Willy Wonka: ‘Grim’ immersive experience leaves social media users in hysterics

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A disastrous Willy Wonka immersive experience in Glasgow has turn into the supply of hilarity on social media.

The occasion, which was marketed as a “full Wonka experience” full with “delectable” chocolate fountains and “whimsical” Oompa-Loompas, ended up being a spectacular failure as kids have been left in tears and oldsters have been left livid.

Visitors travelled as much as two hours to get to the occasion and shelled out £35 for the world of pure creativeness. But they have been as a substitute confronted with actors struggling to recite scripts, low-resolution candyland posters pinned to partitions, and kids supplied a few jelly infants together with 1 / 4 glass of Barr’s limeade.

The “unbelievable” occasion went viral on social media as users have been in awe of the unending dimensions of the failure, which drew comparisons to Fyre pageant. Visitors to the posh music pageant in 2017 have been bought a dream however have been confronted with points to do with meals, safety, lodging and sanitation.

“Actually in awe of how grim this is. F***ing outstanding” admired one X/Twitter consumer. Another added: “The failed Willy Wonka experience is one of the funniest things to happen this decade”.

One character in the immersive experience stole the present. A grim-looking Oompa-Loompa decked out in a brilliant inexperienced wig and stripy garments may very well be seen at a pop-up desk with bottles paying homage to elements strewn throughout the floor.

“Obsessed with this woman who looks like she’s poisoning attendees,” commented one X/Twitter consumer.

“Welcome to Lush” captioned one other, whereas some instructed she appeared as if she was “being held against her will”.

An individual in a wig, silver masks and black cloak scared confused kids as they appeared from behind a mirror. The character has since been dubbed the “unknown”.

“This Willy Wonka story is incredible. What’s going on here? What part of the film was this hahahahaha” laughed one X/Twitter consumer.

References have been made to former This Morning presenters skipping queues to get in to the occasion: “Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield have reportedly skipped the queue of crying children to get inside the Glasgow Willy Wonka Experience”.

Some have been much less sympathetic, “If you get scammed by AI Art images then you probably deserve it lol” with one other including “Honestly if you paid money through a site that looks like this called ‘Willy’s chocolate experience’ you deserve the experience you get”.

Others questioned father or mother’s choices as they stated, “How do you willingly pay $40 and bring your kids to something that looks like kidnap and sells kids?”

A House of Illuminati spokesperson stated: “Today has been a very stressful and frustrating day for many and for that we are truly sorry. Unfortunately, at the last minute we were let down in many areas of our event and tried our best to continue on and push through and now realise we probably should have cancelled first thing this morning instead.

“We fully apologise for what has happened and will be giving full refunds to each and every person that purchased tickets.”

While ironic supporters of the occasion wished they might have attended the disastrous experience, others thought it was merely overpriced.

“Hot Take: The Glasgow Willy Wonka experience doesn’t look that bad, it was just too expensive, it would have been OK for £5 to £10” stated one particular person.

Another ventured, “I bet fewer kids were physically injured at this crappy warehouse than the original film. That one girl turned blue and they literally rolled her away plus the drowning kid smh”.