Aliso Viejo Ice Palace runs daily holiday public skating sessions through December — themed sessions, the annual A Holiday Celebration on Ice skating show, and a warm covered-rink atmosphere a short drive from Aliso Viejo Town Center.
The Aliso Viejo Ice Palace is South OC’s December skating anchor — a year-round indoor rink at 9 Journey that takes on full holiday character through the season. Daily public skating sessions run throughout the month, with the rink dressed for the season and the schedule expanded across weekend evenings.
The season’s signature production is A Holiday Celebration on Ice — the rink’s annual mid-December skating show that brings together Aliso Viejo’s youth, adult, and learn-to-skate program participants for a spotlighted seasonal performance. The show is community-built; families come to watch even when they’re not skating in it themselves.
Beyond the show evening, the rink runs themed public sessions and December-specific programming on weekends. It’s a different kind of holiday landmark than a tree lighting or a lights display — a year-round venue that fills its December calendar with the season’s rhythm rather than a single anchor event. For Aliso Viejo families, it pairs naturally with the Aliso Viejo Town Center tree lighting evening on a different December night — the town’s open-air tree lighting at the Grand Park Fountain & Amphitheater is the civic anchor; the Ice Palace is the recurring weekly destination.
9 Journey in Aliso Viejo’s Westpark Plaza, just west of Pacific Park Drive and across Aliso Creek Road from the Renaissance ClubSport. From the 73 toll road, exit Aliso Creek Road; the rink sits in the plaza on the south side of Aliso Creek. Free on-site parking in the plaza.
Public skating sessions run daily through December on a published schedule. A Holiday Celebration on Ice — the annual skating show — runs in mid-December. Confirm the current year’s calendar at the rink site.
No — public skating sessions and skate rentals are paid at the door, and A Holiday Celebration on Ice (the December show) is ticketed separately. Lessons are priced separately. Spectators of the holiday show pay for show tickets; spectators of open public sessions can sit rinkside without skating.
The Aliso Viejo Town Center Tree Lighting at the Grand Park Fountain & Amphitheater is the city’s open-air civic evening — a single early-December night for the official tree lighting. The Ice Palace runs through the whole month as the recurring destination. Many AV families catch the Town Center tree lighting one night and visit the rink across multiple weekends.
Yes — open public sessions run with rental skates at the door, and the rink’s learn-to-skate program serves first-timers through full instruction. The Ice Palace is set up for mixed-experience public sessions where beginners and experienced skaters share the ice without pressure. Kids and adults both.
Aliso Viejo Ice Palace is the South Orange County year-round NHL-regulation ice rink at 9 Journey in Aliso Viejo’s Westpark Plaza, a short drive from Aliso Viejo Town Center. It opened in 2003 and has served as the rink home for the region’s recreational and competitive skating community for two decades — public sessions, learn-to-skate, figure-skating programs, and adult and youth hockey leagues all run year-round. The site sits across Aliso Creek Road from the Renaissance ClubSport hotel campus, just west of Pacific Park Drive.
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