“It looks like a meth lab”
An “immersive Willy Wonka experience” in Glasgow is going viral for being an absolute disaster, leaving kids in tears and parents in outrage.
The event was advertised an “immersive experience” that promised to transport Willy Wonka fans to a land of “pure imagination”.
Turns out pure imagination was what the ticket holders to this event needed because what they got was nothing like the films!
I’m obsessed with this Willy Wonka disaster event in Glasgow. More and more images keep coming online. pic.twitter.com/wYQaIQh9KY
— Harry (@Recylopse) February 27, 2024
As reported by The Guardian, people showed up to the experience to find “a sparsely decorated warehouse with a scattering of plastic props, a small bouncy castle and some backdrops pinned against the walls.”
Scotland police were even called to the scene, and the event was shut down.
Outraged parents are calling for event organizers to be reprimanded for a serious breach of false advertising, as it’s emerged that they used AI to generate high quality images of a fantastical chocolate factory that simply did not exist.
apparently this was sold as a live Willy Wonka Experience but they used all AI images on the website to sell tickets and then people showed up and saw this and it got so bad people called the cops lmao pic.twitter.com/tfkyg0G0WG
— Chris Alsikkan (@AlsikkanTV) February 26, 2024
this is incredible. the AI-generated script started talking about an 'evil chocolate maker who lives in the walls' called 'The Unknown' and the guy responsible decided 'yes, this is totally appropriate for my immersive theatre show for children' https://t.co/4HAr753fYy
— David East (@davideastUK) February 28, 2024
We don’t know how the event organisers thought they were going to pull off that one - what a grift!
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