The Ultimate Family Holiday Celebration
A one-of-a-kind frozen experience where beloved Christmas stories come to life through 2 million pounds of ice.
Frosty Facts
24 Years of ice!
This beloved holiday experience first debuted in 2001 at Galoyrd Opryland
10 Million Pounds
...or 5,000 tons of ice will be carved by skilled artisans
9 Degrees Fahrenheit
World-Class Ice Sculptors
Handmade Carving Tools
How It Comes to Life
Learn more about the magic and finesse behind the scenes that create these colorful, icy masterpieces.
Colorful Chemistry
The vibrant colors you see in the ice sculptures are specially created by a chemist with a proprietary formula to ensure it closely matches each character’s specific colors and to maintain its bright color for the entire season.
Expert Artisans
Traveling over 6,000 miles from Harbin, China (known as "Ice City"), 40 artisans use their master sculpting skills passed down through generations to carve the ice! experience over six weeks.
2 Million Pounds of Ice
The ice! attraction features elaborate scenes sculpted from 6,700 massive blocks of ice, weighing in at a total of 2 million pounds.
The Design
The artisans follow a 300-page design book filled with hand-drawn, to-scale sketches and blueprints to create every sculpture featured throughout the 19,000-square-foot frozen attraction.
Crafty Tools
The carvers use chisels, chippers, tongs, handsaws, grinders, and even chainsaws to bring the experience to life. Some artisans have collected custom-made tools to perfect the irregular shapes and achieve the highest level of detail.
Carver's Showcase
Once the completed masterpiece is open for guests, a few artisans stay onsite at the exhibit to preserve the icy designs and perform daily, live sculpting demonstrations to showcase their craft.
Where It All Started