Experience a New Holiday Tradition: ice!™ Featuring Harry Potter™
Gaylord Texan
Wintry, holiday scenes from the beloved series come to life at ice! featuring Harry Potter™! Journey through captivating tunnels and arches, zip down two-story ice slides, and see your favorite characters including Harry, Ron, and Hermione 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 Texan.
Get to Know the Experience
24 YEARS OF HOLIDAY MAGIC
Families have embraced the Christmas experience, ice!, as a beloved holiday tradition since its debut more than two decades ago.
10 SCENES
Come to life through ice from the beloved series, Harry Potter™.
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 carving to create our signature Christmas attraction.
1.4M ATTENDEES
Visited ice! in 2025 across six locations in the U.S.
Take a Sneak Peek Inside
Step Into an Icy World of Wonder
Enter the breathtaking 9-degree experience inspired by the world of Harry Potter™. From the Hogwarts Express™ to the charm of Hogsmeade™, discover beloved scenes reimagined in hand-carved ice.
Hogwarts-Inspired Castle
Race down two-story ice slides while surrounded by towering spires and larger-than-life ice sculptures inspired by the castle. Complete with a child-sized slide, this immersive frozen playground delivers thrills and extraordinary photo moments for all.
Discovery Around Every Corner
From floating candles and frozen Chocolate Frogs™ to iconic photo ops for the whole family around every icy turn, this Christmas experience will bring delightful surprises and unforgettable memories.
Frosty Facts
Know more about what it's like to step inside ice! featuring Harry Potter™ before you experience it yourself.
10 ICONIC SCENES
Carved into ice from the beloved series
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.
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 the immersive Christmas experience over six weeks.
Weighing in at a total of 2 million pounds, ice! featuring Harry Potter™ includes elaborate scenes sculpted from 6,700 massive blocks of ice.
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 17,500-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.
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.
Save up to 40% on Holiday Fun
Bundle ice! featuring Harry Potter™ with other festive activities and save big! Choose from four pass options featuring tickets to: ice!, ice tubing, scavenger hunt, gingerbread decorating, ice skating, and more.
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!
Early Bird: Save up to 30% on Holiday Stays & ice! Packages
It's never too early to save big! Unwrap up to 30% savings on room rates & ice!™ overnight packages this holiday season. Package includes room + tickets to ice!. Book by Aug. 10 to save.