Dilworth Park Rink Opens Nov 13; College Nights Are $3 on Thursdays

Skating runs in 90-minute sessions with a 30-minute reset between them, and the queue opens 15 minutes before your slot. Admission is $10 for ages 11 and older and $8 for 10 and under; skate rental $11, lockers $8, penguin aids $10 an hour. College students pay $3 on Thursday College Nights, 5:30 to 9 p.m. starting Nov 19, with a valid student ID, not on Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve and without skate rental. Temple students and staff also get $1 off any session with a Temple ID. Advance tickets are strongly recommended since only a limited number are sold on site, and late arrivals still end on schedule.

Inside the same plaza, the Rothman Orthopaedics Cabin trades the cold for lodge-style wood, banquet seating, TVs for game days and a kitchen serving comfort food from lunch into dinner. Fire pits sit outside. Skates come off before you go in, so pack shoes or rent a locker at the rink. Hours run 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday to Thursday and to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday; alcohol is served from 5 p.m. on weekdays and 11 a.m. on weekends. The cabin has no restrooms; guests use City Hall or the portable toilets next to the rink.

Skate first, then eat: the cabin door is a short walk across the plaza, which keeps a 90-minute session and a hot plate in one trip. The Wintergarden on the Greenfield Lawn opens the same day with lights, plantings and a Chaddsford Winery kiosk pouring mulled wine for anyone 21 and older, free and open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. The Made in Philadelphia market runs noon to 8 p.m. Sunday to Thursday and to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, closing at 5 p.m. on Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve and staying shut on Christmas Day. The rink keeps separate holiday hours: 1:30 to 9 p.m. on Thanksgiving, 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Christmas Eve and 1:30 to 11 p.m. on Christmas Day.