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    MedStar Capitals Iceplex

    3.3 (77 reviews)
    Closed 5:30 am - 9:00 pm
    Updated 1 month ago

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    Christi T.

    It's very nice and new. Parking is only $1 . The building is very beautiful. People in the front were very nice. Will be back

    Nice place but not for kids learning how to skate. Came on vacation and was staying at a hotel nearby. We purchased our tickets online and then after we arrived noticed they have nothing for kids to hold onto. This is very uncommon for most ice rinks but I understand the marketing tactic since they provide lessons. The lady at the front desk could not refund us even though we didn't skate she gave me a email to the financial department on a sticky pad. See photos. Overall, we were excited but I think they should make it clear they don't have anything for kids to hold onto. Almost everyone here on the ice seemed to know how to know how to skate at some degree. I emailed them and will update the review when they reply and give a refund.

    Check out table at the Inova BloodDrive on 3-1-14
    Stephanie J.

    This review is for the INOVA Blood Drive on 3-1-14 rather than the entire Kettler Capitals Iceplex. The Kettler Center is a great venue for the Capitals blood drive since it is also their practice location. Inova does a great job organizing, publicizing and managing the blood drive. When I entered the facility signs directed me upstairs to the event. At the top of the stairs a friendly and uniformed boy scout directed me to the registration table. There was no wait to confirm my appointment and registration to the event and the desk volunteer provided me with the required Red Cross blood donation questionnaire, a pen and a clipboard. She directed me to the preliminary waiting area so that I could complete the paperwork. Within 5 minutes of returning the documents I was called back for the personal interview where a worker checked by blood pressure, iron levels, and temperature. She also made sure that my arms were free of needle marks. All of the workers and volunteers that I encountered were friendly, polite and considerate. After a short wait, I was escorted to the recliners to for the actual donation. The phlebotomist was kind and empathetic, easing my anxiety and putting my fears to rest. I had a great view of the practice ice below and it was fun to watch the ongoing youth games. It was also a great people watching spot. Once the donation was complete I was encouraged to help myself to complimentary juice and snacks before checking out and receiving my participation thank you gifts. At this even the gifts were a Nicklaus Backstrom bobble-head doll; however, the bobble-heads were unavailable due to a shipping and customs delay but they rewarded me with a voucher for the bobble-head, a Caps hat, T-shirt and hat. I left tired but happy. Washington Capitals, thank you for sponsoring and supporting this event. It is such a help to the community and very well-attended due to your success on the ice!

    Shirt given to the birthday girl as part of the party
    Rebecca C.

    I recently attended a birthday party here for a first grader (6 and 7 year olds) and had an EXCELLENT time. It was fantastic to have an instructor help the children whose parents couldn't help them skate (although I didn't pass up the opportunity!). The rink is extremely professional and clean, wide open space and lots of seating. It's easy to see how this is used professionally by the Caps. I was nervous to go out with my 6-year-old at first but after all of 5 minutes, we got the swing of things together and had a blast. While we only attended this party, I would highly consider hosting one myself in the future.

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    Mac O.

    Weeeeeeeeee! What fun! This place made me feel like a kid again. Maybe it was the fact that I was chaperoning a gaggle of 12-year-olds. Maybe it was lacing up those ice skates and circling the public rink until my ankles hurt. Maybe it was the giddiness that bubbled up as we watched The Caps doing skill drills in their practice rink. Or the puck that ricocheted of the Plexiglass directly in front of us with shotgun-like intensity, scaring the daylights out of my coworker and providing me a good belly laugh. Whatever it was, this place is good old fashioned fun. Can you name a Capital other than Ovechkin?, husband asked me before the field trip. No. But there's something to be said for the sheer excitement of being *that* close to any professional athlete practicing their craft. Not a whole lot of other places where you can get so near you can make eye contact, wave like an idiot, and get an autograph afterward (for the kids, of course). Public is more than welcome to watch practice -- for free -- from the observation deck whenever the Caps are there. The public rink is good-sized. The free-skate schedule changes, but the hours can be found on the Kettler website. It's $12 for adults, $11 for kids, or $8 per person for a group of 10 or more. There's a snack bar serving typical snack bar fare, locker rooms, lockers for rent, a pro shop, and a Capitals store. I wish I'd known about this place sooner. I lived in Ballston for 3 years, passing through Ballston Mall twice daily on my commute, and I never had any idea the Kettler was 7 storeys above me. But I'll be back now!

    This is the Capitals training facility. Pretty cool

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    This is a great place to learn to skate. Parking is really cheap, and it was a nice facility

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    Pentagon Row Outdoor Ice Skating Plaza

    4.1(53 reviews)
    2.7 miPentagon City

    Went here two weekends ago and had a great time, it was my 6 year olds first time and she had a…read moreblast. Luckily we were able to get a skating helper stand for her, but I feel like there needs to be more of them. Reasonably priced for a two hour block of skating. Pay for parking is right across S Joyce St. you can go skate, and then go eat and Nighthawk Brewery and get 10% off with your skating ticket.

    Really fun experience, especially with the chilly weather, which for some reason compels people to…read morego outside and do such wintry activities even though they'll have to bundle up, lest they catch a cold or such. In all seriousness, it's a decent-sized skating rink with cute snowflake lighting above and nice surrounding shops and eateries, such as TJ Maxx, DSW, and Basic Burger. Actually, it's on the smaller end, but I think there's a limit to the number of people that can be out there at once, since we were given stickers to display while we were in the ice, and these stickers had a time at which our reservation expired (I think). My bros, my bro's gf, and I had a blast going 'round and 'round, initially holding onto the rails (at least my bro's gf and I had to), before acclimating and being able to skate closer to the middle of the rink. We made reservations on the phone about a day prior, and were tended to and able to get our skates immediately when we got there. They have these standing training wheels that you can skate with (some look like penguins). I don't really know how to describe them or what to call them besides that. Anyway, my bro's gf was more gradual with gaining her balance on the ice, and she thought it was unfair that only little kids were allowed to be able to use these training equipment. I noted a few skate guards on the ice; good to know there are individuals out there presumably to ensure skaters' safe leisure. After skating for about an hour or so, we enjoyed some hot chocolate and ice cream (never too cold!) at Mimi's ice cream parlor just outside the rink.

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    Kraken

    Kraken

    3.1(56 reviews)
    6.7 mi

    Took my kids to rollerskate for the 4:30 to 6:30 PM session to blow off some steam before dinner…read more Terrible rink, doesn't seem family friendly, walked into lord knows what trying to take my 4 year old to pee (weed smoke, a woman dressed for a much more adult experience at 5:30pm).... I turned around and walked right out of there without investigating further. The vibes were off in that bathroom, I can tell you that much. They seemed alarmed that I was trying to come in there at all let alone with a four-year-old, even though the bathroom was a public bathroom.... I don't know how this place can call itself a roller skating rink with that horrible floor. The skates were plastic and awful. I really feel ripped off and extremely disappointed. The chairs were disgusting. I washed all of our clothes and coats as soon as we got home. I will never be returning. Such wasted money. In addition there was a DJ playing music and it was so loud. My kids were extremely overstimulated and just yelling by the time we left, then complained of headaches on the car ride home.

    Went here for the first time to try the roller skating rink. And all I can say is that this place…read moreis just "average." I love the concept, and this seems like a great place for an extreme beginner (like me) to practice because it wasn't very crowded when I went at 5:30 pm on a weekday. But there were so many things that I also didn't like about the place. First, the rental skates are DIRTY and DUSTY and DOWNRIGHT disgusting. They do not seem to be properly cleaned or maintained, and I don't think they are even sanitized between users. They only come in derby style (with the completely flat sole, without a little heel), and I also found them to run very narrow. (And I have a regular width foot in the most common women's size. So I'm not hard to fit!) I spent almost 30 minutes of my 2-hour reservation simply trying to find a pair that didn't hurt my feet and with wheels that rolled properly. The shoes themselves are super filthy and dusty with disintegrating shoelaces, and when you go to put them on, the wheels are covered in so much dirt and hair and they get your pants dirty just touching them. Second, it is difficult to watch your things while you're skating. There are no lockers or secure areas to place your things. Rather just outside the rink there is a long built-in bench you can sit on to put on your skates, with rows of open cubby holes above it for you to store your things. But the entire area is facing out -- away from the rink and toward the rest of the building. That means it wouldn't be safe for you to leave a purse there unattended, nor would it be wise to leave your water bottle either. Although I felt fine storing my jacket and shoes there, I had to carry the rest of my stuff with me (and I placed my water bottle on the inside ledge so I could try to keep an eye on it). The whole thing seems poorly designed for adult users. Plus it was dirty -- with chewed balls of gum littering the area and even random press-on fingernails in the cubbies. Third, the handful of "cabana" seating areas that are around the rink seem so beat-up and dilapidated. All the pillows are dirty and deflated. The wicker is beat-up. Everything about the place just seem unkempt and uncared for. Whoever owns this place ought to be ashamed! There is no reason for it to be this bad. Fourth, the rink itself is ok. It's not a shiny floor like you might remember from childhood, but rather a slightly soft black snap-together floor. It was perfectly fine for skating though. There is no "rail" surrounding the rink though. If you find that you need to try to break a fall/come to a stop, there is almost nothing but smooth wall. (There was some kind of light fixture plate jutting out from the wall--screws and all--near the emergency exist when I was there. It was a definite safety hazard, and I don't think the establishment even cares. Fifth, there does seem to be a food stand and restrooms nearby. But I didn't use either of those, so I can't speak to the quality, cleanliness, etc. of any of it. Sixth, there is a decent parking lot out front. But it doesn't belong to Kraken. You have to pay a separate company to park out front (electronically, kind of like using ParkMobile). So that sucks. This place should at least validate your parking for a set amount of time. Seventh, the bulk of the building is devoted to pickleball. There are several courts all over, while the skating rink is in the very back. When I first arrived, there was hardly anyone playing. But as the night progressed, the pickle ball courts all got lots of us with multiple crowds. Because the backs of the cabanas are super close to pickle ball courts, it would seem prudent to me to put mesh along the back of the cabanas, so that there's no chance of an errant pickle ball flying into the cabana and hitting someone -- let alone flying onto the court and hitting an unsuspecting skater. It seems like this would be a no-brainer from the establishment's perspective, but it hasn't been done. So all of these things made for a mediocre experience. Now what were the good things, you ask? Well, I think if you can bring your own skates, then it's nice to have a place where you can safely practice in NW DC (and without having to go all the way to the Anacostia skate park). But other than that, there's not too much more I can say. If this place were in an inconvenient location, then these 3 stars would fall all the way down to 1 star.

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    Kraken - The cabanas and rink

    The cabanas and rink

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