Fun Factory Tours for Your Family
A fun activity to do with your family on vacations and during the summer months are fun factory tours. No matter where you are traveling, there is a factory that produces something that you probably use in your home.
Before you plan on making a fun factory tour a part of your site seeing plan, make sure the factory is open when you are in town. You do not want to be disappointed and wind up with nothing to do that day!
Some family friendly factory tours are:
Herr's Foods
Herr's Foods
Route 272 & Herr Drive, Nottingham, PA
1-800-63-SNACK
This tour is free.
At the Herr's Visitor Center you'll enjoy a free, fun-filled morning or afternoon of educational tidbits, technological wizardry, and tasty treats. Learn how potato chips, pretzels, cheese curls and tortilla chips are made. A delicious way to spend time with your family!
Heshey's Chocolate World
Hershey's Chocolate World The tour is free. Visitors entering Hershey's Chocolate World follow begin in a tropical jungle and then cocoa bean's journey from harvest to their trip to America. Then guests climb abouard a tour car and learn how Hershey transforms the cocoa bean into many delicious treats! At the end of this fun factory tour, each guest is given a sample of a Hershey's Chocolate treat. Herschell Carousel Factory Museum Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum The tour is $4.00 for adults and $2.00 for children. Discounts are offered for tour leaders with groups of ten or more, Scout leaders, and teachers. Tour length varies-it is abbreviated 15-20 minutes for young children. Who doesn't love riding a carousel? The tour includes a history of the carousel, a viewing of a private carousel collection, and is topped off with a carousel ride. Sally Corporation This tour is free. Sally is one of the oldest and largest designers and fabricators of animatronic entertainment in the world. This fun factory tour of how robots are made is available for children ages five and up. Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream The cost for this tour is Adults-$3.00, Seniors $2.00 Children under 12-Free On Ben & Jerry's fun factory tour for your family, you will learn about the ice cream process and how the Company's 3-part mission statement is incorporated into day-to-day business decisions. The tour starts with a short seven minute movie and ends with a trip to the FlavoRoom for sampling! Vermont Teddy Bear The cost for this tour is Adults-$2.00 Children under 12-Free This tour is a half hour long. On this fun family tour, you will learn the history of the teddy bear, how the Vermont Teddy Bear company came to be, and see how a teddy bear is made. Sugarbush Farm Sugarbush Farm This tour is free. This isn't a factory, per se, but it is a tour through the woods on how maple syrup is collected and made. After being outdoors, stop by the sampling room for some sweet tastes! Hansel and Gretel Candy Kitchen Hansel and Gretel Candy Kitchen In 1973, David and Janet Jones, a young couple who knew nothing about candy making, decided to give it a try. Jelly Belly Center Jelly Belly Center (WI) The tour is free. These are just a few of the fun factory tours you can take with your family.
Hershey, PA
(717) 534-4900 
180 Thompson Street, North Tonawanda, NY 14120
(716) 693-1885 
Sally Corporation
745 West Forsyth Street, Jacksonville, FL 32204
904-355-7100
Route 100, Waterbury, VT
(866) BJ-TOURS 
Vermont Teddy Bear
6655 Shelburne Road, Shelburne, VT 05482
1-802-985-3001, ext. 1800 
591 Sugarbush Farm Road, Woodstock, VT 05091
800 281 1757
Email Address:
8651 Main Street, Helen, GA 30545
800 524-3008 
10100 Jelly Belly Lane, Pleasant Prairie, WI 53158
(866) 868-7522
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