I went to visit the New World of Coca-Cola this past weekend. It was much cooler than the old world for a few reasons:
1. It looks better from the outside. It has this really cool giant Coke bottle inside a see-through box sitting on the roof, and there's a large field and a small lake right out front as well.
2. The Happiness Factory: a small theatre which has a behind-the-scenes look of the magic that goes into making every bottle of Coke, (which I think is one of the better commercials out there right now). In fact, Coke has several commercials that I like. But the Happiness Factory is the one that shows you what happens after you put your money into the Coke machine... Very impressive CG!
3. The Polar Bear: When I first heard that you could have your picture taken with one of the Coca-Cola Polar Bears, I thought it would be a giant animatronic, but no, this was a real-live TRAINED Polar Bear. When I arrived, the bear had to go on a break, so I didn't get to hang out with him too much, but it was still quite cool to see. Here's a picture!
4. The 4-D Theatre Experience!! This thing was so cool. You had 3-D glasses, and you watched this movie about two people searching for the secret formula of Coke. If you were flying in the air, you felt the air in the theatre. If someone sprayed water on you, you actually got squirted in the face with water. Haha, awesome!
5. The only thing missing was the machine that would send an arc of Coca-Cola to your cup from 15 feet away. I missed that, but the "Taste of Coke" area was popular as ever. You could sample over 40 different drinks that Coke makes across the world. It was pretty chic.
I was planning on going to the Aquarium with my family, but I forgot I had turned off my phone, and they left without me. By the time I realized what had happened, it was too late -- they traded my ticket in for some sort of "Jazz Night" at the Aquarium later this month.
No worries though, I just hung out in the Coca-Cola store and played the Wii they had set up in the back. I'm pretty much awesome at Baseball!
Tonight is poker at Doug's if anyone is interested, other than that, not too much has happened. I highly recommend checking out the New World of Coke sooner rather than later. Cheers!
