3/2/2023

By: Alaina Felton 

Opryland is a fun place to visit all year round. They have two Massive atriums that keep an average of around 70 degrees. It's hard to manage them this is what Drew has to say about it, “Theres three teams that mainly take care of our atriums for the most part it's our, engineering team, housekeeping team, and our horticultural team Engineering team deals with all the buildings, Our housekeeping team goes around and they pick up all the trash, and our Horticulture team Takes care of all the plants .”

If you do go to Opryland in the winter they have some outdoor stuff like ice skating, and tubing and they also have bumper cars where you can bump on the ice. They have this big colorful walkthrough place that is made out of ice sculptures. There's even an ice slide. It takes a lot of work to be able to make all that Ice and have somewhere to put it after the events are over. “They start that process and early October. They fly artists over from China they put these thousand-pound blocks of ice and chisel down and they make the ice sculpture,” says Drew. They also have a big Indoor Water Park that goes by the name Soundwaves. Soundwaves also have some attractions outside that are open in the summer and spring. There are lots of fun activities to do in the winter, spring, and summer. 

 Now the outdoor attractions soundwaves offerers everything from a wave pool to a slide that drops you down very dramatically. The wave pool is your average wave pool that in the deepest part goes up to 7ft. Overall soundwaves is a very tropical, fun, and awesome experience if you go to Opryland I would definitely recommend getting the soundwaves package.                          

 Overall Opryland is an amazing place to visit if you live near or are visiting the area. They also have 5 other locations with a 6th on the way. They have many locations that are all different in many ways. In North America, there are 5 with a 6th one under construction. Opryland is a massive place After all of its additions, the complex now has over 3.3 million square feet of total space. 2,888 guest rooms; that on average new people check into every 3 days. Six ballrooms ranging in size from 3,364 square feet to 55,314 square feet, with the largest event space having a capacity for 10,000 people, "We've had lots of shows some of the most exciting ones were when there was a jet ski auction and one time there was even a helicopter built in one of the Opryland ballrooms," says Drew. There are   106 conference and break-out rooms. They also have a 260,000-square-foot exhibit hall. So overall Gaylord Opryland Nashville Tennessee is an amazing place to visit.