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Taiwan’s first chocolate-themed theme park, the "World Chocolate Dream Park," opened in July 2014 at Tamsui Fisherman’s Wharf.World-class masters came together to demonstrate extraordinary chocolate artistry. With five major themed exhibition areas — the Knowledge World, Interactive Theater, and Magic Classroom — this unimaginable chocolate journey takes all visitors through a fantastical kingdom of happiness, magic, joy, and dreams. Follow the chocolate and go on a trip of a lifetime!
The world’s first chocolate-themed amusement park grandly opened in Tamsui. (Photo provided by World Chocolate Dream Park)
The "World Chocolate Dream Park" combines top teams from Taiwan and around the world to create a dreamy chocolate paradise — a globally unique initiative that keeps surprising visitors. The park features Asia’s first life-sized chocolate car, the world’s sweetest white chocolate church that’s overwhelmingly romantic, the world’s first mysterious unveiling of a chocolate UFO, a journey back in time to the bustling 3,000-year-old Maya cocoa trading market, and a chocolate pumpkin carriage that recreates a classic fairy-tale scene. With over a hundred exquisitely crafted chocolate artworks, it offers visual surprises and thrills beyond imagination.
The park features various chocolate-themed zones where visitors can explore different aspects of chocolate. (Photo provided by World Chocolate Dream Park)
The park is divided into five themed areas, focusing on Maya, fantasy, fashion, the future, and love.It takes visitors beyond time and space into the ancient Maya marketplace to sip spicy cocoa and experience the fun of an old market where cacao beans were used as currency. Or head to the Fantasy Zone to escape the normal workings of the world, enter a magical forest to take photos and interact with mystical animals and illusionary spaces. Then step into the Fashion Zone, set amidst a glamorous chocolate luxury boulevard, with stunning chocolate fashion artworks in the display windows that amaze and delight. The Future Zone creates a hyper-futuristic technological realm, letting you fully enjoy the thrill of a sci-fi tomorrow.
Maya Marketplace: Experience the ancient culture of trading with cacao beans. (Photo provided by World Chocolate Dream Park)
Highlighting the uniqueness, the Love Zone exclusively features the world’s sweetest chocolate church and a chocolate wishing well, where couples and other visitors can make vows — guaranteed to send romance levels through the roof. There’s also a digital interactive experience that has become a hot spot for overseas marriage proposals, immersing guests in a fully sensory romantic experience.
The park features Asia’s first life-sized chocolate car. (Photo provided by World Chocolate Dream Park)
On the opening day of the park, the first-ever chocolate-themed fashion show was held. (Photo provided by World Chocolate Dream Park)