Archives for December 2009

Orlando Gaylord Palms hotel holiday Ice show!

Gaylord Palms
Click here to book a room at the Gaylord Palms hotel

If you love looking at ice sculptures, you don’t want to miss one of the most beautiful displays in the Orlando area! Each year the exclusive hotel resort Gaylord Palms puts on a fantastic ice sculpture display housed inside a giant hall inside the hotel. This room is kept at a cool 9 degrees and showcases colored ice sculptures made from 2 million pounds of ice!

Gaylord Palms hotel ice show in Orlando

Made by 40 artisans from China, they hand carve everything you see inside. All guest are given over-sized parkas to keep warm as they explore this winter wonderland. A big hit with the kids is a giant Santa’s ice slide all made out of ice. Called ICE! at Gaylord Palms, anyone can buy tickets to see this amazing display of ice artwork.

Gaylord Palms is one of the biggest and most exclusive hotels in the Orlando area. It’s just minutes away from Disney and has everything you could want in an upscale hotel. To get tickets to this show click here for ICE! at Gaylord Palms event.

I put together a slide show of past ICE! displays. Click the first thumbnail picture below to start the slide show. Click the slide show picture to exit it. Enjoy these fantastic ice pictures!

Christmas Shopping At Downtown Disney Marketplace

Holiday shopping at Disney's downtown marketplace shops

If your looking for a very unique Disney World gift this Christmas holiday season, the best place to go is the Disney Downtown Marketplace. Located right in the east end of the downtown Disney area. This Disney entertainment and shopping area is filled with shows, great places to eat and lots of Disney shopping. For this article I’m talking about just the shopping stores.

As everywhere on Disney property, the Downtown Disney marketplace is alive with Christmas holiday decorations and lights right now. With plenty of free parking, this Disney shopping area has over 30 shops, all unique and wonderful. It features the largest Disney character store in the world among other things. You can find every Disney character toy, costume, accessory and more here.
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Christmas sales on luggage and bags at ebags


Save 20% at eBags.com!

Now that Thanksgiving is over everyone is having their big Christmas shopping sales! So I thought I’d throw out my own holiday sales here. Ebags is having a 20% off Christmas sale inside their store right now. They have nice affordable luggage, laptop and computer cases, bags and more.

I have a page of their luggage right here in my luggage sets page. It’s really good stuff yet not high priced like others are. You can find single carry-ons up to 8 piece luggage sets. They also have great computer cases and a wide range of bags.

So check them out for some great Christmas shopping sales on luggage and bags. Then book that Orlando vacation and enjoy a holiday stay here, taking in Disney, Universal Studios or Sea World. Disney World look fantastic on the holidays with decorations and Christmas lights. 😉