Museum of Ice Cream has more of a history museum vibe. I got a little over zealous on the last swing and dented one of the cans on the wall – Oops! Got some great photos in the sprinkle pool, but my absolute highlight was the swings at the end. The ice cream in the unicorn room was also very tasty. The experience started out with a whole It’s-It (Bay Area ice cream sandwich for those who are unfamiliar). Tickets for Museum of Ice Cream were an equal challenge. Based on photos I have seen online, there are slight variations for city to city. Museum of Ice Cream is more established than the Color Factory, it has already made a few stops before getting to San Francisco. Overall it was fun, but I was left wanting more. From my perspective, it felt very much like a playground for adults. Every room is an exhibit that can stand alone, but it still maintains a flow. The Color Factory feels like an art museum in some senses. Also, there was a room with LEDs of alternating colors, got some great photos in that room. It was cool to take a selfie, post it to instagram, and then get it printed out. I really enjoyed the room where the instagram selfies were getting printed out. I experienced the Color Factory in September. The color factory has been open in San Francisco since August 7 this year, but the initial block of tickets were sold out before it was even on my radar. Last Friday I finally made it to the museum of ice cream in San Francisco, which means I can now do a comparison between the two □ Until MOMButts comes to fruittion, there are two pop-up museums currently running in San Francisco: the Color Factory and the Museum of Ice Cream. It has inspired me to create the Museum of Modern Butts – aka MOMButts. Not horrible, but not worth the price we paid and not an experience you need to do more than once.There has been this interesting trend over the last year of museums that are popping up pretty much with the purpose of being photo-ops for Instagram. I think it’s more geared for younger kids (5years old rather than tweens). It was very disappointing to be in SOHO which has tons of vegan options, including Van Lewen’s which is only blocks away and offers vegan ice cream options. We couldn’t eat anything they had, as we are dairy free & vegan. Also, if you have allergies or dietary restrictions it’s DEFINITELY not worth the money. Major drawback is that the experience felt underwhelming and not worth the price we paid. The subway room was like a maze and the guide disappeared, so we went in the wrong direction. Next, we entered a Celebration room (once one guide brought us there) and then the host of the party told us to leave “I’m not ready for you yet.” So we literally had to back out of the room after we were already in the room. The entertainment in the first room was super cheesy and at one point it became repetitive and obvious they were stalling. First, the staff/guides were either unorganized or not present. The concept is really is cool, but the execution is subpar. I thought going when it first opened would be less crowded, but I was wrong! Probably would have had a better time later in the day. With tickets close to $100 due to service fees, the museum doesn't provide too much value. There was a chocolate oreo one that you could eat without a spoon since it had a stretchable consistency to it! Coat check is also necessary since it was really warm in some of the rooms. There are stairs and with the crowd, a stroller gets in the way. The wait time to get into the sprinkle pool was very unnecessary, since it was so warm and everyone was in line just waiting. The sprinkle pool was the last area, but way, way too crowded. Mainly because it was the most spread out. My favorite area was the playground with swings, seesaw, and basketball. Also hard to take pictures with so many people doing the same thing! We were allowed to have as many samples as we wanted, but we kept going to the next exhibit since there were too many people in one given area. I saw a map of the different types of ice cream around the world, and right before the large slide, there were some cute facts such as "how much ice cream does the average American eat?" There weren't many facts and figures, but they were there if you looked hard enough. We brought our toddler to this museum on a Sunday morning for the 9:30am "tour." Spent the next hour going from room to room surprised to what was next! It was very interactive and of course, many photo opportunities.
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