Skateway Middletown — Attraction in Middletown

Well, let me start off by saying that I will definitely NOT be back. My friend and I decided that we wanted to go skating since we hadn't been in a while. We got to Skateway and as soon as we walked in, we were bombarded by a bunch of kids just rolling thru the place and swearing their mouths off. I looked out into the rink to see that there weren't any rails to hold onto at all, which obviously is safe. Pretty much every kid was on their phone AS THEY WERE SKATING. When we went over to get some food, we paid with our debit card and the lady at the front wasn't happy at all, she gave us a bunch of attitude for paying with the card instead of using cash. Now here's the best part! When we sat down, I sat my friend's debit card down to get ready to put it in my wallet. Well, as I was reaching for my wallet, this worker guy comes over and puts his hand on the card and slowly tries to grab it from me. I quickly took it back and looked up at him. He looked at both of us and said, "You might want to put that away. I've already stolen another kids phone," and held up the phone. That's when we got up, left our skates on the floor and bolted out of there. When we got back into my car, the guy peered out of the door, so I'm assuming that he was looking for us. So, if you're ever in need of recommendations for skating rinks, I HIGHLY suggest that you do NOT...

Found this place via Facebook events. I’m from 35 minutes away but decided to go to their Taylor Swift skate night. Here’s my takeaways:

Overall, the place is so-so.

It was kind of hard to find. If it wasn’t for my GPS, I would have driven right past it. A better sign would be great at helping visitors find the place.

While not terrible for a small town skating rink, the place was pretty small. When I got inside, the seating area was very crowded, and there wasn’t really anywhere to put on skates, eat, or relax. There was room for 4-5 families max, and at least 9 families were in attendance.

The rink itself was small as well, and in desperate need of a waxing.

The pizza was good, and reasonably priced. I also enjoyed the “love potion” slushee, but thought it was a little expensive for its size.

The music was great and the perfect volume. The DJ was really friendly too.

The activities were fun and challenging. I could fully participate without playing dumb for kids, which was nice. The bracelet swap and trivia were particularly fun.

Mostly, I was disappointed at the age range of this event. The way it was marketed, I expected more teens and young adults, but most of the skaters were under the age of 12. I still enjoyed interacting with the kiddos, and love the bracelets they gave me, but had hoped to make a few...

If I could give a ZERO I would! Had my daughter's 10th birthday party here. My 11 year old son was harrassed and bullied by a kid named Warren, who is Skateway's "helper". He is a young teen who kept calling my son names, pushing him, and when my son fell, he pushed my sons face into the floor. Also, my sister witnessed her son being pushed by this same kid. Finally, he went up to my daughter and her 2 friends and started yelling at them, when they was only trying to get up off of the floor with skates on. I spoke with the referree and Linda, who said that they allow him to come help out, but that this was not the first time he has done this kind of stuff, so they was banning him from there. Come to find out, she had whispered to him to just pretend that he was leaving until we left, then he could come back in. We spent WAYYYYY too much money for the birthday girl, her friends, my nephew, and son to leave crying!!! This was totally unprofessional and thanks to them, she had a bad birthday party. I will never take my kids here again. Nor will any of my family memebers or friends. Oh, also, we all witnessed employees allowing this teen to grug deal by the desk for the skates!!! They condone this kind of behavior and turn a blind eye to it....