India, Sept. 26 -- What if Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory was real? That's the question Wonka's The Golden Ticket is designed to make viewers ask. Netflix's reality competition series takes contestants inside a giant recreation of Wonka's world, where they face games, temptations and challenges inspired by Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Twelve Golden Ticket winners enter the factory with partners, but only one contestant can ultimately win the show's life-changing prize.

From an 88,000-square-foot factory set to edible flowers, practical magic tricks and a recreation of Gene Wilder's unmistakable Wonka voice, the production went to extraordinary lengths to make the experience feel real. So, how much of Wonka's The Golde...