure you wear enough before going inside, it can be freezing unless your skating and warmed up. Fell a couple times, I guess I still have a lot to learn about ice skating. Hope to come back next time.

David Hill: Had a great time. Went for a child's birthday party and Annie our party rep was excellent, caring of the children and ensured all had a good time. She was also thoughtful of the parents and got me a hot chocolate with marshmallows and cream as a treat lol.

Claudiu Visoiu: Nice weekend fun. A bit crowded at first, but good surface to skate up till the end!

Della Edwards: Call first to check opening times as they're not correct. Drove 12 miles to find out it shut at 3.30 on a Saturday

Noemi Fackrell: This ice rink is in a poor state of repair and it's definitely not looked after. Tickets arent cheap and you also have to pay for parking. It's a shame as it could be so much nicer with some investment.

Peter Crewe: Busy place full of happy people.

Agnieszka Singh Stachera: Normally enjoying there so much, but today was overcrowded.

Matt Adams: Had to mess about in the foyer as I was only able to book online despite a girl working behind the counter who confirmed my online booking.....bizarre!Seemed a bit expensive, even more so when you have to pay to spectate. The "safety" girl on the ice was very friendly and helpful and quick to assist anyone who had fallen over. They also have small plastic animals which you can take onto the ice to allow smaller children to hold on to and allow them to skate on their own but I believe there is also a charge for hiring these.

graham McMillan: Go to snow dome instead. Crowded terrible ice shrink that is far too small.

Saavi: Good place for kids.

Lionej: The most disappointing event over the last 10 years I can remember all staff were power crazy absolutely diabolical thank god for the St John's ambulance woman with less than zero percent in people skills manner common courtesy or regard for any child that may have never skated before or with any fear or disability so disappointed

Mari “Beauty therapist Mari”: Love the place!

Charlotte Robinson: I wouldn’t even give 1 star!! Don’t waste your money, ice covered in puddles making it nearly impossible to skate, overcrowded could barely move- left after 15minutes as ridiculous, kids very disappointed. Contacted them for refund not even an acknowledgment total waste of money!!!!

Jat Mavi: Very good, not too busy. Just need better skates.

PolongoTv: Highly recommended 🎯

Bradley White: crowded

Suzieq nbb2 (Sue P): Absolute rubbish. Online booking system faulty, not enough lockers, miserable staff, basic skating safety not being done, ice Marshall a waste if time. If you take your own skates, nowhere by Lockers to sit and put on/remove, poorly thought out. Ice not resurfaced regularly. Wouldn't recommend- pay more and go elsewhere.

Arc R: Rude staff, just rudely doing their job, you will feel like you have disturbed them and they truly wish you were not wthere.No set of instructions on anything, just follow the queue and do as told.Not a very comfortable skating shoes, not much support on the ankle.Dirty wtrash from birmingham suburbs around the ring pushing and swearing experienced all round.Rare kind a card machine don't accept cards that need to enter pin, only swaps.No systematic or civilised way of getting your shoes back.No where to sitw to see your mates skating, just a few high chairs.Book online or waste an hour outside before skating.Descent type ice rring and size, good for all weather conditions.

Sabah Shabnum: They charged me 3 times for one 45 minute session which started late because they were so disorganised and the queues were huge even for people who had pre-booked their tickets online. The staff were rude and not helpful when I queried why I had been charged 3 times, they literally called me 'bruh' which I found extremely unprofessional. I only got 30mins as opposed to the 45mins I paid for on the rink because I took so long to get on in the first place. So annoyed! I have tried to contact them on the single telephone number they have and when you dial 1 for further assistance the call gets cut off so there is no way to contact them for get my money back for the 3 amounts they took 😔

Evija Simkus: Dont like this place,

Grace Platt: so busy that it becomes unsafe. not very enjoyable for people who would like to go a bit faster

Abimbola Adebanjo: It was a really great place

Karolina W: The worst Ice Skate I’ve ever been. The quality of the ice was terrible, it was actually melting, just a huge puddle. Because of it it was very difficult to have safe fun and in fact one of customers had serious accident. The skates that they are offering are wet, dirty and smelly. Such a shame..

Dr. Sameer Nasir: Good to visit with kids. Its £7 per ride

Dan Beddow: Nice Christmas experience with surprisingly good hire skates and not as expensive as some rinks. The rink itself was a little small and the ice was fairly cut up but was well frozen and had no major chips and damage that can often be found in temporary rinks. £1 for lockers feels cheeky when you already pay for the experience, and the skate hire place wouldn't hold skate bags and shoes if you weren't using their skates. Good overall experience but could be better.

Kumudumali de Silva: Went on a Saturday morning around 11.30am.. no que for tickets.. but little crowded inside.. had a super fun time there.. ⛸️⛸️

Jolene Hazell: Too many people allowed in for 1 session, too crowded which made it unsafe

hasrafhan: My children had fun at the venue, as this was their first time ice skating by the time they got the hang of it the session ended. They charge for an hour but only give 45 mins ice skating time. The security guard at the entrance had an attitude

David Winfindale: Not my cup of tea, but a nice couple of hours with friends and family. Have since heard its closing down though.

Stefanie Wallbank: We had our Daughters 7th birthday here and from start to finish had a great experience! Absolutely worth more than what we paid and all kids as well as parents had a fantastic time! Thank you party host Paige,you have been wonderful

Ahmed Lawal: Somewhat smaller than the rinks I am used to but was easy to get in and out of, and staff and people were generally friendly and helpful.

K K: The best thing about this place are the staff! They are so helpful and on hand to assist with any query.

Noorun Miah: Nice experience!

Denise Selvey: Excellent skating lesson and great value for money

Karen Beale: Arrived at midday for the general skate and was welcomed by a lovely lady at the pay area.The whole place was very clean and the music was pleasant and not too loud.After a very lovely skate with my sister we had a takeaway coffee and look forward to coming back again very soon.I would definitely recommend Planet Ice.

Steve Randell: What a great place to go for something different very well organised and well set up place a must go to take the kids

Tracey Bland: First time coming here a few weeks ago as my son has recently started ice hockey lessons. We originally wanted to go to Telford ice rink as it's closer but was unable to get there for the time the lessons started. I never even knew Cannock had an Ice rink. The Ice rink itself is small compared to Telford but still nice, all the staff are friendly and his coaches are also very nice as well and welcoming. The toilets are clean as well. You can hire skates etc not sure on quality as my son has his own. Free parking on the carpark outside as well. Overall I'd definatly recommend it here.

lori grey: Shocking service, when it comes to getting something to eat.When your session is finished you are expected to wait while two members of staff sit/stand behind reception talking. (who didn’t service not one customer while I was waiting)I went over to say can anyone come to service me food and I was told I had to wait until the next session had gone in before I could have food.Not sure why as they were sat/stood around because it wasn’t yet time for the next session to go in.I decided to leave in the end. The worst of it is, only person services the customers when they pay in. So the other was just stood around doing nothing.

Chris Carter: Grandkids had a great time. We booked for 2 hours. They were worn out after 90 mins. Rink could be bigger. Staff very helpful. Good, free parking.

Perry Ford: Was a good trip and fairly priced, my main concern is how many people were on the rink due to covid and their skill level. Announcements were on the speaker saying please social distance when there were at least 50 people on the rink and its quite a small rink. Would have a better review if less people were allowed on at a time, I struggled to skate due to so many people being there, had to sit out at certain points due to there being no room on the rink for people to skate safely.

ashley kemshall: Great fun

Laverne Bryan: First time in nearly ten years that I’ve visited here-and it still looks the same. Dated and in urgent need of a revamp. My son loved it and that’s the only reason I give it 3 stars. But it’s nowhere big enough to properly enjoy it.

Mohammed Nadim: Great fun for all ages 😀

Paul Fisher: If you are a parent or guardian of a child under 13 years of age you must make it clear that you only intend to spectate, otherwise by default, the cashier will try to charge you extra to supervise your child. No questions asked. Very annoying!

Slavomir Michalco: Príjemný personál dobré pripravená plocha na korčuľovanie. Jedna vec ktorá je minútová je že je tam chladno. Srandujem to patrí k ľadovej ploche.😂🤣😂 Bolo stopér. Odporúčam pre čakajúcich na svojich blízkych sa teplo obliecť.

Conor Littlehales: Absolute shambles, I appreciate some people are better at ice skating than others but when you’ve got 4 men flying round the rink and spraying ice with children and amateur skaters on the ice that to me indicated a health and safety risk manager admitted he had asked them twice to slow down. They didn’t listen, me and my friend removed ourself from the ice and requested a refund to which the manager refused. If a child gets hurt on that ice he is responsible. No care for health and safety probably just regulars he didn’t want to upset. If my child ever got hurt here you’d be seeing me in court for allowing them to stay on the ice

Leah Marie!: Had a great time ice skating i havnt been for over 10 years and it was my daughters first time we had lots of fun was nice to see some great skaters on the ice to and abogale was a pleasure she even tought me to skate backward

Darren Kinnie: It was great fun, even for adults who can't skate like myself, food and drinks available on site, as well as Papa John's pizza.

Richard Helliwell: Ice hockey was great, but the venue is very run down and tired. There's also a lack of signage to the toilets. Oh, and they need more staff at the bar.

Tony Milton: Great ice rink, hard to believe it's run by planet ice

Rich Morris: Had a brilliant family outing highly recommend this place

david terry: Not a bad place. But badly run like most planet ice rinks

Sue Rowland: Been here a couple of times when passing the Coventry area, most recently this week.Staff are friendly and the ice is always smooth.Skates are good quality (not with broken clasps like some other rinks).

Shaun Jasper: My first live game of ice hockey and I loved it, fast moving sport with lots of action, game consisted of three X 20minute periods with a 15 minutes break in-between. Adult price starts at £19. Mostly a seated stadium but there is a limited amount of standing. I drove and used the multi story car park at the rear of the ice hockey stadium which was not expensive at £1 per hour. The atmosphere in the stadium was great and very family friendly. Coventry Blaze have made the QF play offs which will be against Cardiff Devils.

Paul Ben: Great Ice ring and not too busy.

Georgia: I really like this ice rink. Al the seats offer a good view of the rink, which is helpful if you are watching somebody skate, or watching an ice hockey game. The seats are not the most comfortable since they are only plastic. The stairs can also be quite slippery, and there isn't a rail to hold onto, so do be careful when walking up and down the stairs. There are plenty of food options at this rink, including Papa John's pizza. The staff are all really friendly. The ice hockey team here is also very good, and just recommend going to watch them if you get the chance!

Adrian Cross: Great fun with the family.

Vicky H: Great skating rink.Only gave 4 stars because of the lack of facilities there, limited food places etc

Adrian Holman: Good venue, not just for ice skating!

Alison Dew: Very cold, very dirty and very damp.

Fanatic Casual Dodgy Group: Home of ice hokcey Coventry fans

Karen Booth: Good view from away block, toilets ok, but was very cold compared with other rinks so wrap up (not Basingstoke level of cold, that is ice age level, just compared with rinks not half condemed)

Gosia P: Went to see hockey. Nice staff, good place.

Aine O'Connor: Busy Friday night at Planet Ice, novice and experienced skaters in our group, but all had the same issue, skates were very uncomfortable and had to be changed at least twice by all skaters in our group. This issue parred our outing. However lively music and helpful staff made it worthwhile.

hanicka valikova: Awesome

ddd aaa: Learn to Skate, Get 5 lessons for my son. The stuff spent with him may be 5 minutes all together. They were all concentrated on small rich boy. Very unprofessional .

Martin Cowley: Amazing kids doing skilful things - awesome to watch

ML PaintandDec: Very clean, and friendly

marianne baddeley: Brilliant experience for children and adults alike. Wear warm clothing if viewing only!!! Book your penguin if you need one in advance to avoid disappointment

Bobby Norbury: Great rink, seats are comfortable and the area is clean!! Toilets are disgusting however stay clear, food is very decent and good priced. No phone signal inside be aware!

Samantha Fieldhouse: Before our visit we called for advice as we had a toddler with is and a little one that had never skated before- found the staff really great offered advise and very helpful, yesterday we came we had a great time, all enjoyed the main skate and we found the toddler session fantastic, we unfortunately had a little accident my daughter had a fall and hurt her wrist, again the staff were great really looked after usReally great team

Fadafada Silla: Best place

Andrew Godwin: Great ice rink, brilliant athomsphere on Tigers match nights and a well stocked shop for all your skating needs. Also one of the most reasonable priced free skate prices in the area.

Pugmaster 3d: Very well maintained facilities and changing rooms with a high quality ice surface and boards. Only downside is the size but it is more than big enough for what it does

Melissa Dudley: Staff have always been really helpful and lovely in my experience. Sometimes the rink is very very busy (half terms and Christmas especially) but that's to be expected. Would highly recommend the tigers games and skating lessons

Hannah Powell: It's very good ice to skate on and is a good place to start if you've never skated before. The session was an hour and a half long, which was longer than expected, and very good for the price. Just remember to wear thick socks, because the ice skates will rub!

Prabs: Great night out . Have to pay for parking which is relatively cheap. The rink is right next to the car park . We didn’t pre book and the queue was long . The staff were very attentive, friendly and polite .

Chris Brown: Milly was ace,excellent service thank you

Mrs G: Good value ice skating

Damon Jones: Make sure you book you will have a great time .great for the kids and not expensive

Andy Binks: Used to be a regular here but it isn’t as organised as it used to be. The staff don’t seem to care now, you spend half the session queuing to get in, then to get your boots and again get your boots back! There’s hardly any lockers and the one’s there are a rip off.

Dean Rooker: Great, shame it gets overly busy on Friday evenings.

Harrison Ball: Good facilities big ice abit cold tho

Gavin Blamire: Went to the public session today, spent most the time we paid for queuing up everything was hectic and badly managed they don’t give you extra time on the ice that you miss queuing sessions are only for an hour and a half so you barely get any time.Way too many people are allowed in at one time it’s dangerous people moving all different ways around the rink the stewards are not interested at all even people falling no one went to help just a waste of time and money.

Chris Kirb: Great.

Alisha K: It’s really good! Prices are much better than in other places and the size of the rink is perfect. We went in the holidays just before Xmas and it wasn’t overcrowded.Quality of skates is the same as everywhere, isn’t brilliant but just about ok. Parking isn’t the cheapest but we didn’t have to pay on exit for some reason (member of stuff just let us out as there was an issue with a pay machine).Stuff were polite and friendly. I’d come again and again!

Tegan Magrath: I come every Friday it is very good but I came the once the line took half an hour ice rink got really busy

Joe Carballo: Amazing place had my sons birthday here and did rock climbing, ice skating and snow playFood was good in the alpine cafe great friendly service and an amazing day out

Martin Gaze: Great fun and great price

To Ten: Good place for learning skiing. Open whole year and remember to take 20p to close your locker 👍👍. 28£ for 3hr? Worth it 😁

Si Li: Tamworth group lesson, amazing experience! I am 40 year old but decided to start learning skiing to enjoy a ski holiday together with my son. I have attended two group lessons in the last 2 months: fast track level 1 and learn to ski level 2. I especially would like to appreciate our instructor Peter. He is such an experienced and friendly coach! Despite its a group lesson, Peter can quickly access each individual’s capabilities and he provides particular supports for his pupils. He is so encouraging and supportive, understands my fear of the sport, so he talks through the physical techniques as well as mentally encouragement. Peter also has his teaching techniques, to overcome my fear, he held my hands and told me to close eyes, then he led me all the way through turnings to experience the speed. Wow, it was a magic! I have enjoyed, explored and learnt so much of this sport from Peter!

jordan birch: Great place

Trevor Bagley: It was great and the kids enjoyed it.

James Richards: We had a fun time ice skating. The staff so super helpful. Will definitely be going again soon

Jonathan Price: Excellent skiing training session. Instructor was very good. Have been to all sorts of activities and always good.

Gary Musto: Only did ice skating, but great fun.Used Aspen lounge. Good view of slopes, lovely food.

Dan Hodgkins: Good, fun activities under one roof. We swam, climbed and played in the snow. The kids had a lovely time. All in all it was reasonable value for money.

Christopher C: This is a fantastic place to go with so much on offer in sporting activities. It’s hard to only come once we went iceskating which is not like any other iceskating place I’ve been before.The ice rink layout does have the traditional rink in the middle. However, you can go exploring around other areas with tracks hidden within those feeling more confident, or just wanting more of a place to go in explore the usual “Just going in circles””in the rink”. This is a spacious, fun, well-kept and entertaining Activity..Pricing is reasonable considering the size of the rink and what’s on offer. This is suitable for very young children to adults. The staff are really helpful and equipment is good. I would say with most iceskating boots you need extra socks for comfort however, the blades on the boots are really good , it’s a really well maintained and the boots themselves are actually quite comfortable apart from the main more padding which is common.Parking was really easy however, I would say bring your own food as it is extremely pricey upstairs. There is an external company hiccup of wild food, but the portions are small. The prices are high . The seating area is really comfortable. It’s nice, spacious, unique and modern with its quirky touch using ski lift seats.There is rockclimbing snowboarding skiing activities, however, we only did screen on this occasion

Jack Richards: Good experience but quite run down now, needs an update.

Angelika Tucznio: I ordered two sessions for my son, one after the other, after entering the second one, they looked at us as scammers who want to enter for free, they helped everyone and moved my son to the end, we were watched in every respect, we will definitely not be back!

Google User: Great

Rachel Dyer: The instructors here are great. We had Emily, Sam and Adam and they were all wonderful. Truly wonderful. The snow is pretty good for being indoor but there are large patches of ice at the lift which can make it tricky. The only reason it’s a 3 stars is the ice and the fact that on our first top to bottom run after spending months on the middle point the guy running the carpet lift, Dec was his name, made a super disparaging and insulting remark about our snowboarding on our way back up. It just sucked all the joy out of the day and really drained any confidence we had built. So for me I don’t know if I’ll come back or go elsewhere. But if you’re learning Emily, Adam and Sam are excellent. Oh and the food is good too!

Rob Loxton: Decent snow. Not quite as long as Manchester one but not too bad as probably alot older. No button lift to contend with as is an escalator on one side and pull rope for the learners. Instructor Paul was excellent teaching my daughter level 3 snowboarding and got her back up to speed from the top in a 2 hour session. Hire board wasn't bad either and staff were helpful. Boots, board, bindings and helmet provided in price if you haven't got them, just remember your gloves. Didn't need thermals underneath salopettes and no goggles needed either. Wore a ski coat but hoodie is would have been fine. One small jump and one platform/rail for a small buzz. £2.50 for parking all day by card.

daniel douglas: not a bad place miles better than dirty bannatyne and the miserable staff that work there. I'm happy with this place

Kay F: Amazing venue, so much fun. Will definitely return.

Beebe Joslin: Great place between ski holidays. Lots of equipment to buy, fun for all the family.

Ellie Poole: First time skiing and the booked the ski fast track 1. Sophie was amazing she taught us the basics and made feel confident enough to ski from half way up, far higher than i thought I’d be able to! I had so much fun!