Hershey's Chocolate World

[printersdevil78]

Two days after the Ravine/Flyer trip and one day after my first experience at Knoebels, I found myself with a little extra time while driving from Elysburg, PA, to Timonium, MD, where I had to be that evening for a convention, so I took a slight detour to Hershey's Chocolate World.

 

It should be noted that I was too cheap to buy a full-day Hershey Park ticket for the 45 minutes I had to spare, which is why this is posted in the "Random, Random, Random" discussion instead of "Theme Parks, Roller Coasters & Fill-in-the-Blank."

 

I posted pictures of the new singing cows in my TR last year from the Hershey Park in the Dark Halloween event (OK, technically it was natatomic's Hershey Park in the Dark TR, and I just added photos a week later), so none of those this time. But hopefully the smattering of photos that are here will provide a smile or two for those who were lucky enough to click on this topic.

OK, since you were good and read through the whole thing... one picture of Wildcat from the highway! (I think that's Wildcat--if not, someone please correct me.)

Goodbye, Chocolate World!

...my ride's here!

Sorry, Really Big 3-D Show, no time for you today...

And who cares about Twizzler Icees when you can have THIS? A peanut butter cup cup cake and frozen hot chocolate! (Just looking at this picture makes Dan's sugar spike dangerously!)

Who cares about Vault Icees? They've got Twizzler Icees!

Speaking of Kit Kats....

First, Kit Kats are leased from Nestle. Then they're glued to a conveyor and paraded in front of Hershey's Chocolate World guests.

This is how Reese's Peanut Butter Cups would be made if they were produced by magic, lined up on a cylindric cone by amusement park ride designers and sung to by cows.

Apparently it had deposited quite a few Kisses by the time I arrived.

And this would be the Kiss Depositor. It's where Gene Simmons comes to relax after a hard day.

This is how they get Hershey bars to look like Hershey bars.

Noted!

More smokestacks. More fun.

Chocolate production apparently begins on a wall that's painted to look like a farm.

The sign tells you where we are. The characters tell you they're delicious.

[TheRapidsNerd]

And this would be the Kiss Depositor. It's where Gene Simmons comes to relax after a hard day.

 

I will never look at the Kiss Depositor the same way again. Ever.

 

Not only was this another good TR, but it made me hungry enough to grab the box of remaining Esther Price chocolates given me by my folks tonight.

 

Chuckled at the Twizzler and JR Icees too. They sound pretty good.

[jamesissoocool]

Good TR but that cake thing looks like something my dog can produce.

Was it nice?

[scruffy]

Very good trip report. I had one of those frozen hot chocolates in Hershey's Chocolate World Niagara Falls Canada, but no singing cows.

[Kennyweird]

Great TR. I found Chocolate World kind of boring personally, but that's only because I'm really not obsessed with chocolate. Sure, it's tasty and all, but I just don't feel a need to buy 200,000 Calories worth of it and a Hershey's Kisses plushie to go with it.

[krazekiddd]

The song from the tour has been stuck in my head since the East Coast USA tour! That's why I asked for "It's the milk chocolate" from the Title Fairy. Oh that and to remind me of diva cows (truly frightening).