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Gaylord Hotels Unveils Themed Experiences for Holiday Season
Gaylord Hotels, part of Marriott Bonvoy’s portfolio of 30 extraordinary hotel brands, is thrilled to announce the long-awaited return of Ice! the brand’s legendary Christmas marquee experience, that will once again anchor Christmas at all five Gaylord Hotels this upcoming festive season. After a twoyear hiatus, Ice! will once again bring to life its mammoth holiday-themed, immersive ice Ice! returns to Gaylord Hotels for the 2022 season,displays at Gaylord Opryland in Tennessee, showcasing a winter wonderland of awe-inspiring ice Gaylord Texan in Texas, Gaylord Palms in sculptures and slides made entirely of ice. Florida, Gaylord Rockies in Colorado, and Gaylord National in Maryland. As part of the brand’s beloved Christmas at Gaylord Hotels celebration, this signature experience will also be joined by an exciting and original live entertainment experience, Cirque: Spirit of Christmas, at select resorts, as well as the brand’s abundance of festive holiday programming.
Ice! Returns to Gaylord Hotels
A longtime tradition first presented more than two decades ago, Gaylord Hotels’ signature, larger-than-life ice installations will take shape at each resort this festive season. This one-ofa-kind holiday showcase will be created from more than 33,500 massive blocks of ice weighing over 10 million pounds or 5,000 tons, across the five resorts. Kept at a chilly 9 degrees, each attraction will bring beloved scenes and characters from classic Christmas films to life with magnificent sculptures and slides. Ice carvings range in size from details as tiny as a coin to soaring scenes more than 30 feet tall. Over six weeks, 40 specialized ice artisans, using skills passed down from generation to generation and following a 300-page design book, will create the magnificent spectacle. Once again, guests will be able to step into nearly 20,000-square-foot, 3D worlds of their favorite holiday films, with each resort presenting a different theme to discover. This year’s experiences will offer: Ice! Featuring Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer at Gaylord Opryland, Ice! Featuring The Polar Express at Gaylord Texan, Ice! Featuring “How The Grinch Stole Christmas!” at Gaylord Palms, Ice! Featuring “A Charlie Brown Christmas” at Gaylord Rockies and Ice! Featuring A Christmas Story at Gaylord National.
Wintertime Activities for All Ages
Families and guests of Gaylord Hotels can look forward to the tradition of the beloved Christmas at Gaylord Hotels celebration, featuring an abundance of festive activities, events, holiday meals, attractions, and dazzling decorations throughout each of the expansive resorts. During the holidays, each of the five resorts and their expansive atriums transform into breathtaking winter wonderland environments with millions of lights, elaborately themed Christmas trees, thousands of ornaments, and miles of garland. Guests can look forward to the brand’s notable abundance of festive holiday programming from tried-and-true favorites including snow tubing, ice skating, caroling, gingerbread decorating, and adventurous scavenger hunts, to captivating atrium light shows, character dining, visits from Santa and Mrs. Claus, and so much more. For a full lineup of Christmas at Gaylord Hotels programming at each resort as the festive season approaches, please visit: ChristmasAtGaylordHotels.com.
