The tour starts with finding a park, which isn't easy, then paying the entry fee, then getting free chocolates, before entering. It appears to be all for kids, but is fun and informative for adults too. The history of the company, the Bourneville village are covered, how chocolates are made, how it gets to the UK, etc.The factory tour is less than expected, but good all the same, and shows the chocolates being wrapped and boxed at incredible speed, they fly by at an incredible rate and they're wrapped in the blink of an eye by intricate machinery.
Next it steps up a gear, with a Disneyland style ride, very amusing, then onto the demonstration part where people show you up close how hand made choclates are made, and we got to write our own names in chocolate!
We learn more about the "glass and a half" branding, and get to see old Cadbury TV adverts from decades gone by. And more. The tour lasts for ages and is thoroughly enjoyable. A lot of imagination has gone into the whole experience.Finally, we exit and thought we were done. So we head off to the factory shop for a few "supplies".
But wait, there's more! The tour continues in another building, with more history of the company, then into a special place where you can make your own chocolate mix, choosing from a selection of lollies and biscuits, then they pour melted chocolate over the top.
I had liquorice allsorts in mine, while Helen had shortbread. Yummmmmm!
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