Virtual Vacation: Last Stop - Chocolate World!

Thursday was our last day to be in Hershey, so we saved our trip to Chocolate World for then. I had no idea it was such a popular field trip destination. Pretty sure we didn't take field trips to such places when I was in school. At times we were overwhelmed by massive herds of children, but overall it was a fun place to go.

Nice bonus: 2 hours and under = free parking. Love that! We made sure to get in and out right at two hours.

Our first stop in Chocolate World was the tour. We sat in little cars that resembled sleighs, and rode through a factory tour of how chocolate is made from cocoa beans clear through until packaging. It was great, but I needed to ride it about three times. Trying to take in all the sights (and smells!) can't be done in one trip.

These lovely cows serenaded us at different points throughout the ride.

A vat of chocolate. Seriously - can life be any better?

Filling the syrup bottles. Again I say...can life be any better?

The production counter. I knew this world contains a lot of chocolate, but these numbers blew my mind. We were there at 11:30 in the morning!

If I could have reached through the glass......

Amber on the ride...

Me on the ride. At the end, they told you to look up for a picture, and then the pictures were available for purchase. Unfortunately I was talking (shocker!) during ours so we opted out of the $9.95 and just used these that we took.

At the end of the ride, we were given our very own tiny candy bar. I'd learned about that part of the adventure from watching Jon and Kate Plus 8. They did an episode at Chocolate World.