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Experience a New Holiday Tradition: ice!™ Featuring "Home Alone"

LocationGaylord Opryland

A beloved holiday story comes to life at ice! featuring "Home Alone." Journey through captivating tunnels, zip down two-story ice slides, and see your favorite characters including Kevin and the Wet Bandits all intricately carved out of 2 million pounds of ice.

Come for the day or make it a Christmas vacation with one of our overnight ice! packages and enjoy the splendor of the holiday season at Gaylord Opryland.

BUY TICKETS to Experience a New Holiday Tradition: ice!™ Featuring "Home Alone"
Guests explore dazzling lights, ice sculptures, and festive activities as part of a new holiday tradition at Gaylord Opryland.
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Get to Know the Experience

Visitors bundled in parkas admire frozen storybook scenes at the ice! holiday attraction in Nashville, Tennessee
24 YEARS OF HOLIDAY MAGIC
Families have embraced the Christmas experience, ice!, as a beloved holiday tradition.
10 SCENES
Come to life through ice from the beloved film, "Home Alone"
10 FT. HIGH

Race down towering slides made of pure ice, standing as tall as a basketball hoop!

12,000 HOURS
Total time the artisans spend to create the immersive Christmas experience
1.4M ATTENDEES
Visited ice! in 2025 across six locations in the U.S.

Take a Sneak Peek Inside

Visitors explore colorful, detailed scenes from A Charlie Brown Christmas from ice at Gaylord Opryland.
Enter the Frozen Wonderland
Step inside the 9-degree experience with your warm parka and be immersed into the frozen world of Kevin McCallister from "Home Alone."
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Slide Down Two-Story Ice Slides at Gaylord Opryland ice! holiday attraction
Slide Down Two-Story Ice Slides
Plunge down a thrilling two-story ice slide while in the midst of Kevin's ultimate master plan to take down the Wet Bandits. Complete with a child-sized slide, this immersive frozen playground delivers thrills and extraordinary photo moments for all.
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Discovery Around Every Corner
From iconic movie quotes ("Merry Christmas, you filthy animal!"), and interactive scenes to photo ops for the whole family around every icy turn, this Christmas experience will bring delightful surprises and unforgettable memories.
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Frosty Facts

Know more about what it's like to step inside ice! featuring "Home Alone" before you experience it yourself.
10 Iconic Scenes
Carved into ice from the beloved Christmas story
No Time Limits
Enjoy this self-guided experience at your leisure
9 Degrees Fahrenheit
Cool, controlled temperatures keep the icy designs intact
All Ages
Entertaining for both kids and adults

How It Comes to Life

Learn more about the magic and finesse behind the scenes that create these colorful, icy masterpieces.
Slide down two-story ice slides at ice! featuring "Home Alone" at Gaylord Opryland
The vibrant colors 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.
An expert artisan sculpts a block of ice into a detailed character for the ice! exhibit at Gaylord Opryland Resort.
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 ice! over six weeks.
Massive frozen scenes carved from 2 million pounds of ice bring holiday stories to life at Gaylord Opryland Resort.
Weighing in at a total of 2 million pounds, ice! featuring "Home Alone" includes elaborate scenes sculpted from 6,700 massive blocks of ice.
Table filled with carving tools and creative materials used in holiday crafting or ice sculpting at Gaylord Opryland Resort.
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.
Artisan studies a blueprint of the intricate ice sculpture design for Gaylord Opryland holiday attraction.
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.
Guests watch a skilled ice carver shape a holiday sculpture from a solid block of ice during the Carver’s Showcase at Gaylord Resorts
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.

So Much Christmas. So Many Ways to Experience It.

From ticket passes filled with Christmas joy to special ways to save on your visit—explore ways you can make this holiday season one to remember.

Children smiling and reading a booklet together in front of decorated Christmas trees at Gaylord Opryland Resort

Save up to 30% on Holiday Fun

Bundle ice! featuring "Home Alone" with other festive activities and save big! Choose from two pass options featuring tickets to: ice!, ice tubing, scavenger hunt, gingerbread decorating, ice skating, and more.

BOOK NOW Save up to 30% on Holiday Fun
Guests show their Silver Pack passes, ready to enjoy festive experiences at Gaylord Opryland Resort.

Exclusive Room & Ticket Offers

Members of AAA, Military, Teachers and more can enjoy special savings on room nights and ice! tickets for the 2026-2027 holiday season!

EXPLORE OFFERS Exclusive Room & Ticket Offers
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Early Bird: Save up to 20% on Holiday Stays & ice! Packages

It's never too early to save big! Unwrap up to 20% savings on room rates & ice! overnight packages this holiday season. Package includes room + tickets to ice!. Book by Aug. 10 to save.
BOOK NOW Early Bird: Save up to 20% on Holiday Stays & ice! Packages

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Visitors explore colorful, detailed scenes from A Charlie Brown Christmas from ice at Gaylord Opryland.
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