The Dr. Pepper Museum in Waco, Texas is considered a historical landmark, but unless you’re a real Dr. Pepper fanatic (like my friend David in Taiwan), you probably won’t find this place to be all that interesting (and at $7.00 a person, it’s a bit pricey for what is essentially a 45 minute visit.)
Over 3 floors, you’ll learn a lot about the history of Dr. Pepper (and the soda industry in general.) Some of it was interesting, some of it wasn’t. I wasn’t really sure why they had a display of clocks telling you the time in other parts of the world (like Bagdhad). What does this have to do with soda?
There are many old cans and vending machines on display. The one I liked was a pre-WWII vending machine, which was run on the “honor system”, meaning that you can take a Dr. Pepper, and they trust you to put in some money after you take it. I can see why this wasn’t around for very long.
The other part I found somewhat interesting was a display of all the Dr. Pepper clones, including Mr. Pibb, and Dr. B. There are literally dozens of sodas trying to copy Dr. Pepper.
Once you get to the third and final floor of the museum, there isn’t much left that’s of any interest. There was a small theatre showing never-ending commercials for Dr. Pepper, and a memorial to “Foots” Clements, the Chief Operating Officer of Dr. Pepper.
When you’re finished, you can go to their old-fashioned soda fountain and get an old style Dr. Pepper with sugar cane instead of corn syrup. This tasted a lot better than the canned soda, I thought.
So, overall, it wasn’t really worth the 90 minute drive to get there, but thankfully we also were able to visit the Cameron Park Zoo on the same day. I wouldn’t go to this museum again unless a friend of mine (ie David) came out to visit me and insisted we go there.
(Pictures: The family explores the Dr Pepper Museum)
Over 3 floors, you’ll learn a lot about the history of Dr. Pepper (and the soda industry in general.) Some of it was interesting, some of it wasn’t. I wasn’t really sure why they had a display of clocks telling you the time in other parts of the world (like Bagdhad). What does this have to do with soda?
There are many old cans and vending machines on display. The one I liked was a pre-WWII vending machine, which was run on the “honor system”, meaning that you can take a Dr. Pepper, and they trust you to put in some money after you take it. I can see why this wasn’t around for very long.
The other part I found somewhat interesting was a display of all the Dr. Pepper clones, including Mr. Pibb, and Dr. B. There are literally dozens of sodas trying to copy Dr. Pepper.
Once you get to the third and final floor of the museum, there isn’t much left that’s of any interest. There was a small theatre showing never-ending commercials for Dr. Pepper, and a memorial to “Foots” Clements, the Chief Operating Officer of Dr. Pepper.
When you’re finished, you can go to their old-fashioned soda fountain and get an old style Dr. Pepper with sugar cane instead of corn syrup. This tasted a lot better than the canned soda, I thought.
So, overall, it wasn’t really worth the 90 minute drive to get there, but thankfully we also were able to visit the Cameron Park Zoo on the same day. I wouldn’t go to this museum again unless a friend of mine (ie David) came out to visit me and insisted we go there.
(Pictures: The family explores the Dr Pepper Museum)
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