ICE!
Exclusive to DreamWorks Package Guests: Priority access and early admission to ICE! - one hour prior to its scheduled opening time.
"Christmas Memories" Package
Great Holiday Package Specials that include tickets to ICE! featuring DreamWorks' Merry Madagascar.
Christmas on the Potomac
at Gaylord National Resort
November 18, 2011 - January 8, 2012
Make holiday memories at Gaylord National Resort. Continue your family tradition this Christmas with the region's most spectacular holiday celebration. Discover our 60-foot glass tree and holiday decorations, be amazed by indoor snowfall and explore a walk-thru winter wonderland sculpted from ice. Gaylord National offers everything you need to create memories that will last a lifetime.
And now you can animate your holiday getaway with The DreamWorks Experience! Vacation with the beloved characters from such films as Shrek, Kung Fu Panda and Madagascar through interactive experiences including:
- ICE! featuring DreamWorks' Merry Madagascar
- ShrekFeast Interactive Character Meal
- "Character Passport" Meet & Greets
- Gingy's Gingerbread Decorating
- DreamWorks Themed Scavenger Hunt
- DreamWorks Welcome Amenity with Package Check-In
- and even Special Wake-Up Calls by DreamWorksCharacters!
It's a holiday getaway sure to fulfill your Christmas dreams!
Packages on sale now from $199*. Learn more…
View/Download a Christmas on the Potomac Guide (Adobe .pdf format, 5.2MB)
Happenings at Christmas on the Potomac
ICE!™ featuring DreamWorks'
Merry Madagascar™
Gaylord National's popular ICE! winter holiday attraction returns with an all-new, hilarious theme: ICE! featuring DreamWorks' Merry Madagascar™. From Nov. 18 to Jan. 8, the DreamWorks® Animation holiday TV special will be brought to life in an interactive world of colorful ice sculptures carved entirely from TWO-MILLION pounds of ice. Relive the story as you stroll through this amazing attraction featuring scenes such as how Santa and his reindeer crash-landed onto the island of Madagascar, and why Alex, Marty, Gloria, Melman and the wacky penguins must figure out how to save Christmas by delivering all the presents themselves. Even the mischievous lemur King Julien learns the true meaning of the holiday and manages to get himself off the "naughty list" once and for all.
More Things To Do
Bigger, brighter and more brilliant than any other Christmas event in the Capital Region, Gaylord National's Christmas on the Potomac celebration presents all the joy, wonder and merriment of the holiday season on a grand scale!
Special Packages
There's so much holiday excitement at Gaylord National — so much Christmas to see and do — that the best way to get the full experience is to spend the night right here at the resort!
Awards & Honors For Christmas on the Potomac & ICE!
“ABA’s Top 100 Events in North America” (2010) awarded to ICE! Holiday Attraction - American Bus Association named ICE! at all four Gaylord Hotels properties a 2010 “Top 100 Event in North America.” ABA's Top 100 award is an annual compilation of the best events for group travel in the U.S. and Canada.
“Orbitz Top 10 Hotels Decked Out for the Holidays” (2009) awarded to Gaylord National Resort - Leading travel website Orbitz selected the 10 best hotels decked out for the holidays in leading U.S. destinations. Gaylord National was cited for its impressive seasonal décor and the hotel’s signature attraction, ICE!
“AAA’s 12 Most Festive Places to Find Holiday Spirit” (2009) awarded to Gaylord National Resort - American Automobile Association (AAA) polled their inspectors for their favorite places to spend the holidays. Gaylord National was named among the top 12 destinations.
Shrek, Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda and all related characters and properties © 2011 DreamWorks Animation L.L.C. Merry Madagascar © 2011 DreamWorks Animation L.L.C.
