The staff were nice, for the most part. Never saw so much attitude and rude staff anywhere. Would definitely recommend! It's a shame as a year ago or more it was better. My review is for their summer camp. Open weekends! Yelp users haven’t asked any questions yet about Tampa Bay Skating Academy. The music was alright, but faint and not nearly on par with the Brandon Ice Sports Forum's music and DJ. It was not an even/smooth surface. We have also done camps and attended birthday parties. She was also incredibly helpful in the weeks leading up to the camp in helping the mom and I get all the paperwork squared away. (Honestly, really just a ploy for you to come back and spend more money there since who in there righful mind would ever go skating there by themselves) She said the $15 would be refunded the next day. She said her manager was the only person with that authority but she took down my credit card info. When the Tampa Bay Skating Academy rink opened in Oldsmar in Spring 1992, we moved into our primary home. This review is for the service provided by Sarah in the Pro Shop. I will look elsewhere for our next ice skating outing. My review is for their summer camp. © 2020 Tampa Bay Skating Academy. Want to be a sponsor? Open skate offered 4-6pm then it's hockey leagues and games you are welcome to watch. Met with our scout troop for an outing. But if you want to take a break and open the locker to get your money out you have to put another .$50 in to kick it again. I mean disgusting, feel like i need to sanitize the second i touch anything in this place. The only reason we still skated there was because it was a really long drive that we took to get there. Snack bar is never open so be prepared to have nothing easily available to drink and they insist you cannot bring your own food or beverages but you have to stand and beg for someone to materialize to wait on you to get a lousy warm drink with no ice. We have open skating sessions for the public to come and skate throughout the week!…. Click on one of the links below to learn more about your program(s) of interest! Our son's hockey skates were having a few hot spots, and we had not baked them yet.We came here, and not only did Sarah/CCM machine do a nice even job baking, but they have a CCM FIT bladder matching to help form fit the warm skate even more.Hot spot problems solved!Thanks again Sarah. "My daughter was on a Frozen kick. Poorly managed and it's doing a nosedive. ", "My boyfriend and I have found the perfect place for a relatively low cost date night that's lots of fun! I mean I didn't skate until I was a whole lot older, what really could a four year old who had never…", Tampa Bay Grand Prix is an indoor go karting facility with two locations in the Tampa Bay Florida area. The locker rooms are dirty, look and smell like they never clean them and the bathrooms are worse. Over this summer my friend's 2 kids came to stay with me, so to keep them busy they were in the beginners summer camp during the day. I paid with credit card and was not offered a receipt. We specialize in Figure Skating and Hockey classes. The amenities were always bare bones but this is embarrassing now that they raised prices and they have the worst ice in all of Tampa bay. When I was finally up to get my skates, I had to tell the heavy set gentleman  with the glasses who working the window 3 times what my size was only for him to tell me they were out of that size. Slush is putting it mildly and so much condensation that you couldn't see the end of the rink. This place has a huge ice ring and caters to many events. Clearwater Ice Arena Schedule. 19 reviews of Tampa Bay Skating Academy "My friends and I planned to go here for an ice skating day on our school holiday yesterday and we came in a gigantic group to the skating rink, and they refused to give us a group discount. Clearwater Ice Arena Will not return.. def going to the one at countryside mall. I wish they had more available seating next to the rind for those with skates on. First pair I tried were too small and were practically cutting off my circulation. For an ice rink in a mall, this place has great equipment with cheap prices. (727) 723-7785. 6 other reviews that are not currently recommended, in Team Building Activities, Laser Tag, Arcades, Find more Skating Rinks near Tampa Bay Skating Academy. Dirty. Then, we didn't know that you can't cut across the rink when your little one is about to pee there pants.