ICE at National Harbor - Review
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Anonymous
| Aren't the tickets on a times entry? And yet some of you had to wait 1-2.5 hours? Can someone explain that?? |
Anonymous
It's this little thing called "Capitalism." Cha-ching, cha-ching. The wait is typical at peak times as is the non-existance of crowd control once inside. |
Anonymous
There must be some type of crowd control, otherwise they would have let everyone who was waiting in. |
Anonymous
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Any updates for this year? Age recommendations? Teens? |
Anonymous
This is what we do. The inside of the Gaylord is beautiful and they even have a snowfall in the evenings. |
Anonymous
The number of people going in doesn't match the people exiting. The slide can be absolute chaos--kids/adults shoving. Hence no crowd control. |
Anonymous
| quick question - is there anything to do there without buying teh ICE tickets? is the santa part available for all without ice tickets the snow room? |
Anonymous
| The ice exhibit was terribly overpriced and really not that fun. Yes there were ice slides to play on for 10 minutes. But at $30 per kid or whatever, that's an expensive 10 minutes. Riding up and down on the glass elevator in the hotel proved much more fun for the kids, and free. We didn't see anything else free there. Even the tiny little train ride cost a few dollars. |
Anonymous
Obviously you do not know how to look for deals!! I buy tickets for my daughter and my grandkids every year (we missed last year). I paid $51 for 3 tickets. They went Wednesday night, no wait time to get in. Hard to stay inside longer than 30 minutes but from past experience, and the fact the site tells you it will be 9 degrees inside, you know this ahead of time. Hard to believe those who complain how cold it is when it clearly states on the site that it is. Not sure what my daughter paid for parking. Not sure she paid anything. My grandson rode the train 3x (it really isnt that expensive for a quick thrill. yes the train could be bigger, but kids dont ask for much. Afterall it isnt the adult who is riding it for the thrill. Tickets were $2 a ride of 3 rides for $5. The kids enjoyed watching it snow inside and the water spout show. My grandson is 5, my granddaughter 15. My granddaughter thanked me for getting the tickets to go and said they had a lot of fun. It is funny because she was the one who asked to go back this year!!! Look for those deals when they come out and it wont hurt so bad. Granted if I paid $100 for 30 minutes, not sure how I would have felt about it, but the smiles on their faces, esp the 15yo, made it worth every penny I paid!! |
Anonymous
| I went a couple years ago. Never again. I just felt the price was too much for what it was. We didn't have to wait long, as I bought tickets for a weekday afternoon, but I still wouldn't do it again. However, I loved the atrium at the Gaylord. It was beautiful. We had dinner at the sports bar there (it was eh) but the atrium was gorgeous. I think I would have much preferred the theme this year compared to Shrek. |
Anonymous
| We went "off-peak" (Friday afternoon in nov at 3pm) and it was awesome. No lines, lots of time on the ice slides and no crowds. Tickets were cheaper for off peak. I can not even fathom doing it any other way: super expensive tickets to wait in line and be shoved on the slides? No thanks! Go off peak if you can pull it off - super fun! |
Anonymous
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We went Saturday afternoon and either it was a really slow day or they have addressed the long wait/crowd issues because we had essentially no wait in line to get in, just a few minute wait to get parkas etc. The ice slides were fine, no rough play. It was a little crowded in some areas inside but less than I expected.
All that said, it is overpriced. But pretty cool. |