Immersive Willy Wonka experience shuts down after parents complain
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- čas přidán 27. 02. 2024
- Organizers have canceled an immersive Willy Wonka event in Scotland that promised to make visitors’ “chocolate dreams become reality” after parents complained of false advertising.
Local media in Glasgow reported families were sold on a day of “pure imagination,” but when they arrived, they found a minimally decorated warehouse and one bouncy castle.
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They threw an event so bad that the customers complained to police 😂😂😂
People complain about anything
Should have waited for the reviews instead of being first in line.
It wasn't the event itself. It was the fact that they used a ai generated imagery and the ai generated imagery made it look like the most fantastic cool thing ever. When in reality it wasn't so they complained about false advertising
Lmaooooooooo this comment
@@CasualGamer.123the entire website read like it was really poor Chinese translated to french, then translate to English. If you ignored that and gave them money because of the pretty pictures, you deserve to be scammed.
Also, the images were very obviously not real.
They legit pulled out the krusty krab thing, that is utterly hilarious
😂😂okay 😂😂but how is THIS worldwide news????
Wasnt it camp Krusty from the Simpsons?
Krabby Land lol
@@Aurora-qn2dxalso Krabby Land from Spongebob
@@noble604because people were promised an actual experience, charged $45, but found a warehouse, handed 1 jellybean and a 1/4 cup of lemonade, and AI art taped to a wall.
Parents: “What does our money get?”
Immersive Willy Wonka Experience: “You get nothing! You lose! Good day sir!”
😂😂😂😂
Brilliant. Your right they should not have drunk the fizzy lemonade.
Lmao 😂😂😂😂
Comment perfection
Here I think this belongs to you Mr Wonka!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I feel bad for the actors. I watched an interview with them and they were heartbroken by the way the organizers broke the kids hearts. They all wanted to leave and not act anymore, but stayed just to try to bring joy for the kids. Oh and the organizers stiffed them on pay.
Can I get the link to the video please.
it doesn’t exist
@@eshine2001 I watched the full on Facebook. This is the abbreviated
You promised those kids Krusty the Clown... but all I saw was... Cheapy the Cheapskate!
It was 'Pure Imagination' alright 😂
Imagined by ai
😂
Don’t you mean unimagination 😂
😂😂😂
😂😂😂
It looks like a meth lab.
fr
How would you even know what that looks like
😂😂
@@opalizardcuz of a little show called Breaking Bad!!! 😂
@@opalizardby not being clueless to what goes on in the real world every day
I’d like to meet the person who did the final walk through and said “yup. Nailed it. Let them in.”
😂😂😂
Dude for real i feel like the guy took a dart board with prices on it and through a dart at it to see how much they were gonna charge
@@tygamer2436*threw
I don't think there was a final walkthrough, if I remember correctly apparently a lot of the decorations were received last minute and put up day of
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Considering that they were charged $40 per person, the parents made the right call.
For what exactly wasting the police time they could just ask for there money back if they refused then call the police
@@johnanderson-do8rr Of course they refused to give refunds. The organizer is a ghost. The marketing and lore is 100% AI-generated. Save your faux outrage.
Considering how many misspellings were in the ads, and how sketchy they look, the parents did NOT in fact make the right call by going in the first place.
@@johnanderson-do8rr how exactly do you know that's not exactly what happened?
Calling the police cause they didn't research the event before taking their family??
That Oompa Loompa station looks like a meth lab from breaking bad
😂😂😂😊
*slams hands onto table* WE NEED TO COOK!
mr Wonka WE NEED TO COOK 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@LukeOtoole-ln3su *breaking bad intro intensifies*
@@sadgirl7321 LMAOOOO braking Wonka and the meth factory 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
They expected a chocolate factory, and they got a meth lab.
They got the fyre festival experience
Walter been cooking a bit too much🤣🤣
Lmfao
😂
😂😂😂😂
They really had the audacity to attempt to keep going for more than a day?
And now they're taking Scotlands money and trying again in la
"I want to go to Willy Wonka's!"
Mom - "We got Willy Wonka's in Scotland'
Very accurate 😂 especially when its on a budget,......and still gets ripped off lmao 😭😂
It must have been horrible not only for the families but also those who worked the event
How humiliating
I would have walked out.
I was just thinking the same thing. I'd be embarrassed as hell to work the event. I'm definitely walking out 😂
You mean the ones running the scam and probably getting paid handsomely for?
Depends on how bad you need that bag .
I don’t even think there’s female oompa loompas
🎶🎶Come with me
And you'll be
In a world of pure exaggeration🎶
Best comment lol
😂 Good one!!!😅
More like hallucination 😂
😂😂😂👊💥
🎶 Take a look and you’ll weep 🎶
Its Scotland. The police were only called as no alcohol was being sold on the premises, which, as we all know, is a crime in Scotland
Police only respond in Scotland now if someone uses the "wrong" pronouns. Then they show up in force to arrest you
Honestly would’ve had a lot less complaints.
I’m Scottish and I one hundred percent agree
*heroin
Actually, the complaints about alcohol were from Muslims who do not want it served.
In the event coordinator’s defense, aren’t the kids supposed to “use their imaginations.”
Well then the parents can pay the organizers with "imaginary money"
Oh yeah and let’s not forget that it cost $40 per person
the sad thing is the organizer said
"Yep that'll do"
“As long as I’m getting paid” 😂
those poor girls. i would die of emberassment
"Wth is this crap?!"
"Take this *magic* candy, and then you'll see"
Omgg I'm dead 🤣 how your comment doesn't have more likes is beyond me
@@hanakosaiz8705 😅 thank you!
Dead af 🤣🤣🤣🤣
This is fucking GOLD! 😂😂😂 I live for comments like yours. 😅😅
Lmao, hope I get random replies to bring me back to this comment 😂
It’s in Glasgow and it’s called “Willy’s Chocolate Experience”.
This looks like Principal Skinner ordered Groundskeeper Willy and Lunch Lady Doris to set up some “edu-taining immersive experience” in the gym at the last minute using some old costumes and props from a school play, a $25 coupon to Party City, and some of that good old “Scottish whimsy”.
Lmao 😂😂😂
Party City and Scottish whimsy got me!
When they didn’t get greeted by Willy Wonka doing somersaults, they should’ve known they was in for bullshit 😂
You can’t even call it immersive they got one jelly bean and a sip of lemonade for 40 bucks 😂
@@TheDogGoesWoof69you mean the same conservatives that sent my brothers and I to go die for corporate greed and power? those conservatives?
😂😂😂😂😂
@@damien81981nobody drafted you bro.
This comment had nothing to do with Iraq, but you realise that Obama perpetuated and doubled down on the same Iraq policy, right? @@damien81981
@@damien81981and now it’s the liberals feeding ww3 🤐
That's what happens when you ask A.I. to create your ADs. 😂😂😂😂
The entire event was designed by ai, actually, including the scripts. It's how the Unknown was made.
This is what happens when you have no intention of creating a worthwhile experience beyond the ads.
Somebody from the event team had to have looked around at the final product and thought- "This is pretty bad"
All a bunch of grifters
It seems like the whole thing was arranged by email, with AI-generated instructions carried out by proxy.
Watch out for more of this type of thing…
@@crnkmnky Interesting concept... maybe this was a test run
What I don’t understand is why it wasn’t cancelled by the organizers the second the realized it was not going to be what they wanted it to be
Short answer: we're calling it a scam, a con, a grift.
The ads were AI-generated. The actors' scripts were AI-generated. The organizer was either utterly clueless or had no intention of actually producing what they promised.
If you think it's expensive to hire a professional, wait until you hire an amateur
P sure amateurs can make a better job. This was the work of grifters (not the actors; they were innocent in all this)
ain’t no way they brought super mario to wonka 💀
Ah yes super Mario my favourite wonka character
Ah yes super Mario my favourite wonka character
Ah yes super Mario my favourite wonka character
yahoo! chain
yahoo! chain 👇🏻
First the Simpsons and now SpongeBob is prophetic.
“911 what’s your emergency?”
“Hi yeah I’m not satisfied with the Willy Wonka experience, send officers RIGHT AWAY!”
When the photo editor is way better than event planner.
The photo editor, ofc, being AI
you think they spent money on a photo editor? 😭
@@El1societyyess lol that photo looks more expensive than that trash event lmao 😭😭😂😂
@@KayJayCrazy The ads were generated by AI. The electricity bill was expensive, but it was subsidized…
@@crnkmnky ..oh yeah lol I didnt think about the Lexy tricks bill lol 😂 that makes sence....so wait does that also explain why the tickets were so expensive? Or was that just the simple scam/ rip off......(even tho it was all still all a scam)
This is tragic.
Scotland, never change.
😂😂
What has it got to do with being Scottish? Nothing.
Life expectancy going up during war times
@@garyboyle695it was held in Glasgow, Scotland. Thats what it has to do with Scotland lol they said it and had it pinned in the top left corner of the video.
If this had truly been immersive, I can only imagine the event ending with a bunch of kids hospitalized from eating to much sugar
That wasn't even a bouncy castle. That was a bouncy shed.😂😂
This is the children's version of Fyre
festival
Omg😂
🎯
Mr.Krabs put more effort into Krabby land than these bozos did ☠️
"ARE YOU FEELING IT NOW MR. KRABS"
Calling the police is absolutely batshit insane😭😭
But it worked, people got their money back
That's their only option. Call daddy when things aren't what they wanted. Gross for sure.
I would have wanted my money back too
An invisible grifter put one over on the parents _and_ the actors. If the police didn't show up, it would've gotten -ugly…- uglier.
Of course you call the police when you get scammed 100+ Euros.
Well, this is the prequel, mr. Wonka just started his factory. 😂
😂 The prequel. Young William applies for a bank loan.
Waiting on approval 😂@@eatThehomeless1
Lol Gotta start somewhere.
lmaoooooooo
We bought tickets one time for "Margareta Fest" in Florida. When we got.there, there was ONE booth selling water-down margaritas. The rest was food vendors and crafts. We literally stood in line for hours waiting to get in. I was pissed. And so were a lot of other people.
Well I'm guessing, that wouldn't have been the margaritas, which got you pissed then 😂
They do this here in Jacksonville at our beach alot.
The “Margareta” should’ve tipped you off. It’s not even the right spelling
You got tribute band jimmy buffet tickets?
There’s a cheese festival you pay about £30 to get into in the town I work in. It’s literally just cheese vendors overcharging for their wares. No reason to have a door fee
Even the trailer park boys put on a better scheme than that!!😂😂😂
Success Auto Body. 😆 It should be called Unsuccess Auto Body.
I think it was put on by the same people who did DashCon back in 2014.
It's hard to believe that happened a decade ago. This is "DashCon 2: The Sequel!"
Wonder what we'll get in 2034.
It was put on by the Fyre Festival people.
@@beauwalker9820My bet is an unofficial South Park event and then it's just cardboard cutouts and pictures taped to the walls.
@@RaziMemeGod hahahaaaaaaaaa
I immediately thought dash con too 💀
This kind of stuff is so common in oklahoma. I went to an indoor minigolf once here and it was just cinderblocks laid down in a half-assed pattern with a spray paint can lid in the floor as the hole.
I saw the interviews by the workers and some of the videos and I found it hilarious
This just shows how good kids had it back in the day when McDonald's playground was open..😅
Kids pooped in those. Poo everywhere, and pee. Wasn't as fun as you'd think, not risking sliding down and seeing brown streak behind you
😂😂
Last time I was at a McDonald's to use wifi and I watched some kid run bare foot from the play area to the bathroom and straight back to the play area after she skipped around in her bare feet probably stepping in people's piss on the floor because those bathrooms are disgusting and most people are drunk or high and miss the toilet. Her parents didn't bat an eye, they didn't even care, and neither did any employees, they ask them to take off their shoes but then let the kids run around in the bathroom bare foot, they may as well keep their dirty shoes on. I never understood why even make them take off their shoes like only the shoes of a child get dirty 😂 their hands are usually more deadly than their shoes tbh, they touch everything and never wash their hands unless you stand them at the sink and watch and make sure they wash.
@@-desertpackrat 😬😸
McDonald's toys used to feel more creative as well. Nowadays, they feel even more cumbersome.
Not false advertising. They said pure imagination. It’s not the organizers fault their kids have no imagination
You don't need to pay $40 to use your imagination, you can do that for free
Feedin the troll
🤣🤣🤣
Only because theres not a tax for it yet @dsdude8441
@@RAMROD1847 The fall of capitalism
“Sold on a day of pure imagination…”
Sounds like they got what they paid for. They straight up said you need to use your imagination
Sue, the owner of the company personally.
If they can get a hold of them…
Hahahahahahahaha "The we sold on a day of PURE IMAGINATION "
That's the point.They needed to have an IMAGINATION. Hahahha
hahahahaa
The event was called “Willy’s Chocolate Experience”. Count your blessings the chocolate Willy didn’t show up.
Hosted by blacked
They just found a minimally decorated warehouse and one bouncy castle.
Now this video clip deserves a GWAHAHAHA moment 😂🤣😭👌
A local was quoted as exclaiming 'Whit aay faa?' repeatedly.
The sad part is the disappointment of the kids. A lesson learned I suppose but there's more than enough disappointment going on these days.
This would work well for my university. Many classmates are disappointed even after graduating.
@@pablo1835rigel They should be. What a waste of time and money.
@@fredtaylor9792 you realise higher ed is it too after many years of studying
@pablo1835rigel It's unfortunate, but companies like mine are realizing that University's no longer have a monopoly on education and information, just diplomas. We're finding kids coming out of community college are just as educated, more motivated, and work for less money. Experience and common sense are more valued than ever in the workforce.
@@fredtaylor9792 well, I live in Chile and we don't have an equivalent to community colleges here but I can get it.
even the images on their website are just so generated
This is just Scotland summed up perfectly. Everything but the people and countryside is crap.
It wasn't falsely advertised. You literally have to use your imagination to image all the fun things you can do.
Lmmaooooo I’m crying now they knew wtf they was doing . 😂😂😂😂
I never imagined someone could so accurately recreate Wonka's life outside the factory
If it was done at Disneyland or
Universal studios they'll get it right
At least.😂
Cos you don't have Pure Imagination. 😅
They didn't mention how much entry cost to get in. 5$ each by the look of things. They didnt need a warehouse, they needed a small park for the bouncy castle..
Looks like it was a front just so they could set a meth lab up right in front of everyone's eyes 😂
I’m sad they didn’t bring up the unknown who was a character who was made for this most likely due to the fact that they used A.I.
Ayooo 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂aint no way bro false advertising is an understatement 😂😂😂"WILLYS CHOCOLATE EXPERIENCE" 😂😂😂
I like how it was so bad, that people felt the need to get the police involved.
"We want Willy Wonka!"
Parents "we have willy wonka at home"
"Families were sold on a day of pure imagination"
See, the event absolutely delivered in that regard - everything existed purely in the families' imagination! 😂
Exactly! 😂😂😂😅😅😅
"Well the props are there..the rest is up to your imagination." Lol
The first day...? This was set to be a multi-day event? That's bold.
😂 Technically it was a day of pure imagination, but people weren't thinking that it would be only imagination.
Meanwhile, ABC News is using text-to-speech programs for their videos 🤦♂️
I can't wait for internet historian to make a video about this in a couple years
They didn't even have the kiddie pool ball pit in this one
Did they ask "which Willy" 😂😂😂 and read the fine print 😂 that's meth'd'up!
They didn’t lie about it being”a experience you would never forget”
I feel sorry for the actors, poor things - except “the unknown” appears to have gotten away scot free!
“Immersive” is really stretching it
😂😂 😂 those poor kids thought they would be licking candy walls and swimming in chocolate 😂
“We no advertise “Wonka” experience,we advertise “Willy” experience! Is better! Much better!”
I wonder if the organizers are behind the ride called "The chamber of farts" in south park.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
"weed shop hosts local extravaganza!" 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤪
Willy's Chocolate Experience is also the name of a movie I saw in the backroom of my old video rental store 😂😂😂
Mr. Krabs: All right, here you go! [turns around with a blue nose and tie on] Hey, kids! Uh, thank you all for coming! Thank you. Eat plenty of Krabby Patties! [laughs and walks back toward his office, leaving the children including SpongeBob shocked and puzzled] Ah, Krabs, you've done it again!
SpongeBob: I'll say you have.
Mr. Krabs: [turns around] SpongeBob?
SpongeBob: [frowning while almost in tears] How could you, Mr. Krabs? You promised these children Krabby the Clown, but all I saw out there was... Cheapy the Cheapskate!
Mr. Krabs: Hey, I ain't cheap! [takes off his fake nose and rubs the blue paint off it and his blue nose becomes red] Now take this tomato back to the kitchen before it spoils.
SpongeBob: But what about the true meaning of summer? What about the children?
Mr. Krabs: [walks to the window] The children? I don't care about the children! [starts to climb out the window] I just care about their parents' money. Ah, the fact that their feeble minds are easily manipulated by cheap playgrounds and talentless clowns is no skin off my nose! [climbs out] Survival of the fittest, SpongeBob! Survival of the fittest. [laughs]
Kid: Ahem.
Mr. Krabs: Huh? [the children are standing behind him, now enraged after hearing what he said] Oh, hey kids. [smiles nervously] Uh... Uncle Krabs has to go to the bank now. Heh.
Monroe: Get him! [all the kids run after him]
Yeh when you hear that it is in Glasgow community centre ur Imagination wonders 😅😂😂😂
This is like a childs version of Disneyland using a lemonade stand budget
😂😂😂. Sorry hopefully anyone who was ripped off doesn't see this but just from the video alone that was fckn hilarious. Its hard to tell if they thought it would a quick scam or they were actually trying.
people really think someone would actually try to pull off the wonka factory. it really the parents fault you know the real factory can't get in without a golden ticket. hahaha
😂😂😂
Me: "I wanna go to Willy Wonka's, mom!!!"
Mom: "We have Willy Wonka in the basement!"
(The basement)
No way we got oompa loompa walter white before gta 6
They call shenanigans on the event. 911 what's your call, I declare shenanigans on the Wonka event😂. !
I’m quite sure they weren’t calling 911.
@@lennychurch apparently they did think police would help them there but nothing they can do.
@@petechilimindris9900 I was aware that police were called. My point was that Glasgow residents presumably weren’t calling the North American emergency number.
They still used the bouncy castle though lmao
They spent their budget getting "Willy's chocolate experience" trademarked 😂😂😂
I wouldn't go to any event called Willy's chocolate experience...lmao
The getting ripped off and watching people snap was the experience for YOU and the FUN for them 😂
They was high and one of them was like hey i have an idea 💡 😂
This is sad… imagine taking your little one who’s so excited to this without knowing 🥺
They delivered the "pure imagination" all right and if you "wonder" why it's so bad...
okay....wait. parents called the cops AFTER it was shut down? did they want it re-opened? 🤔🙄🤦
Someone thought they had a good idea
We got Willy Wonka’s
chocolate factory at home!
The chocolate factory:
I appreciate the news reader pronouncing Glasgow correctly. Well done 👍🏼🏴🇺🇲
Krabby Land IRL
Parents underwhelmed by Willy Wonka experience IRL... come to think of it... this tracks
"What? What is that?"
"It's the Unknown!"
Oh God forbid you don’t spend $10,000,000 dollars out of your own money to recreate the entire factory. “My special little baby will never recover from a bouncy house and free snacks.”