History TroubledProduction / WillysChocolateExperience

* Paterson and fellow Wonkidoodle actress Jenny Fogarty were given their costumes an hour before the event opened from an Amazon box that "probably arrived that morning", and they were "sexy" Oompa-Loompa costumes inappropriate for family-friendly events instead of normal ones; the Wonkidoodle actresses wore clothes underneath to try to make their costumes more modest. Meanwhile, the three actors cast to play Willy were given a single generic ringmaster costume to share, with no breaks or laundering between wearings; one actor stated that [[NauseaFuel the costume was soaked with persperation by the time it was handed off to him]].

* Patterson and fellow Wonkidoodle actress Jenny Fogarty were given their costumes an hour before the event opened from an Amazon box that "probably arrived that morning", and they were "sexy" Oompa-Loompa costumes inappropriate for family-friendly events instead of normal ones; the Wonkidoodle actresses wore clothes underneath to try to make their costumes more modest. Meanwhile, the three actors cast to play Willy were given a single generic ringmaster costume to share, with no breaks or laundering between wearings; one actor stated that [[NauseaFuel the costume was soaked with persperation by the time it was handed off to him]].

* Even the cast had wrongly assumed that things were much more organized than they really were. According to Paul Connell and Michael Archibald, two of the three actors hired to play Willy [=McDuff=], they were given ''one day'' to learn the AI-generated script, and according to The Unknown's actor Felicia Dawkins, no rehearsals took place.

* Patterson and fellow Wonkidoodle actress Jenny Fogarty were given their costumes an hour before the event opened from an Amazon box that "probably arrived that morning", and they were "sexy" Oompa-Loompa costumes inappropriate for family-friendly events instead of normal ones; the Wonkidoodle actresses wore clothes underneath to try to make their costumes more modest. Meanwhile, the three actors cast to play Willy were given a single generic ringmaster costume to share, [[NauseaFuel with no breaks or laundering between wearings].

* Kirsty Paterson (the memetic "depressed Oompa Loompa") saw the sparse decorations the day before the event, but figured that there'd be a team of set decorators working through the night to build things out. When Paterson saw the venue in the same state on opening day, she elected to continue with her job to avoid disappointing children. She and fellow Wonkidoodle actress Jenny Fogarty were given their costumes an hour before the event opened from an Amazon box that "probably arrived that morning", and they were "sexy" Oompa-Loompa costumes inappropriate for family-friendly events instead of normal ones; the Wonkidoodle actresses wore clothes underneath to try to make their costumes more modest.

* Billy Coull, the organizer, apparently threw the event together in little time, as the script and promotional artwork were AI-generated, and the actual venue was very sparsely decorated with scenery hired from a local prop rental company, with little effort taken to hide the fact it was held in a warehouse.

* As the script was entirely generated by AI, it included some very bizarre moments that would've been impossible to do with practical effects; the intent was that Willy and The Unknown would have a laser battle that ended with Willy sucking The Unknown into a vacuum cleaner. No attempt was made to adapt that into a form that the actors could actually do, so as a result, huge portions of the story were just ignored. This rendered The Unknown as even more of a DiabolusExNihilo than he already was.

* Connell was promised 15-minute breaks every 45 minutes, but wound up playing [=McDuff=] for over three hours, uninterrupted.
* After a lunch break, Connell saw a crowd of angry parents violently demanding refunds from Coull; once the event closed during its opening day, the actors all went to a pub, and came back to find police at the scene.

* As the script was entirely generated by AI, it included some very bizarre moments that would've been impossible to do with practical effects; the intent was that Willy and The Unknown would have a laser battle that ended with Willy sucking The Unknown into a vacuum cleaner. No attempt was made to adapt that into a form that the actors could actually do, so as a result, huge portions of the story were just ignored. This rendered The Unknown as even more of a GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere than he already was.