Young’s Skating Center

Adult skate on Wednesdays is a lot of fun. You can request songs from the DJ, a great group of regulars attends, it’s rarely crowded, and it’s inexpensive, with a frequent skater card available for repeat attendees.

Went family night, opens 6:30, and they have one person checking in. Didn’t get in the door till 7, they close at 8:30. Poor condition, too many games, not enough skating time

Exactly what you expect from a roller rink.

Wow, what a waste of time, a couple skate at 1130 in the morning with a bunch little kids be for real, staff is bizarre, one lady yelling at me if a kid a bracelet wasn’t even my kid, don’t bother there has to be a better place to take ur kids skating than this dump

Man, this is another one of those places that I can’t believe I have lived so close to all my life and only recently discovered. I grew up in Vineland in the 80’s and LOVED roller skating. When Vineland’s skating rink went out of business in the early 90’s I was CRUSHED. When the rink was converted into a Salvation Army, it was like watching a sacred place be desecrated. And all these years I have longed for a skating rink where I can recapture a bit of my childhood.
Enter… Young’s.
As with so many the activities in my life, I discovered Young’s when I was invited to a birthday party for one of my kid’s friends. The first thing I was struck by was how LONG the line was. We had to wait outside for about 20 minutes in the freezing cold while the long line snaked it’s way through the ticket booth into the building. I was impressed that in a world were roller skating has fallen out of favor, skating was still flourishing so close to home. YAY!
Enter the skating rink and I am immediately struck by how although the rink is clearly frozen in time… it could be the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s or 80’s… but it isn’t dingy or dirty. It’s just timeless. Skate shop and DJ booth on your left with you enter, skate rental on your right, followed by the snack bar, then the bathrooms and the wierdest sink situation I’ve ever seen. You have to see it to believe it. All along the back wall are a series of benches for the public, which are flanked by numerous tables earmarked for birthday parties.
The place is crowded, but people are friendly and there’s no pushy shovey like there is at some roller rinks. Young’s attracts a nice clientele, even better than Skate 2000 or the Franklin rink, which pushes Young’s into the 5 star rating. There’s plentiful experienced staff available to keep everyone in check and they all look like they’re having fun and love their jobs. Sweet. I think to myself that the guy in the striped referee shirt has the best job in the world.
The DJ is great. He plays the perfect mix of classic disco and funk skating songs and current Top 40. Nice lighting changes. Clear directions about the proceedure for couples skate, games, birthday acknowledgments, etc. They even make the kids sit down on the floor to listen as instructions are given about what is expected of them. Seriously nice.
Picked up some flyers on my way out. They are very proactive with programming events for holidays and days off from school. All kinds of cool themes. Lessons are also available, as are various leagues. Young’s made me feel very enthusiastic about skating again and I’m inclined to take it up as a hobby again. And I KNOW they’ll play Super Freak for me if I ask.