This past weekend, I had the pleasure of heading out to Orlando's newest club, ICEBAR. It's near Pointe Orlando, almost across the street from WonderWorks. It's a pretty chill place, not as exciting as other clubs, but with the right crows, it's a great time. It's free to get in and hang out in the Chill Lounge, where they have some tasty drinks. The prices are a bit high, but they do have specials on martinis, if you're a fan of the flavor of the day. If you want to experience the 27-degree Fahrenheit room, it'll cost you $35 ($5 off promo codes available on MetroMix) for 45 minutes. You'll receive a light-up lanyard (pictures left) noting your Ice Time, which you'll trade in to get your thermal cape and Magic Stretch gloves.
Once inside the room (maximum capacity 50 people), you can see ice carvings of different shapes and sizes, with the theme changing every six months. Currently, "The Snow Queen" is the motif, and the room features a throne, a polar bear (seen left), a fireplace (LED logs, of course), and several encased stars, moons, and globes. There are multiple photo opportunities with the in-house photographer, or feel free to snap your own (somehow in an hour I managed to take about 150 photos!). After taking in the ambiance, you can sit on ice benches (topped with fur to keep you dry) and enjoy some drinks. Grey Goose is the official liquor, and you can enjoy several flavors (lemon was my favorite, although most of my group preferred the pear or cranberry-orange) in glasses made in ice molds. But be careful! If you hold the class for too long without rotating it or putting it down, it will melt to your glove!
The song selection during the time we were in the ICEBAR was a little weak. "Yeah" and "The Cupid Shuffle" were among the bigger hits played, and although it was nearly all "newer" music, the choices were just strange. Hardly any music worth dancing to was played in the first half hour we were there (could just be that the 10:15-10:45 part of the playlist was lame), but it was still a great time that livened up when things got hopping. Overall, some of our group (12 of us) thought it was just too chilly to be a great time (although a few of us weren't cold at all), but everyone agreed that it was well worth the price, and definitely worth doing again!
This past weekend, I had the pleasure of heading out to Orlando's newest club, ICEBAR. It's near Pointe Orlando, almost across the street from WonderWorks. It's a pretty chill place, not as exciting as other clubs, but with the right crows, it's a great time. It's free to get in and hang out in the Chill Lounge, where they have some tasty drinks. The prices are a bit high, but they do have specials on martinis, if you're a fan of the flavor of the day. If you want to experience the 27-degree Fahrenheit room, it'll cost you $35 ($5 off promo codes available on MetroMix) for 45 minutes. You'll receive a light-up lanyard (pictures left) noting your Ice Time, which you'll trade in to get your thermal cape and Magic Stretch gloves.
Once inside the room (maximum capacity 50 people), you can see ice carvings of different shapes and sizes, with the theme changing every six months. Currently, "The Snow Queen" is the motif, and the room features a throne, a polar bear (seen left), a fireplace (LED logs, of course), and several encased stars, moons, and globes. There are multiple photo opportunities with the in-house photographer, or feel free to snap your own (somehow in an hour I managed to take about 150 photos!). After taking in the ambiance, you can sit on ice benches (topped with fur to keep you dry) and enjoy some drinks. Grey Goose is the official liquor, and you can enjoy several flavors (lemon was my favorite, although most of my group preferred the pear or cranberry-orange) in glasses made in ice molds. But be careful! If you hold the class for too long without rotating it or putting it down, it will melt to your glove!
The song selection during the time we were in the ICEBAR was a little weak. "Yeah" and "The Cupid Shuffle" were among the bigger hits played, and although it was nearly all "newer" music, the choices were just strange. Hardly any music worth dancing to was played in the first half hour we were there (could just be that the 10:15-10:45 part of the playlist was lame), but it was still a great time that livened up when things got hopping. Overall, some of our group (12 of us) thought it was just too chilly to be a great time (although a few of us weren't cold at all), but everyone agreed that it was well worth the price, and definitely worth doing again!
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