Candytopia

Candytopia was another disappointing pop-up museum. I’m over pop-ups in NYC. Although it could be that I just happened upon the wrong ones, it seems like they do not live up to their counterparts in California.

Majority of the rooms were uninteresting to me, and didn’t have anything to do with candy.  There were a bunch of statues and art work made from gummy candy, which made me question why? Who is truly interested in that? Not too mention, the free candy you got in each room was straight from the dollar store. None of the candy was unique or at least the good shit. You get better candy treat or treating on Halloween from complete strangers. The space was also very hot, so any chocolate you received just melted. How are you going to have a pop up museum with no A/C in 90 degree weather?! It was clear they had a very low budget for this venture or maybe the rent in NYC lol. Overall, it was poorly put together and lacked a cohesive theme. I see that hey were trying to play off of Willy Wonka’s factory, but most of it made no sense. Like c’mon, this was a missed opportunity for a real life Candy Land. The only part I was looking forward to was the marshmallow pit, but even that was underwhelming. The pool was small and once you got in it was hot af, especially with the lack of A/C.

People are also rude as fuck. They have absolutely no patience or any concept of waiting your turn for that matter. Numerous workers had to speak up to stop people from going ahead of our group because they simply couldn’t wait a few minutes. These two girls were so antsy and up our ass to take a photo with the 100 swing contraption that they cut us before I could even have my turn. When the worker spoke up, the one girl had the audacity to say to her friend, “well, you should speak up.” No, YOU should wait YOUR turn you dumb bitch. It’s not that hard to pay attention to your surroundings, and be courteous to those around you. People blaming you for their inconsiderate behavior is so typical.

Unrelated to Candytopia, but I didn’t really get all the shots I was hoping for because the photographer we were with was straggling behind and had no focus or direction. I really hate useless people. I didn’t get a photo with the Candytopia sign or the Candytopia entrance because he was more concerned about a photo of himself, and the staff was rushing us along to get inside the doors. I gave up trying after that. We could have just had Thy there. She’s more efficient and has an eye for good angles. Thy has honestly taken better photos of me with my iPhone than some of these photographers have with their thousand dollar cameras. Proof that fancy equipment doesn’t equal talent. This particular photographer also asks me to do the same three poses. I don’t need to be holding my hair in every picture. Enjoy my cell phone photos, since the photographer hasn't bothered to edit what little photos he took... all in all, I'm over it.