We decided to go on our way home from Hershey on o...

We decided to go on our way home from Hershey on our last day instead of using a day we had tickets for the park. I bought tickets the week before online for the make your own chocolate bar experience and the 4d movie. You need to allow 30 minutes for the movie and 45 minutes for the chocolate bar experience. Other reviewers said to get there early or it would get crowded so we arrived at 9am when it opened.

We did the ride first so there was no wait. They take your picture with an actual photographer so had I known that I would have had my hair and makeup done. They revamped the ride and it's still fun. It's animated and cute. This is simulated so they are showing the process but they are not making actual bars. The actual production plant stopped doing tours many years ago which is a shame. At the end they offer you a picture package which is $35.00 if you want it, which we did. They give you a free piece of chocolate when you get off the ride.

The 4d movie was awesome! However, using one size fits all glasses is a little ridiculous. My kids were upset that their glasses kept falling off. The movie is interactive and feeds off the audience. The picture is a 3d picture and the chairs vibrate and move a bit. There are bubbles that come down from the ceiling. A great experience, minus the glasses.

The make your own chocolate bar experience is great in theory but had a number of issues in reality. The machine had just been fixed when we went. The computer lost my order and that of my husband. My kids bars went into production and we had to redo ours. We missed theirs getting made and then had to wait for ours. The person scanning the tickets was unenthusiastic and had no idea how to help us. Management was apologetic and gave us all a coupon for a free cookie for all of our aggravation. While it was a nice gesture and the kids loved it, it ruined the experience for the adults. At the end, my three small kids did not want to wait another 20 minutes for our bars to be made. If there had not been issues with the machine, it would have been a great experience. However, they book too many people at a time and that is a problem too. Having a chocolate wrapper we designed, with a chocolate bar we customized, and in a nice tin was worth it.

The gift shop is great and we did buy a few things. For those who complained it is there, it is Hershey! Since it was my last stop, we planned on getting souvenirs here so we didn't buy any elsewhere. Their prices were reasonable as I am used to paying them in NY.

This is worth the trip and a must see. It is not cheap though if you are going to do the things we did besides the ride.