It’s the most wonderful time of year at that most iconic of Atlanta attractions — World of Coca-Cola.
From now through January 1st, you’ll find a winter wonderland of twinkling lights, larger-than-life decorations, and seasonal displays.
After we tell you all about the 2020 holiday display at World of Coca-Cola, we’ll tell you how to enter our giveaway, for a chance to win a FREE family 4-pack of tickets. So, read on!
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2020 holiday highlights at World of Coca-Cola
♦ Make a memorable entrance: By walking through a 28-foot-tall ornament! The outdoor winter wonderland is complete with larger-than-life holiday decorations and trees wrapped in thousands of lights. The glittering lights and giant ornaments dotting the lawn set the scene for the rest of the experience that continues inside.
♦ Check out a scent-sational new exhibit : We all have scents that immediately transport us back in time, especially those associated with favorite holiday memories. Scent Discovery, World of Coca-Cola’s newest exhibit, offers insight into the science of smell and puts your nose to the test. See if you can identify a variety of aromas, and then get beverage recommendations based on your favorite scents.
♦ Indulge in seasonal sips: Visit the Taste It! beverage lounge, where you can enjoy seasonal favorites like Gingerbread Coke. Small groups are led through curated samplings, so you can safely try out limited-time holiday flavors, as well as drinks from around the world.
♦ Enjoy tales of Christmases past: Stroll down memory lane when you stop by A Coca-Cola Christmas Celebration. The exhibit showcases historic, seasonal Coke ads and artifacts from around the world, including Coca-Cola’s newest cinematic holiday spot, “The Letter.” Don’t forget the big man in red at the History of the Coca-Cola Santa exhibit.
♦ Shop for everyone on your “nice” list: You may be able to knock out some holiday shopping at the Coke Store. You’ll find apparel, glassware, home goods, and holiday-themed items like ornaments and decorations. (Those who prefer to shop from the comfort of home can check out CokeStore.com for even more holiday goodies.)
♦ Sleigh the selfie game: The perfect holiday snap is at your fingertips, so be sure to smile with your eyes over top of your mask. Pose in front of Santa’s sleigh or the 7-foot Coca-Cola Polar Bear. You’ll get great pics to share online or use for your holiday cards.
Know before you go
- Masks are required for all guests over the age of two.
- Capacity at the attraction is now limited, via time-stamped admission tickets.
- You’ll get a no-touch, thermal temperature scan upon entry.
Enter to win a 4-pack of tickets!
How to participate in the ticket giveaway:
- You must be a newsletter subscriber to win. (Sign up for our free newsletter here, or use the form at the bottom of this post.)
- Scroll down to the comment section and share a holiday memory, family tradition, favorite winter pastime, or anything at all.
- We absolutely need your email address so we can notify you. Your email will not be published!
- Check your email (and spam folder) on Sunday, December 13th to see if you won! We’ll draw a name at random around Sunday at 2 p.m.
- Once we notify you that you’ve won, you’ll have 48 hours to reply and claim your tickets. If we don’t hear from you by 2 p.m. on Tuesday, December 15th, we’ll draw again.
About the venue
World of Coca-Cola is mainly a tourist attraction — but probably every Atlantan should visit at least once. You can view vintage Coke memorabilia, learn about the bottling process, get close to the vault where the secret Coca-Cola recipe is stored, taste Coke products from around the world, and watch short films on your visit.
Hours: The World of Coca‑Cola is open 7 days a week, and is generally only closed on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
Check today’s hours.
Ticket prices:
- Adults — $17
- Kids (age 3-12) — $13
- Seniors (65+) — $15
- Age 2 and under — FREE
- Military — FREE
When you buy World of Coca-Cola tickets online, sales tax is added to these prices, but there is no extra service fee.
Discounts to World of Coca-Cola are rare. When they pop-up around spring break or the holidays, the discount is generally on a 4-pack of tickets rather than on individual admission. In December of 2019, World of Coca-Cola held the only free admission day in its history — and we don’t know if they’ll repeat in 2020.
An annual pass gives you unlimited admission to the World of Coca-Cola for a full year from the date of purchase. Annual pass prices are $34 for adults, $26 for kids, and $15 for seniors.
The World of Coca-Cola is located at 121 Baker St. in downtown Atlanta, adjacent to the Georgia Aquarium in the Centennial Park District.
You can browse the exhibits online.
Getting there and parking
If you drive, you can use the parking garage located at:
126 Ivan Allen Jr Blvd NW
Atlanta, GA 30313.
According to the World of Coca-Cola website, the rate is $10 for up to 4 hours of parking, and $15 for 4+ hours.
It’s fairly easy to take MARTA as well.
Exit at either Peachtree Center Station (Red/Gold Line) or GWCC Station (Blue/Green Line).
You can find a MARTA guide here, with walking directions from both stations.
Current discounts
You can always browse current offers at the World of Coca-Cola website, on the special offers page.
♦ Members of the military (active duty, reserves, retired) can present their Armed Forces ID card to get FREE admission to the World of Coca-Cola. The discount applies to the military member only; regular admission rates apply to family and friends.
♦ If you’re planning to visit multiple attractions in Atlanta, take advantage of the Atlanta CityPASS to save almost 40% on admission to five Atlanta-area attractions.
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Hi Jennifer, you were randomly chosen to win the tickets. We’ve emailed you instructions. Congrats!
A favorite memory is taking family photos and eating delicious food.
My husband is a Fire Fighter so it is our family tradition to go visit him during Christmas time (this also includes all of the other holidays). It is always a simple reminder that he loves his career so much that he is willing to give up holidays with his family to go to work and be there for other families who have emergencies. The night after he gets home from his 24 Hour shift, our other family tradition is to have family time which includes: watching movies, eating popcorn and drinking Coca Cola.
Cherry nut bread and lefse.
A family tradition every year is going to see a holiday lights display. Despite the pandemic, we were still able to go to a display this year (outside and physically distanced from others).
Our annual Thanksgiving trip to EPCOT was canceled this year. We love going to Club Cool and tasting Cokes from around the world! Such an awesome experience! Hopefully we will go next Thanksgiving!
I’m thankful for my family and all of our health. I make a delicious homemade lasagna for my family on Christmas day and we all go to the movies! Happy Holidays!
Love the Coca Cola attraction, the tasting experience is the best!
This would be cool to do as a family this year. We are looking for new things to do this Christmas. I hope that we win.
A favorite holiday memory is taking my boys downtown to Centennial Park to see the lights and run around…stopping only for the requisite photo op that mom required every 5 minutes because they were so darn cute and happy! It was a wonderful Georgia Christmas that was just cold enough for coats, hats and mittens, but not too cold to be uncomfortable (we have southern blood!). Just typing this makes me smile…
The family all gathers (when it is not a COVID year!) to decorate the Christmas tree. We put on festive Christmas music and have fun pulling out various ornaments made by the (now grown) children when they were little and reminiscing about Christmases past. When the tree is all decorated, we turn off the overhead lights and sit and appreciate the beautiful, colorfully lit and decorated tree!
I’m thankful for the health of me and my family. I’m thankful to be employed. I’m thankful to be blessed so I can bless others. We are blessed to be COVID free.
I am thankful for our health and those who have worked so hard this year to serve others, including teachers, healthcare workers, government employees and others. Also thankful for our great city…The Coke Museum has a very special place in Atlanta history! Excited to see their new exhibits!
One of my favorite holiday memories is my mom loading us in the car with snacks and blankets to drive to various neighborhoods to observe the Christmas lights. We would laugh and sing holiday songs as we “oooooo” and “aaaahhh” over the beauty of the light displays.
We always drive around looking for the beautiful lights of the season.
We always go Thanksgiving weekend to get a reall Christmas tree and we go out on Christmas Eve to look at Christmas lights.
My most favorite memory of Christmas is when
My brother and cousins and I would play Christmas Eve tag. We would play it in the house of course after the parents have retired to their rooms. And we would play it in the dark with only the lights from the Christmas tree illuminating the room. My older cousin always found the best hiding spot in the house so of course he found the best one this year as well. It was my turn to go and find everyone and I was pretty good at seeking out people; I had already found my brother and one cousin. I only had one more to go. As I looked around the entire house I could not find him and then all of a sudden as I made my way past the Christmas tree he jumped out from behind the tree which sat in the corner and ran to the safe base. In the process, he knocked over the entire Christmas tree. We are in so much trouble that night and we’re threatened with no presents to open the next morning. Looking back, that was the best session of hide and go seek at Christmas that we had ever experienced because as usual behind the Christmas tree was the best hiding spot. We talk and laugh about it all the time and always threaten to get a rousing game of hide and go seek going on Christmas Eve again.
Every year we go to Berry’s Tree Farm in Covington and cutting down our Christmas Tree.
My childhood holiday memory & family tradition as youth growing up in New York was for my mother to take my 3 siblings and I to go see NYC’s Christmas Spectacular starring the Radio City Rockettes. It was a major deal since tix prices were a bit pricey, but she saved to give us, four siblings, a memorable, holiday experience. The holidays are all about making special dreams come true. I’d like to take my husband and son to The World of Coca-Cola to have some jolly, holiday fun. I know COVID-19 has made us be extra cautious with social distancing and masks, but I know the World of Coca-Cola will give us a break from so much stress this year.
Decorating the tree while jammin’ to Christmas tunes!
We love to bake (and eat!) Christmas cookies. I am thankful for the health of my family.
Our favorite Christmas tradition is watching the movie “Elf” while putting up the Christmas tree and adding the ornaments.
Eating gift basket food on Christmas Eve in front of the fire
I love riding around looking at decorations.
We love this place, especially around the holidays!!!
We love watching classic Christmas movies in our pj’s with hot chocolate and popcorn, like Elf, A Christmas Story, Fred Claus and so many more fun ones to get in the Holiday Spirit! Then on Christmas eve, we leave our cookies and milk and read The Night Before Christmas. Love this time of the year, especially with our loved ones!
This is always a great place to visit. Especially when you bring out of town guest. They absolutely loved visiting. My boys loved ice skating and coming to the coke center.
We always try drive around in Christmas PJs looking at lights!
Visiting our local Santa Claus who set up his entire home, yard and “workshop” for Christmas between Halloween and Thanksgiving. He and his wife hosted the whole community and beyond for free for the whole month of December. He is retired now but my kids grew up with this magical tradition every year.
I once met Santa Claus and his cheerful elves in their magical Santa Claus Office at the Arctic Circle in Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland. It was closest to the Christmas fairytale in my life. I have to say that in 10 years living in ATL I never visited World of Coca Cola. Maybe that’s where the Christmas fairytale spirit is hiding. I hope to get a chance to check it out!
Happy Holidays Y’all!
My family loves going to various Christmas Lights displays and watching lots of Christmas movies while munching our favorite snacks and drinks!
I love ice skating with the family
We love to go look at Christmas lights!
I’m thankful for the down time to spend with my growing family to see the festive lights, maybe do a little ice skating and just enjoy each other’s company.
Our family tradition is to deck the halls…decorate our home, bake some goodies; cookies, breads, cakes and pies and make goodie bags to give to neighbors, friends and family. We tour decorated homes and look for spectacular ones and deliver the bags. Christmas Brunch and or Dinner is special as we worship with gratitude the birth of Jesus the Christ.
My favorite memories of Christmas are spending time with family and celebrating Christ’s birth. And, of course, the arrival of Santa and the joy of the children.
Love watching Frosty the Snowman with my family & drinking hot chocolate
Love watching Frosty the Snowman with my family
My favorite memories are of the candlelight service at our church. We’re all together, and it’s beautiful and so magical feeling. We always go see Christmas lights afterward.
I really enjoyed the X-mas displays and public New Year’s celebration in the main square in Thessaloniki, Greece last year! Free concert, fireworks, streamers and everybody coming together. Hope it’ll take place again in 2021.
Fun and frolic !
Watching Die Hard and having a Coke and a smile.
My fondest memory would be having all 12 of my grand kids in the kitchen with me making Christmas cookies
I want to win!
I love making our family gingerbread house each year for Christmas.
I’m thankful for my health and family. My family enjoys baking and decorating sugar cookies each Christmas.
Im thankful for my health and my family’s health. It’s been such an incredibly trying year. I’m just beyond happy to still have my most important and valuable gifts which is my family. ❤
So thankful for our health, family and friends. This year has been definitely different, but we’ve actually slowed down and had more time together. There’s an upside to everything.
Its the most wonderful time of the year!
My family loves to cook and celebrate Christmas together from all over Georgia, a lot has happened but we are thankful and grateful for the real reason for this season. The Birth of Jesus Christ. Merry Christmas Everybody!
Enjoy the Christmas light displays
Tradition of taking grandkids out to see Christmas lights then get hot chocolate. Making fun memories
My favorite Christmas tradition was our big family dinner on Noche Buena, Christmas Eve. My family would toast a pig in the back yard while sharing funny stories. We’d all put our differences aside and break bread while being thankful of family.
My Favorite Childhood Memory Is Sledding.