The Willy Wonka experience in Scotland, which cost $200 for a family of four, was shut down by midday after families complained they were duped.
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Omg this made news All over the world 😮 Really embarrassing. I live in Glasgow. Not exactly surprised.
Had they renamed it "Apocalyptic Willy Wonka experience" with zombie Oompa Loompas that woulda been successful.
This is just like Krabby land from SpongeBob
The obvious AI generated “Art” and the multiple spelling errors should have been people’s first clue
I wouldve started stealing props and electronics 🤣. That yellow gummy bear and smart TV are coming with me. You steal from me I steal from you
The longer it's there the better it gets like a bud dispensary lol
For some reason I just laughed through the whole thing especially after the 200$ per 4 person family.
False advertising at its finest
i hope the Dahl estate, or whoever owns the 'Wonka' rights, sue this billy guy for bringing their brand into disrepute!
The ai generated advertising shoulda been a clear give away….
This is news?! Its all past tense; How does publicizing this going to affect or benefit the general public?… tell me this isn't just some media company targeting some random controversy (considering also this takes place on the other side of the world) to publicize in order to stir the masses < generate the user activity = revenue…. so again, tell me how this even holds any relevance to the viewers of a U.S. broadcast??? 🙄😑
There's nothing like the original Gene Wilde would be turning in his grave over this!!
The organizers should be held accountable….
I would’ve rather gone to the meth lab😂
dude this was so bad, like oh my lord
I went to a Lego experience in New York. The room was full of disgusting sticky legos and nothing that was advertised was kept. They were worried about selling weak drinks for 20 dollars.
It's a movie CGI not real…..
They took the money and ran 😂😂😂😂
Honestly, like MoistCrtikal said in his video, it feels like this was organized by AI.
Advertising by AI: Check
Acting Lines by AI: Check
Actors who don’t even look like their role: Check
“The Unknown” (at 2:13) sounds like an AI twist.
Even the creators apology looked AI. They said they were surprised not many people showed up. Dude, you advertised a fake chocolate company with AI and did everything terribly.
They try to recruit a cgi guy to make the props.
You can’t please everyone.
Good riddance! That’s the worst Willy Wonka Experience I have ever seen! >:(
Someone turned into a Blueberry
lmao love it
I feel sorry for the people who got scammed. ☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️The House of Illuminati employees who scammed people with the misleading Willy Wonka experience should be arrested.
To me it just looks like they literally just put random stuff from the film in a storage warehouse
That Event was indeed a Disappointment. It was Nothing like what it was supposed to be when Advertised
"Even the actors have not been paid."
Sounds like Donald Trump running another scam.
Also Guys do Not trust AI Images
I grew up with the disappointment of the Sea Monkeys in the 1970s. Ever since I've been wary of excessively hyped products. In a way these kids will get a valuable life lesson in skepticism.
Meanwhile, Prince Pondicherry is like, "Well, my chocolate palace has been severely damaged by the sun, but who wants to come in and see it while we undergo repairs?" Yeah, that'd make for a more splendid experience than this, right? Right…
Seriously, I went to a Titanic exhibit just north of Chicago back on February 21st, and it was the polar opposite of the hot mess that is being shown here.
“And you get nothing!” ABC News understood the assignment.
There is literally nothing funny about any of this, it's just sad, what were the organisers thinking!
😂
Willy wonk wonk wonk.
It looks like a small community non-profit organization fundrasing. 😂
This really could've been amazing, if they actually put any effort into it.
Lol something about this is hilarious, like they went out of their way to be that bad.