Three Million Christmas Lights Decorate The Resort With Activities For The Entire Family
by Mark Smiley
Many families travel during the holiday season but holiday break is longer than most travel plans allow. If you are looking for something to do with the kids that is close to home, consider Gaylord Rockies Resort and Convention Center near Denver International Airport.
Gaylord Rockies launched its first Gaylord Christmas in November and the festivities run until January 5, 2020. The resort and convention center is complete with a Mistletoe Village that includes Santa Claus, storytime and cookies with Mrs. Claus, gingerbread decorating, Build a Bear Workshop, and ICE! featuring Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Walk through a winter wonderland carved from more than two million pounds of colorful ice.
The decorations throughout the resort make for a festive atmosphere and in addition to the Mistletoe Village, there is plenty to do outdoors as well. Weather permitting, the lazy river and hot tub are open but as always, the indoor pool and water slides are operational.
And, more than three million Christmas lights surround every bend of the resort. Guests can ice tube, ice skate, and slide around in the bumper boats on ice. And, the resort offers free s’mores to roast on the outdoor patio.
Guests can also book reservations for Rudolph’s Holly Jolly Breakfast complete with character visits and photo opportunities, a Naughty or Nice escape room, and a scavenger hunt. And the usual hotel amenities are available year-round including the spa, restaurants, and a full-service concierge.
Tickets are also available for Cirque Dreams Holidaze which is an in-the-round theatrical experience including the world’s best acts and dazzling costumes featuring aerialists along with singers and dancers. This 75-minute Broadway musical and new cirque adventure is performed on stage and in the air by toy soldiers, snowmen, penguins, reindeer, gingerbread men, Santa and holiday characters imagined by Broadway director and Cirque Dreams founder, Neil Goldberg.
The Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer theme of 2019-2020 will rotate to one of the other four Gaylord properties next year so look for a new theme at Gaylord Rockies next season.
The Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center is located at 6700 North Gaylord Rockies Boulevard. For more information about the resort or to make a reservation, visit www.gaylordrockies.com.