As the assistant show producer at ICE!, the Gaylord National hotel’s chilly holiday attraction that runs through Sunday, Walter helped oversee the sculpting of more than 2 million pounds of ice into characters from DreamWorks’ Christmas special “Merry Madagascar.” Take us through the process of creating the ice sculptures.

We take it from the design stage, where we’re given all the detailed drawings. We take that to the artists, and the artists just replicate what they see on paper. There’s very exact measurements, and the drawings are very detailed, down to distinctive facial features and things like that. These professionals just take those drawings and start carving away.