Perhaps it shouldn't have come as a surprise that the UK, home of the disastrous £85 Grinch, was recently home to another chaotic child-oriented event. Enter: Willy's Chocolate Experience in Glasgow, an experience based on the children's book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which has recently been adapted into a Wonka movie starring Timothée Chalamet.
In a series of wild blunders that have rocked the Internet, the £35 event — which advertised "an enchanted garden, with giant sweets, vibrant blooms, mysterious looking sculptures, and magical surprises" on its site, along with "mind-expanding projections, optical marvels, and exhibits that transport you into the realm of creativity" — appears to have delivered a significantly different experience than some of its customers expected.
Where customers may have expected a Roald Dahl-worthy bounty of cocoa-based delights in the supposedly "immersive" event, they were actually given a couple of sweets and some fizzy drink in a near-empty warehouse, one customer (Stuart Sinclair) said.
