Like a true millennial, I just had to see what all the buzz was about surrounding the Museum of Ice Cream. It also made me question the definition of the word museum.
mu·se·um
a building in which objects of historical, scientific, artistic, or cultural interest are stored and exhibited.
Alright, I think it checks out. This place was definitely filled with objects of artistic and (pop) cultural interest :P Some may even say all these pop up art museums are simply Instagram factories. And I really can’t argue with that. But I have no shame in partaking in these type of activities simply to #doitforthegram.
Now, on with the recap of my visit!
We arrived at the place around 10:15AM and opted to do the valet parking option. It’s $6 for 2 hours and then $2 per hour after that. They DON’T mention this second part on their website. We ended up paying $10 total for parking because we tipped the guy a few bucks.
Since our tickets were for 11AM, we were directed towards a waiting area adjacent to the museum. We had the whole place to ourselves for a good 5 minutes or so and snapped some pretty pics to warm up my amateur modeling skills.
They also painted the outside of the place pink! Including the adjacent building. So we of course, took some more pictures.
Promptly at 11AM, they lined us up and scanned our tickets and will check for photo ID. As long as ONE person in your party’s name is on the tickets, you’re good to go. This is useful if someone couldn’t go last minute, you can invite someone else. Can’t let the tickets go to waste!
They let you into the museum in small groups - about 15 or so. And do a pretty good job of hyping you up and getting you excited. They also make you promise not to touch the bananas and the popsicles. But everything else seemed fair game. (You can totally hug the gummy bears! Cause I did.)
You first enter a small room where you get a piece of chocolate. There was cute pink wall decorated with sweets in an organized pattern. Audrey snapped a quick photo of me here. The lighting was weird in this room, but I made it work. :p
Moving on to the next room, wall to wall mirrored tiles! You can take as much as time as you want in each room, only thing is you can’t go backwards! So, don’t feel rushed to take that perfect selfie :) This room wasn’t as shiny as I hoped it’d be. I think I saw in the San Francisco MOIC, the floors were tiled too, but not here.
Next, we entered a more spacious room, where you’re treated with a generous sample of ice cream! I believe the flavors change, so when we went it was a vanilla and cotton candy flavor. Super delicious~ There was a beautiful pink palm tree wallpaper on one side and the Museum of Ice Cream in the style of the Hollywood sign on the other. The floor also had stars in the style of Hollywood Walk of Fame but the names have changed to include some sweet puns.
Of course, we then had to take a cute pic on the swings with the banana backdrop. Apparently the bananas on the wall were scratch and sniff, but when I tried it I couldn’t smell anything.
Right next to the swings was a small room with a bajillion pink and yellow bananas hanging from the ceiling. Right in the center where the two colors met, was the perfect photo op spot.
As we headed into the next room, we passed by a ice cream cone wall textured wall that I thought was pretty fun.
This next room was one of my favorites because everything was MINT COLORED, one of my favorite colors. The room also smelled like fresh mint and chocolate! We got a tasty sample of mint chocolate chip ice cream mochi!
Then, I followed the rainbow path to a brightly colored room! Another fun photo opportunity. (But, I mean the whole museum is a just full of fun photo ops) I then proceeded to scream into an old school payphone to try and get some more ice cream. It didn’t work.
I then felt 3 inches tall as I entered the next room with giant popsicles stuck to all the walls.
We then danced on over to the disco party in the next room. I immediately hugged one of the giant gummy bears and pretended to be one too.
You get a handful of gummy bears in this room; which brought back memories of when I used to bite off each little arm and leg first and then the head. Audrey said she would bite off the heads and then combine two different colors. Don’t let that cute face fool you, she’s the real monster.
We then queued up for more treats! But little did I know I would be roped into a challenge that I wasn’t allowed out of. We each got a fat piece of black licorice (GROSS), a sour black cherry gummy (less gross, but I don’t like cherry), and two pieces of chocolate. Then, we were instructed to eat all of them at once and it would be ‘delicious’....it was NOT BAD... but 10/10 would not do again.
We finally reached the climax of this ice cream adventure story, the SPRINKLE POOL~~~! You have to take off your shoes, but there are lockers you can put your bag and shoes in. Then the Sprinkle King hypes you up for your ultimate sprinkle pool experience. You only get 2 minutes in here, so get your poses and cameras ready!
As you exit the pool, try to shake off as much sprinkles as you can. However, you’re guaranteed to find them in random places for the next few days.
We then end our delicious journey in a large open room, where you get one last sweet treat! You can relax on a giant Neapolitan ice cream bar swing, play some ping pong, or Foosball. And of course, one last photo op under the neon Museum of Ice Cream sign.
There is also a small gift shop where you can purchase cute souvenirs like mugs, shirts, pens, ice cream scooper, fidget spinners; you know the usual gift shop items. I was debating about getting a pin and now I’m kinda regretting it. But, we took LOTS of pictures and had a great time with my bestie<3, so that’s better than any souvenir :D #cheesy
Have you gone to the MOIC? Are you planning to go? Let me know if you have any questions or comments below! :D
