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

When visiting ICE!, you'll find a new series of recorded vignettes that play throughout the pre-show area.  These segments, which feature Old Man Winter and his friends, provide valuable information and also spoof popular television shows.  One of the segments features a toy soldier who instructs visitors on the proper use of the ice slides.

The toy soldier was played Gaylord Palms entertainment director Aaron Mendelson, who spearheaded the project.  In a surreal moment, we caught him on film with his toy soldier "alter ego" on the screen in the background.