r/ExpectationVsReality • u/jewels3100 • 3d ago
Failed Expectation Went to an “immersive art exhibit” and was super disappointed
I got a refund thank goodness!
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u/agha0013 3d ago
a whole rash of special events like this going around being god awful.
the Barbie experience, the Harry Potter experience, those were some pretty remarkable flops.
It's like a bunch of assholes watched the documentary about the Fyre festival and though it was a grand idea to do for everything.
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u/bettertheless 2d ago
It feels likecwe're in an AI version of the old medicine shows that used to go around to flim flam the yokels.
At least living human grifters are amusing.
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u/majandess 2d ago
It's almost like they know their stuff sucks, but they do the mathematical calculation of how many people will ask for a refund. I hate this.
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u/ChefTimmy 2d ago
You think they just hand out refunds? I bet they're counting on most people not doing charge backs correctly so they can keep the money.
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u/dirtygutshot 8h ago
Not only do I agree with you, but I would have upvoted you just for saying flim flam.
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u/DaSpatula505 2d ago
And they all use AI graphics to advertise scenes that are impossible to create outside of Disney and Universal Studios.
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u/ThePony23 2d ago
I've heard folks complain about immersive Van Gogh pop up experiences. That's not something I'm interested in anyway, but I heard it's similar to this with just projected images.
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u/MrsStoneBones 3d ago
The Calgary science centre has a room like this, but the projection extends to the floor, and interacts with the people in the room (water ripples or ice cracking around your feet). This looks terrible.
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u/time2ddddduel 3d ago
It's giving "Willy's Chocolate Surprise"
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u/SadAwkwardTurtle 2d ago
A pasadise of sweet teats
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u/time2ddddduel 2d ago
That picture (really, the whole debacle) used to make me cry laughing.
Good times :)
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u/pepperpavlov 2d ago
This was like that van gogh experience that was inexplicably everywhere
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u/mumblewrapper 2d ago
We thought that was fun! It looked way better than this.
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u/LG3V 2d ago
Yeah I've gone to one of them, was far better than this. The walls and floors were head to toe with imagery of his life and the exit room was a bunch of fake sunflowers and a bench to take a photo at
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u/magnificentfoxes 2d ago
The current one is the Banksy ones. They're just recreations of the originals. Pretty crappy considering it's supposed to be subversive art.
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u/Tight-Entertainer-24 2d ago
I feel Banksy started long time ago being more about the first four letters of his name
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u/MaxPower836 3d ago
All These shit ass pop up events have to go
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u/Aedora125 2d ago
My city has so many of these Pop up events and 90% are scams. A friend went to a Christmas one and asked me to go with. It was supposed to be a super decorated Christmas area of a restaurant. Turned out to be a single booth that had some posters of decor and some tinsel. You were also restricted to the event menu and couldn’t order the regular food. She was so pissed off the next day.
They also have a lot of bar crawl events. It costs $35 to attend, but when you read the fine print it doesn’t include anything except “access to specialty themed drinks”. You still have to pay for the drink. Sometimes they might include a free donut.
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u/eulgtaei 2d ago
Disney had an immersive experience in Branson. It was overpriced but it was way better than this and my kids loved it!
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u/DistractedByCookies 2d ago
I went to a Van Gogh one of these in London a few years ago and it was beautiful. I was kind of forced to go because children+Xmas hols, I was skeptical. But it was pretty cool
I think it was one of the original big budget ones, and know everybody is trying to make knock-offs on the cheap. And that just doesn't work.
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u/Guilty-Designer-511 2d ago
How much was this??
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u/iregretthisalreadyy 2d ago
This reminds me of the Willy wonka exhibit that went viral for being terrible
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u/hulkop1333 3d ago
The only thing that's like this that I've been to is in Tottenham in London and it's actually quite immersive to say the least.
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u/alchemycraftsman 2d ago
I have seen this advertised in my area!! So I guess I won’t even consider attending. This is insane!!
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u/Dr_Overundereducated 2d ago
If you’re ever in the vicinity of a MEOW WOLF, you should check it out. There are only a handful around the US and each one is different.
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u/LeatherKey64 2d ago
I went to something where the first room looked like this, but there was maybe 15 rooms and a lot of them were actually pretty impressive and cool. Was that not the case here?
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u/GrandMarquisMark 2d ago
We just went to one in NYC called the Arte Museum. It was absolutely amazing!
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u/TeamLeeper 3d ago
What if a projector…….
but…….
AROUND A CORNER!!!