This is the Polar Express: ice! rolls back into Gaylord Palms Resort

Part art, part engineering, all aboard — “ice!” featuring The Polar Express is pulling back into the station at Gaylord Palms Resort in Kissimmee. The fan-favorite attraction is once again serving as the centerpiece of the annual Christmas at Gaylord Palms celebration and a returning theme based on the 2004 animated Christmas adventure movie.Guests will stop dead in their tracks the moment they walk into the 20,000-square-foot attraction — a full-size train locomotive engine, carved completely from solid ice. From there, they follow the story of Hero Boy, a doubting child who boards an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole on Christmas Eve, through roughly a dozen larger-than-life scenes carved from approximately 2 million pounds of solid ice.“This is kept at 9 degrees, so the ice stays nice and pristine through the entire season,” said Meghan Hash, director of special events and entertainment at Gaylord Palms. “The colors stay intact. We work with a chemist to help really bring t