ICE! 2018: Christmas at the Gaylord National Resort

As part of Christmas on the Potomac, the Gaylord National Resort’s ICE! is a special holiday event in the Washington, D.C. area you won't want to miss! This holiday season, the popular holiday attraction returns with a brand-new theme for 2018 — A Charlie Brown Christmas. Watch Charlie rediscover the meaning of Christmas among thousands of pounds of ice.

Dates: November 16, 2018 - January 1, 2019

The resort will offer a variety of immersive activities in the hotel’s exhibit hall. Upon entrance, guests will discover a decorated Christmas town square, complete with holiday merchandise, a hot chocolate stand, Santa’s sleigh, and a carousel ride.

At the Gaylord National Resort at National Harbor, visitors step inside a winter wonderland created entirely of 5,000 BLOCKS of ice weighing 2 MILLION POUNDS! hand-sculpted by 40 international artisans and kept at a chilling nine degrees Fahrenheit. Produced exclusively for Gaylord Hotels, the attraction is fully interactive, allowing guests to roam inside, around and on-top of holiday scenes.
The indoor, walk-through attraction is housed in an enormous 15,000 square feet structure that is specially constructed and thickly insulated to help maintain its internal temperature of nine degrees.

The master artisans who created Gaylord National’s ICE! are from Harbin, China - a city in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province that is world-famous for its annual Harbin International Snow and Ice Festival. Every winter, more than 2,000 sculpture artists carve a massive, 100-acre walk-through Ice Park and a full-size Ice City from blocks of ice taken from the nearby Songhua River. Gaylord National Resort brought 40 of Harbin's most talented master artisans to the U.S. to showcase their amazing talents in creating this one-of-a-kind attraction.

Open daily, hours vary
Tickets:

Adults (ages 12+) starting at $32, Kids (ages 3-11) starting at $24, ages 2 and under are free. Discounted tickets for group of 20 or more are available.
Walk-up ticket sales will be available during the attraction's regular operating hours, however, visitors are encouraged to purchase tickets online (in advance) as many days are expected to sell out. Visit www.christmasonthepotomac.com or call (301) 965-4000.
Location: Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, 201 Waterfront Street, National Harbor, MD.

The Starlight Christmas Tree will be the star of the hotel’s nightly holiday fountain show, Sounds and Songs of Christmas, at 6, 7, 8 and 9 p.m. The tree is comprised of 50 five-point stars, inspired by Washington, D.C. Americana and representative of the 50 states of America. The tree topper displays one large star — signifying the Capital — and a small cluster of stars to pay homage to the deco liberty coin. The holiday fountain show runs nightly from November 18 through January 1.

• This year, a live entertainment show, Cirque Dreams Unwrapped, will be performed within the hotel's stunning 19-story atrium. The entire family can enjoy this uniquely inspired 25-minute Christmas fable performed on then atrium stage and in the air with spectacular costumes and soaring imagination.
• Enjoy an Ice Skating experience in the resort’s ornate Christmas Village. Ice Skating costs $16.99 for all ages.
• An exclusive Build-A-Bear Workshop experience that lets guests build their very own furry winter friend—a cuddly, cute polar bear plush which can be personalized with cozy winter clothing and accessories.

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