Wheels Skating Center

My daughter has become obsessed with roller skating since attending a classmates birthday party a couple of weeks ago. However, it was her first time and, frankly, a traumatic experience for all involved. I told her that were she to continue this she would need a lesson or two because I was certainly of no help.
Fortunately, Wheels Skating Center offers lessons from 1 – 2 p.m. on Saturdays at only $ 5.00 a session, skates included. I was a little worried because there are no walls to cling on to but as her lesson went on, I actually saw it as a good thing because she wasn’t relying on something to keep her up.
The teacher was great and began they lesson by teaching them how to fall and get back up properly. In less than an hour, my daughter was doing substantially better and even crouching down under the limbo stick with confidence.
Another bonus to the lesson was that they were able to continue skating from 2 – 5 for the free skate at no extra charge! A fabulous deal if I ever heard one.
The rink is dated but after seeing several rinks, I am pretty sure they just built them all in 1982, bought some skates for rentals that apparently never really wear out and just stopped there. The kids don’t care though and it is a great way to spend an afternoon.

I was there for a birthday party over the weekend. They had 3 birthday parties at the same time. They didn’t have enough people to serve. They only have 4 ovens so they didn’t bring out the pizza on time. Offered good roller skating shoes and big enough floor.

We had a birthday party here for my daughter, sight unseen. Pam answered all of my questions in depth, and was very kind. The party was great for the price, and overall the venue was very well-​kept. It was very different in that it didn’t have walls, but I like that the little helpers with the wheels were free to use. My initial gripe was that I didn’t get my receipt and paperwork via mail as promised until the day of the party, but later in the day and after the party. It turned out to be fine, but I was promised it would be there by the Thursday prior to the party. Other than that, I would bring my own utensils for cake cutting, and expect microwaved food outside of the pizza. The music was kid-​friendly, so we will definitely use our free passes and visit again.

Big floor. Not many walls for beginners to hang on to, however they do have a mini practice floor in a separate room.

Terrible service, rude and unprofessional employees.
Cant buy slices of pizza unless you buy the whole pizza.

Dirty nasty disrespectful owner doesn’t want you in there minorities but want your money. Will never go back again that’s why skate zone is way more popular and better music.

Not sure what some of the people on here expect from a place that has been around for many years but I found it to be well run and friendly staff. Compared to the other rinks in the area, this one is by far the most well maintained. I don’t go to a roller skating rink for the food, etc. so I can’t review like some others have done so on here. I enjoyed the intermediate lessons and the teacher could not have been more patient and kind. Plan on going back more frequently. Cheap fun and great exercise!

Since I recently was stationed in Annapolis I thought I would check out the skating rinks here. This one was the first I’ve been to in Maryland. It wasn’t bad but it wasn’t exactly great. I only saw one adult working there and the rest of the employees didn’t even look old enough to drive. The kids working there all had bad attitudes minus a few (like the kid that helped me with my skates). Speaking of skates, I’ve never been to a rink where so many people owned their own skates, and after trying on a pair of the rentals I knew why. I don’t expect perfection when it comes to rentals, but I do expect to be able to go straight without one foot going in the opposite direction. The floor here is really warped on one end too, which seemed to cause a lot of falls. I’ve been roller skating since I was three and I was wobbling around like crazy. It wasn’t horrible but it wasn’t good. I’ll definitely be trying the other roller rinks in the area.

As soon as you walk in the door the odor hits you. The food bar did not have any food available for purchase.
Hoping my daughter chooses somewhere else next birthday.

Not much has changed here since I first moved to Maryland in the early 80’s. The musical selection has grown (but still includes the classics). There are still people working there that have been there since I can recall. The rink itself is in great shape, and the whole place is well maintained and clean. All that’s really missing is Missile Command.
A good plan if you’re going here with kids — come for the group lessons! You get a skate rental, a lot of time on the floor, and then free skating afterwards.

80’s Flash Back!!!
I am slightly embarrassed to amit that I am a frequent visitor to most of the regions roller skating rinks. I have a fetish for black and neon carpet, 1 foot tall toilet seats and gum ground into the floor from the late 80’s.
In all seriousness, my younger sister (much younger sister) competitively figure skates. I had no idea this was a serious as it is until Sarah started skating. They have local meets, regional, national and even world competitions.
Wheels Skating Center recently hosted the four day regional championship completition, and I can happily say, I didn’t feel the need to dip myself in bleach after leaving each day.
Some rinks have molded out ceiling tiles, bathrooms that have doors that wont shut, café tables covered in who knows what and are overall just NASTY.
WSC is bright, clean, and very well taken care of. Probably the best in the area as far as I can tell.

This place stinks!
We attended a birthday party today and they didn’t have enough walkers for all the children, so half of them had to sit around and wait until someone decided to share theirs. What fun !! — not !! My husband complained to a worker and she snapped at him, «well, when we get more money, we’ll buy more walkers.» Nice attitude.
He also wanted to get a lousy cup of water for our daughter at the concession stand. He waited and waited … Nobody showed up. !
Then the old guy there got in my face at the end, telling me I «had to get off the floor now because they were having skating lessons!!!» How the hell was I supposed to know that? There was no announcement. I told him to relax and go away .
They also have no helmets for the little kids. The workers were handing out HARD CANDY to children while they were skating !!! Hello choking hazard!
Never going there again.

Gave this place a 3 because, well it deserves a three. Nothing bad or wrong about this place but i’vev been to much classier skate rinks! The kids will have a great time. The staff does games in the middle of the rink for the kids. That didnt stop me from participating/​cheating in the events. I’d recommend it for a kids party though.
I won’t rate the attractiveness of the employees at this place because i didnt see a single lady that looked over 18.
And they do military/​family specials on Tuesday (if you’re into that sort of thing).

Great place not to crowded a bit far as I live near Virginia. Floor super slippery fr me not a skater at all. I busted my pride and my face when I fell. Birthday package a bit for inclusions 1 pizza and 1 pitcher. Oh my they tracked the cups and were a bit rushed as our arty was for 4pm they close at 5pm. They have jaded their. Music not a bunch cursing in the songs f any at all. I will say if nothing else build anther ail and or don’t let folk sand around near step to get on skate floor. The is how I fell pizza was oat they should order out and they sit out cookies to purchase ahhh I have issues w my food being exposed to air an unattended. Overall staff was great except kitchen folks.

On the plus side, this roller rink is fairly new and clean. There’s nothing objectionable about this place, but I didn’t love it. The décor was very minimal — most walls were plain white. There were no half-​walls to run into to stop yourself — instead there was a step that lots of people fell over. They did have «skate mates» for the kids, which made learning to skate easier. There was a concession area and a trinket/​candy buying area. The whole place felt too light — more like an ice rink than the roller rinks I remember from the 80s. I wanted a nostalgic place. This isn’t it. And it was too far of a drive for the disappointment.

This rink is nice and new! They have friendly staff and good instructors for the classes. The rink also runs a daycare/​camp for kids during the day. I have only been there Tuesday nights and for a local artistic roller skating competition.
The only complaint that some skaters have is that the music is dated and not «good,» basically old people music. Hahahaha, but this definitely makes the rink a more family friendly establishment. For the youngins out there, I recommend you bring an ipod.
This is one of the newest rinks in the area with plenty of food options at snack bar.
They also have an artistic skating club. So keep returning to the classes and learning new tricks so that we can have more skaters join their art club and hence artistic roller skating (basically ice skating on tv but on quads)!
I will def return whenever I need extra practice and am not practicing at Laurel Skate Center.

My son went to Wheels for 7 weeks of summer camp a couple of years ago, and he absolutely loved it! He went in not being able to skate at all, and by the end of the summer he was skating like a champ. They had field trips 2 – 3 times a week, got lots of skating time, and were even given lunch as well as breakfast and snacks on the days that they stayed at the rink all day. Next week both of my kids will be starting after-​care there, and they can’t wait!
They also offer skating lessons one evening a week for $ 5, which includes skate rental and admission to the public session that evening, it’s quite a bargain.

We had an «informal» birthday party for my daughter there. I was disappointed because we had asked if we could bring in our own cake and was told that was ok. We found out when we got there that unless you have a «scheduled party» there that you can’t bring in outside food. The manager was quite rude. Our cake was left in the car to melt.
Other than that, there is very limited table seating available unless you do schedule a party. I think the parties cost $ 100 and comes with skate rentals and pizza for a group of ten, which actually is a good deal considering we spent that much as it was for only five girls.
The kids had fun but I wasn’t impressed with the place at all, especially the rude management.

We had our daughter’s birthday party there and it was great. Most of the staff were very young, but, they were ALL professional, courteous, and helpful.
It didn’t hurt that they were also half the price of another local skating rink and you get a lot more. My daughter had never skated before and was allowed to take a couple of skating lessons for free to practice before her party.
Without sounding like a commercial for these folks, I’ll just say they are worth comparing to other local places, you won’t be dissappointed.
I hope this helps.

This was a really nice, very clean and welcoming place, very open floor on Wednesday (Adult night). Bring Cash, as the credit card min. is $ 20, and it’s so reasonable you’ll need a group or a family to meet that.
Looks like a great place to have a kid’s party. There was a great room off to the side painted with balloons that I saw.
4 stars for lack of food or drinks available, but they do have a kitchen — perhaps it’s there on busier nights. Call ahead and be sure before you take the kids out for pizza!
I didn’t rent skates, but it looks like you can get the leather boot or the plastic — be SURE to ask for the leather. The plastic will only cause you pain.
All in all, great floor nice and clean and very affordable. Good night out!