The tour begins in a room that contains the largest collection of Coca-Cola memorabilia and represents advertising from all over the world.
Next, we watched a short film called "Inside the Happiness Factory," which was a cartoon documenting what goes on inside a Coke machine. It was a little too cutesy for me. Little puppies kiss the bottles to give the drink "love", the bottles go through a snow storm to get chilled. Blahblahblah....
After that, we got to take pictures with the Coca-Cola Polar Bear. He blinks and opens and closes his mouth. Here he is looking pissed off and grumbling.
The rest of the experience is self-guided and starts off with a history of Coca-Cola: how it was invented and then went on to become a global commodity. There was also a gallery of pop culture art that shows pieces of artwork made from or featuring Coke products. They had some of the pieces that are very common in South Africa, the cars made from Coke cans and the like! We also watched a horrible "4-D" film with 3-D glasses and moving seats and terrible acting.
In addition, there was a fully-functioning bottling line, but I don't think it was functioning when I went through.
Finally, I reached the piece de resistance: The Tasting Room! I thought that what we would be tasting is different formulas of Coca-Cola from around the world, but really it was different Coca-Cola products from around the world. My favorite was the Apple Kiwi Fanta from Thailand.
At the end of the tour, we were given a souvenir bottle of Coke, which was subsequently confiscated by airport security. Le sigh...
World of Coca-Cola
121 Baker Street NW
Atlanta, Georgia
3 comments :
You should have just chugged the coke so you could at least take the bottle home.
So are you glad you went on the tour? Would you recommend it?
I agree with Chris. Chug-a-lug!!
I would recommend it to the obsessive Coca-Cola drinker but not the casual one. Otherwise, unless you just happen to like super cheesy and touristy attractions, you might not enjoy it.
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