The Polar Express™ Returns to ice! at Gaylord Palms this Holiday Season

Guests will once again be able to climb aboard The Polar Express when the beloved holiday film returns as the theme of this year s ice! attraction at Gaylord Palms Resort. The annual holiday tradition opens Nov. 13 and runs through Jan. 3, serving as the centerpiece of the resort s Christmas celebration. The 20,000-square-foot walk-through attraction will feature scenes from the classic animated film carved entirely from ice inside a nine-degree environment. Nearly 40 ice artisans from Harbin, China, will spend more than a month transforming approximately 2 million pounds of ice into larger-than-life sculptures depicting some of the movie s most memorable moments. Credit: Gaylord Palms Resort Guests will follow Hero Boy s magical Christmas Eve journey to the North Pole, winding through scenes that include the arrival of The Polar Express at his home, the famous hot chocolate sequence, the train racing down an icy mountainside and the grand arrival at the North Pole. Colored