We saw "Ice" at Opryland last night. Here's the summary - one million pounds of ice is sculpted into shapes ranging from snowmen to a life-size nativity scene, and it's kept in 16 degree rooms. Very impressive, but it's so cold (even with the lovely BellSouth parkas they provide at the door) that you don't want to stay too long. We were in there between 8-10 minutes. Had the tickets not been free, we would have spent $70 for the tickets, or roughly $1.45 per minute per person. There were 6 of us - the bride, Meg, Cole (that boy), Sara, Chloe (a.k.a. Charley, Chauncey, Clovis, Shallow, etc.) and myself. We all took at least one turn on the ice slides, my favorite part. I think we actually spent more time in the gift shop than we did in the ice exhibit.
Once we got outside, we had a decision to make - do we go see the lights in Opryland Hotel, or do we go shopping at Opry Mills? It was unanimous - we hit the mall. Yes, we're good Americans, attempting to help the economy any way we can.
Following the mall excursion, we decided to get a snack. We went into one of the nastiest McDonald's I'd ever seen. Had there not been a cheerleader competition at Opryland, and all of them hadn't been clogging up the lines in the food court, we would have gotten something to eat there. However, we were sort of stuck. The average service time on the register said 59 seconds - I think it should have been 59 minutes. When we did finally get our food, we all had a good time. McDonalds fries with a hot fudge sundae really hit the spot.
My opinion is that if you live in the Nashville area and can get free tickets for "Ice", it can't hurt to go. However, if you just have to go, be prepared to shell out $14 for adult tickets and $7 for kids under 12 (maybe 10). Also, if you want your outfit to coordinate with the parkas (not that anyone in our family was concerned, wink-wink), wear something that works well with electric blue.
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"That boy"? Laughing at you. That's hilarious. Restrain yourself.
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