A must-visit tourist attraction for any Coca-Cola fan. I have quite a fondness for regular Coca-Cola, while the No1DP considers it one of his main two edible vices.
The World of Coca-Cola is right along the Strip between the Hard Rock Cafe and the MGM Grand hotel. With a large glass Coke bottle right in front of the store, you really can't miss it.
The store has two floors featuring a plethora of various Coke products. Coke apparel seems to be mainly on the first floor. Photo-ops with the Coke polar bear seem to be on the 2nd floor.
What most people do is to try the Around the World tray. $7 gets you 16 sample sized soda products from around the world. I've tried to do this by myself back in 2010, which was in retrospect a very bad idea - barely could make it through 1/3 of the tray. As we looked at the people ordering these trays we thought it would be best to try that should we be back with more people, and since we both craving something sweet we settled for the ice cream float tray ($8), which contains 8 different sodas with vanilla ice cream on top.
#1 and #5 are your standard fail-safe (but still delicious!) Coke and root beer floats. Barq's still has that slight afterbite that is not mellowed out by the ice cream.
#3 is a cherry CREME float while #4 is just standard cherry coke float. #4 is better than #3 as the creme makes it a bit too sweet.
#7 and #8 prove that Fanta is NOT a suitable soda for a float. I used to like orange soda back in the day, but this only proved how old I was getting :/ Both the No1DP and I agreed that Fanta Grape is a poor excuse for a soda, tastes way too much like carbonated Robitussin (whoever reads this, please don't try to steal this idea and make this an alternate way to make Robitussin more tolerable. It's not gonna work)
#2: Sprite float. Hay guys, let's soak ice cream all over seltzer water! Tastes just as unappetizing as it sounds.
#6 is Mello Yello. While No1DP grew up with Mello Yello and told me stories about this soda, I wasn't even born yet when this happened and by the time I was born the preferred national high-caffeinated beverage is Mountain Dew. Mello Yello is a more tart version of Mountain Dew that could potentially work as a float.
After trying these flavors now I know why root beer floats followed by coke floats have withstood the test of time: these are the only two sodas that work with vanilla ice cream. Seems legit.
Before we left No1DP bought some Coke memorabilia and knicknacks for his office to showcase to his coworkers the extent of his addiction. Hope his mom will forgive me for this.