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IMPORTANT NOTE: THIS INFORMATION WAS CURRENT FOR THE 2008 HOLIDAY SEASON. WE DO NOT YET HAVE INFORMATION FOR THE 2009 HOLIDAY SEASON. PLEASE USE THIS INFORMATION AS A GENERAL GUIDELINE, HOWEVER EVENTS AND TIMEFRAMES ARE LIKELY TO CHANGE. Gaylord Palms Resort presents Best of Florida Christmas, an annual Christmas celebration featuring live entertainment, unique attractions and holiday activities held to commemorate the Christmas season. This year’s Best of Florida Christmas program will include 46 days of holiday revelry, including several new or revised events: ICE!: This award-winning frozen family experience is Orlando’s most unusual holiday attraction, hand-carved from nearly two million pounds of ice. Holiday Entertainment underneath the soaring Gaylord Palms atrium. Christmas in Florida - The County Wreath Collection: An exhibition of wreaths decorated to reflect Florida’s diverse destinations, from coast to coast. "Holiday Traditons" stage show: featuring traditional holiday music with a fun storyline (limited engagement). | |  | | | | | | Hidden Holiday Gnome Hunt: Families can hunt throughout the Gaylord Palms atriums to spot cleverly hidden gnomes, each ready to celebrate the holiday season Visit Santa: Kids can take an opportunity to share their special Christmas wishes with Santa Claus…in person, or via email. | |  | | | | | | | | | ICE!, the marquee attraction of the resort’s Best of Florida Christmas celebration, will return for its sixth year. The wildly popular family experience gives guests an opportunity to visit a whimsical winter wonderland of interactive environments and larger-than-life, three-dimensional holiday scenes and sculptures, all hand-carved from ice. For more information or reservations, call (407) 586-4ICE. To learn more about ICE! or Best of Florida Christmas, visit www.gaylordhotels.com/ice?source=cio. ChristmasInOrlando.com Tips:Gaylord Palms Resort is the "holiday headquarters" for Christmas in Orlando. While most Best of Florida Christmas activities are available to both day guests and hotel guests, this year’s celebration includes special experiences and "perks" created exclusively for guests who purchase the Best of Florida Christmas overnight package: - Priority Entry to the ICE! attraction, as well as the ability to visit the attraction multiple times during a stay.
- Family memories event, Gather to create your own family gingerbread house with the help of a Gaylord Palms pastry chef, a new experience created just for overnight guests.
- Holiday bedtime stories, broadcast every night via a special in-room channel.
- Holiday character Tuck-ins, bedtime visits by one of Santa’s helpers (additional fee).
- Christmas Concierge, who can recommend and help book unique holiday experiences throughout Orlando.
Overnight Best of Florida Christmas packages include a Florida-view guest room, two tickets to ICE! and ICE! Skating, a souvenir photo, self parking, and a host of exclusive resort guest benefits. Packages and rates are available for families of all sizes, beginning with a one-night stay. Visitors who dine at Old Hickory Steakhouse, Villa de Flora or Sunset Sam's Fish Camp can ask to have the entire self-parking fee validated by their server. ICE! admission tickets are discounted if you purchased them in advance online. |
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