The Ice Rink at Boulevard Pool

First impression review.
This is my first time ice skating ever so I can’t compare to other places or other experiences, but here are some of my thoughts :
— Line to get in was pretty organized, like the online option to sign the waiver for a quicker entrance in.
— $ 20 is pricey but then again there’s no time limit and they’re open pretty late.
— Small rink, making it a bit crowded.
— The ice was a little weird to me — uneven may be the word to describe it. Experienced friends said there are better ice in rinks around town.
— Like that it’s outdoors, but I would hate doing that on a SUPER cold night.
— The fake snow, aka soap snow, got annoying when a lot of it got on your face. But was a nice touch to the experience.
— The skates definitely hurt my feet, even after adjusting them.
— Like that they offer helmets and assistants for the kiddos!
And lastly, may I add falling sucks. Especially if you were doing so good in not falling and then all of the sudden a little kid decides to fall on you from the back. Therefore losing your balance and fall on your butt on the icey, cold rink!
It was fun though! :D

*** Unilocal 100 CHALLENGE 99/​100***
The idea of an ice rink overlooking the fascinating lights of the Las Vegas Strip sounds very enchanting, but to me the lack of space is quite overwhelming. If you don’t mind skating around with tons of people with not much personal space then I would say go for it, as for me, I’ll stick to the sidelines and be an amused spectator of bodies falling left and right. Lol really, this is some peoples idea of fun? That’s only the bitter person in me coming out, now that I don’t have the energy to embarrass myself in public hahaha.
Nevertheless, it’s fun to watch kids and adults enjoying themselves and let me tell you some of these folks are really talented and have skills!
The Ice Rink runs from November 21 thru January 3, M-​F from 3 to midnight and Sat-​Sun 3 to midnight and with Holiday hours from December 21 thru January 3, 12 noon to midnight daily.
An all day pass will cost you $ 15 and locals get $ 5 off. Skate rentals are $ 5. On Mondays they have Skate Date’s in which they show different movies on their 65 inch screen. Wednesdays are Industry nights where they have a live DJ and the rink basically turns into an outdoor club scene. Thursdays are for Throwbacks where you can wear your favorite leg warmers and cutesy little outfits and they play popular tunes from the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s. Oh and they also have snow showers from 6 – 10 pm which is a cool add on. Food and delicious cocktails are being sold to round off your experience and there are several fire pits to keep you toasty.
Even if skating is not really your thing, it’s a good little outing to take your family to for some holiday fun. Only time will tell if I’ll ever set foot on Cosmo’s ice rink, maybe I’ll have to go to one of our local ice rinks to practice, if I can get over my irrational fear of someone running over and slicing my fingers if I fall, that is eeeekkks :|

I would not recommend this place. The service was terrible. We were waiting in line and they asked us if we filled the waiver out. He directed us another line and we were waiting for 10 minutes when we heard him tell other people they can do it online. We did it online which took 5 minutes. We moved to the next line to pay and then pick up our skates. They didn’t have a size 5 so I just adjusted the size 6. The ice rink was packed which was understandable, but unacceptable to how many people were on there. People were falling and hitting the people next to them. People were trying to speed past other people which caused them to fall. There were multiple children unattended. They should have some sort of regulation. It seems like a great date or place to bring the family, but I would not go.
$ 15 to ice skate
$ 10 to ice skate with local ID
$ 5 skate rental

Skating is a lot of fun and they did a great job with the facility. They also blow fake snow every once in a while and that’s great. Great holiday spirit.
The only down side is that there are too many people (and too many beginners, myself included).

Great spot for some holiday cheer!
Monday’s are local days so it’s $ 5 cheaper with local id! Lots of seating and space available to sit down and put your skates on.
The drinks were delicious! We ordered the Come Wassail Away and a pumpkin spice cider. The food looked good too! I love that you can order a s’mores kit and sit around and share a snack around the fire pit.
They also play Christmas movies later in the evening. Christmas Vacation and A Christmas Story were the choices on our evening there.
It’s a crowded place but definitely a fun event for friends or families!

I was afraid that ice rink won’t be happening this year because of the fire that happened few months ago. But I guess it’s all good.
Before you get in line to pay and skate rental, you need to sign waiver on iPad on the right hand side. If you’re not local, it’s $ 15 person. You can skate until they close which is 12am when I was there. If you don’t skate you can eat, drink hot chocolate or play table pool (free) or you can sit on the aluminum bench until your butt gets super cold. That’s what happened to me.
It’s a pretty good size ice rink. I believe it’s on top of swimming pool. Such a great idea. The only complaint is people need to take care of their trash and returning skates. So uncool.

I was skeptical… But after a very trying day… I needed a break… I met up with my friends and we decided to get Down on the ice… literally:)
The rink is located on the fourth floor… Where the Blvd pool is. Use the east elevators. The garage is directly under so it should be rather simple to find parking.
Locals pay 10 $ Monday-​Friday and 5 $ for a skate rental… They have a full service bar and hot cocoa and snacks. Since some of the girls didn’t skate, we left our bags at the table… So, I am not 100 percent sure they have lockers. Pack light.
The rink itself isn’t huge… But it’s big enough. The ice gets a lot of use… Could probably use some extra love from the zombonie. It wasn’t insanely busy… So we had a lot of room to skate… And dance… And fall… And fall again… The weekends probably much busier. I would definitely go again and suggest checking it out if it’s something of interest.

Concept is cool but the amount of people who go and the cost doesn’t add up. The space is too small for the amount you pay to get in…
Also, there is so many people there. Rather go to the fiesta to ice skate. Good luck trying to «skate» when the rink is the size of a regular pool.

Great activity at the Cosmopolitan Hotel on the 4^th floor. It is an open air rink facing the nightlife. There is a small café and bar with reasonably priced comfort food with good vegetarian options.

Cosmopolitan transforms one of the outdoor pools into mini ice skating rink during the wintertime to offer some holiday fun. There are some seating area (first come first served) with patio chairs and tables (picnic and high tops) close by the bar where you can order food and hot cocoa. The better viewing areas with fire pit require reservation/​fee.
Ice Skating Rates:
Admission $ 15 ($ 10 with local ID, Mon-​Fri)
Rental $ 5
Bobby (ice skating aid) $ 10 for 90 min
Hand warmers $ 2
PRO:
— non-​gambling attractions in Vegas for families or dates
— beautiful at night skating outdoors with snow machine blowing the flurries
CON: The concept is great, but the skating area is quite small without people monitoring the capacity to ensure safety. The workers do check that you have paid for admission, but it was quite dangerous when it was really crowded over the holidays.

This place is nice, cute and of course it is its at the Cosmo! However, when I arrived here with my husband I did not skate, he compared it to a purchased in-​ground backyard pool and a purchased blow up pool.
Its a tease and the skates are cheap. I have no idea why they charge what they do for people to… turn in a circle. Aside from the size, granted it’s just a pool, it’s a nice hangout. Fire pit and all.
… Unless like me, your from the east coast.

Went here during the holiday season with my family. It was a small, but a nice rink, with great views of the strip.
There’s a few fire pits for smores, a bar for a hot toddy and skate rentals are pretty fairly priced.

So much fun and gets you in the spirit. We like to go right after work so that way the line to get in is not too bad. We also sign out waiver online beforehand so we can skip that part of the line.
The rink is a little on the small side so it can be crowded and hectic and times. You have be careful of little ones falling and drunk adults goofing off.
Once we have had enough, we scope the area for seats next to the fire pits. Your timing has to be just right with this because there are not a lot of seats, especially when it gets busy.
With the locals discount and the laughs we have, we have made this a tradition for the past two Christmas seasons.

I made my husband come skating with me during our trip over Christmas. I had never seen him skate and so the combo of that and skating on the Strip, was perfect.
Finding the rink wasn’t as easy as I had thought. The signage could definitely be better, but just keep going up escalators until the 4^th floor, and there it is. I would definitely recommend signing the waiver before hand, as every person in your group must sign. But from there you just pay ($ 15 adult entry, $ 5 rental) and grab your rentals. The skates provided are understandably very dull and fit like ski boots.
The arena itself is small but does the trick. We enjoyed hanging out at the ends to watch other skaters. The seal toys provided to kids are the most irritating things ever and turbo hazards, so I would definitely recommend going later at night when it’s a bit more adult friendly. Your ticket allows you access all day and so you can come and go as you please.
Overall we had a great time and stayed for about an hour to get our $ 40 worth.

This place would probably be more worth it if you have a larger group and reserve a fire pit (or snag a communal fire pit). Still a cute place for a night out, though.
I love that the skates had adjustable straps and very strong clips. Made it much easier than putting on bulky ice skates with laces.
The rink. I don’t think it was actually made out of ice, it felt more like plastic covered in a thin layer of ice. I could be wrong. Wasn’t too busy when I went, so that was a plus.
I hate being interrupted while asking questions. «How much are the – » «$ 10!» «I was actually going to ask about the fire pi – » «Ask at the other booth, there’s a whole different one designated for that.» There was only one couple behind us while we were asking, so idk what the rush was all about.
Also! My boyfriend and I went back after a while to rent one of those skating-​support things, and right as the employee was passing it to us, another employee stops her and says «I’ve already rented this one out.» So she says, «Whoops, sorry!» Then hands us our $ 10 back. Dude, seriously? But it’s fine, I got the hang of balancing. Kinda haha.
The workers at the podium near the fire pits were much more friendly and let me finish my sentence :-)
Fire pits for a group of 6 – 8: ~$ 200 (which just means you have to at least spend $ 200 of food/​drinks, but it also gives you a voucher on skates and entry).
Couple’s fire pits, you and your boo can sit with strangers: ~$ 85
Communal fire pits: first come, first serve.
Overall, I would go again next year. I just have to plan ahead and rent a fire pit, they’re totally worth it.

It’s pretty neat that the Cosmopolitan turns their (4^th floor) rooftop Boulevard pool into a skating rink in the winter– better than that, they surround it with firepits and add a food booth where you can get goodies like pierogi, chili, soup, and grilled cheese, not to mention a make-your-own-s’mores dessert kit!
Staff are friendly and reservations for the fire pits are encouraged– though they have a few available for walk-​in business, the place IS busy so you shouldn’t bank on getting one. Skate rental, socks, and skate passes available to enjoy the ice– glad that they have a locals pass to cut some of the fees.

I hate the cold and I can’t even ice skate, yet I still had an amazing time at the Ice Rink at the Cosmopolitan. Yeah, I’m one of those wall huggers at the ice rink. (Don’t make fun, it’s not nice). My husband, who is a more advanced ice skater, pushed and steered me around the rink until we finally decided to rent a kiddie seal ($ 10). It was pretty hilarious being pushed around while sitting on a bright orange plastic seal. But hey, I got around a lot faster on that thing than on my own two feet!
The Ice Rink itself is smallish and quite crowded, but I guess that just adds to the festive atmosphere. We went on Monday, which is «Date Night» at the rink. The movie line up included Home Alone, Home Alone 2, and the Griswold’s Christmas Vacation. The movie screen is placed higher than I’d like, and there’s not much seating available, but the audio is great! For 2 skate rentals and skate passes, the total came to $ 30 (that’s the locals price). *They only need to see 1 local ID for the discount.
The Olaf’s Warm Hug hot chocolate ($ 6) is the best goddamned hot chocolate I’ve ever tasted. The bartender, whose name was Crystal, was an absolute sweetheart and quick too! She asked if I wanted marshmallows or whipped cream. Can I have both? Of course, she said! I was also ecstatic to learn that the Ice Rink serves vegetarian chili and cornbread. I’m going to come back just to order this!
When our group of 6 was standing by two bar tables sipping on drinks, we were freezing our asses off. There was a heater right next to us, but it was off. When I was ordering my Olaf, my husband asked the waitress if someone could turn it on. Less than a minute later, someone fired it up and then we were all toasty as hell. Sweet! I guess all you have to do is just ask nicely.
Good to know:
1) There are two «communal» fire pits with seating up for grabs.
2) You can reserve your own private pit for up to 6 people. The party is required to spend a minimum of $ 200 on food and drinks. We were told that the private rental includes ice skate rentals and passes, as well as two drinks. *We should have done this! I think it totally would be worth it. There’s always next time…
3) There’s two pool tables you can use. Not sure what the service fee is though.

I’ve been to Cosmo’s ice skating rink since its conception about 2 years ago, and I dunno how they do it but, it gotten BETTER this year.
With the added feature of actual «falling snow» to an extended food menu, I wanna say that Cosmo rink has outdone itself this year.
I had their tomato soup and grilled cheese which was quite good considering the soup was thick and not too watery, which is much to my liking. Grilled cheese was on thick pieces of bread.
Also got to sample their vegetarian chili and cornbread. I wish I got larger pieces of cornbread but, chili more than made up for it with its spicyness.
I would’ve given it 5 stars had it not been for those darn firepits. I had heard they were charging for firepits so, I wanted to get an estimate. Went thru Twitter to get one and they replied with someone to email.
Ok — I emailed and they asked for «amount in party, what day, what time… etc» as all those factors would go into the pricing.
That’s just stupid bcuz being of the spontaneous kind, idk all of that… And my friends and I all have constant every changing schedules.
I just thought to screw the firepits!
They tryna get bottle service type-​ish with them firepits. Vegas Life, I tell ya :(

Attended opening night and it was a lot of fun, especially when they turned on the snow machine! There’s $ 5 off per session (normally $ 15) for locals Monday-​Friday and a Season Pass which is a good deal if you’ll be going a few times. (see pics for 411)
They serve food, specialty cocktails and virgin drinks; firepit seating is available with reservations. We had a great time sitting rinkside and making s’mores (was comped for private party) Absolutely something I’d do another time on my own $.
Throwback Thursday, Movie and snow nights are all scheduled, you can check website for details. Quite different from ice skating back in St Olaf, but a unique seasonal experience on Las Vegas Strip. Day sessions would be great for families and they provide sled stabilizers for kids and adults without their rink legs.

And The Cosmopolitan does it… yet again! Of course, who else would have done this?
Business Trip #47 to Vegas: it’s a Wednesday night, I think I’ll just head to Lotus of Siam for dinner, check into my room at Planet Hollywood after, then hang around there or go to The Cosmo for a couple drinks on a low-​key night.
BUT then, I learn of The Ice Rink at the Boulevard Pool. Yes, on the roof of The Cosmo, you don’t have to be a skating aficionado to love this idea. You can freeze your ass off, dance it off, skate if off, whatevs!
Mondays are «Date Skate» night, Thursdays are «Throwback» of course, and it just so happens that Wednesdays are «Industry Skate» which their site describes as «The most renowned DJs in Las Vegas turn The Ice Rink into an outdoor club scene for a nightlife experience unlike any other.» Are you freaking kidding me? Screw the early morning meeting I have the next day, it’s going down!
You go up to the 4^th floor, head outside, and experience: Ice Ice baby, roof top Strip views, music, firepits, a bar, benches, and cocktails with marshmellows in them. And it’s $ 15 if you skate (or $ 10 for locals), which you don’t have to do. Admission into the area itself is free if you just wanna check it out or dine.
Now, billing it as an outdoor club scene is a bit overblown. There were still little kids, young teens, and grandpa here around 11pm, which I’ve never encountered at a club (although teens at a club sounds like a dream come true to R. Kelly). Plus, no one was bearing much skin (well, except for granny). People were skating at all different paces, and falling at different places. It’s more fun if you have something to drink before hitting the rink. I couldn’t tell if the DJ was wearing Beats or if those were ear muffs.
They started The Ice Rink last year, but I never knew about it ’til now. Who cares about Secret Pizza? This is Secret Ice! Obviously it’s a limited seasonal offering, so if you’re in Vegas during the Winter, it’s a great excuse to spend some time outside.