Nashville, TN — ICE! at Gaylord Opryland is Home Alone this year, with the McCallister house carved room by room from 2 million pounds of ice, Kevin’s booby traps and the Wet Bandits, plus two-story ice slides. It runs through Jan. 2, and adult tickets were $33.38 to $49.38 with fees on Nov. 11, depending on the date and time slot.
What Is ICE! Featuring Home Alone?
ICE! is Gaylord Hotels’ walk-through Christmas attraction: rooms of sculptures hand-carved from colorful ice, kept at 9 degrees, with guests in loaner parkas. Gaylord Opryland’s 2026 edition, the first Home Alone ICE!, has 10 scenes from the movie, with Kevin McCallister and the Wet Bandits carved in ice and movie lines like “Merry Christmas, you filthy animal!” along the way.
- The McCallister house: each room is carved from ice, with photo spots for recreating the movie’s scenes.
- The slides: two-story ice slides run through Kevin’s plan to take down the Wet Bandits, with a child-sized slide too.
- Kevin’s traps: guests dodge his booby traps on the way through.
The 19,000-square-foot attraction took 40 artisans from Harbin, China, six weeks to carve, and a few of them stay through the season to keep the sculptures in shape and to carve live for guests. It’s in the Gaylord Opryland Events Center, and most guests spend 20 to 40 minutes inside, with no time limit.
Tickets and Prices
ICE! tickets are timed and sold online only, at Tickets.GaylordOpryland.com, with no box office at the resort. On Nov. 11, during Gaylord Opryland’s Merry Deal Days sale, which takes up to 25% off ICE! and show tickets booked by Nov. 16, the ticket page showed these prices with fees included for dates from Nov. 11 on:
- Adults (12 and up): $33.38 to $49.38, depending on the date and time slot.
- Children 4 to 11: $23.38 to $39.38.
- Children 3 and under: free.
Guests under 18 need a paid adult with them. Gaylord Opryland also sells two activity packs: the Silver Pack, up to 20% off, with ICE!, ice tubing and a scavenger hunt, and the Gold Pack, up to 30% off, which adds ice skating, hot chocolate and more.
What to Know Before You Go
- Peak-day access: after 3 p.m. Central, resort access is guaranteed only for overnight guests and people with tickets every Friday and Saturday from Nov. 20, and every day Nov. 23 to 26 and Dec. 18 to 31.
- Arrival: come at least five minutes before your time slot, since entry isn’t guaranteed for late guests.
- What to wear: Gaylord hands out parkas, and it suggests hats and gloves.
- Access: ICE! is wheelchair accessible, but the slides aren’t, and double strollers and wagons aren’t allowed inside.
- Parking: $37 a day to self-park or $55 for valet, plus tax, and day guests pay per entry.
- More Christmas at the resort: more than 5 million lights, ice tubing and the POMP, SNOW & CIRQUEumstance show, part of Gaylord Opryland’s 43rd A Country Christmas, Nov. 6 to Jan. 2.
ICE! at Seven Other Resorts
ICE! started here at Gaylord Opryland in 2001, and for 2026 it’s at eight Gaylord and JW Marriott resorts, each carving a different holiday movie. Gaylord Texan near Dallas carves Harry Potter, in my Gaylord Texan Harry Potter guide, Gaylord Palms near Orlando carves The Polar Express, and Gaylord Rockies outside Denver carves The Nightmare Before Christmas. My guide to all eight resorts has every theme, date and price.
Tickets and passes are on Gaylord Opryland’s ICE! page.
