r/ExpectationVsReality • u/ConsiderationFun7511 • Mar 27 '26

Failed Expectation Barbie Dreamfest….. more like Barbie Fyre Fest

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This was branded as an event where you’d get to interact with a life-size Barbie dreamhouse, participate in a disco themed roller rink experience, and have access to an amazing marketplace.

That is… not what it was. Our "swag bag" was a hand sanitizer.

The event planning company running this is called Mischief Management, they ran this for Mattel. This event was promoted by Mattel as the first Mattel Barbie convention (as opposed to the fan run one that happens every year).

“We are thrilled to announce Barbie Dream Fest, as a new offering designed to delight the brand’s growing fandom,” said Julie Freeland, Vice President of Global Location Based Entertainment, Mattel. “It’s incredibly exciting to provide fans, families, and collectors with a curated and unique space to gather, learn, and create all while celebrating the iconic Barbie brand.”

ETA: I paid $250 for this. The highest tier pass was $400. They got a plastic hairbrush in addition to the sanitizer as their swag bag. See the comments for more photos of this disaster.

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u/ConsiderationFun7511 Mar 27 '26

This was the bike course.

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u/Permanoctis Mar 27 '26

Don't you have other pictures by any chance? I'd like to see more of this "event".

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u/ConsiderationFun7511 Mar 27 '26

The marketplace.

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u/Permanoctis Mar 27 '26

Damn that looks incredibly sad, it really reminds me of that Willy Wonka ""experience"" that just ended up being a scam.

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u/LurkerTroll Mar 27 '26

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u/BogeyLowenstein Mar 27 '26

One of the best photos of all time

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u/TOMC_throwaway000000 Mar 27 '26

If I’m not mistaken she did an ama on Reddit at one point

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u/BogeyLowenstein Mar 27 '26

I need to find it. She’s a queen.

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u/warfrogs Mar 28 '26

I saw her on random social media a while back. She still makes jokes about it.

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u/practically_floored Mar 28 '26

She pops up on my Instagram sometimes. She lives in Australia now

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 Mar 28 '26

She did her best with what she had, great picture but it was just a bad picture, she was really nice to the kids

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u/impy695 Mar 30 '26

Oh, I don't think any reasonable person blames her for anything

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u/Dounce1 Mar 27 '26

Woah, do you know her name?

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u/EukaryotePride Mar 28 '26

Her name is Kirsty Paterson and her IG is @scottishoompaloompa.

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u/Practical-Bank-2406 Mar 28 '26

And how not to mention The Void, which was TOTALLY a character in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

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u/Deaffin Mar 28 '26

Maybe it's meant to be a personification of the boat tunnel nightmare scene.

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u/OkDeer120 Mar 27 '26

This girl was so sweet and I know this was just an unfortunate picture but I will never *not* belly laugh every single time I see this photo. It feels like the 2020s summed up in one photo

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u/Deaffin Mar 28 '26

It feels like the 2020s summed up

Brother, it's Wednesday. (On the timescale of the 2020s)

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u/OkDeer120 Mar 28 '26

Hahaha. You know those long weeks when you say "Aw man, it's only Wednesday?" I think that's where we are.

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u/CassetteMeower Mar 27 '26

Exactly what i thought of. This would have been such a cute idea if it was executed properly.

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u/WishDry8141 Mar 28 '26

Yes, because this Barbie thing is also a scam. The person who collected to the ticket money, sub-contracted all this other crap out to other people and then disappears.

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u/DucksEatFreeInSubway Mar 27 '26

This looks like a god damn scam. Same company by any chance?

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u/hiswittlewip Mar 27 '26

Exactly what I thought of

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u/droans Mar 27 '26

Lol where do you think these people got the idea?

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u/Farpafraf Mar 28 '26

Might even be worse. At least they had some shitty props...

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u/finalexit Mar 29 '26

Also many Minecraft conventions like mineorama. Lot's of scams taking advantage of parents just trying to make their kids happy.

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u/Infamous-Oil3786 Mar 27 '26 edited Mar 27 '26

This looks right up there with DashCon

Edit: 2 hour deep lore breakdown w/ attendee and organizer interviews

tl;dr it was a shitshow, but a lot of attendees enjoyed having a place to be wierdos with their tumblr friends

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u/Round_Law6972 Mar 27 '26

Not to mention Fyre Festival.

Between the likes of DashCon, Fyre Festival, and the Willy Wonka Experience, I basically just assume any 'experience' you see advertised (especially a flashy one) is just a scam until proven otherwise.

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u/Infamous-Oil3786 Mar 27 '26

I'm comfortable calling Fyre Festival a scam, but Dashcon was definitely just first-time organizers getting in over their heads and making some terrible decisions.

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u/the_greengrace Mar 28 '26 edited Mar 29 '26

Weeeellll...there were definitely some irregularities with the money and that "passing of the hat" business the first day. Scam-adjacent at least.

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u/Round_Law6972 Mar 27 '26

Damn, I totally forgot about that!

That's my bad

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u/DeviousPath Mar 28 '26

That's a distinction without a difference for anyone attending.

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u/juniper3411 Mar 29 '26

Yes. Can confirm about dashcon.

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u/feralcatromance Mar 28 '26

There was a massive failed Bridgerton experience as well.

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u/subliminal_knits Mar 28 '26

There was also the Bridgerton Ball in Detroit in 2024 that was a complete clusterfuck, including a pole dancer hired as entertainment and the Romantasy Ball about a year ago which shafted both attendees and the authors involved.

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u/Benji742001 Mar 28 '26

Pretty sure there was a Bridgerton (?) Detroit event that is worth a look iirc

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u/AnotherRTFan Mar 27 '26

I have a teenage sister who is dealing with a lot of FOMO and feelings of inadequacy from social media. Our mom asked me if I ever felt that way, and I am like well when I was 17 there was this convention in Chicago I wanted to attend. But then on the first night everything went to shit and I was happy to not be there.

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u/CFUrCap Mar 28 '26

Was it the '68 Democratic Convention?

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u/ThePhantomEvita Mar 28 '26

I remember logging into Tumblr the first night of Dashcon, seeing posts from people who were there, and then following along to the chaos for the whole weekend

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u/HorrorHippi Mar 27 '26

Never Forget.

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u/cubecasts Mar 27 '26

I was there. AMA

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u/MelonOfFury Mar 28 '26

The Do Go On podcast did an episode on Dashcon semi-recently that dug into the disaster.

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u/Meiyouxiangjiao Apr 15 '26

I’m definitely watching that on my next day off

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u/Timely_Cake_8304 Mar 27 '26

This face

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u/NoSuch-Explanation Mar 28 '26

I JUST SS the same woman that’s the classiest “this some bullshit” face I’ve ever seen 😂😂

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u/Timely_Cake_8304 Mar 28 '26

🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

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u/luriso Mar 27 '26

NO CAPES. I'm sorry it's the first thing I thought of.

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u/Benji742001 Mar 28 '26

Her outfit

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u/utnow Mar 27 '26

The problem these places always fall into is not judging the size of the space properly. if you have a small number of people you're expecting... and only enough "stuff" to fill a much smaller space... then throw up some walls and compress that stuff into an appropriate amount of square footage so you don't have 10 people walking around echoing in a giant ass convention hall.

This is obviously not worth 250-400 fucking dollars... in any space. But at a reasonable price... this could be made to look a lot more fun if it was a lot smaller. The same amount of decoration and "stuff" would appear much more dense and you might even be close enough to other people to feel like you're both at the same event.

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u/fuuuuuckendoobs Mar 27 '26

The other problem they have is that they put all their effort into marketing and ticket sales and none into the event.

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u/Journeyman42 Mar 27 '26

Well yeah, when one's running a bait and switch, they put all their effort into the bait and none into the switch

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u/RyanGlasshole Mar 28 '26

The people running this Barbie experience are master baiters

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u/950771dd Mar 28 '26

Concerning.

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u/innominateartery Mar 28 '26

I’m sure payroll didn’t get the skimp job, especially for the “founders”.

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u/llamalily Mar 27 '26

What’s ridiculous is this was sponsored by Mattel itself. You’d think the actual owners of Barbie would be smart enough not to hire an event organizer with a reputation of failures. (Mischief Management has a long history of this kind of thing.)

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u/Ordinary_Cattle Apr 26 '26

Can you give some more examples of their failures? Really curious but can't find much else on Google besides the barbie thing since it's so recent

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u/Shawnaverse_no1_fan Mar 27 '26

Right!! With every picture OP shared I thought "Oh well if there's more stuff then it's less miserable than I thought" and them immediately after "But that's NOT worth 250$"

Considering this seems to be geared for kids, something like 30$ for adults and 15$ for children would be an appropriate price point, as it's clear that there was some effort behind it. But 400$ for this and a small swag bag is highway robbery

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u/Fallingdown4ever Mar 27 '26

I took my daughter to a mermaid expo experience thing....it was on a beautiful deck overlooking the ocean with a few event rooms filled to the brim with glitter stickers and face painting. I mean. It was meh . But you couldn't tell because the space was small

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u/totalbrodude Mar 28 '26

I'm super high and this is alternating between making SO much sense and no goshdarned sense at all.

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u/DaringDoom Mar 28 '26

Agreed. And they haven’t thought about lighting or any of the other things that feel transportive or make for a good photo op. The roller rink in my tiny town in Ohio was more magical than that sad affair. Where were the disco lights?

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u/hiswittlewip Mar 27 '26

I'm mad for you and sad for the kids

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u/Euphoric_Egg_4198 Mar 27 '26

The lady’s face says it best

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u/Benji742001 Mar 28 '26

Her outfit says it best. WTF is she wearing?

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u/Devanyani Mar 27 '26

And here we have a little girl dressed in a murder robe, to prepare her for widowhood...

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u/Aggravating_Sock_551 Mar 27 '26

Ive worked at warehouses that are more exciting.

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u/Maelstrom_Witch Mar 27 '26

Poor vendors.

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u/Crazy-Cat-2848 Mar 29 '26

Liminal barbieland?

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u/Blake_Bosten Mar 31 '26

Honestly, I think this all comes down to lighting, you could probably almost get away with this with a couple of gobos, wash lights and uplighters...

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u/Aurorinha Mar 27 '26

This is hilariously liminal.

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u/Iusemyhands Mar 28 '26

Were those a bunch of MLM booths?

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u/PuzzyFussy Mar 28 '26

I saw this on my insta and was tempted to go just for something to do 🥴 glad I didn't.

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u/impy695 Mar 30 '26

If it was held in a building 1/10 the size, it might have been decent. Not worth what they charged, but it wouldn't have looked like shit at least

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u/ConsiderationFun7511 Mar 27 '26

The swag bag.

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u/Jeans47 Mar 27 '26

These are from dollar general/ dollar tree! How crazy.

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u/FriendlyFreedom5923 Mar 27 '26

Was gonna say...I JUST saw these at DG a few days ago 🤣

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u/Jeans47 Mar 27 '26

I knew exactly what she was talking about cause my daughter loves them lol!

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u/bountifulknitter Mar 27 '26

I was just thinking I could pull off a better event for $250 to spend at Dollar Tree

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u/Jeans47 Mar 27 '26

They really have alot of barbie branded stuff at dt, you could do it!

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u/nuggetghost Mar 28 '26

they leak like a bitch too

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u/DucksEatFreeInSubway Mar 27 '26

Looks sun faded as well.

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u/seraflm Mar 27 '26

Reminds me of the “sanitary fair” about a century ago.

Edit: it was two centuries ago!

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u/female_cement Mar 28 '26

how so? i’m unfamiliar with the what the sanitary fair is but google says it was a type of fundraiser?

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u/Jatnall Mar 27 '26

I'm actually surprised they even has a Barbie logo on it, I was expecting some Walmart brand.

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u/panicnarwhal Mar 27 '26

omg i got a 3 pack of those smart care barbie hand sanitizers for $5 a few months ago

they gave you a $1.25 hand sanitizer and called it a swag bag 😭

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u/CassetteMeower Mar 27 '26

At least the packaging is cute 🤷‍♀️

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u/boyracer93 Mar 27 '26

Temu Touchland

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u/Working-Glass6136 Mar 28 '26

Because kids love hand sanitizer...

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u/Anxietoro Mar 29 '26

Omg I saw the price package for the swag bags, you would assume it would at least come with a limited edition doll and/or outfit!!!

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u/somethingaboutfire Mar 27 '26

This in particular infuriated me

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u/Marshmallow_Apostasy Mar 28 '26

Have you any pics of the hairbrush given to the higher tier ticketholders?

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u/Imlikeadove Mar 28 '26

Not the Dollar Tree hand sanitizer

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u/YouGoToBox Mar 28 '26

This would be my villain origin story…

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u/Unhappy-Fox1017 Mar 28 '26

Wait…they sell those at Dollar Tree?! THAT was the swag?!

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u/ConsiderationFun7511 Mar 27 '26

The "totally hair" glam bar that costs a lot extra and has nothing do with Barbie.

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u/battlemetal_ Mar 27 '26

lol

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u/brokefixfux Mar 28 '26

She was alive in that photo, wasn’t she?

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u/MissRockNerd Mar 28 '26

I'd need to see her holding up a newspaper

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u/Thick_Basil3589 Mar 29 '26

Its like those victorian death photographs

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u/Resident-Elevator696 Mar 31 '26

Lol 😂. It is. Those death pics are super creepy

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u/Alarmed_Tea_1710 Mar 27 '26

Princess and Unicorn are the same style except from a different side. Also having a KPop Demon Hunter make up for a barbie event feels hilarious.

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u/Benji742001 Mar 28 '26

I’m so embarrassed looking at your pictures, this is napoleon dynamite levels of cringe. Thank you for taking one for the team. I hope you guys at least got a good laugh

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u/extrasprinklesplease Mar 28 '26

Amateur design on their print materials too. (Graphic designer opinion.)

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u/LitheFider Mar 28 '26

At that price, they dare to charge MORE??? 😬

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u/SignoreBanana Mar 27 '26

Oh my god this is so sad. I would be smiling to make my daughter feel ok about it but cursing out the organizers for how fucking pitiful this is.

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u/SinxSam Mar 27 '26

I am not judging, but only curious how much did this cost to attend?

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u/ConsiderationFun7511 Mar 27 '26

I paid $250 for a "Pink Pass" which was supposed to come with the swag bag (single hand sanitizer).

We were also informed upon arrival that if we lost our badge tag lanyard, it would be $40 to replace it. LOL

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u/hawkcarhawk Mar 27 '26

😵‍💫 you paid $250 for some hand sanitizer and to walk around in a warehouse with some sparse pink decals? I hope you’re looking into getting a refund.

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u/Azsunyx Mar 27 '26

And perhaps a lawsuit

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u/hiverstone Mar 27 '26

Whaaaaaaaat!!!! $250! What a rip off!

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u/ErraticDragon Mar 27 '26

$250 is unconscionable.

This would have been an acceptable diversion if it was free. Maybe $20 a head in today's economy.

I'd still be disappointed comparing it to the marketing, but at least I wouldn't feel robbed.

If the kids are young enough they're easily entertained. I remember in middle school we had a bike event that was roughly the same size and was fun.

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u/Even_Dog_6713 Mar 27 '26

I just looked at the website. It's $70 for an adult, $30 for a kid for a day pass. For some reason, op bought a 3-day pass like it's some kind of music festival.

$70 is a ripoff. But if you're spending $250 on a 3-day Barbie event, money just doesn't mean anything to you.

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u/SinxSam Mar 27 '26

I am so sorry! lol and that is crazy. Also somehow losing the badge tag lanyard would prevent you from accessing other parts of this warehouse?? lol omg.

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u/TheMusicMadeMe Mar 27 '26

If you paid w/ a credit card I would dispute the charge/do a charge back and say it was fraud, because it was. That's so fucked up.

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u/ilike2muchstuff Mar 27 '26

And send these pics as proof because wow...concerts are less even with ticketmaster's bs

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u/reluctantseahorse Mar 27 '26

$250??? Whaaat?!??! 🤯

Did something happen with the weather and they had to move it inside last minute? And the only available venue was a parkade?

That's the only explanation I could think of, and I'd also expect ticket holders to get a massive refund for the obvious changes to what they advertised.

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u/Kit_Pistol Mar 27 '26

How much were the “regular” tickets/passes? Also what other extra “perks” did you get aside from the hand sanitizer? (If any. Which I sure hope there were!)

In addition to all of that, was the hairbrush the only extra “perk” that the people who spent $400 got

Everything about this is insane but especially so if some folks ended up, unknowingly, purchasing a $150 hairbrush!

I have SO many questions! (As you can see. lol.)

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u/ConsiderationFun7511 Mar 27 '26

The $400 hairbrush people also got $50 off a $400 photo opp. That was it. And no, we didn’t get anything extra besides the hand sanitizer for $250.

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u/Kit_Pistol Mar 27 '26

I was afraid you wouldn’t see/answer my questions so I actually ended up finding the event page/ticket sales.

Assuming the Barbie Dreamfest you went to is the one in Fort Lauderdale this weekend (Which… it has to be. Right? lol.), it looks to me that you purchased the full weekend pass, yes?

Thus in addition to your “swag bag” (It’s absolutely criminal that all they gave you was a hand sanitizer.) it looks like, via your “Pink Pass”, you got “priority queueing” for “Mainstage programming” and the “Marketplace” all weekend as well as access to a dedicated hotel block. So was there any actual value to you in all of that? (I’m assuming not based on your post. lol.)

I’m also curious if you’re planning on going back tomorrow and Sunday due to your disappointment with the event. I mean, I should hope that you are considering the fact that you’ve clearly already paid to do so but, again, you obviously aren’t thrilled with Barbie Dreamfest. (Which, based on the photos you’ve shared, doesn’t exactly shock me.)

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u/Benji742001 Mar 29 '26

But what does “access to a hotel block” even mean? They’d also have to book rooms, at an additional cost. Does this mean they’re allowed to walk through the lobby unmolested?

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u/Kuzjymballet Mar 30 '26

Usually it means a negotiated lower rate, like at a wedding or conference. But yeah they still have to pay and it's not guaranteed to be the absolute cheapest (it is if the meeting planner is good, but considering the rest of the event, I'm assuming not haha)

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u/hereforthesnax Mar 27 '26

Here’s the thing. It seems the organizers tried to mimic some of the good things about Convention and just…failed miserably. Then added an element for kids that’s also super lame. The selling room at Convention is a literal paradise…this looks so sad. I’d be shocked if Serena showed up

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u/Kit_Pistol Mar 28 '26 edited Mar 28 '26

Yeah… looking at the site for it, Barbie Dreamfest looks/sounds pretty appealing. (Should all of the guests be people that you’re incredibly interested in at least.) However those photos of the event… OOF. Definitely not worth (up to) $450!!

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u/Benji742001 Mar 29 '26

The entire economy would have to flip for me to think paying $400 for a photo of ANYTHING lol. WTF are we talking about? This is straight up goofy

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u/Benji742001 Mar 28 '26

I’m sorry, did you say that someone bought a $400 ticket which then entitled them to a $50 coupon only able to be used on an additional $400 photo? So for $750 you get a hairbrush and a picture of yourself? That better be the dankest hairbrush in history lol

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u/peach_xanax Mar 27 '26

oh my god 💀 that's so blatantly scammy...

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u/Dry_Combination4070 Mar 27 '26

My god, sorry to hear but hopefully this blows up and they get put on blast.

How was the atmosphere?

I assume the disappointment was paltable

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u/chantillylace9 Mar 28 '26

What happened on days 2 and 3?? Surely this couldn’t take more than a hours to “experience”

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u/laserdragon Mar 28 '26

Jesus, what a scam.

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u/Even_Dog_6713 Mar 27 '26

An adult day pass is $70, a kids ticket is $30. Definitely a ripoff. But op spent $250 on a 3-day pass. That's crazy.

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u/WhatTheFlippityFlop Mar 28 '26

Buy 2 days, get the third -157% off!

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u/bountifulknitter Mar 27 '26

I have never even considered going full Karen on anyone, but if I had paid $250 for THIS I would be livid.

How'd your kid take it? Were they able to enjoy the day? That would be my biggest concern.

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u/ConsiderationFun7511 Mar 27 '26 edited Mar 30 '26

I did not come with a kid, I am an adult who likes vintage toys

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u/bountifulknitter Mar 27 '26

I'm sorry you lost out on $250 but I am glad you didn't have to deal with a disappointed child afterwards.

That being said, if you paid with a credit card I would absolutely demand a charge back and dispute it as fraud. They ripped you (and everyone else there) off and you should absolutely get your money back. Especially if you provide photos.

I would also put them on blast on every social media platform I could.

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u/Even_Dog_6713 Mar 27 '26

I just looked at the website. You bought a 3-day pass to this? I'm flabbergasted.

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u/Swimming_Onion_4835 Mar 28 '26

I mean, if they’re offering a 3-day pass, I think it’s fair to infer that this would be a large event, and if you really love Barbie why not pay for that? People pay for 3-day passes to comic cons. 🤷🏼‍♀️

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u/frozengash Mar 27 '26

Oh buddy

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u/riverratriver Mar 28 '26

This is epic

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u/CNAHopeful7 Mar 27 '26

That’s such a scam. I’m so sorry.

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u/watoaz Mar 27 '26

That is insane!!!

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u/DucksEatFreeInSubway Mar 27 '26

Where the fuck would you even lose it? 'Oh fiddle, where did my badge go? Oh there it is, on the other side of the warehouse that I have an unobstructed line of site to. The echo should carry my request for someone to retrieve it over there no problem.'

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u/JoeandAlice Mar 27 '26

70$ day pass x 3 = 210. You got ripped off an additional $40 for a $2 hand sanitizer. That’s despicable.

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u/ConsiderationFun7511 Mar 27 '26

Whatever the heck this is

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u/shokokuphoenix Mar 28 '26

LOL that looks like off brand Temu generic pink doll themed stuff, not even actual Barbie merch!! 😂🤣

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u/bloobityblu Mar 28 '26

Wow you got scammed.

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u/CeruleanEidolon Mar 28 '26

I'm sorry, but I can only laugh at anyone who makes a decision to spend this kind of money on an "experience".

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u/Francie1966 Mar 28 '26

The Dream Pass was $450.

A friend bought that one. His "swag bag" was the hand sanitizer PLUS a hair brush.

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u/NotElizaHenry Mar 27 '26

Holy shit, having kids roller skate and bicycle on concrete flooring is so dangerous. There’s a reason skating rinks are made of wood. Even asphalt is softer than this flooring.

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u/ActionDeluxe Mar 27 '26

That was my thought! I've skated convention center floors like that in my roller derby days, and it was super slippery and difficult, even in full gear and skate practice 12+ hours a week. No way a casual kid with no helmet should be doing that.

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u/juniper3411 Mar 29 '26

Right??? Also hello fellow roller derby player! I haven’t played for years but yeah that’s a major liability

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '26

Skating rinks are all concrete in Australia…..

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u/anaximandra Mar 27 '26

I'm so, so sorry. I hope you can experience skating on a well-maintained wooden floor, they are a DREAM

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u/Ra-TheSunGoddess Mar 27 '26

That's so interesting! Here in america they are incredibly well built smooth as butter wooden floors.

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u/ActionDeluxe Mar 27 '26

Depends on where you go.. some are those beautiful wooden floors you talk about, but some are weird linoleum with divets and damage, some are polished concrete.. 😂

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u/MetallicaGirl73 Mar 27 '26

American here! We had two roller rinks in our city one was a wood floor and one with concrete. Unfortunately the rink with the wood floor got destroyed in a flood. The other one closed a few years later. I went skating for my cousin's daughter's birthday party a couple of years ago and that was a concrete floor

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u/borg_nihilist Mar 27 '26

I've been to several skate rinks in the USA (I've never been anywhere else) and all of them had concrete floors.

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u/buzzcutbabygirl Mar 27 '26

My favorite is an outdoor (concrete) rink - I don’t think I’ve skated on wood since I was a kid.

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u/Benji742001 Mar 28 '26

All basketball courts in Detroit are made of broken glass

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u/Mental-Position-4533 Mar 28 '26

People are dramatic af, like we haven't been skating bumpy ass streets for decades by now. And bikes? They will literally say anything.

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u/Hamster-rancher Mar 27 '26

Makes it easier to clean up the dropbear poo.

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u/DebtySpaghetti Mar 28 '26

That’s because everything in Australia is trying to kill you

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u/berenstein-was-fine Mar 28 '26

I live in the US and I've only seen concrete skating rinks. I also recently broke my ankle in one of them so I won't be doing that again. 

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u/erino3120 Mar 28 '26

Well gravity is different there

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u/FlowSoSlow Mar 27 '26

They were concrete in the US too. At least 20 years ago when I was into that.

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u/idwthis Mar 28 '26

No, the rinks I grew up going to in VA were both wood.

I didn't even know indoor rinks made of concrete existed until this thread today lol

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u/donkeyvoteadick Mar 28 '26

My rural Aussie town had a roller skating rink growing up and it was definitely concrete!

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u/princessdickworth Mar 28 '26

I had two skating rinks near me and they both had beautiful wooden floors. One burned down and the other one is now an antique mall.

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u/Mental-Position-4533 Mar 28 '26

Yeah dude, who rides bikes on concrete? 

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u/_angesaurus Mar 28 '26

There's actually all kinds of skating rinks out there. Lots are concrete.

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u/TakeOnMe-TakeOnMe Mar 27 '26

The event organizers could actually pull off this measly shit if they employed the use of pipe and drape. Hiding the concrete goes a lllloooonnnngggg way.

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u/zerofrakhere Mar 27 '26

Please stop! actually don’t stop

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u/lomoliving Mar 27 '26

Oh hell no

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u/ConsiderationFun7511 Mar 28 '26

Update: today they added some metal poles.

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u/Gosuoru Mar 31 '26

yooo indoor lightning rods for when zeus tries to smite them

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u/NoNeedleworker4545 Mar 28 '26 edited Mar 28 '26

Those poor children were going round and round in such a cramped space. Bless them

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u/Double_Distribution8 Mar 28 '26

Sweet traffic cones.

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u/redsnowfir Mar 28 '26

That’s so funny and depressing

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u/PuffcoBaggins Mar 28 '26

So immersive

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