My number 1 thing I hate about great skate is how unbelievably horrible their floor is. It has rough patches EVERYWHERE and their floor needs not just to be recoated but also to be torn out and new concrete poured. Chandler Skateland and Mesa Skateland have MUCH better floors despite being owned by the same company which is called United Skates of America.
Number 2 is that the lights are very poor and the floorguards don't do their jobs which is unfortunately common in roller skating rinks.
Obviously you are going to get the poor and unclean atmosphere of a roller skating rink so I wouldn't count that as much of a bad thing as you will only come here to skate anyway.
Number 3 would be that they only had 1 line open with more than 50 people outside and it took forever to get inside.
The ONLY good thing about Great Skate is that their floor is huge compared to Mesa and Chandler Skateland but that ONLY good thing doesn't mean anything when the floor is that bad.
I read the other reviews on Great Skate after I skated there and had this experience and the other bad reviews seemed spot on.
If you want a better skating experience, go to Mesa or Chandler skateland. Mesa being the best floor and a decent size, Chandler being a fine floor and smaller size.
I just wish their floor wasn't so bad and from a real skaters standpoint this place is just bad all around. Maybe for birthday parties it would be ok but for actual skating I think not.
The only saving grace to this review is that they have good special events like advanced rhythm skate and adult nights that the other places just don't have.