General Chat / The Harbin Ice Festival

Hey guys

Thought you guys might be interested in this

I shall be visiting China a few times over the next year and I am planning on visiting the massive Harbin Ice Festival next January. Upon researching it I discovered that over the last few years one of the major contributors has been Disney, Who built massive versions of well known Disney landmarks out of Ice.

The Pictures have to be seen to be believed. Especially the night shots

This was actually done by Disney, Not some Chinese rip off


The classic Disney castle as you've never seen it before


Love the Mickey arch.


Cinderella s Castle, Despite looking nothing like the actual Cinderella castle it does feature working lifts and escalators


Ice Slide out of one of the many castle structures.


It's not just Disney on site. There are massive Ice sculptures all over


The festival has been running since the 1960s and to give an idea of the scale

The centrepiece of the Ice and Snow World is an icy fortress that was modelled after the Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria. The structure measures almost 45 meters tall and 82 meters wide, and is lit up by LED lights.

it's a pretty big festival.

Anyway please take the time to read some of the links below for more of an idea on the whole festival. I really cant wait for this next year . It's a bit out of the way but the flights are not too bad from the UK.

Sources: http://www.cnngo.com...val-2011-634915
http://www.rtoddking...n2009_hb_zp.htm
http://www.absolutec...isney-5444.html
http://www.bbc.com/t...harbins-history

THAT LOOKS EPIC,
I demand a design themed to this once you get back

wow !
that's amazing !! have fun!