One of the most interesting places we went while in Atlanta was the World of Coca-Cola Museum.  It’s basically a 3 hour marketing presentation disguised as a feel good experience that you pay $12 to get into.  You really have to admire the Coca-Cola Corporation for putting this together.  I don’t mean to sound jaded about the experience.  I’m just impressed that they got us to pay them to advertise to us.  :)

When you enter the museum, they give you a short presentation about the company and some of its more famous advertising campaigns.  This is followed by a short “documentary” about what happens when you put your money into a Coke machine.  Oddly enough, it involves a lot more singing and dancing than I expected…  I put a still shot from the movie on the scrapbook page.

Afterwards, you go into the main museum, where you see exhibits about the history of the company, historic and worldwide promotional material, and then a short tour of a working bottling factory.  The second floor contains several pop art exhibits and one of those 3d movie theaters with moving seats.

At the end, they have a series of fountains that allow you to try lots of the different flavors the company sells around the world.  Here are the drinks that were available at one of the fountains:

The “Bibo Candy Pinenut” drink from South Africa was the overall favorite of our family.  It tastes like really sweet pineapple juice.  There was also an aperitif style drink from Italy called “Beverly” that was universally our least favorite.

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