Experience a New Holiday Tradition: ice!™ featuring Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer™

Gaylord Palms

A beloved holiday story comes to life at ice! featuring Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer™, a dazzling, immersive, story-driven showplace with larger-than-life ice sculptures, thrilling frozen slides, and awe-inspiring tunnels.

Come for the day or make it a Christmas vacation with one of our overnight ice! packages and enjoy the splendor of the holiday season at Gaylord Palms.

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Guests explore dazzling lights, ice sculptures, and festive activities as part of a new holiday tradition at Gaylord Palms.

Get to Know the Experience

Visitors bundled in parkas admire frozen storybook scenes at the ice! holiday attraction in Kissimmee, Florida.

24 YEARS OF HOLIDAY MAGIC

Families have embraced the Christmas attraction, ice!, as a beloved holiday tradition since its debut in 2001 at Gaylord Opryland.

10 SCENES

Come to life through ice from the beloved tale, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer™

10 FT. HIGH

Race down towering slides made of pure ice, standing as tall as a basketball hoop!

12,000 HOURS

Total time the artisans spend to create our signature Christmas attraction.

1.4M ATTENDEES

Visited ice! in 2025 across six locations in the U.S.

Take a Sneak Peek Inside

Guests admire frozen figures of Yukon Cornelius and Bumble in a colorful holiday scene from ICE! at Gaylord Palms.

Snapshot-Worthy Moments

Strike a pose with Santa and Rudolph in one of the longest ice carvings measuring over 32 feet long, crawl into whimsical photo setups, or become one of the misfit toys—this is a winter wonderland made for memory-making.

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Final scene of ICE! features Rudolph saving Christmas as he guides Santa through a snowstorm at Gaylord Palms Resort.

The Many Faces of The Bumble

Whether you're racing away from the fearsome version or climbing into the arms of his kinder side, The Bumble appears throughout the attraction in thrilling and heartwarming ways.

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Colorful ice sculptures of the Misfit Toys characters from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer™ at Gaylord Palms’ ICE! attraction.

Uncover Hidden Surprises

From a snow-covered tunnel that peeks into a frozen lake to a secret ice slide tucked inside the Reindeer Games, hidden moments are waiting to be discovered around every icy turn.

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Frosty Facts

Know more about what it's like to step inside ice! featuring Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer™ before you experience it yourself.

10 Iconic Scenes

Carved into ice from the beloved Christmas story

No Time Limits

Enjoy this self-guided experience at your leisure

9 Degrees Fahrenheit

Cool, controlled temperatures keep the icy designs intact

All Ages

Entertaining for both kids and adults

How It Comes to Life

Learn more about the magic and finesse behind the scenes that create these colorful, icy masterpieces.

Kids watch a vibrant science experiment during the Colorful Chemistry show, featuring fizzing reactions and bright colors.

The vibrant colors in the ice sculptures are specially created by a chemist with a proprietary formula to ensure it closely matches each character's specific colors and to maintain its bright color for the entire season.

An expert artisan sculpts a block of ice into a detailed character for the ICE! exhibit at Gaylord Palms Resort.

Traveling more than 6,000 miles from Harbin, China (known as "Ice City"), 40 artisans use their master sculpting skills passed down through generations to carve ice! over six weeks.

Massive frozen scenes carved from 2 million pounds of ice bring holiday stories to life at Gaylord Palms Resort.

Weighing in at a total of 2 million pounds, ice! featuring Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer™ includes elaborate scenes sculpted from 6,700 massive blocks of ice.

Table filled with carving tools and creative materials used in holiday crafting or ice sculpting at Gaylord Palms Resort.

The carvers use chisels, chippers, tongs, handsaws, grinders, and even chainsaws to bring the experience to life. Some artisans have collected custom-made tools to perfect the irregular shapes and achieve the highest level of detail.

Artisan studies a blueprint of the intricate ice sculpture design for Gaylord Palms’ holiday attraction.

The artisans follow a 300-page design book filled with hand-drawn, to-scale sketches and blueprints to create every sculpture featured throughout the 19,000-square-foot frozen attraction.

Guests watch a skilled ice carver shape a holiday sculpture from a solid block of ice during the Carver’s Showcase.

Once the completed masterpiece is open for guests, a few artisans stay onsite at the exhibit to preserve the icy designs and perform daily, live sculpting demonstrations to showcase their craft.

So Much Christmas. So Many Ways to Experience It.

From ticket passes filled with Christmas joy to special ways to save on your visit —explore ways you can make this holiday season one to remember.

Guests show their Silver Pack passes, ready to enjoy festive experiences at Gaylord Palms Resort in Kissimmee.

Save up to 40% on Holiday Fun

Bundle ice! featuring Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer™ with other festive activities and save big! Choose from 3 pass options featuring tickets to: ice!, ice tubing, scavenger hunt, gingerbread decorating, and more.

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