We stumbled onto a fun surprise at the new Ghirardelli Soda Fountain and Chocolate Shop at Disney California Adventure. Behind the pick up window is a large mural, featuring several San Francisco landmarks, that comes to life when certain sundaes are ordered off the menu!
For example, if you order The Earthquake (8 scoops ice cream, 8 delicious toppings, finished with fresh bananas, chopped almonds, chocolate chips & cherries) one of the buildings will start to shake and rumble.
If you order The Cable Car (rocky road, chocolate chip & chocolate ice cream with marshmallow, hot fudge, and whipped cream topped with chopped almonds, a cherry & Ghirardelli chocolate squares), the cable car will move up and down the street.
Feel like ordering a sundae named after the founder of Ghirardelli? If you order The Domingo, a small portrait of Domingo Ghirardelli lights up just below the clock in the clock tower.
The center of the mural features a scene of chocolatiers making what else? Chocolate! This scene moves continuously. The fires burn, the wheels spin and the chocolate flows! The oval screen on top shows a picture of each sundae as it is ordered.
The far right of the mural depicts Haight Ashbury and a Gold Miner. If you order The “Haight AshBerry,” the lights on the street and in the windows glow and the trolley moves down the street.
If you order The Gold Rush or Strike it Rich, the gold miner starts to “pan” his gold, the gold sparkles, and fun music plays!
The next time that you visit the Ghirardelli Soda Fountain and Chocolate Shop, be sure to keep an eye on the mural as the cast member rings up your order. This is a great little detail that makes the shop unique!
Photos via Kris Jaus, Loren Javier
That is an awesome find! I saw the mural moving during my last visit but thought it was just on a timer. Thats neat that it is triggered by what you order.
This is fine, as long as the Weight Watchers doesn’t light up when I order a bananna split. Lol
What do I have to order to get the oompa loompas to come out and dance?
Not to be picky but there are no cable cars on Haight St or Ashbury St,but it’s cool anyway.