the icy world will be closed within this week, as per a taxi driver in Harbin.
2 german colleagues and i were there last week. not big, not icy. it IS less dramtic as imagined. not so many people around. but quite a few waiting for the slidings.
before we went there, i asked about the transportations. a private car owner told me a round trip will be 300rmb, including waiting time 2-3 hours. the porter in the hotel (Wanda Sofitel) told the a taxi would charge by hours, 80rmb for each. Finally, we found taxi by self, it costed 70rmb to be there, but which i thought could be less, even though tehre was traffic jam, since the driver did not follow Gaode map and took a further way.
the tickets were booking on dianping.com, 280rmb for each. full price is 300rmb. in CNY is 330rmb.
on the way back, there will be taxi in volunteer service, not free, but charge by meter. it costed us 35rmb.