The World of Coca-Cola

Saturday we slept in, ate breakfast, worked out, showered, then had lunch at the food court. We also took the opportunity to use the free wi-fi there and buy cookies.

After lunch it was time for World of Coca-Cola!

We walked the four blocks down to the building, but the line was super long to buy tickets, so Mom decided not to go and gave Dad her combo ticket from yesterday.

The tour started in the red room where they have artifacts from the original Coca-Cola. Then we went through an area talking about the origins of Coca-Cola. Michelle and Jonah are chilling at an old fashioned soda fountain.

There was lots of memorabilia.

There was a working bottling line that produces mini bottles of soda that they give away at the end of the tour. They have it slowed down so we could see what was happening.

We got to watch a 4D movie about the Search for the Secret Formula, which was pretty goofy. The most unique part was a dragonfly that flies into your back and your seat pokes you, really hard, it hurt.

More Coke memorabilia; I thought that little guitar was so cute.

The last part of the tour was the tasting room where you got to sample beverages from around the world. We tried most of them and didn't like more than we did like. A lot of them were really sweet, some didn't taste like much, others were super carbonated.

Here Jonah and I are trying a soda from Italy called "Beverly" that some of the ADA guys told Dad he had to try when he came. We weren't sure what to expect.

It tasted fine at first, but the aftertaste was powerful and stringent.

Bringing the soda from the bottling line through the tasting room.

As we left the tour, we each got to take a bottle of Coca-Cola home with us.