Originally Posted By RidgebackLuver ...an ice rink! My daughter would love to be able to keep up her practice on our trip. I think many people would love to include ice skating in their vacations, especially in the winter!
Originally Posted By dshyates I would love an ice rink at WDW, Except that they would probably put it in Wide World of Sports and I never go over there. But a nice smaller rink near Ft. Wilderness would be great.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo We have a rink at DLP, it is front of the hotel new York to create a Rockefeller centre kind of give. It is hardly used.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper There was a rink in front of the Venetian when we were in Vegas a few weeks ago. There must have been thousands of people in the hotel and tens of thousands walking past it yet I only ever saw maybe 8 or 10 people on the rink. Forget the ice rink. Put in a Disney themed bowling alley which would be a great rainy day alternative that anyone in the family could enjoy.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost First thing you must understand is that this would only be good for people that aren't used to cold. Northerners do not go to Florida to see ice. We could stay home, save a ton of money and have all the ice anyone could possibly want.
Originally Posted By juicer A few years ago they had one in Downtown Disney when I was there in December.
Originally Posted By RidgebackLuver A lot of people from warmer climates come too, and I think that, especially around Christmas they would enjoy it. We are in Cali and ours of always full. I looked and there aren't any ice rinks really close to WDW she can practice at. I hate for her to miss 10 days!
Originally Posted By Bob Paris 1 IIRC there are penguins on ice in IASW. Tell her to jump off the boat and join them!
Originally Posted By brotherdave Personally I'm surprised that an ice rink isn't part of Wide World of Sports. Not only for figure and pleasure skating, but for hockey as well. Florida has two NHL teams now, with one less than 90 minutes away in Tampa, so it's not as "rare" as people may think in the Sunshine State. I could see them having school-age hockey tournaments similar to what they do for POP Warner football and baseball. Heck, when Disney owned the Mighty Ducks, I'm truly surprised that a rink wasn't built at WDW by Eisner to help draw attention to the team during training camp. Peronally, I couldn't be bothered with any of the sports facilities there myself, especially while visiting WDW. Too much to see and do. But, I know that there are many like RidgebackLuver who do.
