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    Ice in Paradise

    4.1 (47 reviews)
    Closed 9:00 am - 10:00 pm

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    First ones here and last ones out! The kid is dedicated. This is the big rink!
    Anabella L.

    This wonderful place has classes for kids to adults :) You can also join a team, see shows, camps, or host your next party! It's cold, so bring your sweatshirt. For parties, you can rent out their party room, rent out the small rink or just have your friends show up to one of their "open sessions!" Check the website for the schedules as they may change every couple months. Do you have a teen? Great! Check out teen nights which is usually Friday nights from 7:15-9 (ish) pm

    Kristy O.

    We went to see the winter ice show. The show itself was great. All levels of performers and they started on schedule when with about 50 little kids in the show. I am disappointed about the seating arrangements. The tickets were $30 and there was a bar right in front of our view. they also sell so many tickets that we could barely fit on the bleachers without overlapping each others space. I think they need to reconsider selling less tickets on the benches and discounting the tickets that are in the front row of the balcony where the bar is in your view the whole time.

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    Amber H.

    We just had a great experience celebrating a 15th birthday at Ice In Paradise. There were many different packages we could choose from for what our needs were and they were very flexible with customizing it. We had over 15 guests in the room and it fit us all just fine! All of our girls skated for over two hours, we had multiple pizzas included with our group package but we ended up having to purchase a couple extras, they were good about refilling all the drinks and we're very good checking in on us. You decided to bring our own cake but they do offer providing a cake. The private room where we were put in I think it was a locker room but they decorated it and it Didn't feel like a locker room but the girls skated the whole time so It didn't really matter. The other party room near the large rink is where we had a party previously and it's very nice. Breanne was who helped me schedule and plan everything for this event. She was very helpful and communicated great!

    Londie L.

    They truly loved this place. The traffic was a nightmare getting here but seeing the looks on their faces when we arrived and they were ice skating was worth it. Plenty of parking, easy to pay and get the ice skates was a huge plus for me. The cafe area also had many reasonably priced food selections so I was pleased com

    Ana T.

    Had so much fun here! The music playing while on ice was great. Met new people on the ice. There's a cafe next to the skate rental booth. Cafe serves snacks and of course my fave hot chocolate.

    My daughter and her best friend having a blast skating.
    Dawn N.

    So much fun! Took my daughter and her friend here today to ice skate and they had so much fun. They had open skating today from 1:30 to 4 so they had plenty of time to skate. There were plenty of people there but not too many so you could skate around with plenty of room. They also had walkers for the inexperienced skaters which I thought was great because falling on your butt on hard ice is not fun! They played great music and had fun lighting over the rink that lit up the ice. They have a large rink and a small rink. Today the large rink was open so it cost $15 to skate and $5 for ice skate rental. I thought this was incredibly affordable for 2.5 hours of skating. They don't allow you to bring in your own food but they have a cafe on site and the food was great. My husband and I both had the Italian subs and they were delicious. The bread was amazing. They also have nachos, big pretzels, hot dogs, sodas, bottled water, chips and lots more.

    Mark J.

    This facility, I'm told, opened in September of 2015, just four months ago. There are a lot of donor signs and placards all over. This is also the home ice of the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos. Parking is ample. Two rinks, one NHL and the other maybe 2/3rds as big for the mites following the ADM model of hockey. Four large, spacious locker rooms with adjoining bathrooms and showers. Upper level viewing of games. The upper level is warm enough, needing only a cover shirt or hoodie to stay comfortable. There is a concession stand, but it wasn't open (0700-0830) so I went down the street to get coffee after the long drive from Yorba Linda. There is no pro shop so make sure your skates are already sharpened and you have your spare laces, tape, and wax on hand. Getting a pro shop, having the concession stand open when the rink is open, and maybe putting in a vending machine or two for snacks and coffee would bump this rink up from a 4 to 5 star. I am, still, very impressed with it in comparison to other rinks I've been to. P.S. Some of the team stayed overnight at the Courtyard by Marriott since the game was at 0900. Nine cars were broken into, including two from our team. The hockey gear bags were rifled through and some items stolen. Make sure you secure your gear and things if traveling here for a game.

    My family enjoying ice skating
    Nancy T.

    Brought the kids here on an impromptu trip since Madonna didn't have their rink this year. We had a great time! My daughters exact words when we were walking out were 'mom! I don't regret anything about this day! It was so fun!' :) Nice facilities, very friendly staff, not very crowded. They have skating guides to help the kids if they're new. We will be back!

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    Great facility and nice staff... a family favorite!

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    Family fun in Santa Barbara! If you want to skate or just cool down...it's a beautiful rink!

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    Currently open w covid distancing?

    Yes. We are open and enforcing the current safety protocols set forth by the County of Santa Barbara.

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    Yes they do

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    2.8(71 reviews)
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    Went to see Spider-Man in Screen 4 for the 4:15 PM showing and was unfortunately pretty…read moredisappointed with the experience. We were seated in the furthest back row, directly near the projection window, which was open during the movie. I'm not sure if that's standard, but throughout the film there was a constant noise coming from inside the projection room. It sounded like someone had a sports game or something similar playing on a speaker. Because we were sitting so close to the projection room, we could hear it throughout the movie and it was extremely distracting. It definitely took away from the experience, especially when you're paying to enjoy a movie in a theater where you expect the auditorium to be quiet aside from the film itself. I'm hoping this can be looked into so it doesn't happen during future showings.

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    Bought 150ml of Pyrocystis fusiformis from here about a month and a half ago. The person I ordered…read morefrom (pretty sure it was the owner) was patient when I was trying to decide the quantity I wanted to order, what the best value was, and also fielded a few questions I had about growth conditions/culturing. The algae is still alive and glowing, can't wait to start experimenting!

    I ordered the Fusiform Pyrocystis from Sunnyside Sea Farms for a science experiment on Bio…read moreluminescence for my daughter's kindergarten class. Ordering through the website wasn't possible so I called to order. Devon was extremely helpful and knew to ask me what temperature it was here in Georgia. I told her it was usually in the mid 90's. She recommended shipping 2nd day or waiting until cooler temperatures in order to keep the phytoplankton alive. They can't tolerate too much heat since the ocean water is typically cool even in full sun. She also gave me helpful advice for caring for the phytoplankton after the experiment and how I could train the experiment to bioluminesce during the day time. Sunnyside Sea Farms could do with an online ordering process, but had I not called, I wouldn't have learned so much about the Fusiform Pyrocystis dinoflagellates from Devon. In any case, my daughter's kindergarten class loved seeing the phytoplankton glow and learning about the luciferase and luciferin chemical reactions within the cell bodies. Also, the phytoplankton were large enough for them to see with a magnifying glass instead of needing a microscope. It was a big hit. Later the children got to experiment with glow sticks and discuss the diphenyl oxolate reactions to hydrogen peroxide. They also hypothesized as to why organisms would evolve this bioluminescent capability.

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