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Auto-Snek: The Waste of Time

My first level, and somewhat of a proof-of-concept. To play, do one step downwards to get started, and then just let Snek follow her path. And yes, I made sure that there aren't any shortcuts to take here.

The initial idea was to make a level which takes as long to complete as possible. I quickly realized that that would lead to it probably taking days, so I dialed it back down. The side goal was to have it run fully automated, so you can just fast-forward trough it. And finally, the third goal that emerged was to prevent any kind of shortcuts. It took a bit of trial and error, but here we are now.

On the right, we have a series of 4 square buttons, each flipping the curved rail piece right below it. This simple construction means that to reach the next button, Snek has to press the previous button twice. And for each of those presses the button before that has to be pressed twice. Multiplying this all up means that reaching the round button requires Snek to enter the zig-zag path 16 times.
That round button itself is a length check. Snek has to be long enough to have her tail still on it when her head reaches the curved track it rotates. If she is too short, she's lead to the left to monch on the conquistadore to get longer. Snek starts at length 4 and needs length 9 to finish, so she needs 5 meals.
Multiply both up, and Snek is busy for several minutes, even if she's guided all the way.