World Ice Art Championships - Ice Alaska — Attraction in Alaska

This place is absolutely unreal! This is hours and hours of entertainment, and 100% worth the money. When you first enter, there is a large open play area with a dozen or so large ice carved games to play like checkers, mini golf, ping-pong, ect. Everything except the golf balls is made of ice, and at night all of the ice in the entire park is illuminated in a rainbow of colored lights. They have an entire Alaska Airlines ice stage carved out - we weren’t there when it was being used, so not sure what they had going on with that. Beyond the games are the slides. Massive slides made entirely of ice, including the stairs. They offer free sleds to borrow if you leave your driver’s license with them and they have PLENTY. There were tons of people there and it never felt really crowded and we didn’t wait in any lines, really. There are several different slides set up in varying heights, and they can get FAST. You can also just slide on your bum, but the sleds are way better. These slides are not just for children - I think every single adult I saw going down had just as much fun as the kids, and some of them are really high! There are also ice carved creatures and chairs/structures that kiss and adults can sit on/in and take pictures. The outhouses have heaters in them, and they have an entire warming building with lots of seating and tables and basic snacks for purchase. The ice sculptures are behind all the “fun” stuff in the campground portion of the park. Highly recommend you go at night. It’s like walking through an enchanted forest! It’s hard to believe all of them are made of ice - they are so incredible they look fake! We also were able to watch and speak with one of the artists in action as they carved out some ducks on a log sculpture. I was really impressed with the youth competition section too! It felt like every time we turned around there was another sculpture we hadn’t seen! These truly are world class ice sculptures - the artists are from all over the world. There were so many! Plenty of free parking right in front...

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This was our first visit in person we’ve hear about it from friends and seen pictures online but nothing beats seeing the craftsmanship first hand. The small attention to detail was incredible. When walking through the sculptures some pieces were completed while the artists worked on second pieces. Sometimes I had to remind myself they’re starting with large solid blocks and cutting away sections and then reusing those sections back into the sculptures. The event wasn’t just a walkthrough of sculptures being created but also an entire section where you can walk up to carvings and touches them, feeling the curves and edges. But not only that you some were interactive in ways of slides or common yards games like corn hole and put golf. We went during the daylight and returned for festivities lighted up at night. Just stunning and we’re planning on making a return before the competition is over. Just amazing work and well...