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    Eugenia H.

    Turkey Hill, a local convenience store staple in Central Pennsylvania, brought life back to a vacant historic building built in 1889 as a silk mill in 2011 as the Turkey Hill Experience. The experience is a separate entity from the convenience stores. The fun experience is not just about learning the history of Turkey Hill, founded in 1967 by Charles and Emerson Frey, but also about having an interactive opportunity to taste the products manufactured by Turkey Hill, mainly the creamy ice cream flavors and an extensive selection of iced tea. You can purchase your admission tickets online ahead of time. There is plenty of parking, and seniors are offered discounts. The Turkey Hill Experience is a great day out for summer campers, visiting grandchildren, or on a family day trip during the summer. Adults will enjoy it, too. Lots of staff around to answer questions and direct you.

    Cathy H.

    Cute little place! I love that they give you free tasting of ice cream with the admission price. My kids loved learning about the process of making ice cream and going back to try the different flavors. They got fun little trinkets from the gift shop on the way out too!

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    Heather B.

    This is great! I would definitely return. Parking was perfect. We had no issue with parking. The cost of the tickets was very responsible especially since you can sample beverages and ice cream. When you walk in it's pretty easy to navigate. It was all things Turkey Hill, and the gift shop had so many things to check out and purchase. The ice cream sampling was a nice treat. They had so many flavors to choose from. There were also many different areas for both children and adults to explore. It was never super crowded while walking around inside. My family opted to participate in the tea discovery tasting. The tea discovery tasting experience was my favorite. They really did a great job putting that together and having it prepared. Overall this is a pretty cool place to visit. I highly encourage you to visit. A perfect rainy day activity.

    Daniel B.

    Saw this place all over TikTok and knew that I had to stop in for the experience and unlimited tea and ice cream sampling. The experience is very much geared towards children, which was a bit disappointing, but the tastings were great. The pomegranate lemonade stole the show in the tea section, which has about 8 self-serve beverages you can try over and over again. The ice cream sampling was insane, with 10 or so flavors to choose from, receiving one scoop at a time. My only downside to this is it just seemed so wasteful, as I'd rather have received less each time than feeling guilty throwing out ice cream so I could go and taste another flavor, only to repeat again. If you're an adult, unless you plan on spending hours trying and digesting ice cream, I don't recommend it but if you have children, definitely stop in!

    Second floor!
    Umer R.

    Well we thought this would be a good place to take our kids and spend at least an hour at the place. But this experience left us with a lot to be desired. It took us about and hour and half from suburbs of Philadelphia. We did stop half way to get a bite to eat. We got there and took the one scope pass thinking there might be a lot to do in a 17k sq feet facility. They have two main features one is where you can taste some of their ice teas and lemonades and the other all you eat ice cream which is being served by the most unenthusiastic employees! Something seemed off as this was a weekend and not much seems to be going on within the facility. It was not empty but lacked a vibe. The store on the first floor was filled with odd things that represented Turkey Hill brand. The idea seemed good but the execution on the whole experience left bad taste! Anyway I would skip this attraction until something changes drastically.

    Make your own ice cream!
    Mariano S.

    This place is great for ice cream lovers with children. The building is a little cramped when you enter. You will enter straight into the gift shop area where you can also purchase tickets to the classrooms where you will be able to create your own ice cream. This by far was the best experience of the whole trip. You will enter a room full of flavors, topping and so much more. My only advice is don't swing for the double or triple scoop of ice cream unless you have a major sweet tooth. If you are traveling with kids they will most likely end you throwing it away after overloading it with toppings. Not to worry because in the upstairs museum style area, there is more free samples of a majority of their flavors. My favorite happened to be the monster cookie. There's also an area where the kids can play and there is a slide available as well as the area for photos. The souvenirs are pretty expensive so be cautious. One really cool feature is that you can build your own ice cream on their computer with the ticket you purchased and you have a chance to order it online with the barcode and they will ship it to your. Overall, this is a great place to visit if it's on your bucket list or you just happen to be in the area.

    Clark T.

    This was a really fun experience! For $14, my friends and I were each able to explore the Turkey Hill creation process and learn about what goes into making their superb products. We got unlimited free samples of teas and lemonades, and iced cream. The tea flavors were peach, orange (my personal favorite), diet, diet mango green, and sweet regular. The lemonade flavors were pomegranate, kiwi strawberry, and diet. These samples made our trip here well worth it - I really enjoyed the teas and lemonades! The iced cream flavors were limited and the samples were so large that we were too full to try multiple flavors. I was disappointed that we could not try more than the limited 12 flavors that they had available. Employees were friendly and helpful. Super cool environment with a film. We got to make our own turkey hill commercial as well! Lastly, there were fun photo ops that made fun memories.

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    Phyllis H.

    As with almost any museum, you can hurry your way through and "be done" in a matter of minutes, or take your time to enjoy each section, and spend hours! My family and I loved this place. We opted for the Taste Lab add-on, and were definitely glad we did. However, without the TasteLab, this would also be a great value and fun way to spend the day. There are a lot of interactive exhibits, things to see, games to play, and videos to watch. There is also unlimited (free/included) iced tea and ice cream! You can go up to the ice cream counter for a scoop or two of the many flavors available, eat it, then go back for more -- as many times as you'd like! There are also iced tea dispensers with varieties of iced tea and lemonade with stacks of small cups which are also freely available to visitors. You can also create some digital mementos which are accessible via the internet. I am very glad we visited this cool place. We had a lot of fun, and learned a LOT about Turkey Hill as well as ice cream and iced tea in general.

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    Kimberly H.

    Kids loved this place so much for them to do and see. They even had an Ice cream shop where they could pick whatever flavors they wanted. Also, all the tea flavors they could ask for it was awesome! Staff is so friendly and a cute place!

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    Lisa M.

    What a fantastic time at Turkey Hill experience! We had so much fun! Everybody there was wonderful very nice. We laughed a lot. Everybody in the family had a good time! It's definitely worth the trip! We had so much ice cream it was coming out of our ears a fun place with the whole family!

    Laura M.

    We had an absolute blast at the Turkey Hill experience. The place is really great for adult and kids alike. The free samples are awesome, and they had a great variety of iced teas, lemonades, and ice creams available. The exhibits were really fun and we enjoyed creating our own ice cream, designing our container, and filming our own commercials! We also did the make your own ice cream in the lab and that was a fun experience. Parking was easy and we would def recommend!

    Taylor F.

    I went solo as soon as they opened. I recommend this EARLY as a solo traveler because the families with the little kids showed up around 1030/11 and it became enough for me to leave. This is something I would do once if you have ever eaten a turkey hill product.. you can read some history, drink a bunch of lemonade or tea, and also eat cups and cups of icecream. The lemon blueberry icecream was phenomenal. Nothing better than unlimited icecream

    Alice T.

    Turkey Hill isn't a recognizable ice cream and tea brand where I live, but I thought it'd be neat to check this place out while I was in Lancaster visiting. Thinking it was an ice cream factory tour of some sort, I went to check it out and learned it was a super kiddie experience. It's honestly best for families with kids. In the ice cream tasting room you can get unlimited amount of ice cream scoops to try. I didn't know because the guy who scooped my ice cream gave me a huge portion of the one flavor I asked. Then I saw others repeatedly going back up to the counter to get multiple small scoops to sample. I ended up only trying their mint chip. The tea samplers is self-served and you can get as much as you'd like. The classic lemonade is probably the best one. The overall general experience is quite short as the place isn't huge.

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    Ask the Community - The Turkey Hill Experience

    How much are entrance fees for adults? Seniors?

    Hi Robin! Adults ages 13-61 are $10.50, Seniors ages 62+ are $10.00, Juniors ages 4-12are $10.00 and ages 3 and under are free. The Taste Lab is an additional $8.95 for all ages and Tea Discovery is an additional $5.00.

    Going through at a decent pace how long can one expect this tour takes? We talking 2 or 4 hours? Just a rough estimate would be helpful

    We did not do the tea tasting experience, but we did everything else. I would say two hours, two and a half at most for everything. Including the gift shop! If I am recalling correctly, I believe the website gives some time parameters for the three… Read more

    Is it a parking lot or garage? I have a rather large truck so I just want to plan accordingly. Thank you! Also are strollers ok or should I wear my smaller child?

    It's a parking lot! I recommend in carrying just for easier mobility, but strollers can be accommodated!

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