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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent

Glasgow Willy Wonka experience called a ‘farce’ as tickets refunded

On the left, the marketing for the experience with brightly coloured giant mushrooms, huge candy canes and chocolate fountains. On the right, the actual experience in an industrial warehouse with fake grass, candy canes and giant sweets as props.
Left, how the Welcome to Willy's Chocolate Experience was marketed. Right: The actual event, which resulted in people demanding refunds. Composite: Willyschocolateexperience; SWNS

It was billed as a “celebration of chocolate in all its delightful forms” but ended up a tragic tale worthy of an Oompa-Loompa song.

Police were called to a venue in Glasgow last weekend after furious families who had spent hundreds of pounds on the Willy’s Chocolate Experience complained about the “awful” event that left children in tears and was abruptly cancelled midway through.

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