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A Must See for the Whole Family

  • June 16, 2008
  • Rated 5 of 5 by Conn1 from milford, Connecticut
Hershey's Chocolate World is a wonderful place to visit. The gift shop has great items like hats, t-shirts, chocolate, and souvenirs. When you buy chocolate, their are many kinds to choose from. Some of the chocolate you see are exclusive to Hershey's Chocolate World. For example when I went they had assorted chocolates with nuts. When, I got back from vacation I couldn't find it in the store. The chocolate is the freshest at Hershey's Chocolate World. The 4-D movie is great. You really feel like spiders are tickling your legs. It is very realistic and colorful. The ride is also great. On the ride you see talking cows and how chocolate is made. There is also a graph that shows how much of each product is made so far in that day. The trolley tour really shows the history of Milton Hershey. It takes you around Hershey, Pennsylvania. It is funny and entertaining. You see the factory, medical school, schoolhouse and other interesting buildings. You should visit Hershey's Chocolate World soon.
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Hershey's Chocolate World

  • October 4, 2006
  • Rated 4 of 5 by grannola from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Hershey's Chocolate World

We opted for the free ride through the pretend chocolate factory. Although Hershey World is right next to Hershey Park, and the 8-year-old wanted to go on the roller coasters, we convinced him that that was not the best option considering our group. Anyway, he liked the chocolate tour ride, so it was OK.

We got there around 10am, which is when the park next door opens, but there were no line-ups. (It was labour day and things were winding down a bit.)

There were several rides and things that cost a lot of money at Hershey World. There was a trolley tour that went up past the actual factory, a 3-D movie, etc. With the baby, we decided we'd just skip most of that and take in the free stuff.

The Factory Tour ride was lots of fun for everyone. Getting onto and off of the ride is a bit tricky because you have to walk across a moving floor. The floor is moving at the same speed as the ride (not very fast) so getting on the ride is fine, but getting onto the floor is weird. If you stand still, you keep moving, hard concept for the munchkins.

The ride takes you through the process of making chocolate from getting beans shipped from all over the world right up through packaging. My kids especially liked the 'singing cows' ... animatronic cows that kept singing "Hershey's Milk Chocolate tastes so good" and that my kids still sing whenever possible. The ride is really well done, sort of like a ride at Epcot centre or something, but about chocolate.

At the end of the ride you can buy a picture of yourself that was taken on the ride (expensive, we skipped it), then you get a free sample of chocolate on your way to the gift shop. The chocolate was a Halloween sized Take 5 bar. Quite yummy. You can't get off the ride without going through the gift shop ... they make you smell chocolate and then walk you right into a chocolate store .. hmmm.. marketing genius! :)

After that we went to a section where the kids got 'factory worker' hats and got to pretend to be on a production line. They got id card pictures taken, then filled little boxes with Hershey Kisses and shook them up. We were then given the option of buying the photos and chocolates. We passed again.

Next, we went back on the factory tour ride because we liked it (and it was free :). The line had picked up a bit but it was still only a couple of minutes wait. On the way out we did buy some chocolate bars and a mug as souvenirs. We got 4 giant bars for $7.99, and each bar was worth $2 easily.

Parking is free for the first 2 hours, so we didn't have to pay. If you stay and play at Hershey Park you do have to pay.

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Hershey's Chocolate World

  • September 21, 2006
  • Rated 4 of 5 by 1229 from Lexington , Kentucky
It is like Disney World. They give you a tour of how Hershey's Chocolate is made. You can also see a 3-D show. At the end of the tour, you get free Hershey products such as Hershey's Take 5 or Reese's.

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