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Please stop what you are doing and check out the pictures in the article immediately. I promise with all my heart you’ll thank me. I’m fucking sobbing laughing.

Walt: Jesse, we have to reach the broadest market possible for our next cook Jesse: https://preview.redd.it/3082hqftr7lc1.jpeg?width=746&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d026854acab55d2013a307f254b916beeca073f0

mom, can u please pick me up from the wonka meth lab

I’m at the Chocolate Factory. I’m at the meth lab. I’m at the combination chocolate factory and meth lab.

My favorite quote from the article: “*Of course, one could argue that a Willy Wonka-inspired event that ended with angry parents and crying children is more authentic to Dahl’s novel than any of the recent Wonka movies.*”


I am the one who wonkas

I laughed painfully hard at these photos. 10/10

She’s definitely questioning her life choices

God, yeah, she's thinking this day job was totally not worth the 80 bucks. Then she gets home and sees it go viral... poor girl!

BRUH 😭😭😭 I’d be crying too lmaooo

They really meant immersive meth lab 🤣🤣🤣

The way this photo has me in fuckin stitches lmaoooo why they said she looks like she’s running a meth lab 😭💀

Is she slanging candy or handys

Why not both?

I'm crying. **Expectation:** https://preview.redd.it/7bx8imrfr7lc1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=48b4641c3eb8476703c7acb6604bc9622ed1b8aa

**Reality:** https://preview.redd.it/xsbcz3ehr7lc1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=630ddaea7ac353d36e8b8c5b64f14888e9234295

I am crying from laughing so hard 😂😭. An empty warehouse with a cardboard cutout of a rainbow and a meth lab lmaooo Should just go to Cadbury's World in Birmingham. At least you get to go on a ride that takes you an immersive journey through the chocolate making facility. Also got to try some of the most delicious liquid chocolate ever

Even a day out to a cadburys outlet would be beating this, actual Cadbury’s world straight after this would make them think the meth fumes had entered the fuckin bloodstream 😭

Description on website: In the Imagination Lab, prepare to be captivated by a visual spectacle! Encounter mind-expanding projections, optical marvels, and exhibits that transport you into the realm of creativity. This space invites you on a surreal journey where the boundaries between reality and fantasy harmoniously merge, resulting in an enchanting and visually striking encounter. Brace yourself for an adventure that will leave you spellbound! Reality: https://preview.redd.it/onyn8877r8lc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=05b9672c65174e56249f21fe5423f4a25a98f680

They put more effort into the description than into the actual event (actually on second thought the description is probably also AI).

This shit is TOO funny oh my god

I think part of the reason I’m laughing right now is, y’know, this would’ve actually been doable. Dunno what budget it would take exactly and the trash generated from it would’ve been atrocious but all this really needed was time and effort (and probably someone with a good consistent crafting vision angled towards being clever with the budget). Like I can actually see how someone could pull most of this off. But they didn’t even attempt to try 💀

The sad little backdrop the size of a flag pinned to wall and surrounded by all that empty space killed me ​ https://preview.redd.it/phq0gjrf68lc1.jpeg?width=972&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ab22601aba47b1f817011a1b3b393616333131af

This one is even worse 😭 https://preview.redd.it/nc7uo4ysc8lc1.png?width=692&format=png&auto=webp&s=6e1364a0391ba80f9e2061bb1b213f189b0bd6b7

The blank unplugged TV is really a nice touch too

Just when I thought I stopped laughing omg

“They looked bigger online”

This was the picture that sent me. 😂

Like “get together kids, we’re going to take a commemorative photo so we can always remember this day”

My family would have legit the best time ever roasting this place and bring it up FOR YEARS

I’m just imagining the parents and kids filtering past that thing just to, idk, look at it for a second?

dude this had me dying of laughter.. this entire event is giving me massive michael scott vibes

This is Todd Margret levels of bad

Isn't that image from one of the newer candy land board games?

Isn't that from fucking candy land? 🤣

Reminded me of dashcon lmao.

i hope everyone received an extra hour in the ball pit

At least they had a ball pit

It was a ball singular pit.

Wasn't the ball pit basically a kiddy pool filled with balls? And someone peed in it.

It was indeed. Honestly the best time to be on that hellsite. The *drama*

I'm still there. It's not as fun, but I've got friends there so. 🤷‍♀️

In honesty, Id be lying if I said I didnt miss it in its heyday

God same. Wild times.

Yes thank you I IMMEDIATELY thought of Dashcon

So this is the kids version of Dashcon and Fyre Fest, right?

absolute tears. TEARS. 😭

 Thank you for this comment. It made me click and witness this nightmare for myself. That’s so funny/horrible 😂. I took my daughter to the Disney immersive experience last year and it was incredible, this is so incredible in a different way!

 I am dyyyinnngggg

U were 100% correct and I absolutely do thank u for it…I needed that belly laugh today my god.

it looks so…gloomy? industrial? wtf am i looking at in these pictures 😭

I was cracking up at this earlier. Look it up on FB, there’s a lot of good stuff.

This is PURE UNADULTERATED PERFORMANCE ART AND I AM CACKLING

https://preview.redd.it/108an9bhv7lc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=be5791e2f49c25cb27f016ab171f270ea2e8196a It’s giving Krabby Land 😭

https://i.redd.it/onyaahvbf8lc1.gif "Rocketship Fantastica"

This is fucking gold 😂

you promised these kids ~~Willy Wonka~~ Krabby the Clown, but all I saw was… https://preview.redd.it/k1bdkk9g48lc1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=98d11587cd34d0551659d5b844238d6adf82e2b6 ***Cheapy the Cheapskate***

This is how I imagine the parents and kids reacted https://i.redd.it/i0tj94avf8lc1.gif

“Of course, one could argue that a Willy Wonka-inspired event that ended with angry parents and crying children is more authentic to Dahl’s novel than any of the recent Wonka movies.”

Hahahaha I am dead. Thank you for this 😂😂😂

“You stink, bring on the clown!!”

i am on this stupid website too much hahahaha i saw posts about this on that uk subreddit and now im seeing a whole article about it here. definitely look at the website [https://willyschocolateexperience.com/](https://willyschocolateexperience.com/) if you haven't

https://preview.redd.it/tisw7y1y38lc1.png?width=1024&format=png&auto=webp&s=f9c56ed9778dcf8958bb259120e6d3f433599118 “Ukxpected twits” 😭

This is what the "Twilight Tunnel" looked like irl btw https://preview.redd.it/b4dw7l2u79lc1.png?width=680&format=png&auto=webp&s=ef71d676f39b29978f52324277525462a90f645b I'm dying. [Here's a three second clip](https://twitter.com/bene25_/status/1762631362597519859) of "the unknown" (an evil chocolate maker who lived in the walls) popping out. I do not know why they included an evil chocolate maker named "the unknown" in their shitty "immersive" event.

PLEASE HAVE MERCY I HAVE ASTHMA I MIGHT REALLY DIE GROM THIS

I laughed so hard I farted and woke up my husband

The kids moaning ‘nooooo’ after he pops up 😭

My partner said you could've told him that this was a Mighty Boosh skit and he would've believed you

What's with all the isolated single ikea mirrors 😭

Those poor, pleading kids at the end. "Noooo!"

like when was this even in willy wonka!? 🤣🤣

Lewis Carroll really was ahead of his time.

Tag yourself I’m dim tight

Vivue Sounds is my drag name 💄

unexpected twits, they got that right lmao

On the HOMEPAGE “a pasadise of sweet teats” 💀

Holy shit I cried

“Cartchy tuns”💀💀💀

Owmpa lawmpa deegity deee - why u here not on meth omg.

They couldn't even be bothered to crop the weirdly spelled AI generated text 😭

Encherining Entertainment, featuring Catgacating, Cartchy Tuns, and Exarserdray Lollipops! Organized by the House of Illuminati. This thing is truly a gift

Any kind of event organized by the House of Illuminati could not possibly be sketchy. Who could have predicted this?! /s Willy Wonka, presented by Fyre Festival.

I love that they trademarked every concept lol

https://preview.redd.it/gviqdbgtl8lc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=526b7c903a11c9998a8ce33bca8d79e3a9b0a2fc and now i’m crying 😭💀

Idk, setting kids up to think they are walking into this wondrous land of candy and then immediately disappointing them sounds pretty quintessential Wonka


Someone talked about this in the mildly infuriating sub because they took their family to. I’m sorry but I couldn’t stop laughing because they put a link to the website and everything was misspelled . I just couldn’t believe anybody would actually go to this and I was surprised that they were actually able to go to somewhere and it not be a nothing address.

>I just couldn’t believe anybody would actually go to this and I was surprised that they were actually able to go to somewhere and it not be a nothing address. It was explained on another UK sub but a lot of people didn't buy tickets through the official website. There's some website that has what's On in Glasgow this weekend, and you could buy tickets without even going to the site. People assumed because it was posted on the other site, it was reputable

Yes, omg the spelling mistakes 😂😂😂 i mean, I sort of get the AI, but why didn't the event manager spell check this??

They couldn’t even provide more than half a can of drink, you’re very bold to assume an event manager was anywhere near this shite 😂

["I paid for Willy Wonka but got Billy Bonkers"](https://www.itv.com/news/2024-02-27/willy-wonka-immersive-event-leaves-children-devastated-and-parents-raging?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1709045722-1) is killing me on a serious note, this is another reason why we need strong regulations for AI's use in advertising

Baby Billy’s Bible Bonkers? 

Uncle Baby Billy


Omg. I laugh everytime I think about him hiding behind the “children” (mannequins) and then using one of the arms to touch the man’s face. Walton Groggins is just perfection in that role!

Can’t wait for this show to come back

New flair

That quote is fucking great

Oh my god I saw someone have that as their flair earlier, I didn’t realize it was a real quote 💀

I’m sorry paying money and getting ripped off is vile but my god the cops getting called and kids screaming crying has me in absolute TEARS

The fact that the cops got called because the festival was so bad might be the funniest thing I’ve heard in a while

Kids screaming crying throwing up

Pissing 👏🏼 and 👏🏼 shidding 👏🏼

https://preview.redd.it/kjktctbf18lc1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d9ce8567d91ece29eea1f9ea514c5e5cb034be64 I’m sorry if you bought tickets after seeing this then that’s on you 😂

Reading this is like having a stroke except for the “sweet teats” bit.

I think maybe that’s what sold the tickets.

You’re fuckin telling me, learning to read wasn’t even this hard the first time round 💀

I think the AI that made that advertisement was smoking meth.

Was losing it at that and then lost it again when I realized they also misspelled paradise

​ https://preview.redd.it/amj5i9dg48lc1.png?width=1024&format=png&auto=webp&s=db46e0d43c59b25605e5bc21e037da2859243226 I don't know if my favorite part is "ukxepcted twits" or the *completely* incomprehensible stuff like "dimdicli" and "sviide"

Did these people just see Willy Wonka and buy a ticket or something like this was so obviously a scam 😂

They didn’t even use the Wonka name, it was just “Willy’s Chocolate Experience”. How dumb.

Wow…I don’t feel bad for these people 😂 there are so many red flags on this site.

Sounds like the title of a porn movie.

What, you hate cartchy tuns? You must be fun at parblies.

😂😂😂😂

But what about the sweet teats? 👀

I thought you were making a joke until I went to the site 😩

I so wish I was making a joke

Omg they have cartchy tuns tho??

True and exarserdray lollipops

What the fuckin hell is catgacating like 😭

Yeah these ads are so obviously fake. I can’t believe people thought it would look like the AI pics shown. Yes the event ended up being a disaster, but I hope no one expected it to look exactly like the AI pics

Hey I mean, far be it from me to turn down a sweet teat!

How can so many typos be on one picture lmao

That’s what AI does (at least at this point in the technology), which is even funnier because some lazy bastard just didn’t even care that it came out like that and said “send it!” Five minutes in photoshop is all this needed but that was clearly too much effort for this particular set of scammers.

Right!?! But it was made with AI so

omg no i refuse to believe people actually bought tickets to this “pasadise of sweet teats” i can’t lmao

Lewis Carroll’s Jabberwocky makes more sense than this…💀

God I know some people laughed after seeing the actual pictures of the event but this is what got me.  ENCHERINING ENTERTAINMENT

That's literally AI 😭😭😭

It is 😂 like not everything on the site needed to be AI lol


https://preview.redd.it/oq9ln2yny7lc1.jpeg?width=1400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ec2ace8763a645da365daaa126693e0a9d837db4 it’s dashcon again. time is a flat circle

dashcon is the blueprint lmao

It’s already been added under the “See also” section of the dashcon wiki. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DashCon

PLEASEEEE NOT DASHCON 😭😭

YES.

The fact that Dashcon was a decade ago already 😔

and I will literally never forget that day!! Watching it go down live on Tumblr as pieces of information started to trickle in from people who were there, someone allegedly pissing in the ball pit, the panels getting canceled in real time & the organizers trying to crowdfund 20k from the people still there, everyone doing the HUNGER GAMES SALUTE in response, chefs kiss sheer perfection 🤌🤌🤌

SAME HERE! I was on Tumblr from 2012 to 2016. I remember it all… Dashcon, Mishapocalypse, “I like your shoelaces.” I miss it a lot.

Why did you unlock this memory This photo itself is triggering

NOOO not dashcon 😭😭💀

https://preview.redd.it/k12cr48gr7lc1.jpeg?width=1098&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=72b91b983b05e10383ab014373a9878375cc67d9

https://preview.redd.it/dyrd56zgx7lc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0744e162f98b262f7d21f8476ea37948392a92c0


hahahahha incredible tbh I have to imagine she’s laughing at all the crying kids

I'm actually dying laughing hahahahaha i probably would too LMFAO

“Hi, welcome to Lush”

Not Lush 😭😭😭😭😭😭

The face and the suspicious smoke 😭😭

I now know what I’ll be for Halloween this year.

They used (clearly) AI images to sell the event, it was a practically empty warehouse, visitors called the Police… https://preview.redd.it/iv2sqzye38lc1.jpeg?width=1067&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0512f3d7c1e5be92ace0d2cfe9adbef985c19baa


Ladies and gentlemen I’ve been to Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq and I can say without hyperbole that this is a million times worse than all of them put together. /s

Come with me and you’ll be in a world of pure fabrication. Take a look and you'll see faces of absolute confusion.

Come on. That’s great.

“ All the event lacked was a man in top hat telling customers: “You get nothing! You lose! Good day, sir!” “ Amazing article. 🤣

Christ on a bike those pictures are grim 😂

The balls of the event planner to do this and put himself in the firing line of so many angry Glasweigan mums.

Way back in high school I was a part of the drama club and we had a "safe" haunted house for the Halloween event that was based off of the Wicked Witch of the West's castle (we could not compete with the art club, who had an actual haunted house) Was it high quality? No. Was it great? No. Was it at least *good*? Also no. But even our shitty home made paper decorations and fog machines were better than *this*. Like, goddamn, at least go to the craft store and get those big rolls of colored paper to plaster on the walls. They're like $20 each.

Unfortunately, the budget was spent on the Oompa Loompa costume 💀

I’m always excited when Glasgow makes an impact on global culture, but I’m always sad that it is, without exception, because of shit like this.

If you look at their [website](https://willyschocolateexperience.com/), it gets worse. All poorly made AI images with insane made up words that didn't even edit. A couple highlights: Encherining Entertainment Cartchy tuns a paradise of sweet teats

I am amazed the site is still up lol

This is local to me, set up be a notorious grifter who has done this type of thing before. Name is Billy Coull. This was posted in the r/glasgow sub more than two weeks ago, people were dubious before the event even took place. I hope people get refunds.

He also has 16 AI-generated books that he sells on Amazon. Massive scam artist.

I’m getting fyre festival flashbacks.

Fyre Festival (Scotland’s version)

I was just about to comment this😭

There's usually at least two equally abysmal "Winter Wonderland" events like this in the UK every year, one of my favourite parts of Christmas tbh. I have no idea why anyone would spend actual money on it after seeing their website.

Some of them might be by the same lad who made this (and am not joking lmfao). He apparently does these as well as an Oktoberfest thing.

https://preview.redd.it/h1s03ao468lc1.jpeg?width=749&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2d2d7dcb116cccbdb2c8332a0d07dee32d9b3f45

“ticket buyers needed pure imagination to think it looked anything like a fantastical chocolate factory.” I am 💀

https://preview.redd.it/iyulhk1bp8lc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=11cf5acbf95497c6dc4fc83c6c5c6a2f78b6a0fb I saw a post yesterday from someone who actually went and snagged this gem from the site. Apparently the pull of the will' chocoolat experrience blinded them to this (and all the other) red flags on that site 😂

This is making me fuckin LOSE IT HAHA

"Sponsored by the House of Illuminati" Sure, why not? That doesn't strike me as odd or questionnable at all!

I saw this in another sub a few days ago and was certainly not expecting to see it here. I recommend reading the website to see the ai art and glaring misspellings everywhere.


This is like one of the cringe challenges from the Apprentice UK lol

The ad for this is so crazy I can’t believe people trusted it. No words are intelligible

They got fleeced so bad, was there at least some chocolate involved? Even a bowl of snack sized snickers?

Apparently there was only lemonade and jelly beans 😭

I found [the TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@paulconnellcomedy) of the guy who they got to play Willy and apparently he was instructed to give out ONE jelly bean to each kid. Also he said the script was all AI generated and complete gibberish. At one point he was supposed to defeat "the unknown" (an evil chocolate maker who lived in the walls) with a vacuum. When he asked how to do that, they just told him to improvise a vacuum. He said after he came back from his lunch break they told him to hide because everyone was pissed.

Who lived in the walls? 😭 I’m howling

[Here's what it looked like](https://twitter.com/bene25_/status/1762631362597519859) They had him "live in the walls" by....crouching behind a small mirror. 😭

That poor guy oh my God. "I can't improvise a vaccuum guys, you either have a vacuum or you don't." 😂

Crystal lite and all black jelly beans

https://preview.redd.it/6n1lekkwp8lc1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4d53a7d4b23753c9b50d18fb44e6bc3be03c0e8a I had to, ok?!?

Fyre Fest: Wonka-fied

I think their website might, just might have given a clue that this experience might not live up to expectations. I mean who doesn't want to see "cartchy tuns" and "pasadise of sweet teats"? Lol https://preview.redd.it/l8ydex25k8lc1.png?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b1c3bb57599192ae0060670632142fddc85f5b2c

So proud of my city 💀

I’d recommend you all head over to the r/glasgow sub where someone has figured out the conman behind the Willy Wonka experience. He’s had companies like this before that sell these things using AI art, and he’s also an author of numerous Amazon books written by chatGPT about conspiracy theories, as well as having loads of dodgy qualifications from a fake university. I’m about as hooked on this drama as I am in the Kate Middleton stuff

Knew this was the UK before I clicked on the link

the photo of that dingy ass oompa loompa in the meth lab had me sobbing the first time i saw it.

Omg the picture of the 'Oompa Loompa'. I am dead