Carvers in Aurora will convey ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ to life with ice sculptures greater than 30 toes tall.
AURORA, Colo. — Gaylord Rockies Resort is bringing again a crowd-pleasing arctic vacation custom for the primary time since 2019.
The Aurora lodge’s ICE! exhibition will return Friday, Nov. 18.
The exhibition will use greater than two million kilos of ice to rejoice the basic animated particular “A Charlie Brown Christmas.”
ICE!, which first appeared at Gaylord Rockies in 2019, is to be constructed by a workforce of 40 ice artisans who will journey greater than 5,700 miles from their houses in Harbin, China. It is going to take roughly six weeks to create the 17,500-square-foot frozen attraction.
ICE! will characteristic greater than 10 scenes from the vacation particular with ice carvings greater than 30 toes tall. The exhibition may also have two-story-tall ice slides, ice tunnels and arches and a separate space devoted to a Nativity scene.
Gaylord Rockies stated the setting can be stored frozen by a state-of-the-art chilling system that maintains the attraction’s temperature at 9 levels Fahrenheit.
“We will’t look forward to our company to expertise the magic and marvel of ICE! throughout this yr’s Christmas at Gaylord Rockies celebration,” Suzy Hart, normal supervisor of Gaylord Rockies Resort stated. “ICE! is a one-of-a-kind attraction and we’re excited to welcome this Gaylord Accommodations custom again this yr with ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ and all of the beloved Peanuts characters within the basic vacation story.
‘ICE!’ at Gaylord Rockies Resort
Gaylord Rockies Resort additionally introduced its family-friendly cirque present is again for the 2022 vacation season. “Cirque: Spirit of Christmas” will characteristic high-flying stunts, acrobatic feats and elaborate staging on the lodge’s Bubly Theater.
Gaylord Rockies stated its different vacation season actions this yr embody snow tubing, ice skating, a Naughty or Good escape room and Mistletoe Village with Mr. and Mrs. Claus, gingerbread adorning, elf coaching academy and Construct-A-Bear Workshop.
The resort’s Christmas-season occasions run by way of Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023.
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