On Tuesday, NYU students queued up outside the Kimmel Center to board double-decker buses bound for Central Park. By the looks of it, the Inter-Residence Hall Council's third annual Flurry event, held at Wollman Rink, was off to a bright start.
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Students rode double-decker tour buses up to Wollman Rink.
Flurry brought out students from all residence halls for an evening of ice skating in Central Park.
Although ice skating was the main event of the night, the double-decker ride was fun as well — especially for LSP freshman Denise Ng, who confessed that despite being a New Yorker for 18 years, she had yet to ride one until now. A tour guide sang holiday tunes as students sipped on free hot chocolate to keep warm.
The Flurry event itself wasn't free, but five dollars seemed a small price to pay for a merry pre-holiday night of fun. After students arrived at Central Park, they laced their skates and stepped onto the rink, some more timidly than others.
It was Steinhardt freshman Stacy Kim's first time skating at an outdoor rink. She said her favorite part of the night was forming a line with five of her friends and skating while holding hands.
Whether students held onto each other for fun or for protection, it was clear that everyone was enjoying the event. Some students took a break from ice skating to snap pictures with Housie Maguire and collect candy from a tent next to the rink.
"My friends and I, we all agreed that we should definitely go next year," Kim said. "We had so much fun."
