Experience a New Holiday Tradition: ICE! Featuring Elf™
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Experience the whimsical world of Buddy the Elf™ at ICE!, our signature holiday attraction. Discover beloved scenes from the Christmas film Elf™ in magnificent, larger-than-life ice sculptures carved from more than 2 million pounds of ice. Journey through unforgettable scenes for unique photo ops and enjoy exhilarating, two-story-tall ice slides. It's a festive adventure that captures the spirit of the holidays, just like Buddy himself! Presented by PEPSI® and Lexus.
Get to Know "ICE!"
Critically Acclaimed
The magic of our signature experience has been featured in Forbes, Conde Nast, CNN, The Points Guy, and more.
10 Scenes
Come to life through ice from the beloved tale, Elf™
20 Ft. High
Slides made of pure ice you can zoom down, from up to two-stories high!
12,000 Hours
Total time the artisans spend carving to create the ICE! experience
1.2M Attendees
Visited ICE! in 2024 across six locations in the U.S.
Sneak Peek Into ICE!
He's No Cotton-Headed Ninny Muggins!
Your adventure begins at the North Pole. Learn what it takes to be an elf and meet Buddy's arctic creature pals. Onward to the Candy Cane Forest and New York City!
Slide Down Two-Story Ice Slides
A favorite part of the ICE! experience is our two-story tall ice slides. Plunge down one of five ice slides, including one child-sized slide. It's a re-creation of the famous snowball fight scene in Central Park!
Find Christmas Spirit All Over Again
Buddy's hilarious adventures will fill you with Christmas cheer. We won't blame you if you want to sing out for all to hear!
Frosty Facts
Know more about what it's like to step inside ICE! 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
Making of "ICE!"
Learn more about the magic and finesse behind the scenes that create these colorful, icy masterpieces.
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.
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.
ICE! features elaborate scenes sculpted from 6,700 massive blocks of ice, weighing in at a total of 2 million pounds.
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.
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.
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.
Pick the ticket bundle that matches your day—and get ready to make unforgettable holiday memories.
Silver Pass
SAVE UP TO 20%
Includes core activities like ICE! and tubing. Great for shorter visits or first-time guests. Gold Pass
SAVE UP TO 30%
Includes ICE!, tubing, gingerbread decorating & more. Perfect for families looking for festive variety and our best value. Ultimate Holi-Day Pass
SAVE UP TO 40%
Includes all our festive activities. Best for full-day visits and all-in holiday magic.