Procrastinating on the rom again. Punishment for this is near but for now I show one of the potential incarnations of the Ice Kingdom that I had mentioned I drew up a couple years ago. When I get around to actually designing the area it'll probably look quite different. (After all, the capabilities of the engine are far more than what the concept assumed when it was created!)

As you can see from the map, there appear to be 2 different entrances. One on the far side of the maze, and one next to a bridge-looking thing. At the time of drawing it up, the idea was that there would be a secret item to let you bypass the maze portion - of course getting that secret item had it's own little maze guarding it as well. I think the map is pretty self explanatory otherwise.