ArielRae
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My mother and I just got back from seeing ICE. I don’t know why but I thought that the Gaylord Palms was the only Gaylord resort that did ICE. Boy was I surprised when I accompanied my mom for her company Christmas party this weekend at the National Harbor in Maryland that the Gaylord resort there was having it too. We found out about it when we checked in to the Aloft hotel that the company put us up in for the party. They had a Harbor Holidays 2010 Holiday Guide they gave you when you checked in and they had an ad in the book.
They have a nice shopping area there on the harbor with plenty of shops for everyone. They even had a Marshmallow Peeps store that sold all kinds of candy and merchandise from Peeps to Hot Tomalas. I got a cute shirt for DS that says Chicks love Me with a Marshmallow Peep for the chick.
My mom’s Christmas party was ok. It was a company party what can you say. The next morning we got up early so we could head over to the Gaylord. I was hoping that the resort still had openings for the Breakfast with the Grinch. I was surprised that they had that there too but sadly they were not allowed to take walk ups. So we grabbed some breakfast items from their grab and go and a Gaylord Christmas Guide and sat in their indoor garden which had Dr. Seuss Sculptures from the books which we enjoyed while we ate. They have a lot of things going on at the Gaylord in addition to ICE being there.
Front
The inside lists all the activites with times and prices.
Seuss Sculpture Garden
Nightly Tree Lighting
Indoor Snowfall
Santa Souvenir Photo
Potomac Express (kiddie train Ride)
Polar Bear Pursuit Scavengar Hunt by Coca Cola
Seasonal Splash (fountain show)
Nightly Live Musical Entertainment
Northern Lights
Brightest Star (fountain Show)
Dive-in pool Movies (each night)
A christmas to Remember Musical Dinner Show
Brunch With Santa
Breackfast With The Grinch
Cocoa Corner (Hot chocolate)
Holiday Milk & Cookies (each night in your room)
Back
The ticket window at ICE opened at 9:00am so we headed over a little before and found a small line waiting outside of the big white tent holding ICE. Once they opened the line went very quick as most people were just picking up their tickets they had purchased online. I had checked online the night before to see if they still had availability and they did for the morning until 10am but later in the day they were booked up. So we had no problem getting a ticket that morning. My mom even got to use here military ID to get a discount making it $24 each instead of $29. There was of course no line to get into the start of the atttraction since it was so early. I was surprised how many people just raced right thru "The Art of Seuss: A Retrospective Exhibit" and "From Harbin to Who-ville Exhibit" part of the attraction just to get right to the ICE part. There was so many nice pictures and info that we took our time and enjoyed it. We made it to where they gave you the jackets and you don’t have to tell them a size they already have it picked out and waiting for you as you make your way around the corner. We stopped and got the picture you can take wearing your blue coats. They have you stand in front of a green screen and add in the backround for the picture later. The picture came to $14.99. Not bad and since I didn’t plan on doing anything like this I left my camera home. So I definitely bought the picture.
We had a lot of fun but boy they aren’t kidding that it is COLD in there. You can take as long as you want touring as long as you can take the cold. We had our own coats on under the coats they gave you and even had our gloves on and by the time we where done we were freezing. I hope they give you warmer coats at the Palm then they did here cause if they don’t you’ll be freezing in no time. Oh I forgot to add I got to do the slide. So much fun. They make sure you are sitting on the blue coat when you go down cause the ice is really cold on your bottom. Boy does that slide go fast and then you hit the carpet at the bottom and you stop really quick. Thought I was going to flip head over heals the stop was so quick. I really enjoyed ICE and recommend that if you ever considered going to the Gaylord palm in Florida to see ICE but haven’t had the opportunity to do it you should really try and see it at the Gaylord National as it maybe alot closer then traveling down to florida for many of you. It took my mom and I a little over 3 hours to get there from NJ (near Philadelphia). I’m already considering a trip next year with DH and DS. We are considering on getting one of their packages. We’d do it this year but it looks like from looking online that a lot of the activites are aleady booked up for the month.
So here is some info for those interested.
Gaylord national Website
http://www.gaylordhotels.com/gaylord-national/
ICE at Gaylord National Site
http://www.gaylordhotels.com/gaylor...nce/index.html?intcmp=gn-pl=lNav-cid=cotp-ice
National Harbor Website
http://www.nationalharbor.com/consumer/home.htm
National Harbor Store Directory
http://www.nationalharbor.com/consumer/directory.htm
They have a nice shopping area there on the harbor with plenty of shops for everyone. They even had a Marshmallow Peeps store that sold all kinds of candy and merchandise from Peeps to Hot Tomalas. I got a cute shirt for DS that says Chicks love Me with a Marshmallow Peep for the chick.
My mom’s Christmas party was ok. It was a company party what can you say. The next morning we got up early so we could head over to the Gaylord. I was hoping that the resort still had openings for the Breakfast with the Grinch. I was surprised that they had that there too but sadly they were not allowed to take walk ups. So we grabbed some breakfast items from their grab and go and a Gaylord Christmas Guide and sat in their indoor garden which had Dr. Seuss Sculptures from the books which we enjoyed while we ate. They have a lot of things going on at the Gaylord in addition to ICE being there.
Front
The inside lists all the activites with times and prices.
Seuss Sculpture Garden
Nightly Tree Lighting
Indoor Snowfall
Santa Souvenir Photo
Potomac Express (kiddie train Ride)
Polar Bear Pursuit Scavengar Hunt by Coca Cola
Seasonal Splash (fountain show)
Nightly Live Musical Entertainment
Northern Lights
Brightest Star (fountain Show)
Dive-in pool Movies (each night)
A christmas to Remember Musical Dinner Show
Brunch With Santa
Breackfast With The Grinch
Cocoa Corner (Hot chocolate)
Holiday Milk & Cookies (each night in your room)
Back
The ticket window at ICE opened at 9:00am so we headed over a little before and found a small line waiting outside of the big white tent holding ICE. Once they opened the line went very quick as most people were just picking up their tickets they had purchased online. I had checked online the night before to see if they still had availability and they did for the morning until 10am but later in the day they were booked up. So we had no problem getting a ticket that morning. My mom even got to use here military ID to get a discount making it $24 each instead of $29. There was of course no line to get into the start of the atttraction since it was so early. I was surprised how many people just raced right thru "The Art of Seuss: A Retrospective Exhibit" and "From Harbin to Who-ville Exhibit" part of the attraction just to get right to the ICE part. There was so many nice pictures and info that we took our time and enjoyed it. We made it to where they gave you the jackets and you don’t have to tell them a size they already have it picked out and waiting for you as you make your way around the corner. We stopped and got the picture you can take wearing your blue coats. They have you stand in front of a green screen and add in the backround for the picture later. The picture came to $14.99. Not bad and since I didn’t plan on doing anything like this I left my camera home. So I definitely bought the picture.
We had a lot of fun but boy they aren’t kidding that it is COLD in there. You can take as long as you want touring as long as you can take the cold. We had our own coats on under the coats they gave you and even had our gloves on and by the time we where done we were freezing. I hope they give you warmer coats at the Palm then they did here cause if they don’t you’ll be freezing in no time. Oh I forgot to add I got to do the slide. So much fun. They make sure you are sitting on the blue coat when you go down cause the ice is really cold on your bottom. Boy does that slide go fast and then you hit the carpet at the bottom and you stop really quick. Thought I was going to flip head over heals the stop was so quick. I really enjoyed ICE and recommend that if you ever considered going to the Gaylord palm in Florida to see ICE but haven’t had the opportunity to do it you should really try and see it at the Gaylord National as it maybe alot closer then traveling down to florida for many of you. It took my mom and I a little over 3 hours to get there from NJ (near Philadelphia). I’m already considering a trip next year with DH and DS. We are considering on getting one of their packages. We’d do it this year but it looks like from looking online that a lot of the activites are aleady booked up for the month.
So here is some info for those interested.
Gaylord national Website
http://www.gaylordhotels.com/gaylord-national/
ICE at Gaylord National Site
http://www.gaylordhotels.com/gaylor...nce/index.html?intcmp=gn-pl=lNav-cid=cotp-ice
National Harbor Website
http://www.nationalharbor.com/consumer/home.htm
National Harbor Store Directory
http://www.nationalharbor.com/consumer/directory.htm
