Note: The following blog entry was originally posted on "FROZEN! The Gaylord Palms ICE! blog" in 2005:

So, you need about two million pounds of ice to create ICE!

Not just any ice… about 5,000 blocks made to your exact specifications, including ten different colors.  And some of the ice has to be so clear it could mistaken for Waterford Crystal.

Where do you go?

You go to Cairo. 

Wait… this cairo:  Cairo, Georgia.

Right over the Florida border, you'll find M&M Ice, the supplier of the namesake material for the Gaylord Palms attraction.  Beginning mid-October, the ice makes the journey across the state to Kissimmee in several freezer trucks. If you check out the M&M Ice website, you may get the opinion these folks are pretty proud to be part of the project!

And when you linger at the Nativity scene, marveling at its crystal-clear beauty,  you'll know where the ice came from!