Check out the scene at Walnut Creek on Ice over the weekend. Crowded, expensive but fun.
Some difference from past years are that they don’t offer double bladed skates for really young kids. Kids 3 and under are free. McCovey’s has a stand selling real food, and there are more places to site around the rink. Skate time is a maximum of 2 hours. It can get extremely crowded so you may want to check out the video cam to see how crowded it is.