Christmas at Gaylord Palms features more than 15 festive activities for guests and locals to enjoy, including dazzling live performances, a festive breakfast with the Grinch, gingerbread decorating, and more. Plus, brand-new to this year’s event is I Love Christmas Movies, an immersive, walk-through experience featuring scenes from five beloved Christmas films, and Snow Factory, a snowy play space with ice tubing and an interactive snowball area.
I Love Christmas Movies was developed in collaboration with Warner Bros. Consumer Products and allows guests to step into the movies they know and love, including THE POLAR EXPRESS™, A CHRISTMAS STORY™, ELF™, NATIONAL LAMPOON’S CHRISTMAS VACATION™, and THE YEAR WITHOUT A SANTA CLAUS™. Designed with social distancing in mind, guests will navigate the 17,000 square foot exhibit and enjoy more than 13 scenes complete with replicas of film props, audio clips, and more.
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Another all-new experience this year is Snow Factory, a mechanized snowy play space with multiple attractions, including Snow Flow Mountain, where guests can slide through factory conveyor belts that have frozen solid and ride on tubes down a thrilling plummet slide or hilly ice coaster. Plus, the Snowball Build and Blast allows guests to build and toss real snowballs to boost the power of snowmaking machines.
With 4.5 acres of indoor airy atriums decorated with millions of twinkling holiday lights, a towering Christmas tree in the St. Augustine atrium, and thousands of shimmering ornaments, there is holiday magic to be found for guests of all ages, including:
- Live performances on the St. Augustine Stage, including the dazzling Cirque Dreams Unwrapped featuring stunning feats of showmanship performed on stage and in the air. Plus, holiday spirits will soar during The Greatest Story, a multicultural, musical journey celebrating the story of Christ.
- A fun-filled celebration of Christmas traditions old and new with the jolliest hostess of all. Guests can delight in the retelling of the Christmas classic, “Twas The Night Before Christmas,” and sing along to their favorite holiday songs during Mrs. Claus’ Christmas Traditions.
- A holiday-themed scavenger hunt that will help grow The Grinch’s heart three sizes and show him the meaning of the season in The Grinch’s Wonderful Awful Idea, Scavenger Hunt.
- A Sugary Sweet Storytime that will immerse guests into the world of The Nutcracker led by the Sugarplum Fairy herself in this interactive, super sweet, super sugary musical spectacular.
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We decided to take a midweek break and explore the I Love Christmas Movie Experience. Everything was well spaced out and the movie sets were fantastic. My son loved The Polar Express set and is already asking to go back. We let our competitive nature go wild when we competed in the Snow Build and Blast.
I Love Christmas Movies Experience is open until January 3rd. Tickets for Christmas at Gaylord Palms and I Love Christmas Movies can be purchased HERE
Please note that due to limited capacity in accordance with Marriott’s “Commitment to Clean” program, advance online reservations are required for all ticketed events.
As the safety of its guests and STARS (employees) is of paramount importance, Christmas at Gaylord Palms has been developed in accordance with Marriott’s “Commitment to Clean” program and with enhanced protocols and social distancing measures.
