Hershey PA was only about an hour drive from Gettysburg, so we were there in no time. It was still raining, but since we planned on being inside, it didn’t matter. The factory is very nice. I kind of felt like I was in the Movie Willie Wonka. They have a few different options for touring the factor or activities you can participate in. I’ll use the website to tell you what they offer:
Hershey’s Great American Chocolate Tour (We did this one)
Our FREE tour experience shows you HERSHEY'S chocolate making process! The tour concludes with a FREE HERSHEY'S product sample.
Your tour begins in the tropical rain forest where cacao beans grow. As the beans are harvested, follow their journey across the ocean to America, where they are delivered to THE SWEETEST PLACE ON EARTH-Hershey, Pennsylvania. Then, engage your senses as the cocoa beans continue through a simulated HERSHEY'S Chocolate Factory. Here you will see, feel, and hear the processes that deliciously transform the beans into milk chocolate.
Hershey Create your own Chocolate Bar (this is new for Summer 2010)
Our newest attraction where guests can create their very own candy bar. Interactive, and educational, HERSHEY'S CREATE YOUR OWN CANDY BAR attraction is sweet chocolate fun for the entire family!
HERSHEY'S Chocolate Tasting Adventure
Join our chocolate expert, Dr. Livingston McNib, for a guided, interactive, multimedia discussion of chocolate lore. You'll taste HERSHEY'S creamy milk chocolate, our robust dark chocolates, and various chocolates with unique inclusions.
After completing your Chocolate Tasting Adventure, you'll receive an official Masters Degree in Chocolate Tasting from HERSHEY'S University! Admission can be purchased at the 3D Theater Box Office inside HERSHEY'S CHOCOLATE WORLD.
Embark on an entertaining and educational journey into chocolate that is sure to please guests of all ages. Call (717) 534-4900 for daily tasting times!
Pricing Rates for HERSHEY'S Chocolate Tasting Adventure
• $9.95 Adults
• $9.45 Seniors (62+)
• $6.95 Children (3-12)
• Special Group Rates apply!
HERSHEY'S Really Big 3-D Show™
Come see the HERSHEY'S Product Characters come to life as never before. Join our resident chocolate historian, Professor D.P. Quigley on a magical journey through HERSHEY'S entertaining history. This stunning, 3D animated musical adventure will have you mesmerized as HERSHEY'S Product Characters virtually jump off the big screen and come to life in our technically advanced 250-seat theater.
Presented multiple times each day, the show thrills and delights participants of all ages with surprising in-theater special effects.
$5.95 for Adults, $5.45 for Seniors (62+), $4.95 for Children (3-12)
HERSHEY'S KISSWORKS
Ever wonder what it was like to work in a chocolate factory? Now's your chance to become a factory worker for the day and package your own HERSHEY'S KISSES chocolates at the HERSHEY'S KISSWORKS attraction! The experience is FREE. Packages available for purchase that include HERSHEY'S KISSES and an Official Factory Worker I.D.
HERSHEY'S PHOTO BAR WRAPPER
Picture yourself on a personalized HERSHEY'S milk chocolate bar wrapper! At HERSHEY'S PHOTO BAR WRAPPER attraction, you get to pose for a photo and have it printed on the wrapper of an 8oz HERSHEY'S MILK CHOCOLATE BAR. Include a personalized phrase for an extra sweet touch
HERSHEY TROLLEY WORKS™
All Aboard! This memorable excursion delivers good, old fashioned fun as singing trolley conductors dressed in period costumes entertain and inform you on an enchanting ride through CHOCOLATE TOWN, USA. Admission is charged. Trolleys depart from the main entrance of the HERSHEY'S CHOCOLATE WORLD Attraction (rain or shine). Seating is limited; purchase tokens early. Call (717)-533-3000 for pricing, group information, and operating hours. http://www.hersheys.com/chocolateworld/index.shtml
We chose to do the free Great American Chocolate Tour. If you are wondering what it is like: Think, Disney’s It’s a Small World, but less annoying and with chocolate, lol. I will warn you that the ride might be hard for certain people to get on and off of. You don’t have to have a disability to have a problem. You know in the funhouses at the end where there is that tub that turns. Well the floor you have to walk across to get to the carts for the ride moves. I’m a clumsy person and my proprioceptive ability is lacking. I know Big Word and it’s for real, google it.
I guess this ride might have been designed for children, but I saw plenty of adults and I turned into a child about halfway through, so. Let me just give you a quick rundown of the ride:
Singing Cows
Lots of plastic chocolate
Pumped in chocolate aroma
Real chocolate at the end.
You can take pictures when you go through as you will see when I post the pictures….now.
In front of Chocolate World!
Close up of Chocolate World sign
More Hershey’s
Inside “lobby”
3D sign
Great American Chocolate Tour…this way
Matt and Carma in front of Hershey tour
The entrance to the tour
You walk up these ramps and it turns into a jungle to signify where coco comes from
Perfect photo background!
Greeter cow
Singing cows
Singing cow butts
All the pictures that look like machines are are parts that are showing you how the chocolate is made
All the cow pictures are telling you how important milk is to the chocolate
This isn’t real…if it was I was getting off the track and getting some
Roll the chocolate
Kisses
Peanut butter and chocolate
We are at Hershey???
Syrup….mmmm
Give me a break
How many kisses is in there?
Daily Chocolate counter
Matt and I soooo happy...I think this is when they started pumping in the chocolate smell
After that fun we headed down to the gift shop area and to where all the candy was!
The chocolate guy wishing us luck
The view of the candy from upstairs
Really big Hershey Kiss-Carma was excited
Matt is acting like a kid in a candy shop…wait…
Wall of chocolate!
Our goodies
So, after I posted all those pictures (granted I didn’t post all of the pictures b/c b/t Carma and I it was well over 300) did you notice anything? Your gonna go back after I tell you this. Hershey, it was everywhere. When we got the pictures back Carma and I made a game out of it. How many times is “Hershey” in the pictures. Oh course, there had to be rules. No half “Hersheys” and it couldn’t be blurred. It’s kind of fun, try it when or if you go.
After our Chocolate Adventure we left the feeling of chocolate euphoria and headed to find shopping therapy. The outlets are not far from the Chocolate World at all, so if you have time and like to shop check it out. They have a range of shops: Ralph Lauren, Banana Republic, Totes, Coach…for the big girls…Lane Bryant. We bought some gloves and umbrellas from totes to be better prepared for TBTW and then just grabbed a small bite to eat at subway before leaving to head to NJ.
Note: The lamp posts are Hershey Kisses!
Note: There is a Chocolate Ave.
Next up: Zombies
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