{"id":89906,"date":"2025-08-04T13:06:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T11:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.horecatrends.com\/?p=89906"},"modified":"2025-08-04T13:12:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T11:12:41","slug":"ice-by-the-gaylord-hotels-returns-for-the-2025-holiday-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horecatrends.com\/en\/ice-by-the-gaylord-hotels-returns-for-the-2025-holiday-season\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE! by the Gaylord Hotels returns for the 2025 Holiday Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This winter, the iconic holiday attraction ICE! by the Gaylord Hotels returns to six U.S. resorts, offering guests a magical walk-through world of hand-carved ice sculptures, live shows, and family-friendly Christmas activities. The event features over 2 million pounds of ice, sculpted into scenes from classic holiday stories by master artisans from Harbin, China.<\/p>\n<p><em>We wrote about ICE! by Gaylord Hotels back in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.horecatrends.com\/en\/ice-at-gaylord-hotels-returns-for-the-2023-holiday-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023<\/a>, but who doesn\u2019t love this iconic holiday tradition? It\u2019s also a great reminder to start planning your own Christmas event. This experience is especially inspiring for smaller hotel or restaurant chains looking to create memorable, guest-attracting holiday moments.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>2 minutes read<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3><strong>ICE! by the Gaylord Hotels | An original Christmas attraction<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Each destination offers a unique version of ICE! by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gaylordhotels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gaylord Hotels<\/a>, showcasing a different Christmas favorite:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gaylord Opryland (Nashville, Tennessee) \u2013 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Nov 7, 2025 \u2013 Jan 3, 2026)<\/li>\n<li>Gaylord Palms (Kissimmee, Florida) \u2013 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\u2122 (Nov 14, 2025 \u2013 Jan 7, 2026)<\/li>\n<li>Gaylord National (National Harbor, Maryland) \u2013 The Polar Express\u2122 (Nov 14, 2025 \u2013 Jan 4, 2026)<\/li>\n<li>Gaylord Rockies (Aurora, Colorado) \u2013 How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (Nov 24, 2025 \u2013 Jan 2, 2026)<\/li>\n<li>Gaylord Texan (Grapevine, Texas) \u2013 Elf\u2122 (Nov 14, 2025 \u2013 Jan 4, 2026)<\/li>\n<li>JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country (San Antonio, Texas) \u2013 Frosty the Snowman (Nov 22, 2025 \u2013 Jan 4, 2026)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Inside the frosty 9\u00b0F environments, guests will find up to 10 themed scenes, two-story ice slides, and immersive passageways, all brought to life with LED lighting and stunning detail. Guests receive a signature blue parka to stay warm throughout the experience.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>At the Gaylord Hotels, each resort offers a variety of holiday activities<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Cirque-style live shows, including POMP, SNOW &amp; CIRQUEumstance and Cirque: Frost Ice tubing, ice skating, and interactive snowball zones, a \u2018Naughty or Nice escape room\u2019, Elf Training Academy, Mrs. Claus\u2019 storytelling, and carriage rides. Christmas light shows, scavenger hunts, and photo ops with Santa. Tickets and packages are available now at<a href=\"https:\/\/ice.marriott.com\/about-ice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> ICE.marriott<\/a>, with early bird discounts and resort-only benefits such as front-of-the-line Chill Pass for overnight guests.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Gaylord Hotels<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The annual event bring to life beloved holiday stories hand-carved by master artisans from Harbin, China at resorts around the United States. Created and designed by Gaylord Hotels, the ICE! events debuted at Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville, Tenn. in 2001. The experience has been visited by tens of millions of visitors. The Gaylord Hotels are part of the Marriott portfolio of brands and they have six destination resorts. The ICE! Experience is also available at, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jwsanantonio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort &amp; Spa<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This winter, the iconic holiday attraction ICE! by the Gaylord Hotels returns to six U.S. resorts, offering guests a magical walk-through world of hand-carved ice <a class=\"readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.horecatrends.com\/en\/ice-by-the-gaylord-hotels-returns-for-the-2025-holiday-season\/\"> read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,89,98,109,113,115,124,123],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-2","category-restaurant-sector","category-hotel-sector","category-trends-2","category-hospitality","category-pop-up-main-2","category-p-en","category-promotion"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>ICE! 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