I’m so excited! Have you heard the news? Ice skating is back at the inner harbor in Baltimore!!! I love open air ice skating and what could be better than to skate with the stars while seeing the beautiful lights of Baltimore, right!!!!! Well, I’m giving away 4 tickets for one lucky family to enjoy the fun at the Pandora Ice Rink!
To win tickets to the Pandora Ice Rink all you need to do is tell me a happy story of why you want to go ice skating in the comments below this post. One winner will be chosen at random and receive 4 free tickets to Pandora Ice rink on November 3oth!!!
Below is the press release for all the fun and excitement you can expect!
The rink is made possible through the generous support of PANDORA as well as Ashkenazy Acquisition Corporation, Constellation Energy, The Can Company, The Pearlstone Family Foundation, BGE, Marriott Waterfront, KPMG, Beatty Development, DSL Sound, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Baltimore Development Corporation and Department of Transportation. For full program details, visit www.innerharboricerink.org.
In addition to the Ice Rink, other It’s a Waterfront Life activities include:
- Take in the magic and wonder of The Polar Express in 4-D at the National Aquarium! From Nov. 13 through Jan. 3, feel the gentle snowfall, smell hot cocoa in the air and see images leap from the screen as you experience a skeptical young boy’s extraordinary train ride to the North Pole.
- Visit Santa and have your photos taken at his new home inside Harborplace’s Light Street Pavilion beginning Nov. 20 until Christmas Eve.
- Enjoy free parking in Harbor East, while you complete your holiday shopping from Nov. 25 through Dec. 27. Available at participating garages with combined purchases of over $100 and a parking voucher from any Harbor East restaurant or retailer.
- Lace up for Harbor East’s Gobble Cobble Turkey Trot 7k on Thanksgiving Day, from 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
- West Shore Park transforms into a traditional German Christmas Village, complete with more than 40 vendors selling traditional European crafts, arts, jewelry, gifts, food, sweets & drinks. Open Nov. 26 until Dec. 27, with special holiday-themed programming each weekend.
- Listen to the Sounds of the Seasons as carolers and merry-music makers stroll the Inner Harbor Waterfront on Saturdays Nov. 28, Dec. 5 and Dec. 12 from 1:00-3:00 p.m.
- Bring your pets to the 3rd Annual Pet Photos with Santa event, hosted by Harbor East and the Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter (BARCS) on Nov. 29, from 12:00-4:00 p.m. BARCS staff will be on hand to collect donated pet food and toys.
- NEW! Grab your friends and join 12 Bars of Charity, a pub-crawl benefiting local Baltimore charities, on Dec. 5 at Power Plant Live!
- Visit the Science Center, National Aquarium, Top of the World Observation Level, Historic Ships and the Christmas Village for just $1, during Dollar or Less Days on Dec. 5 and 6.
- NEW! Get into the spirit with starlight performances from Baltimore’s brightest choral groups, street entertainment, complimentary sweets and shopping events during Merriment & Melodies in Harbor East. The event takes place Wednesdays in December from 5:30-9:00 p.m. A special Milk & Cookies Social takes place on Dec. 9, following a performance from the Children’s Chorus of Maryland.
- The free Rock the Dock Family Holiday Bash returns on Dec. 12 from 3:00-6:00 p.m. with live music, holiday stories, photos with Santa, seasonal arts & crafts, food & beverage, giveaways and more!
- Hear the festive sounds of over 200 festively dressed tuba and euphonium players marching as they perform the 31st Annual Merry Tuba Christmas on Dec. 19 starting at3:30 p.m. at the Harborplace Amphitheater.
- The holiday season is a wonderland of curiosity throughout the 12 Days of Science at the Maryland Science Center, starting Dec. 20.
- Ring in the “Noon Year” at the Maryland Science Center! Featuring festive crafts, fun activities & popular kids band Milkshake – Midnight Noon allows children to enjoy the ball drop before bedtime on New Year’s Eve from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
- Welcome 2016 at Baltimore’s New Year’s Eve Spectacular at the Inner Harbor with live music, an official countdown and a colorful fireworks display at midnight. Or head to Power Plant Live! for premium top shelf open bar, gourmet foods, all access to bars and nightclubs and a huge midnight celebration. Both events start at 9:00 p.m.
Waterfront Partnership’s It’s a Waterfront Life holiday campaign launched in 2011 in an effort to attract Baltimoreans to the Waterfront to celebrate the holiday season with special events, attractions, as well as parking, dining and shopping specials offered by local businesses. For more information on It’s a Waterfront Life, visit www.itsawaterfrontlife.org.
Waterfront Partnership is the proud steward of Baltimore’s crown jewel, its Inner Harbor and Waterfront. We’re lean, nimble and effective; the only organization that wakes up every day, rolls its sleeves up and gets to work on new ways we can make Baltimore’s Waterfront even more active, attractive and appealing. We’re the hosts who greet visitors, the creators of programs and promotions and managers of our beautiful parks. We encourage investment in Baltimore’s most celebrated asset so it can continue to grow, to serves as a place of pride and the place where Baltimoreans come together to recreate and to celebrate. For more information, visit www.waterfrontpartnership.org.
I havent been years but it sounds like fun skating in year but it sounds fun
Sounds like a good date night
I’d like to take my daughter, it would b fun and give us big smiles
Entry please
I just entered the holiday tickets at the lyric so I figured I’d try my luck and enter this one to
I’m a single mom and would like to win tickets – althoguht I only have 1 son he could invite 2 friends and this would be great
We have never been to a skating rink/ice rink this looks like a blast!
Such fun for everyone and a friend!
I would like an entry
My kids love love love to skate and have never even seen an outdoor rink! We would love to go!
My kids have never been ice skating, and ibthibkbthe youngest one is old enough to hbto enjoy it now!
So neat 🙂
My step children and grandson are coming in from Indiana for Christmas this year and I know they would love to go and ice skate!! So much fun!!
My guys have never been ice skating, but have been begging to go this holiday season. Unfortunately, we can’t fit in all the holiday festivities due to cost and this would be an amazing bonus treat for our whole family! Thanks for coming up with such a great giveaway 🙂
We’re moving out next weekend and we’re going to need a little Christmas and holiday cheer, especially as we wait for our stuff to arrive. These look awesome!
Sounds awesome. I have never ice skated but I bet the kids will love enjoy this. Great start to holiday season.
Sounds like fun, would love to take our two older grandchildren. Would be a fun adventure, they love ice skating! We use to take their mom there when she was their age.
My son plays hockey and would love to spend time skating outside.. my daughter loves to skate as well! We have never been to an outdoor skating rink!