The adjacent pop-up marketplace Woodsy Winter Village has Christmas trees,[2] eateries, fire pits,[3] games, seating areas, and shops.

[12] Wheeler and city council commissioner Carmen Rubio skated at the rink in January 2024, appearing on Oregon Public Broadcasting's program Weekend Edition.

Prosper Portland partnered with Vida en Color again, and Ice-America hired between 25 and 35 people to build and maintain the rink.

In Portland Monthly's 2023 overview of ice skating options in the Portland metropolitan area, Margaret Seiler wrote, "We're impressed by the glam bathroom trailer, heat lamps, and board-game-stacked picnic tables tucked under the Morrison Bridge next to the tented rink, where the smells of hot chocolate and rotating food trucks like Tamale Boy are a big improvement over the stench of urine we noticed walking past the site before the rink opened."

The rink is so cramped that beginners are never far from the rail, but they might have an easier time learning on smoother ice, as the surface here is pretty rough.

Unlike at regular rinks, skaters here have to sign a waiver and actively decline head protection—a hint that the free helmets at the skate counter might be worth borrowing.