Orlando, Florida, may have tourist attractions on virtually every corner, but the "coolest" attraction in town is Ice! at the Gaylord Palms resort hotel.
Ice! is a winter wonderland
where two million pounds of ice are transformed into miraculous ice structures and sculptures. The nearly 5,000 blocks of ice are hand carved by artisans from China, and the ice comes in an
array of magical colors like lavender, blue, pink, orange and yellow. Some of the ice also has lights frozen inside of it to create an even more wondrous glow!
The unique building that Ice! is housed in is known as the "Florida Fridge," and the temperature is kept at a very frigid 9°! Even with the parkas they provided for us, the chill still seeped into our bones.
Our Ice! adventure took us into a frosty fantasy land that included a holiday train depot complete with a locomotive, a Victorian holiday home
with a life-sized horse-drawn carriage we could sit in, a whimsical Santa's Toyland, and a majestic Church in the Woods. There were even ice slides for us to slide down!