Family travelers, mark your calendars! ICE! will return to Gaylord Opryland this year as part of the resort’s 41st Annual A Country Christmas. This year’s ICE! features Frosty the Snowman. The ICE! tradition began in 2001 at Gaylord Opryland and is now a holiday staple at all five Gaylord Hotels properties.
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ICE! featuring Frosty the Snowman will include 11 walk-through scenes, larger-than-life ice sculptures, passageways and photo-worthy spots, plus six two-story ice slides, a peak-a-boo slide, live carving demonstrations and an ice-carved Nativity scene.
At Gaylord National on the Potomac, the theme follows A Charlie Brown Christmas, while other properties celebrate Elf (Gaylord Palms), The Polar Express (Gaylord Rockies) and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Gaylord Texan). This year, JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort joins the fun with ICE! featuring Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!. Each resort will also boast a full schedule of over-the-top holiday programming with ICE! as the centerpiece.
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Gaylord Opryland’s celebration runs Nov. 8–Jan. 4. Gaylord National, Gaylord Palms and Gaylord Texan kick off programming Nov. 15, with end dates of Dec. 28, Jan. 4 and Jan. 5, respectively. Find festivities Nov. 22–Jan. 1 at Gaylord Rockies and Nov. 23–Jan. 5 in San Antonio.
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