🚂❄️🎄ICE! The Polar Express - Christmas at Gaylord National 🚂
Schedule
Mon Dec 15 2025 at 10:30 am to 01:30 pm
UTC-05:00Location
Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center | Oxon Hill, MD
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🚂❄️🎄ICE! featuring The Polar Express™ and Cirque: Spirit of Christmas🚂❄️🎄📅 Monday, December 15, 2025
📍 Gaylord National Harbor
🕥 10:30 AM – ICE! Admission
🎪 12:30 PM – Cirque: Spirit of Christmas Show
Join other homeschool families for this dazzling, immersive holiday experience featuring larger-than-life ice sculptures, thrilling frozen slides, and awe-inspiring tunnels — all carved from over 2 million pounds of ice by 40 world-renowned artists!
✨ Highlights ✨
🚂 Step aboard The Polar Express™ and journey through 14 stunning ice scenes recreated in three dimensions.
🛷 Zoom down one of five ice slides beside the majestic train.
🎅 Meet the 11-foot-tall Santa Claus at the North Pole for the First Gift of Christmas.
❄️ Experience it all at a frosty 9°F — parkas provided, warm clothing recommended!
🎪 Cirque: Spirit of Christmas – 12:30 PM ✨
A magical Cirque-style Christmas show featuring dazzling acrobatics, breathtaking stunts, and a heartfelt story of rediscovering the true joy of the season.
🛷 Snow Flow Mountain: Unlimited Snow Tubing!
Race family and friends down real ice lanes for a frosty adventure!
📏 Height requirement: 42 inches & up
❄️ Unlimited rides all day!
🎓 Learning Objectives - Students will:
🎨 Explore the art and science of ice sculpting – observe how artists use temperature, tools, and design to transform ice into art.
📖 Connect literature to life by experiencing The Polar Express™ story through visual storytelling and themed environments.
🧊 Identify states of matter (solid, liquid) and discuss how freezing and melting are used creatively in large-scale exhibits.
🎭 Appreciate performing arts through the Cirque performance, analyzing how music, movement, and storytelling express meaning.
🤸 Engage in physical activity and cooperative play through snow tubing and group exploration.
💫 Reflect on themes of imagination, wonder, and generosity highlighted in The Polar Express™ and Cirque: Spirit of Christmas.
🎟 Pricing
ICE! (ages 4 & up): $17.99
ICE! (ages 3 & under): FREE
Cirque: Spirit of Christmas: $19.99
Snow Mountain Tubing (42”+): $19.99
Reserve Today: https://omella.com/sm5yq
Minimum of 10 guests required for group pricing. Tickets are non-refundable. No early or late admissions.
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Where is it happening?
Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Gaylord Potomac Conference Room, Oxon Hill, MD 20745, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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