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| - I was so glad that Gilbert finally had it's own ice rink! Unfortunately, I did not have long to try it out because my family moved out of Gilbert shortly afterward, but I recently came back for an ice skating session with my friends. Having a huge group and getting the group rate was so nice. I think the usual cost is $8 for an adult plus $3 or $4 for skate rental. The skates are of course not very comfortable. They are the standard blue, strap-on, plastic skates that are standard across all Polar Ice facilities. They are always such a pain, and I've always gotten blisters from skating in those. They don't provide enough support either. I often walked away with sore ankles and sore soles. As such, I bought my own pair of ice skates a few years back so I wouldn't have to pay the skate rental fee.
With my own skates, my feet never feel sore, and I can skate for the entire 2.5 hours of public skate time without sitting down to give my feet a break. My friends often had to sit on the side because their feet hurt so bad. So overall, the facility is great, but the shoes suck. For occasional skating though, they will do. This place still deserves 4 stars because the staff here is really nice. My friends and I were taught to skate backwards by a staff members, and one of the other staff members also took photos for us.
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