One of the rinks where I skate has 3 rinks in it. There are adult sessions 4 days a week during school hours, and other public sessions during school hours, so unless kids are on vacations or holidays, there is a lot of opportunity for adult skaters to take private lessons on public ice. Most of the skaters in those sessions are regulars, and are quite respectful of one another when someone is in a private lesson. What is annoying is when some younger skater who usually only skates in FS sessions, comes along, sees the nearly empty ice, and tries to take it over as if there are no other skaters on it. Public sessions are 6.50 for 2 hours here, while freestyles are $12 for 50 minutes, which amounts to FS costing 4x more than public regardless that some FS are packed and some publics are empty.