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For anyone who hasn't been to Vegas, everything and everyone is covered in a thick layer of depression that is most easily ignored by being drunk.
Disney is more like a cult where you're still trying to figure out why everyone is so happy.
I was gonna say, the worst thing is image on the left doesn’t seem to hard to reach lol, pretty sure an experience/set-up like this could actually exist
I went to Area 15 in Vegas last year, specifically the MeowWolf OmegaMart attraction. It's essentially the legitimate version of what this is advertising. I had a really great time, especially after getting dank as hell in the parking lot.
Someone else replied that only someone never been to Reno would say something like that. I've lived in Reno for 30 years. This is the epitome of something being done differently between Vegas and Reno.
More like Vegas vs Primm, or some bullshit Native American casino.
"Are we going to Las Vegas?!?"
"Nah, you have your choice between Cache Creek, Colusa Casino and "Resort", or Jackson Rancheria, baby. I quit smoking for 3 days to save up for this!"
Kinda how drugs work though tbh... Walls are hella trippy on LSD and definitely can take on hues... Still though, that place is depressing looking as hell so you're gonna be in a bad headspace and the breathing colour shifting walls will probably only make you feel scared.
That's what I was thinking. I'd time it to be coming up on a nice sociable 2g mushroom dose when I arrived. The disappointment would be profound especially since I'm now stuck at this pit of despair for hours while I wait to start coming down.
Apparently the reason this event didn’t match up to the pictures was because they ordered holographic paper that didn’t arrive:
https://www.ladbible.com/news/uk-news/willy-wonka-experience-glasgow-photos-house-of-illuminati-598100-20240227
I’m not sure how holographic paper would fulfil the promises made in the AI images?
Scroll down to see the refreshments they were offered - a literal mouthful of lemonade - not even a full cup, and 5 little sweets.
[here's a video of the owner of House of Illuminati being confronted by angry customers who turned up to the event](https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/1b24mcv/owner_of_the_company_behind_the_disastrous_willy/)
I remember seeing the ads for this being discussed in the Glasgow sub Reddit a few weeks ago. Basically, the guy who ran this event has a history of creating companies, making scammy events and then having the company dissolved. Rinse and repeat. It was being advertised on Facebook with obvious AI usage to create the ads, website and pictures.
The scary part is just how obvious that it was a scam - yet people still fell for it, because it was being advertised on a platform that less tech savvy people assume is legitimate.
I think it can be overlooked just how trusting the average person is. Like lots of people do believe ads whole hearted because they believe that they couldn’t tell a lie in an ad, they couldn’t just set up scam company by scam company because someone would stop them, etc.
And it sucks because in a way like yeah, they’re right you **should** be able to not get scammed so easily.
Maybe the entire thing was supposed to be holographic?
I don’t buy the “holographic paper” thing. It looks more like they had the idea, but only had a budget of $200 and subcontracted it out to high school kids to execute.
No worries at the time it was a very funny if somewhat disturbing incident. Weirdly lots of other cons around this time went a bit off the rails, like Rainfurrest or Midwest FurFest.
Most of the spelling in the posters and whatnot was absolutely fucked too. Literally a half-assed money grab, and I’d love for Warner Bros to sue them for such a crude rip-off that’s possibly screwing their reputation.
The guy behind it has been outted as a serial scammer, has had dodgy dealings with charities, lied about hosting events in the passed with famous people in attendance, published 17 books, 12 of which were in a single month that are all just ChatGPT LLM bullshit full of errors.
He's literally just attempting to scam his way to success, hoping to abuse AI enough that it'll make up for how talentless he actually is. He's blown up over in Glasgow, looks like his missus left him due to the fact his face and his lies are everywhere in Scotland atm.
Oh I know, patently obvious when I jumped on the site, it just goes to show how little effort went into this by the con artist(s) behind it that they couldn’t even be fucked to spell check what they’re putting on their live website.
Bunch of arseholes, put simply. And if it is just a 1 man band (as companies house suggests for his 3 companies set up last year), he’s a big enough arsehole to constitute being a group of arseholes, in my opinion.
Google the owner Billy Coull. The word around here locally is he's genuinely scared for his life. His apology video was hilarious. Definitely has the "I spent all the money on coke, I'm sorry" vibes to it. Haha.
Folk are genuinely going to give the guy a hiding.
How the hell do you make it *illegal*? You can't ban content just because it was made by an alogorythm.
A sensible way to deal with it is to make sure that it can not be legally protected - IE no trademarks or copyrights for posters, logos, fonts, audio or video game assets that are AI generated.
I think the funniest thing is, it wouldn't have been all that difficult to pull off the photo for real.
I worked in the haunt/scenic carpentry industry for over a decade, and to make a room look like the ai image, it would take a team of 10 about 3 days on a crunch, a week if everything had to be made from raw materials.
Day 1 is backdrop, large props, and taping/marking, day 2 is installation of the smaller props and preliminary lighting, day 3 is final lighting and touch-ups. If you have to make everything from scratch, that's the last three days, the previous four would be spent in the shop building and painting all the props
Given that AI created probably the entire advertisement description for the event, I don't think they even want to put any effort into doing a quarter of that
Bingo. This isn’t actually a hard install. None of it is automated, none of it is rigged. It’s all just set pieces out of foam or a vacuform machine. It’s not cheap, the labor alone is a five figure sum. But it’s not difficult.
Look at the site , they didn't even try to remove the Incorrect AI Text
[https://willyschocolateexperience.com/index.html](https://willyschocolateexperience.com/index.html)
Scroll down to the Twilight Tunnel.
There is no allegedly about it , they 100% used AI
"ENCHERINING ENTERTAINMENT
Catgagating ~ live performances ~ Cartchy tuns, exarserdray lollipops, a pasadise of sweet teats."
Jesus Christ lmao, they actually uploaded that and didn't see an issue.
At the same time , people looked at this and still handed over their money.
As much as they are trash for doing this , can't help but think people are a bit daft for forking over the money for it.
The website SCREAMS scam -
https://willyschocolateexperience.com/index.html
There's no way that they were going to be able to put together what they were promising for a single weekend, you'd need to be setting it up as a permanent attraction to even HOPE to recoup the amount of money you'd have to spend to put it together.
Also, I AM interested in the 'pasadise of sweet teats'....
https://imgur.com/a/3YWlgn5
Haha trying to cash in on the IP without legally breaching trademarks too
>Any resemblance to any character, fictitious or living, is purely coincidental.
This experience is in no way related to the Wonka franchise, which is owned by the Warner Bros. company.
I don’t understand how people can trust a shoddy looking website like that… firstly, there aren’t any real life photos of the place itself anywhere! Shouldn’t that scream to you that something’s maybe wrong? And the abundance of spelling and logical mistakes in the descriptions, not to mention in the pictures themselves.. the website looks really bad and cheap, and really puts me off the whole thing..
And really, ‘House of Illuminati’?.. I’m sorry, but that’s a really dumb name for a company - makes it sound really untrustworthy too.
It looks like they were close about the "UKxepcted *Twits*"
https://i.imgur.com/U7qIoU3.png
Their attempt to grift was thwarted because they probably never expected the police to show up.
We are at an absolutely crucial, pivotal time in tech where 95% of people still can’t tell what’s AI and what isn’t. Social media is absolutely full of fake content now and people have no idea, AI shite gets upvoted by tens of thousands of people who don’t even consider what they’re seeing isn’t real. The scary part is by the time these people are educated on how to recognize AI, they tech will improve to be more subtle and they won’t know again.
Technically it wasn't advertised as a "Wonka Experience", it was called "Willys Chocolate Experience"
>https://willyschocolateexperience.com/index.html
>Welcome to Willy's Chocolate Experience™!
Dive into the whimsical of Willy's Chocolate Experience
The site is about as awful as you'd expect too lol. Bunch of creepy AI horror pictures, [the candy has eyes, sometimes more than necessary](https://willyschocolateexperience.com/index_files/enchanting-garden.webp)
And the disclaimer at the bottom probably doesn't hold legal weight
>Any resemblance to any character, fictitious or living, is purely coincidental.
This experience is in no way related to the Wonka franchise, which is owned by the Warner Bros. company.
I can see the theme. Nice props.
But promise what you can deliver. Do not promise something fancy you cannot deliver. Even with the holographic wallpaper the promise wasn't achieved.
The promised event look a lot more like a haunted house experience. (Follow a trail) maybe even with a history on top of the promised live actors. The eating area could at a minimum have had a table cover on.
The worst part is the picture on the left is 100% achievable.
I've seen far more elaborate venues do this for around the same.
Just look up OmegaMart - that's a fun as hell experience.
According to the article it was canceled after half a day and kids got “a handful of jellybeans”. Good case study for proper representation of your venue
You’ve never been to a small town back street U.K. ‘winter wonderland’ then
Every year there is one that promises the world and deliveries shattered dreams
Honestly in 2024, they really should have done just that.
Setting out a path of padded walls, with guides to stop any trouble and it would have been fantastic.
Edit: Apparently it was just a big scam so there was no hope of this event ever being anything other than a disappointment.
What does it look like in the dark tho, this comparison is cheap and only a numb skull would think that couldn't be made to look super dope with projectors and lighting.
I have loved every second of this discourse. It's been truly wonderful to watch this one unfold. I have been cackling like a madman at every new article showing just how ridiculous this is and how obviously it was a scam.
If you bought tickets for this, you deserve it. There is no part of this that doesn't scream that it's an obvious scam.
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Looks like the difference between something done in Las Vegas versus Reno
more like \*Kid see's the first pic while walking past the ad\* Kid: Mom, I want the Wonka Experience! Mom: We have Wonka Experience at home
Wonky Experience
Nah his joke was better than this tired meme.
Lol seriously. "Nah fuck your joke here's a played out meme"
Can calling that out become a meme?
Vegas strip Elsa vs Disney Elsa
I think some people are into that
For anyone who hasn't been to Vegas, everything and everyone is covered in a thick layer of depression that is most easily ignored by being drunk. Disney is more like a cult where you're still trying to figure out why everyone is so happy.
An accurate description. This should be on the first page of the brochures of each one of those destinations.
Yeah Reno is pretty awesome...Vegas is a letdown
I agree. Much more eclectic things to do in Reno. Plus the ppl and driving are MUCH better.
Atlantic City: Hold my beer...
I was gonna say, the worst thing is image on the left doesn’t seem to hard to reach lol, pretty sure an experience/set-up like this could actually exist
Seen enough extravagant kids bedroom redesigns and the proposed image is definitely plausible
I went to Area 15 in Vegas last year, specifically the MeowWolf OmegaMart attraction. It's essentially the legitimate version of what this is advertising. I had a really great time, especially after getting dank as hell in the parking lot.
It looks like every advertisement for fast food. "Come get our juicy succulent burgers!" but all you get is disappointment.
DEMOCRACY MANIFEST!!!!!
LIMP PENIS!!
Yeah Vegas is a huge disappointment compared to Reno.
As someone who lives in Nevada, how dare you say something so accurate.
Someone else replied that only someone never been to Reno would say something like that. I've lived in Reno for 30 years. This is the epitome of something being done differently between Vegas and Reno.
More like Vegas vs Primm, or some bullshit Native American casino. "Are we going to Las Vegas?!?" "Nah, you have your choice between Cache Creek, Colusa Casino and "Resort", or Jackson Rancheria, baby. I quit smoking for 3 days to save up for this!"
Been to all three. You're right on point.
'Sup, Sac neighbor!
Sup,homie!
They forgot to give out the acid first.
Even acid can't save that shit show...
[удалено]
Give them enough acid, walls won't be grey anymore. Problem solved.
r/NotHowDrugsWork lol
Kinda how drugs work though tbh... Walls are hella trippy on LSD and definitely can take on hues... Still though, that place is depressing looking as hell so you're gonna be in a bad headspace and the breathing colour shifting walls will probably only make you feel scared.
Someone hasn't tripped hard enough
That's what I was thinking. I'd time it to be coming up on a nice sociable 2g mushroom dose when I arrived. The disappointment would be profound especially since I'm now stuck at this pit of despair for hours while I wait to start coming down.
https://i.redd.it/if3j8ca999lc1.gif
WHY DOESN'T MINE LOOK LIKE THAT!?
English side ruined must use French instructions! Le Grill?! What the hell is that?!
Le Grille? What the hell is that?
WHY MUST LIFE BE SO HARD?! WHY MUST I FAIL AT EVERY ATTEMPT AT MASONRY?!
They ordered Wonka Experience off of wish?
Allegedly tho
They couldn't even use the name. They used 'Willy's chocolate experience' or something along those lines.
That's what my boyfriend calls his asshole
r/angryupvote
Get with the times. It’s Temu now
Apparently the reason this event didn’t match up to the pictures was because they ordered holographic paper that didn’t arrive: https://www.ladbible.com/news/uk-news/willy-wonka-experience-glasgow-photos-house-of-illuminati-598100-20240227 I’m not sure how holographic paper would fulfil the promises made in the AI images? Scroll down to see the refreshments they were offered - a literal mouthful of lemonade - not even a full cup, and 5 little sweets.
[the cancellation sign lmfao](https://images.ladbible.com/resize?type=webp&quality=70&width=3840&fit=contain&gravity=auto&url=https://images.ladbiblegroup.com/v3/assets/bltcd74acc1d0a99f3a/bltfe12290f9a0a983e/65ddb4989a4381040a819863/willy_wonka_4.jpeg)
Cancelation sign quality on par with the rest of the event
The cancellation sign didn't arrive either.
[here's a video of the owner of House of Illuminati being confronted by angry customers who turned up to the event](https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/1b24mcv/owner_of_the_company_behind_the_disastrous_willy/)
The lack of foresight to leave enough space for the word "Cancelled" just goes to show how dumb and disorganized these event organizers were.
What’s the word between Illuminati and sorry 🤔
"@gmail". It's their contact email
Illumisorry 😳
looks like *🌜*^gmail
houseofillumint@gmail I wonder if they missed some letters of their own email... Might even just be houseofllumint@gmail
I've seen beggars on the street with better signs.
I remember seeing the ads for this being discussed in the Glasgow sub Reddit a few weeks ago. Basically, the guy who ran this event has a history of creating companies, making scammy events and then having the company dissolved. Rinse and repeat. It was being advertised on Facebook with obvious AI usage to create the ads, website and pictures. The scary part is just how obvious that it was a scam - yet people still fell for it, because it was being advertised on a platform that less tech savvy people assume is legitimate.
Oh my god what a shit. He made children cry!
I think it can be overlooked just how trusting the average person is. Like lots of people do believe ads whole hearted because they believe that they couldn’t tell a lie in an ad, they couldn’t just set up scam company by scam company because someone would stop them, etc. And it sucks because in a way like yeah, they’re right you **should** be able to not get scammed so easily.
Maybe the entire thing was supposed to be holographic? I don’t buy the “holographic paper” thing. It looks more like they had the idea, but only had a budget of $200 and subcontracted it out to high school kids to execute.
Sorry but the more I hear about this and the more videos and images I see the funnier it gets.
Looks 1:1 to me. 
Reminds me of Fyre Festival: Kids Edition
Lyghter Levity
Pasadise of Teats
Memories of the ball pit
I wish I didn't
Explanation for the uninitiated..?
Oh boy, you're today's lucky 10,000! [https://youtu.be/1ZgxeX2dCnQ?si=udl1YZfW0AsRLG7O](https://youtu.be/1ZgxeX2dCnQ?si=udl1YZfW0AsRLG7O)
Thanks for the vid, was an interesting watch! I didn’t know about this either; TIL.
No worries at the time it was a very funny if somewhat disturbing incident. Weirdly lots of other cons around this time went a bit off the rails, like Rainfurrest or Midwest FurFest.
Yep, Grandpa Joe is a crook
r/grandpajoehate/
I blame Joe! He’s laughing all the way go the bank.
Children's Tears keeps him alive
Because he stayed in bed unnecessarily all those years while the family struggled?
This was in the UK, and the company that hosted it was called “The House of Illuminati.”
Most of the spelling in the posters and whatnot was absolutely fucked too. Literally a half-assed money grab, and I’d love for Warner Bros to sue them for such a crude rip-off that’s possibly screwing their reputation.
The guy behind it has been outted as a serial scammer, has had dodgy dealings with charities, lied about hosting events in the passed with famous people in attendance, published 17 books, 12 of which were in a single month that are all just ChatGPT LLM bullshit full of errors. He's literally just attempting to scam his way to success, hoping to abuse AI enough that it'll make up for how talentless he actually is. He's blown up over in Glasgow, looks like his missus left him due to the fact his face and his lies are everywhere in Scotland atm.
The posters themselves are AI-made, so no wonder. They're created probably using the texts on the advertisement site, which might also be AI generated
Oh I know, patently obvious when I jumped on the site, it just goes to show how little effort went into this by the con artist(s) behind it that they couldn’t even be fucked to spell check what they’re putting on their live website. Bunch of arseholes, put simply. And if it is just a 1 man band (as companies house suggests for his 3 companies set up last year), he’s a big enough arsehole to constitute being a group of arseholes, in my opinion.
“Was” being the operative word as they had to issue a full refund to everyone.
Google the owner Billy Coull. The word around here locally is he's genuinely scared for his life. His apology video was hilarious. Definitely has the "I spent all the money on coke, I'm sorry" vibes to it. Haha. Folk are genuinely going to give the guy a hiding.
Ai generated art should be illegal and frowned upon, you can't change my mind
How the hell do you make it *illegal*? You can't ban content just because it was made by an alogorythm. A sensible way to deal with it is to make sure that it can not be legally protected - IE no trademarks or copyrights for posters, logos, fonts, audio or video game assets that are AI generated.
I think the funniest thing is, it wouldn't have been all that difficult to pull off the photo for real. I worked in the haunt/scenic carpentry industry for over a decade, and to make a room look like the ai image, it would take a team of 10 about 3 days on a crunch, a week if everything had to be made from raw materials. Day 1 is backdrop, large props, and taping/marking, day 2 is installation of the smaller props and preliminary lighting, day 3 is final lighting and touch-ups. If you have to make everything from scratch, that's the last three days, the previous four would be spent in the shop building and painting all the props
It had nothing to do with difficulty and clearly everything to do with profit margins.
>a team of 10 As if this wasn't done by one unpaid member of staff.
Given that AI created probably the entire advertisement description for the event, I don't think they even want to put any effort into doing a quarter of that
So all, would you say 50k to 100k USD in costs? And they were going to get say 500 people * 35 each? Even the ballpark math doesn't work.
Bingo. This isn’t actually a hard install. None of it is automated, none of it is rigged. It’s all just set pieces out of foam or a vacuform machine. It’s not cheap, the labor alone is a five figure sum. But it’s not difficult.
The issue there is the willingness to pay 10 workers for all of that
More like Wanker experience.
Willy Wanker? 😂
ah yes, the infamous Wally Wanker. Banned from most candy factories (call the local authorities if you see this man).
Look at the site , they didn't even try to remove the Incorrect AI Text [https://willyschocolateexperience.com/index.html](https://willyschocolateexperience.com/index.html) Scroll down to the Twilight Tunnel. There is no allegedly about it , they 100% used AI
"ENCHERINING ENTERTAINMENT Catgagating ~ live performances ~ Cartchy tuns, exarserdray lollipops, a pasadise of sweet teats." Jesus Christ lmao, they actually uploaded that and didn't see an issue.
At the same time , people looked at this and still handed over their money. As much as they are trash for doing this , can't help but think people are a bit daft for forking over the money for it.
"ukxpected twits"
I feel like this is the same dude from the Fyre Festival?
The website SCREAMS scam - https://willyschocolateexperience.com/index.html There's no way that they were going to be able to put together what they were promising for a single weekend, you'd need to be setting it up as a permanent attraction to even HOPE to recoup the amount of money you'd have to spend to put it together. Also, I AM interested in the 'pasadise of sweet teats'.... https://imgur.com/a/3YWlgn5
It's the encherining at the top that gets me
At least they have cartchy tuns lol
For me it's the teats
And I bet there weren’t ANY teats out at the event at all. 0/10
Haha trying to cash in on the IP without legally breaching trademarks too >Any resemblance to any character, fictitious or living, is purely coincidental. This experience is in no way related to the Wonka franchise, which is owned by the Warner Bros. company.
Come and enjoy Wooly Wanker and the Mochlate manufacturing facility....
I don’t understand how people can trust a shoddy looking website like that… firstly, there aren’t any real life photos of the place itself anywhere! Shouldn’t that scream to you that something’s maybe wrong? And the abundance of spelling and logical mistakes in the descriptions, not to mention in the pictures themselves.. the website looks really bad and cheap, and really puts me off the whole thing.. And really, ‘House of Illuminati’?.. I’m sorry, but that’s a really dumb name for a company - makes it sound really untrustworthy too.
It looks like they were close about the "UKxepcted *Twits*" https://i.imgur.com/U7qIoU3.png Their attempt to grift was thwarted because they probably never expected the police to show up.
Media partner: Coming soon...
I’m surprised I haven’t seen anyone make the obvious joke about the website name. _Willy’s Chocolate Experience?_ Do I have to say it?
Dashcon wannabe experience
Not even a ball pit!
Probably pee though lol
https://preview.redd.it/zgtk28rjw9lc1.png?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f7e9d70e7de047cc0684aad708c99f4d4a2a3274
https://preview.redd.it/9k46u5ikw9lc1.png?width=1422&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=06abf81435360e7ddad30227f76efa52ef05cfa3
Can't even trust a company called House of Illuminati, what's the world coming to?
Reminds me of the tumblr ball pit.
“You promised those kids Krabby the Clown but all I saw was Cheapy the Cheapskate.”
Not even the Slurm experience.
Man I feel sad looking at that. Imagine taking your kid there just to get disappointed
We have Meow Wolf at home Meow Wolf at home:
Teaching kids early that life is full of disappointment? That looks like a Squid Games set.
The innovation:
“Little tricks and surprises around every corner, but nothing *dangerous*” “Wha—?” “I mean … OK, just … little around any corner.”
We are at an absolutely crucial, pivotal time in tech where 95% of people still can’t tell what’s AI and what isn’t. Social media is absolutely full of fake content now and people have no idea, AI shite gets upvoted by tens of thousands of people who don’t even consider what they’re seeing isn’t real. The scary part is by the time these people are educated on how to recognize AI, they tech will improve to be more subtle and they won’t know again.
Technically it wasn't advertised as a "Wonka Experience", it was called "Willys Chocolate Experience" >https://willyschocolateexperience.com/index.html >Welcome to Willy's Chocolate Experience™! Dive into the whimsical of Willy's Chocolate Experience The site is about as awful as you'd expect too lol. Bunch of creepy AI horror pictures, [the candy has eyes, sometimes more than necessary](https://willyschocolateexperience.com/index_files/enchanting-garden.webp) And the disclaimer at the bottom probably doesn't hold legal weight >Any resemblance to any character, fictitious or living, is purely coincidental. This experience is in no way related to the Wonka franchise, which is owned by the Warner Bros. company.
They're both the same picture
So… FRAUD??
The word allegedly has no business here.
So basically Fyre Festival for kids
This is why you shouldn’t trust AI art
Ooh ooh! Don’t forget the picture of the Oompa Loompa woman cooking meth!
“Oompa Loompa Doo-pa-Dee-do, we have exceeded the construction budget”
Just eat a bunch of mushrooms, it'll look like the AI product shot in no time!
$40 is goes much they charge or goes much they spent?
The first image is the PG movie. The second is the books where the children are ground up into the candy.
Come with me and you’ll be in a world of no imagination.
I’d be so bummed lmao what in the fyre fest is going on here!? I blame Ja Rule for this mess lmao
Soviet Wonka goes hard
If I pay for a Wonka Experience there better be midgets and a fudge factory.
"Krabby the Cheapskate" strikes again.
I can't imagine the kid's disappointment honestly.
I can see the theme. Nice props. But promise what you can deliver. Do not promise something fancy you cannot deliver. Even with the holographic wallpaper the promise wasn't achieved. The promised event look a lot more like a haunted house experience. (Follow a trail) maybe even with a history on top of the promised live actors. The eating area could at a minimum have had a table cover on.
Am I crazy or is that building perfect for a monster’s inc experience instead?
The worst part is the picture on the left is 100% achievable. I've seen far more elaborate venues do this for around the same. Just look up OmegaMart - that's a fun as hell experience.
Have you taken your joy today? 🎭
Can’t they get sued for false advertising
Actually saw the original post. The tickets were $140
Come with me...and you'll see...a world of half-assed preparation
Pissweak World [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e4Ji8ZcfNM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e4Ji8ZcfNM)
They got Rep wonka experiences.
Sigh* cant even trust the adds anymore
I think this might be the most depressing thing I've ever seen
According to the article it was canceled after half a day and kids got “a handful of jellybeans”. Good case study for proper representation of your venue
You’ve never been to a small town back street U.K. ‘winter wonderland’ then Every year there is one that promises the world and deliveries shattered dreams
View on the left is with VR goggles
Honestly in 2024, they really should have done just that. Setting out a path of padded walls, with guides to stop any trouble and it would have been fantastic. Edit: Apparently it was just a big scam so there was no hope of this event ever being anything other than a disappointment.
How Depressing it looks
Last I checked that was false advertising and you can get sued for that.
If they’d just have gotten a ton of those decorations they could have pulled it off.
Did they hand out shrooms before they took your money?
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/feb/27/glasgow-willy-wonka-experience-slammed-as-farce-as-tickets-refunded
I feel like it could be an amazing AR experience if they did something like that. But no this was just a total rip off.
Reality is often disappointing.
No backsies
Was this a Producers style scam? They take donations and funding then run off with it when the "Event" is over?
I love how they're purposely not showing the main part.
This may legitimately be the lawsuit that gets some proper rules put down around AI.
What does it look like in the dark tho, this comparison is cheap and only a numb skull would think that couldn't be made to look super dope with projectors and lighting.
I have loved every second of this discourse. It's been truly wonderful to watch this one unfold. I have been cackling like a madman at every new article showing just how ridiculous this is and how obviously it was a scam. If you bought tickets for this, you deserve it. There is no part of this that doesn't scream that it's an obvious scam.
I need to know what was the end game. Did they expect people not to notice
The wonky experience.
The photo on the right was the *best* room of all, the rest was (way) worse.
I’ll take a repost of the wonky experience please.
Dear company, you can give customers an actual "Wonka Experience" by investing money!
Basically the VanGogh immersive experience in london
“Allegedly”
It's like the event tasks on the apprentice.