Even with Christmas over, the festive spirit continues at Foxwoods throughout the winter, with dazzling decorations, entertaining shows, amazing dining, shopping, and – best of all – ice skating!

Winter at Foxwoods includes ice skating

Even though Foxwoods is the world’s largest casino with more than 5500 slot machines and 250 gaming tables, Foxwoods has always strived to be a resort – a place where you can not only stay in one of their thousands of hotel rooms, but do exciting activities well beyond trying your luck at the casino.

Year around, Foxwoods presents a calendar of entertainers, from comedians and cozy venue acoustic musicians to big name performers in the Premier Theater and the Great Cedar Showroom.

The calendar of events continues through the winter as does indoor activities like the High Roller bowling lanes, the Monza Kart racing, and the virtual reality rides. but in the winter you can also enjoy ice skating!

Thursdays through Sundays, skaters can take to the ice, gliding and sliding from afternoon through the evening, and as the sky turns dark the sparkling lights turn the ice rink into a festively-decorated wonderland.

Skates are for rent if you need them, or bring your own.

Of course you might get chilled, so warm up by the fireplace, or book one of the private igloos where you can relax, warm up, inside a snow globe. The igloos are booked for two-hour intervals and hold up to eight. Each igloo is decorated in a different theme, with a log cabin themed igloo, a Star Wars themed one, and even one decorated to remind you of Paris.

There you can order drinks and food before you scurry out again for more time on the ice.

Or you can go back inside to dine at one of the resort’s many restaurants. The Cedars Steaks and Oysters restaurant, for instance had special menus for Christmas and New Year’s in addition to their usual menu of highly memorable steaks and seafood.

At Christmastime, they featured a cognac marinated pan seared filet of beef served with a truffle potato croquet and cardamon scented baby carrots they called “Santa’s Sleigh Steak”. At New Year’s they added a Southern New Year tradition – Chicken & Hoppin’ John, a dish that needs no description for southerners, that included crispy chicken alongside the black-eyed peas and rice dish Southerners eat for good luck and wealth in the coming year.

Between special menus, expect fine steaks and seafood at the Cedars, from their prime rib to their Signature Surf and Turf for Two.

Of course there’s so much more to enjoy at Foxwoods, from escape rooms and ceramics, shopping and even more dining.

So plan on taking a break from the gaming tables and slot machines next time you go to Foxwoods and have a little fun in the beautiful winter outdoors (and a great meal indoors)!

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