York's Sweet Story, York

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A week or two ago we decided to take the children to York for the day. We live quite near to Halifax so the hour journey up the A1 is no problem for us visiting, however apart from Christmas... more

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73 of 73 Ciao users found the following review helpful

emi_angel

Member since 03/02/2006

Reviews written: 58

Not such a sweet story!
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09/09/2012

Advantages great for children, brand new, free chocolate treats, great guides, very interesting
Disadvantages tours can be too big, demonstration needs changing

YORK'S CHOCOLATE STORY . . . . ~ ~ ~ INTRODUCTION ~ ~ ~ . On a recent trip to York we decided to visit the new Chocolate Factory. We discovered the attraction on the Visit York website which advertised the factory. The factory is designed to take you on a journey of the history of chocolate and how York places a special role. The story includes how the introduction to chocolate came from the Quakers as well as how the KitKat has become the most sold chocolate bar ever. The factory pays tribute to the important figures in Chocolate history such as the Rowntree family. There is a section of the ... more
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carlz2001

Member since 21/11/2009

Reviews written: 350

Wishes it was Cadbury's World.... 15/10/2012

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Advantages Good idea
Disadvantages Small, over quickly, expensive, where do you queue when busy?

A week or two ago we decided to take the children to York for the day. We live quite near to Halifax so the hour journey up the A1 is no problem for us visiting, however apart from Christmas shopping every year we don’t ever seem to make the trip. After deciding to see a tourist attraction (there are several such as York Dungeons, The Jorvik Ctr, etc), we settled on the York Chocolate Story. We had been to Cadburys World last year and it was one of the best family days out (on par with Eden Project) in the UK, so figured this was on the same lines and we’d also love it. After arriving in York ... more