Disclosure: I received tickets in exchange for a post. The opinions are all 100% my own.
I’m not the biggest fan of winter, but there are some activities that I love that can only be done in winter. One of those is being able to go sledding with my kids. That is always a blast. You can’t do that without snow either, so I brave the cold so that I can slide with them every year during winter. Another thing that I love, is being able to go to the Ice Castles. I think this is a must see if you haven’t been to one yet. There are not many built around yet, but if you do get a chance, I’d highly recommend it.
They recently build an Ice Castle in Stillwater, MN, so I was able to take my family to that one. We’ve been to the Ice Castles before, just not the one in Stillwater. It’s nice to be able to check different ones out. Even though they may all look the same, there are some things that are different from each of these Ice Castles.
One of the things we saw there that we thought was neat, was the Ice Maze. It was a maze that had areas to walk through and even some tunnels you’d have to crawl through. It was a lot of fun going around the maze.
We even saw Olaf there! My girls were excited to see him there. They wanted to take a photo by him so I made sure to do that. I think it’s great when they make these because my girls really enjoy them. There were a couple other snowmen I saw around before you entered the Ice Castles too. I think it makes it more special for the kids to be able to see them.
What’s really neat, is that they have colors when it’s dark enough outside. You’ll be able to see it lit up really colorful. That was really neat to be able to see. That was actually the first time I have been to an Ice Castle towards night-time. I was glad I waited so I was able to see all those beautiful colors. I personally would recommend going towards night-time so that you can experience this as well.
My daughters had so much fun going down the slides that were build. You had to crawl through a tunnel to get to the top of the area where you could slide down. Then they were able to take these slides all the way down the ice. They loved that part a lot!
They also had these three smaller slides. Those were very enjoyable for my girls as well.
They even had a fountain. They had the ice all around it with the water coming out. My daughters really loved to see this part. I thought it was a great touch to the Ice Castles too. It’s always nice to be able to see a fountain.
They even made a bench with ice. That was certainly awesome! My girls were able to sit on the bench and get a nice photo take. I thought that was wonderful that they made this bench.
The photo above is one of my favorites. You can see a bit of how it’s starting to get lit up with blue. You’d really be able to see that if it were darker out. I also love the way the icicles were hanging on this piece. I thought it was very beautiful.
You can see one of the tunnels we went through. There was plenty of room to be able to get through those tunnels. It’s also a ton of fun to be able to crawl through them. My girls were having a blast with that.
We had such an amazing time there. It’s always a nice site to see when you go to the Ice Castles. The workers did such an amazing job at making this a great Ice Castle.
Enchanted Frozen Sisters
Meet the enchanted ice princesses and take a photo with them as you enter their frozen home. Princesses will be greeting guests outside the Ice Castles during the following times:
Saturdays: 12-5pm
Sundays: 12-5pm
Princess will take breaks throughout the scheduled time, so please be patient and
understanding with this need.
*Appearances are weather dependent. On very cold days appearance times may be shortened or canceled.
Fire Performances:
Fridays and Saturdays
Time: 6-9 pm
Enjoy a high-energy fire show before entering the Ice Castle! They will amaze you with a versatile and unique show using many different manipulation props including fire-breathing, spinning, hula, and more.
Have you ever been to the Ice Castles before? If so, what did you think of it?
Disclosure: I received tickets in exchange for a post. The opinions are all 100% my own.
That looks absolutely amazing. Ice castles and structures of their kind. I love all the colors!
It was amazing to be able to see. The colors were even better!
That does look like a lot of fun! There is not a lot of ice where I live but I think it is beautiful and I would love to check this out at some point. It looks like you guys had a blast.
We did have a blast. It was so much fun and everything was so beautiful.
I love the Olaf!! I have never heard of this place before, what a fun winter trip to take as a family!
It is a wonderful place to visit. We had so much fun! Everything is so beautiful to look at.
I would love to check out the Ice Castles. I love how it lights up. My kids would love the slides.
My girls definitely loved the slides. That and the tunnels were their favorites.
I would love to see this Ice Castle in person. It is so pretty with the lights. It is a must see for sure.
It sure is. I love just being able to drive by them too. So neat!
What a fun place to visit. Those structures are really cool and it would definitely be fun to go at night for the lights.
It sure was a fun night. I’m so glad my girls enjoyed it so much.
I really would love to visit the ice castles. Those ice slides and gorgeous colored ice views are amazing.
They are really amazing. It’s such a great site to see.
This looks like so much fun. It would be a great way to spend the day in the fresh air with the kids. The slide looks so cool.
It was a lot of fun for us. We had a great time.
These Ice castles look amazing. I love that they will have princesses greeting people.
I just love the Ice Castles. They’re so amazing to look at.
That would be fun for me for a very short period of time before I’d need to find hot chocolate and warmth. My kids would love it, especially the sledding track.
We were lucky enough to be able to go on a warmer day. It was so much fun and wasn’t cold at all.
Those ice castles look really cool, literally. If I am ever up Minnesota way, I will have to check these out. I bet that are even better in person.
They are really neat in person. They have other Ice Castles around as well. Not just Minnesota. 🙂
What a fun place to take your family. I live fairly close to it, and have not been yet. I think you have convinced me that it is time to get there. My daughters would especially love it.
You certainly should! It was a lot of fun, and it’s so beautiful to look at.
The Ice Castles look like so much fun! I am not a big fan of winter either but this looks like the type of icy fun I would enjoy. At least if there was a huge cup of hot chocolate waiting for me!
I believe they did have hot chocolate there. They had a stand with some food and drinks and I’m pretty positive hot chocolate was on it.
How fun?!! Those Ice Castles look amazing! I am sure my kids will enjoy here!
They sure were!
I have never been to an ice castle before. My youngest would love this. The lights make it look so pretty.
The lights really did make it beautiful.
This would be gorgeous all lit up at night. I would have loved to have taken my daughter to something like this when she was younger.
I’m an adult and I still love it! Such a neat thing to see.
I love these pictures! What an amazing time. Making memories with family is a must!!
It sure was fun. Having these memories definitely will be wonderful.
Ice castles!!! What a great idea! I am not a fan of winter either but this looks so much fun! I bet I myself would enjoy posing and taking pictures galore! LOL! I wish they are open all-year long because we don’t usually go out of state on winter. Anyway, who knows? I’ll just ready the warmest outfits I can! Hahaha. Gotta bookmark this so I won’t forget. 😀
It was so amazing. We went on a day where it wasn’t that cold out, so it worked out great for us.
Wow this is really cool! We never liked the Frozen movie too much so when I first heard about this I thought it wasn’t for us but now I know I was wrong. This looks like so much fun!!!
This honestly has nothing to do with frozen. This was amazing!
I really wanted to bring my kids there I’m sure that they will enjoy this!
I bet they would love it!
That looks like so much fun. I haven’t ever heard of Ice Castles but then again I live in Texas where it is too warm to have pretty ice for more than a few days.
It was so amazing to be able to see. Definitely a must if you’re ever in the area.
What a cool experience for the kids! I would love to visit this kind of attraction with my brood! Love your pics- the colors and ice structures are pretty impressive!
They are really neat to see. My girls had so much fun.
Oh my gosh, I’ve never seen anything like the Ice Castles. What fun and the colored lights are neat. Love the snowman.
It was so beautiful! I’m so glad we were able to go.
Oh my family would just love this! What a great winter attraction!
It sure was!
That place looks amazing! I can tell from the photos that they had so much fun.
We sure did!
That is so cool! I have no doubt you all had fun. Wish we had something like that here.
It was certainly fun. Definitely a great site to see.
Considering I have never seen snow, this is crazy! I would love to see this in person but would need to buy a winter coat! 😉
It is beautiful there!
My daughter will have a ball year! Shes always wanted to do something like this especially after watching Frozen.
It was so wonderful too. I’m sure she really would enjoy it.
Such a beautiful place! I’m kind of jealous I’m not there. My son would love it!
It was very beautiful!
This looks magical! I would love to visit at least once!!
It was definitely really beautiful.
These are so cool and I’m so jealous! I want to check these out one day!
You definitely should. They’re so neat!