"Bridgerton" Fans Shelled Out $300 Per Person On A Less Than Enchanting Experience And It's Giving Us Glasgow "Willy Wonka" Flashbacks

    Ahhhh, it's the UNKNOWN!

    Angeline Barion
    by Angeline Barion

    BuzzFeed Staff

    Cast your mind back to earlier this year to one Glasgow's most viral events: The Willy Wonka Experience. Patrons gifted the internet with beautiful photos of "chaos", as one X (formerly known as Twitter) user called it.

    i cannot put in words how enchanted I am by the willy wonka fiasco in Glasgow. cops called, kids crying in terror, all in an abandoned warehouse. this is the organic esoteric horror we’ve been missing for ages. a pure lust for chaos no multimillion dollar business could recreate pic.twitter.com/HOHAcB7V4l

    — jen (@f0X_j3n) February 28, 2024
    Twitter: @f0X_j3n

    And how could we forget The Unknown?

    Absolutely sobbing over the Glasgow willy wonka experience. He wrote the script with AI and it put an evil chocolate maker in the walls called the unknown 💀 and the entire experience located in some sketchy warehouse after using AI images to promote it I can't breathe 😭 pic.twitter.com/m1w71G5T4Z

    — ❥Sandy! ⋆🦌 (@NotSandy_x) February 29, 2024
    Twitter: @NotSandy_x

    Now, it seems that history is repeating itself but with a whole new inspiration — the wildly popular period romance, Bridgerton.

    Excited Bridgerton fans in Detroit were charged $150 to $300 per person for entrance to a ball, themed just like the show. But as they stepped through the venue to scenes that were less than ideal, one attendee took to X to share their experience.

    Thread about the Bridgerton Ball SCAM in Detroit that I (and hundreds of others) spent $300 on pic.twitter.com/EUgX482w8j

    — Rachel Eaton @ Realta (@rayleearts) September 24, 2024
    Twitter: @rayleearts

    According to original advertising, the event boasted "a night of dancing, live entertainment, exquisite refreshments, and enchanting surprises."

    The night was anything but. Rachel Eaton, a paying patron, firstly called out event organisers saying that they were "disorganised, dishonest" and willing to "take money guilt free".

    For starters, NEVER go to an event that’s being run by Uncle & Me LLC. Disorganized, dishonest, and will take your money guilt free pic.twitter.com/zUaEEUhubf

    — Rachel Eaton @ Realta (@rayleearts) September 24, 2024
    Twitter: @rayleearts

    Originally scheduled for August, the Bridgerton Ball then underwent cancellation and rescheduled without refunds, according to Eaton.

    Fans feared they had been scammed after stepping into the event and found there was nothing to do. The advertised "live music" that the show is famed for was performed by a lone violin player, rather than the expected orchestra.

    X @rayleearts / Via x.com, X @rayleearts / Via x.com

    Attendees even felt that the backdrops weren't up to standard, considering the cover charge. According to the thread, the event's dedicated photographer wasn't even compensated.

    Backdrops and decor on party city/dollar general level. They didn’t even pay the photographer and the pictures were a hassle to get if you didn’t have airdrop 😭 pic.twitter.com/iAneWhmofz

    — Rachel Eaton @ Realta (@rayleearts) September 24, 2024
    Twitter: @rayleearts

    "Food apparently ran out after an hour, and some was raw. No one was there to pick up plates, so you had to deal with strangers’ leftovers yourself," Rachel added.

    And the dancing element of the entire evening was a stripper.

    The “dancing” they had was ONE. STRIPPER. pic.twitter.com/lEyL6DbNgf

    — Rachel Eaton @ Realta (@rayleearts) September 24, 2024
    Twitter: @rayleearts

    Naturally, the X Users were outraged at the whole ordeal. Here's what they had to say:

    I’m catching up on the drama around the Bridgerton Ball in Detroit and I’m cackling at how cheap it looked.

    Folk paid a minimum of $150 per ticket and this was one of the photo ops 😂 pic.twitter.com/UlwbsCxdeC

    — Around the Way Filet (@stacysinterlude) September 24, 2024
    Twitter: @stacysinterlude

    I WOULD HAVE FLIPPED ALL THAT SHIT OVER!

    PAYING OVER $150+ FOR BRIDGERTON BALL TICKET FOR THIS 😭 pic.twitter.com/Z2fiHfqXzw

    — Tell me your SECRETS!! (@CcNeiko) September 23, 2024
    Twitter: @CcNeiko

    You came for the bridgerton experience but they didn't tell you it was Colin's version (you got scammed) https://t.co/xbc2MlBRHA pic.twitter.com/FszT0m1O1w

    — . (@gabtalking) September 24, 2024
    Twitter: @gabtalking

    Does this take the cake over Glasgow's Willy Wonka Experience?

    Share your thoughts in the comments below.

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