330 - This Barbie DreamFest Event Was So Bad They Had to Issue Refunds
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4.7 • 750 Ratings
🗓️ 4 April 2026
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
In today's episode, we have yet another fan event turned disaster with the Barbie Dreamfest that was held in Florida last month. With tickets costing up to $450, fans were understandably disappointed and frustrated upon walking into a noticeably empty event space where their expectations certainly did not meet reality.
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00:00 Introduction
00:13 Barbie Dreamfest Was a Nightmare
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| 0:29.8 | Hello everyone and welcome back to Do We Know Them? Episode 3.30. Good number. Good number. |
| 0:36.1 | As always, but especially this time, I would say. Yes. And boy, do we have an |
| 0:41.1 | episode for you guys? Because, you know, if there's one thing that we love, it's a scam event. |
| 0:47.2 | That is true. And I was at Disney this weekend. And any time I would look at my phone, it was just a |
| 0:53.2 | bunch of tags on anything and everything Barbie |
| 0:56.1 | Fest related. So I did know that this was happening, but I definitely don't know a ton about it. |
| 1:01.0 | So I'm excited to see. Well, I've learned quite a bit about it in the last three hours, I would say. |
| 1:06.3 | Against your will. Well, I was like not going to look at that much stuff, but then it was inevitable. So then I did a bit of a deep dive and found a bunch of stuff. Oh, I did not know that this took place in Fort Lauderdale either. Interesting. In South Florida moments. Yes, yes. There was a big chance that if I was still living in Miami, I would have brought Amley to this, actually, now that I'm looking at that. I don't know. Actually, yeah, I'm curious. First of all, I got my pink keyboard already. |
| 1:27.9 | It's very on brand for this. I would have brought Amley to this, actually, now that I'm looking at that. I don't know. Actually, yeah, I'm curious. |
| 1:30.0 | First of all, I got my pink keyboard already. |
| 1:31.9 | It's very on brand for this episode. |
| 1:32.5 | But yes. |
| 1:44.7 | On bread. Oh, my God, I was supposed to wear Barbie. I was going to wear my Barbie sweater. But you know what? I'm wearing Hannah Montana. Come on. Close enough. second. So a lot of people are comparing the Barbie Dream Fest to one of our favorites, |
| 2:01.0 | Willy Wonka experience. The Wonka experience. I don't like that because that's a very, very, very high bar for me that I don't know that this can meet up to. I just think it's impossible. It's not quite to that level. Is anything that level? Yeah, no. You know what I mean? It's hard to be. It's just no way. Yay! Yes, they sure? Oh my God. What is that? It's the end of. |
| 2:10.5 | So, just to paint you a picture if you're listening or if you're watching, because you might |
| 2:15.1 | need a visual play-by-play still. First of all, is that really Wonka? It appears we have some kind of a ringleader. No, I think that is Willy Wonka. Oh, is it? He's definitely wearing the outfit. Willy Wonka does not wear that, does he? Yeah. It's like Willy Wonka from Wish. But out from behind this not even like a real like full length mirror. Like it's probably like four feet tall. |
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