Yup! The title says it all - a ice sculpture garden kept at a chilling 5F (-15C) in the middle of a hot Macau. The temperature differential can be up to 80F! Thankfully, at the entrance they lend you an eskimo-style winter coat to keep you warm. Make sure you're wearing shoes though... sandals would be torture, for sure!
The Venetian Macau really has alot of fun shows and exhibitions to explore throughout the year. Performances by Cirque du Soleil, special tennis exhibitions, shows by famous Cantopop stars, even ice sculpture gardens! For this exhibition - located in the West Wing of the complex - forty Harbin artisans descended on the Venetian Macau and spent one month carving 9,000 blocks of ice weighting a total of 1,350 tons with chainsaws, knives, and shovels. The entire exhibit is placed inside of a special "freezer" like enclosure to ensure the ice doesn't melt. You can see the construction process and final exhibit below or read about it here. The cost is 100 MOP per person. It's definitely worth a look!
Yup! The fun ice world is in the Venetian Macau.
The Venetian Macau really has alot of fun shows and exhibitions to explore throughout the year. Performances by Cirque du Soleil, special tennis exhibitions, shows by famous Cantopop stars, even ice sculpture gardens! For this exhibition - located in the West Wing of the complex - forty Harbin artisans descended on the Venetian Macau and spent one month carving 9,000 blocks of ice weighting a total of 1,350 tons with chainsaws, knives, and shovels. The entire exhibit is placed inside of a special "freezer" like enclosure to ensure the ice doesn't melt. You can see the construction process and final exhibit below or read about it here. The cost is 100 MOP per person. It's definitely worth a look!
Time lapse of the making of "Fun Ice World"
Up the stairs, down a lonnng, dark hallway, to the freezer we go!
Entrance to the ice sculpture garden. Imagine, outside it's about 85F (35C)!
The Monkey King (left), Horse and King (right)
A dark scene and some bones (left), A giant pig person (right)
Ice forest, replete with swans, bears, deer, rabbits, caves, and other wonders! In the blurb (bottom-right) is a horse pulling a carriage with the wintry wonderland in the background.
Ice castle! This is definitely one of my favorites... ice chutes are on both sides of the entrance, so that kids of all shapes and sizes and ages can use it! Now, now, don't be shy! Let that inner kid out :p.
This dinosaur is part the prehistoric exhibit. After this is the ice bar, and then the exit. You can order your alcoholic or nonalcoholic beverages there. Just move quickly if you want to do that... my hands were about frozen by the time I left the exhibition hall!
NICE!!!! I didn't know they could be colored!
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