Gaylord Palms Ice

[james'mommy]

Has anyone ever done the Ice attraction? I've been wanting to do this for a couple of years but never have. Thinking this year might be the year. Wondering if it's worth the money.

 

[schmitty]

Its pretty cool. I did it last year. Its good to do it atleast once. Its real cold in there and they give you a jacket but if you hate the cold or arent used to it you will need more clothes.

 

[hrh_disney_queen]

I am thinking of surprising my boys with this when we take a short trip to WDW in December. About how long does it take to do all of it?

 

[safetymom]

http://www.disunplugged.com/2008/11/30/ice-a-beautiful-ice-exhibit-at-the-gaylord-palms/

 

[RadioNate]

We enjoyed it. It was a long wait to get in.

It is COLD if you aren't used to that. My DD had just turned 1 and never been out of Florida in the winter and she was miserable.

Make sure you have gloves, etc. They don't provide those.

There are also lots of discount coupons available.

 

[Cinderella2004]

We did it last year as well. It was a lot of fun! It took us just a short while to go through the exhibit, maybe 30 minutes? It can take as long or as short as you'd like it to.

What took all of our time was afterwards. We walked through the lobby, where they were having a scavenger hunt. It was awesome!! We had so much fun. We spent the whole day there!!!

 

[lucas]

It's fantastic! We've done it twice already and this year we are going to take some family members who have never done it before. We already have our tickets. Can't wait!

 

[OceanAnnie]

That's really neat! I've never heard of it. We'll have to look into it the next time we go. Thanks!

 

[ms.yt]

We went to the one in Nashville last year. It was pretty cool. We were all wearing our own heavy coats since we had to wait in line outside for quite a while, and we put the coats they gave us on over ours. We were plenty warm except for our faces, which nearly froze! Our boys loved it, though!

 

[diznygirl]

9 degrees!!!


The kids loved the ice slides, so we were in there awhile. If you don't have kids dragging you back for that, then you can get through quicker!

 

[The Mystery Machine]

We have gone twice when we were in DFW. It is pretty cool or freezing.

 

[hrh_disney_queen]

About the long waits, did you have a specific entry time? Most of the tickets are for certain entry times. They have some that are for any time, but those are more expensive. What do you think would be the best time of day?

 

[RadioNate]

About the long waits, did you have a specific entry time? Most of the tickets are for certain entry times. They have some that are for any time, but those are more expensive. What do you think would be the best time of day?

We did have a specific time and they don't let you into the line until that time. When we got there the line was well out of the conference center room that houses the line. I think we waited close to an hour in line. Our time was 1:30 or so. I'll have to look.

I'd get something 1st thing in the am.

Their site also have a crowd indicator that lists the 'slowest' times. When I bought our tickets our time was a lower one but it was listed as sold out when we got there.

 

[Blueeyes101817]

I just got our tickets today for the Gaylord Texan. My dad and I will be there for a football game and we decided to do this in the morning. Im really excited to see it!

 

[RadioNate]

I just looked at my photos. The 1st one I took was at 2:47. We are inside the conference room line. I know the line started out side those doors so we had been in line for a bit when I took the photo. The 1st photo I have inside the attraction is at 3:33.

I could have sworn our tickets were for 1:30 but I couldn't find one. Maybe my camera time was off an hour or they were for 2:30.

While in line there is some 'preshow' type where you learn about the coat sizes and get your coats that is included in that wait time.

I have a photo from the walkway leading up to the video about ICE that is time stamped 3:11 and the 1st on of someone with a coat on is 3:28 so I'd bet the 'preshow' is about 10-15 minutes.