Fun Facts: ice
Filed in Fun Facts | 13 November, 2005
Note: The following blog entry was originally posted on "FROZEN! The Gaylord Palms ICE! blog" in 2005:
Three types of ice are used in the construction of ICE!, the attraction at Gaylord Palms:
- Clear "crystal" ice makes up a majority of the overall sculptures. The crystal clear ice is created using highly filtered de-ionized water. It takes three days to freeze the 45 gallons of water used to create each 360-pound ice block. This ice is so flawless it is often compared to Waterford Crystal.
- White ice, which looks like compacted snow, makes up a smaller part of the attraction, but is invaluable when you're carving a snowman (below).
- Colored ice, dyed one of ten brilliant colors, is used for highlighting and accenting many of the ice sculptures. This year, the attraction has more color than ever… especially the Frozen Florida and Santa's Toyland scenes.
My husband and I attended last year and could not believe the beautiful sights.. we cannot wait to come up again this year… what a wonderful way to spend the day.. Thank you so much.
My family and I went last year. We were very impressed with not only the amazing ice sculptures, but also the overall holiday ambiance of the resort. The fine attention to detail, live preformances, and of course santa made the trip something we hope to do year after year. Thank you for putting on such a great attraction