Disastrous family seasonal attractions and the never to be forgotten Lapland New Forest Theme Park

[BigMoaner]

Took the kids to Paultons Park which I was very impressed with tbh, lovely gardens and so many “big” rides.

250 notes lighther tho

 

[DaveCinzano]

A miscellany of survivor accounts

‘People came just to see how awful it was’: from Wonkaland to Fyre, the inside story of festivals so bad they went viral

The sad Oompa-Loompa at Wonkaland, an elf at a low-rent British Lapland, the DJ who tried to save Blobbyland, and a fixer at the ill-fated Fyre festival reveal what happened next

www.theguardian.com

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Took the kids to Paultons Park which I was very impressed with tbh, lovely gardens and so many “big” rides.

250 notes lighther tho

It's great isn't it, got some fairly hardcore ride that four year olds can go on.

 

[BigMoaner]

It's great isn't it, got some fairly hardcore ride that four year olds can go on.

It is - genuienly was pleasently surprised, thinking it would be low key with one or two "big rides". the usual rip off for not much at all. instead there was decent roller coasters everywhere you looked, and as said the overal greenary and gardens were a big plus. recommended.

 

[pogofish]

Glasgow has a new contender - Beyond Van Gough at the SEC..!

Beyond Van Gogh | Official Tickets | Homepage

Experience over 300 masterpieces, including iconic classics such as “The Starry Night,” “Sunflowers,” and “Café Terrace at Night,” now freed from their frames. Van Gogh’s art comes to life in this immersive experience that transports you into the mind and imagination of one of history’s most...

www.beyondvangogh.co.uk

What a completely underwhelming, overpriced, exploitative rip-off. I love many of Van Gogh’s works and his story is incredibly tumultuous, heartbreaking and beautiful. But this was soul-less. Old people sitting uncomfortably on the floor, a few seats and sad, saggy beanbags. Toddlers running round and playing with IPhones and washed-out projections that didn’t come near to capturing the intensity and beauty of his paintings. I expected to be enveloped in intense, saturated colour but I felt like I was in a huge airport lounge with not enough seating. There were fleeting moments of beauty but mainly it just felt like someone was having a play on their drawing tablet, churning up the colours and ‘animating’ still pictures. I actually started to feel it was sacrilegious and wondered what on earth Van Gogh would have made of it all. Someone is making a shed-load of money out of this. And then we got charged a flat-rate fee of £12 for the car park. Icing on the cake. Unless you get free tickets and have a bunch of toddlers you want to let run around for half an hour in an aircraft hangar, give it a miss. Go to Kelvingrove instead.

Beyond a joke! A bizarre exhibition of an immersive experience that is reminiscent of the Glasgow's Willy Wonka chocolate factory. You walk into a room full of multiple quote's that you could find either on Wikipedia or a Van Gogh book surrounded by numerous golden empty frames. Fine to have some for a photo opportunity however this just seemed like a ploy to fill up space. You walk towards a smaller projected area before entering the main room which was underwhelming. Finally to a show of paintings resembling something that I paid great expense for. The build up beforehand was so deflating that this part came as a relief with some visual imagery, ideal for some more picture opportunities. The sound was in a foreign language at points and only seen a few deflated bean bag later on after sitting on hard flooring. Left to a very dark corridor with some more frames towards a gift shop. This seems to be a carbon copy of a previous Van Gogh experience and the posters are misleading.

Words could not possibly describe how utterly awful this was. The whole “immersive experience”, was nothing other than black curtains, plastic frames , a projector and wiki lines. As soon as you walk in you are greeted with a black SEC warehouse and wikipedia paragraphs, over and over again. Plastic frames , mirror frames, no paintings inside of them, no glass in the mirror. One would like to think this might be symbolic? No it was cheap and empty, symbolism was as empty as the room, non existing. After that, you are met with a projector with utterly terribly visuals and then onto the grand finale, a barely audible voice over of a foreign woman as Van Gogh’s paintings projected around the room. That was it. Bleak, awful an insult to Van Gogh.

 

[T & P]

I have to say I wuold have been tempted to check it out if I'd come across their website. That's a nice professional site they've put on And it looks like actual images of the exhibition, rather than an AI job.

 

[andysays]

Glasgow has a new contender - Beyond Van Gough at the SEC..!

Beyond Van Gogh | Official Tickets | Homepage

Experience over 300 masterpieces, including iconic classics such as “The Starry Night,” “Sunflowers,” and “Café Terrace at Night,” now freed from their frames. Van Gogh’s art comes to life in this immersive experience that transports you into the mind and imagination of one of history’s most...

www.beyondvangogh.co.uk

Starry starry shite

 

[spitfire]

Mlle Fire and Mini Fire went to the London one and said it was amazing.

They must have cut some corners or my 2 are easily impressed. I don't bother with stuff like this as I work in AV (not the forum) so can see all the workings which takes the magic out of it.

 

[Thora]

I went to Frameless in London which sounds similar and thought it was really good (though expensive). Sound and interactive projections.

 

[neonwilderness]

One to keep an eye on

 

[T & P]

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One to keep an eye on

The ‘Beetlejuice Encounter’ one has a lot of potential

 

[1927]

The awful Bridgerton ‘ball’ that charged fans $1,000 to watch a pole dancer and eat KitKats — The Guardian

Poundland-level decor, staff in sports jerseys, people having to sit on the floor … might this disastrous Detroit event be the new Willy Wonka Experience?

apple.news

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

The awful Bridgerton ‘ball’ that charged fans $1,000 to watch a pole dancer and eat KitKats — The Guardian

Poundland-level decor, staff in sports jerseys, people having to sit on the floor … might this disastrous Detroit event be the new Willy Wonka Experience?

apple.news

Brilliant

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

The awful Bridgerton ‘ball’ that charged fans $1,000 to watch a pole dancer and eat KitKats — The Guardian

Poundland-level decor, staff in sports jerseys, people having to sit on the floor … might this disastrous Detroit event be the new Willy Wonka Experience?

apple.news

I just came here to post about that.

"The awful Bridgerton ‘ball’ that charged fans $1,000 to watch a pole dancer and eat KitKats...

...last Sunday, a venue in Michigan, US put on an evening called The Detroit Bridgerton Themed Ball, and charged ticket-holders between $150 and $1,000 (£115-£750) to attend. The people who went ended up sitting on the floor, eating KitKats and forlornly watching the evening’s entertainment, which consisted of a solitary pole dancer working the middle of the room...

...In fairness, The Detroit Bridgerton Themed Ball promised a lot. According to the event’s still-active website, the organisers, Uncle N Me LLC, promised a “Bridgerton themed ball with prizes, giveaways and more. You’ll also get the chance to win the ‘Diamond of the Season’. Suitors in attendance will have a chance to win $2,000 cash for best dressed.” Some ticket-holders at the higher end of the price range claim that the event also promised dinner, a play and classical music."

Maybe I wasn't paying attention, but I don't recall Bridgerton featuring KitKats and a poledancer.

 

[T & P]

I just came here to post about that.





Maybe I wasn't paying attention, but I don't recall Bridgerton featuring KitKats and a poledancer.

Extra cheeky points to the organisers for that. Not even bothering to offer an experience remotely relevant to the premise however pisspoor (such as the infamous Sad Oompa Loompa), but simply asking a dancer from the nearest peepshow club if they would do a pole dance in a warehouse to provide some content to paying punters

 

[T & P]

The BBC has a short video with some footage of the event

Bridgerton ball: Inside 'scam' event in Detroit compared to Wonka

The unofficial event has been compared to other viral flops, including the Wonka experience.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[scalyboy]

Extra cheeky points to the organisers for that. Not even bothering to offer an experience remotely relevant to the premise however pisspoor (such as the infamous Sad Oompa Loompa), but simply asking a dancer from the nearest peepshow club if they would do a pole dance in a warehouse to provide some content to paying punters

To be fair, raunchy pole-dancing vignettes (in the style of the Sopranos’ Bada Boom club) feature in nearly all of Jane Austen’s novels, so the presence of a stripper is entirely in accord with the elegance and decorum associated with the Regency period

 

[_Russ_]

I'm afraid those who threw away a grand for a night out and didnt get their monies worth does not register on my actually quite sensitive give a fuck-o-meter

ETA, Its quite funny though

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

I'm afraid those who threw away a grand for a night out and didnt get their monies worth does not register on my actually quite sensitive give a fuck-o-meter

ETA, Its quite funny though

so,
your fuck-o-meter chucked quietly then,
that's not a 0
and so it registered...

pedantly yours.
sorry, bored

 

[T & P]

19th-century snake oil merchants who plied their trade on horseback through the harsh Wild West must be rolling in their graves in despair of not having been born in the era of the internet and social media

Controversial $20 'Crumbl' cookies spark flood of complaints

Sydney foodies queued and paid almost $20 a go to try TikTok-famous cookies - but the company deny any Australian presence. So who sold the cookies?

www.rnz.co.nz

 

[Dom Traynor]

19th-century snake oil merchants who plied their trade on horseback through the harsh Wild West must be rolling in their graves in despair of not having been born in the era of the internet and social media

Controversial $20 'Crumbl' cookies spark flood of complaints

Sydney foodies queued and paid almost $20 a go to try TikTok-famous cookies - but the company deny any Australian presence. So who sold the cookies?

www.rnz.co.nz

I don't see what they thought the point of doing that was. Like 16800 income maximum in return for a relatively huge investment for a one day pop up. I mean you might not expect any profit on the first day of a catering pop up anyway but, they have no other days, no brand, no nothing...

 

[T & P]

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One to keep an eye on

Two weeks to go
neonwilderness , since you brought this to our attention, I herewith charge you with news monitoring duties for this event

 

[wtfftw]

Children’s soft play centre apologises over ‘body bag’ Halloween decorations

Indoor facility in Cirencester removes objects resembling corpses covered in plastic after parents complain

www.theguardian.com

Bodybag decor at softplay. Not much to this one sadly.

 

[cupid_stunt]

Children’s soft play centre apologises over ‘body bag’ Halloween decorations

Indoor facility in Cirencester removes objects resembling corpses covered in plastic after parents complain

www.theguardian.com

Bodybag decor at softplay. Not much to this one sadly.

Only parents' complaining, no upset or crying kids.

 

[wtfftw]

Only parents' complaining, no upset or crying kids.

Damp squib.

 

[neonwilderness]

Two weeks to go
neonwilderness , since you brought this to our attention, I herewith charge you with news monitoring duties for this event

Disappointing. It’s been pissing down all evening so this had potential

 

[T & P]

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Disappointing. It’s been pissing down all evening so this had potential

Have 15 Urban trophy points on me for keeping tabs on it, though

On that subject, if there’s anything I’ve learned from watching American films that take place at Halloween is that in the USA it never, ever, ever rains on 31 October.

 

[bluescreen]

Not sure if this quite fits the bill.

Dublin: Hundreds gather in streets for hoax Halloween parade

It's understood a rumour circulated online that a parade was due to take place on O'Connell Street.

www.bbc.co.uk

Among those on O'Connell Street for the expected festivities was Hashel Thilanka.
Speaking to BBC News NI, Mr Thilanka said that he was "disappointed" that the event had not been identified as fake before it was due to start.
He said he gathered with others for an hour before being informed by members of the Gardaí that the event was not happening.

 

[Santino]

Not sure if this quite fits the bill.

Dublin: Hundreds gather in streets for hoax Halloween parade

It's understood a rumour circulated online that a parade was due to take place on O'Connell Street.

www.bbc.co.uk

What's actually interesting about that is that the fake adverts were probably created in response to a pre-existing interest in such an event. Demand (or rather the data generated by the demand) created its own simulacra of supply.

BigMoaner

 

[BigMoaner]

What's actually interesting about that is that the fake adverts were probably created in response to a pre-existing interest in such an event. Demand (or rather the data generated by the demand) created its own simulacra of supply.

BigMoaner

Yes, he completed the internet back in the 80s. I've yet to find a better description of social media (and it's associated ghoals, Musk, Trump, etc):

"What if God himself can be simulated? That is to say...can be reduced to signs that constitute faith. Then the whole system becomes...weightless. It is no longer anything but a gigantic simulacrum. Not unreal, but simulacrum. That is to say never exchanged for The Real, but exchanged for itself. In a never ending uninterrupted circuit without reference, or circumference. Weightless."