A Willy Wonka Immersive Experience In Scotland Was So Bad That Children Cried And Parents Called The Cops
The event, which cost £35 (about US$44), promised a “visual spectacle” and a “paradise of sweet treats”.
A Willy Wonka immersive experience in Scotland was so terrible it reduced children to tears with parents calling the cops.
Dozens of parents had bought their children tickets to the Willy’s Chocolate Experience in Glasgow, Scotland, which was being held on Saturday Feb. 24.
The event, which cost £35 (about US$44), promised a “visual spectacle” and a “paradise of sweet treats”.
However, when children and parents arrived, they were treated instead with the surprise of a lifetime.
Photos of the “experience” showed a sparsely-decorated venue with a rainbow arch, a handful of candy cane props and some scattered mushrooms and tables.
Posters showing an illustrated candy land were badly hung on the walls.
Children were given no chocolate, only a single jelly bean and a cup of lemonade.
25-year-old Jenny Fogarty, an actor who was hired to play an Oompa Loompa, told Almost the actors were given sexy costumes.
Actors were also given a 25-page script to memorize the night before.
Fogarty said that when she let the organizers know it would be hard to memorize the script overnight, she and other actors were just told to “improvise”.
And there was a new villain called “The Unknown” – an evil chocolate maker who lives in the walls
Parents were so furious they even called the police.
Organizers canceled the event soon after.
“The children looked heartbroken, particularly the ones dressed up as little Willy Wonkas,” Fogarty said.
In fact, people were so mad they even started a whole Facebook group to share their experience.
“It was honestly so frustrating.” Fogarty said. “When we arrived Saturday morning to see that the only difference were curtains put up, we were collectively mortified.”
Fogarty said the actors tried their best to make the situation better for the children.
The event organizers the House of Illuminati said they will refund attendees on a Facebook post.
However, some still have yet to receive a refund.
“I hope they do get something back because these are tough times at the moment, with the cost of living crisis in the UK, the event certainly isn’t cheap,” Fogarty said.
