I’m so glad this is finally available to see! As much as many disliked the VR on Galactica, I will always have fond memories of this as it was my first ever encounter of the technology in 2016. Always loved the music on this too!
guests also had the option to not wear the headsets so that’s a bit weird if that was the reason why they stopped them. i know people also complained about the queue taking ages because they had to wipe each one after every use
Lewis, That's what you think, It was because every ride has a ride throughput, and it was becoming one of the slowest rides to remove the queue, normally Galactica before VR was pulling around 3,000 guests an hour, and it severely reduced that, because of the VR, meaning it would take longer each ride of loading/unloading.
@@bradders_xd5278 yeah right there is no way a flying coaster has 30 second dispatches. probably around 1.2-1.3k guests an hour. i cant think of a single coaster besides old ones with lap bar restrains that can dispatch in less than 30 seconds
Not everyone likes VR. In fact it’s quite a small minority who genuinely do. Many also experience headache/nausea/dizziness from it. Not to mention they had to clean the headsets due to hygiene reasons/eye infections, which are quite serious. I’ve been going to the park all my life. I’m also a life long PC gamer. I’m glad this went. Wish they had invested in scenery and not the VR as Wardley also wanted.
This VR was amazing! I rode it twice with VR. Once in the summer and once at scarefest. I loved it, however the headset slipped off my eyes and i had to hold it on. I prefer it without the VR but it was still amazing.
You could! I rode it many times with VR and the whole purpose of being able to use Virtual Reality technology with the Samsung Gear VR headsets was to create a fully immersive reality you could look around. You could look around within your seat but the bulkyness of the VR rig and the close proximity of the restraints made it difficult to do so, but it was noticeable
I miss this so so much. Getting a good headset with that amazing IMAscore soundtrack was an amazing experience on an otherwise pretty boring coaster. We greatly miss it
As someone who never got to experience the ride, I'm glad this finally available! Now I wish that USJ would do the same thing for their limited edition XR Rides...
I know people hated it but I really liked the vr, and since it was optional later in its life it meant that if you diddnt like it you could ride without, but if it was to stay I wish they kept the original headsets since they actually worked and stayed on your face unlike the second ones which would stay on until the first drop then fall off
Rode in 2016, didn't see the video because the bloody headset was broken! As cool as it is I'm glad it's not a VR coaster still. They should've put the money towards getting Air the original theming it deserved, although I guess that wouldn't have caught the public's attention nearly as much
I was blown away by the VR. I didn't rate the coaster as AIR but the VR made it more exciting...shame it really didn't perform well in the real world but I miss it
What would be awesome as well is a split screen as I'd love to see this alongside the non-VR POV to match them up, or maybe even an overlay semi transparent so they are merged, or both :) This music sounds so good in the park, especially in the evening with the ride lit up. Edit: this could actually be a really cool idea for the park to do in a flying theatre, could then be longer and bigger too, tagging it onto a coaster loses some of the coaster's environmental thrill and it's too short a time really, so that could work better, good as it is on a coaster.
This looks amazing - wish I got to witness this. Is it possible, or if someone has done so already, recreate this with the vr alongside the pov of the ride itself?
The one issue I had with the VR is that every time I went to ride it, there was no V-sync on my headseat, meaning there was awful tearing of the video whenever it moved.
This VR made the ride my favourite in the UK! I wished they could have bring it back even if you used 1 queue line for VR and 1 without (maybe go over the bridge for VR?)
I think it would be cool if they kept galatica the same but a retrack with the vr headset and it would be about us fighting the new nemesis monster. I just think it would be cool to see the nemesis monster moving and look real
god i would never do that, i’d go on the ride but i’d do it as air, mainly bc i feel really anxious if i’m on something like that and i cant see where i’m going
I went on it around 20 times and only once the audi/video was fully in sync and screen was in focus, but boy it was a good ride. Sadly when it was out of sync/focus or poor audio ir didn't work and the queues were very poor. Amazing idea, but needed another station platform to get a decent throughput.
I found the VR to be quite an amazing experience, but it sadly slowed down the loading and unloading of the trains HUGELY, which made the queues twice as long as they were when it was Air. The ride's capacity was cut in half. As much as I enjoyed the VR experience, they were right to get rid of it. It would probably have been ditched now anyway due to... you know what!
As much as I love the original version of Air. This seemed really cool in a way of rebranding a coster. I like the space theme vr. Shame never got to experience it. There was also the you me at six music that was added to the swarm ride for like a couple of days.
I was only 9ish when this came out, i love thrill rides, technology and want to be an astronaut, i was to small and when i eventually got to go on they removed the VR 😢 oh well 🤣 is it coming back its just because it has posters of new *destinations* ? Edit: this is different than the ones i saw like 150+ times lol
I have experienced this once, it's good and unique but made me feel dizzy, I struggled to keep the headset on whilst going upside down and it slowed down train loading, so I'm glad they've gotten rid of it but kept the awesome theming and soundtrack
I rode this with vr once and I enjoyed it although my headset did fall off in the fly to lie part. Next time I went, it was removed and I prefer the ride without vr anyway
I'd love love see air make a return with its soundtrack as you've said, but imagine if they gave it a bigger budget to give it the theming it never managed to have.
i went on galatica today but the vr couldn’t be used because of covid so i pratically got to ride air because it shut down before i had chance to go on it 😂
With the better tech now, more detailed environments and make it less... busy(?) it could be great. Exploding this and that, loud music, just calm it down a little. Make it a more ethereal flight experience in one location, with the sensations from the ride and all this its just overly stimulating.
A lot of the issues with this is that VR makes most people sick. So it was obviously going to get mixed reviews. A lot of people loved how it looked, however it made them feel sick afterwards
I feel like they should rename this back to Air, now that the VR’s gone. I think they only named it Galactica because of the VR, and also, the VR pounches are sill on the trains. Do you think they’ll remove them.
![The Smiler [4K] 2019 Front Seat POV - Alton Towers Resort](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/NRvWERvwyIM/mqdefault.jpg)
![The Smiler [4K] 2019 Front Seat POV - Alton Towers Resort](/img/tr.png)
I’m so glad this is finally available to see! As much as many disliked the VR on Galactica, I will always have fond memories of this as it was my first ever encounter of the technology in 2016.
Always loved the music on this too!
You guys are awesome, i never got to experience air with the VR so now i know what the video looked like, thanks!
neither did I, it's nice to finally know what it looked like!
Kieran Kt stopped because people were complaining it gave them a headache.
I mean come on that is borderline Incredibly dumb...
guests also had the option to not wear the headsets so that’s a bit weird if that was the reason why they stopped them. i know people also complained about the queue taking ages because they had to wipe each one after every use
*galactica
Me too! I went during the coronavirus when everyone went mad in the summer so they weren’t doing VR.
Never knew the onboard soundtrack was so good!
@@legoluvva4438 I mean, the video was still awesome, just didn't get to hear the audio.
Imascore galactica theme song
Holy shit this is phenomenal. It's a damn shame it was removed and I won't get to experience it for real.
what ? Really ?
Not fair I want to ride this now
It was very juddery and glitchy and not great quality on the ride, you didnt miss much
@@ollieheads374 why did they remove it
You're not missing a thing, trust me.
This was my first ever VR experience that led to a special interest in VR. Thank you for sharing this!
Thank you, someone who actuall gives REAL footage for the vr. 👍🥳
Imagine this: Alton towers saves this video and puts it in a motion simulator flat ride in forbidden valley...
The rate they are going I doubt we will see a new flat ride anytime soon 😂
Yeah They Would Make It Into A VR 4D Theatre Called “Galactica: The Space Journey”
brilliant job! first actual VR footage I've seen from galactica!
This was genuinely my favourite ride in the park with the headsets on. Shame it had such poor maintenance and they had to remove it. RIP.
@Michael no there is no vr anymore
Lewis, That's what you think, It was because every ride has a ride throughput, and it was becoming one of the slowest rides to remove the queue, normally Galactica before VR was pulling around 3,000 guests an hour, and it severely reduced that, because of the VR, meaning it would take longer each ride of loading/unloading.
@@bradders_xd5278 Yeah, it’s definitely understandable why they did it but I really enjoyed when it worked.
@@bradders_xd5278 yeah right there is no way a flying coaster has 30 second dispatches. probably around 1.2-1.3k guests an hour. i cant think of a single coaster besides old ones with lap bar restrains that can dispatch in less than 30 seconds
Not everyone likes VR. In fact it’s quite a small minority who genuinely do. Many also experience headache/nausea/dizziness from it. Not to mention they had to clean the headsets due to hygiene reasons/eye infections, which are quite serious.
I’ve been going to the park all my life. I’m also a life long PC gamer. I’m glad this went. Wish they had invested in scenery and not the VR as Wardley also wanted.
This VR was amazing! I rode it twice with VR. Once in the summer and once at scarefest. I loved it, however the headset slipped off my eyes and i had to hold it on. I prefer it without the VR but it was still amazing.
That was my only complaint too, it slipped off soo easily. I pefered the VR though despite the long waits.
Yep VR on this ride definitely a backward step. AIR ftw
Rip, a very unpopular opinion, however I really enjoyed the VR
Same. It was my favourite ride with the headset.
Wait does this ride not exist/have the headset anymore???
@@georginagerry5411 i think they got rid of the vr sadly i didn't do it when i was going too when it had it
they did have two stations so they could have made a system around VR/non-VR stations instead of rows
Me 2
This VR ride was the best ride I've ever been on!
This ride was my first experience with VR and it blew my mind.
This is awesome to be able to see again! A shame it isn’t actual 360 footage for use with a personal VR headset but nevertheless it’s cool!
Theme Park Mania I don’t think they ever had 360° footage; I don’t think you could move the headsets
You could! I rode it many times with VR and the whole purpose of being able to use Virtual Reality technology with the Samsung Gear VR headsets was to create a fully immersive reality you could look around.
You could look around within your seat but the bulkyness of the VR rig and the close proximity of the restraints made it difficult to do so, but it was noticeable
Theme Park Mania oh I didn’t know that! Do you know if it was full 360° or just say 180° or so cause that’d be really cool!
There was no way to tell if it was full 360 as you couldn’t turn around in the train. From looking all the way up and down it seemed that way though!
It wasn’t full 360 degrees, when it was not synced properly you could see the edge of the video
Unpopular opinion but the VR was actually pretty good especially for me as I have a fear of heights so this really helped
Why is dose this look magical..
Because it is
Sucks we won’t get to see it on the ride again, would make such a difference to the ride.
I miss this so so much. Getting a good headset with that amazing IMAscore soundtrack was an amazing experience on an otherwise pretty boring coaster. We greatly miss it
Awesome video guys have been waiting for months 👍
As someone who never got to experience the ride, I'm glad this finally available! Now I wish that USJ would do the same thing for their limited edition XR Rides...
Glad I can finally see what it was like. Whenever I tried VR, I'd have to look sideways to look down in vr
I know people hated it but I really liked the vr, and since it was optional later in its life it meant that if you diddnt like it you could ride without, but if it was to stay I wish they kept the original headsets since they actually worked and stayed on your face unlike the second ones which would stay on until the first drop then fall off
Rode in 2016, didn't see the video because the bloody headset was broken! As cool as it is I'm glad it's not a VR coaster still. They should've put the money towards getting Air the original theming it deserved, although I guess that wouldn't have caught the public's attention nearly as much
Towers' gimmick is world-firsts. They had to do something to do with that.
I was blown away by the VR. I didn't rate the coaster as AIR but the VR made it more exciting...shame it really didn't perform well in the real world but I miss it
What would be awesome as well is a split screen as I'd love to see this alongside the non-VR POV to match them up, or maybe even an overlay semi transparent so they are merged, or both :) This music sounds so good in the park, especially in the evening with the ride lit up.
Edit: this could actually be a really cool idea for the park to do in a flying theatre, could then be longer and bigger too, tagging it onto a coaster loses some of the coaster's environmental thrill and it's too short a time really, so that could work better, good as it is on a coaster.
You can search “galactica vr va non vr” and you csn aee a split screen version
This looks amazing - wish I got to witness this. Is it possible, or if someone has done so already, recreate this with the vr alongside the pov of the ride itself?
Good suggestion!
I'd love to see a refit of the carriages with onboard audio using this . The soundtrack, everything about it is amazing!
Nostalgia, gutted to see it go
The one issue I had with the VR is that every time I went to ride it, there was no V-sync on my headseat, meaning there was awful tearing of the video whenever it moved.
I wish the VR was coming back
I know a lot of people dont like the VR but this is my favourite ride at Alton Towers
I’m so sad they took away the VR. I never got to use the vr sadly :c
This VR made the ride my favourite in the UK! I wished they could have bring it back even if you used 1 queue line for VR and 1 without (maybe go over the bridge for VR?)
Bro I laughed hard when Kevin showed 💀
I think it would be cool if they kept galatica the same but a retrack with the vr headset and it would be about us fighting the new nemesis monster. I just think it would be cool to see the nemesis monster moving and look real
“Nemesis: Intergalactic” I CAN SEE THIS WITH LIKE GUN CONTROLLER THINGS OH MY GOD-
god i would never do that, i’d go on the ride but i’d do it as air, mainly bc i feel really anxious if i’m on something like that and i cant see where i’m going
Looks so sick. Wish I rode it before the VR was removed
I rode it for the first time about 4 years ago without VR. Shame I missed it I suppose 😢
perfect ride I went on it not too thrilling not too boring
I love the music
I really miss the vr😭
This will always be air to me
AR would be a great experience on Galactica as opposed to VR.
I miss the VR on galactica
I saw this, I LOVE IT! 😍😍😍😍😍
I seriously Shed a tear after seeing it! It was so beautiful
RIP the VR, I miss it :/ I only got to use it once
Thanks for showing me because I went on the ride today but the vrs gone!!
Was the ride still good? We're going to Alton Towers at the end of May and I'm just hoping the rides can match Thorpe Park!
@@hmmpppsaywhat7878 yes it was still very fun!!
I'm glad I got the opportunity to go on with the vr before they removed it. Dead good ride
Thanks, like it.
cool id love to own one of these Galactica head sets
I went on it around 20 times and only once the audi/video was fully in sync and screen was in focus, but boy it was a good ride. Sadly when it was out of sync/focus or poor audio ir didn't work and the queues were very poor. Amazing idea, but needed another station platform to get a decent throughput.
Alton tower Is a fun place to go
how did you get this , can i download for my vr head set , can i borrow it for a vlog too please , will send you a thank message👍
I found the VR to be quite an amazing experience, but it sadly slowed down the loading and unloading of the trains HUGELY, which made the queues twice as long as they were when it was Air. The ride's capacity was cut in half. As much as I enjoyed the VR experience, they were right to get rid of it. It would probably have been ditched now anyway due to... you know what!
Agree, good points.
What? I don't know, why they stop it?
@@Dextronaut1 A.I.D.S mate. the dirty superspreaders of H.I.V. infected a small country with that shit
VR are best in alton towers
this really reminds me of a flying theatre, and I think it would be a decent one if it was. great pov though!
I remember trying this for the first time and the headset fell off my head seconds into the ride lool but the VR wasn’t too good in my memory at least
I think they should bring this back
Is this actually galactica
Is Said they took away the VR and I never got to experience the VR but still wet on the ride and is amazing
As much as I love the original version of Air. This seemed really cool in a way of rebranding a coster. I like the space theme vr. Shame never got to experience it. There was also the you me at six music that was added to the swarm ride for like a couple of days.
I was only 9ish when this came out, i love thrill rides, technology and want to be an astronaut, i was to small and when i eventually got to go on they removed the VR 😢 oh well 🤣 is it coming back its just because it has posters of new *destinations* ?
Edit: this is different than the ones i saw like 150+ times lol
My first ride that I couldn’t speak for 15 minutes after coming off gutted they removed it
I have experienced this once, it's good and unique but made me feel dizzy, I struggled to keep the headset on whilst going upside down and it slowed down train loading, so I'm glad they've gotten rid of it but kept the awesome theming and soundtrack
I really want to to ride this
It was a very strange and beautiful Sci fi experience when they had the vr it was cool 🌌
Did anyone ever upload the Audio Descriptive version? I requested it once when riding and it was quite interesting.
After I just saw this I immediately wanna go on galactica for the first time
Sorry but they removed the vr
@@mart1n422 well that’s boring
@@loservibez8064 ikr worst thing ever
Do you have the Galactica boarding video that plays in the station?
Peepeepoopoo
Joe Leeming Excuse me? What was that for?
This seems cool
And if I use vr on galactica
Well it won’t change much for me lol
Pesadilla_gamer Yt sadly they’ve removed it
I rode this with vr once and I enjoyed it although my headset did fall off in the fly to lie part. Next time I went, it was removed and I prefer the ride without vr anyway
Name it back to air and reinstate the classic music, since this is gone now there’s no point
I'd love love see air make a return with its soundtrack as you've said, but imagine if they gave it a bigger budget to give it the theming it never managed to have.
I feel like it’s better with no VR since the way it interacts with scenery is just great
I WANT THE VR BACKKK ;-;
I would ride this if I wore the vr headset
i went on galatica today but the vr couldn’t be used because of covid so i pratically got to ride air because it shut down before i had chance to go on it 😂
More coasters should have VR
Me watching this with a Meta Quest 2
Guys was it like that or not
With the better tech now, more detailed environments and make it less... busy(?) it could be great. Exploding this and that, loud music, just calm it down a little. Make it a more ethereal flight experience in one location, with the sensations from the ride and all this its just overly stimulating.
So the VR is gone now? Is it back to being Air as it first was way back when? Or is the ride gone?
I actually really like the VR on galactica 😭
When you ride it, is it an actual 3D VR experience or just a 360 video that completely lacks depth perception?
I do love galatica's theme tune just saying
It's a shame they got rid of this on the ride. I waas looking forward to showing my sister a good vr ride but now they've got rid of it.
A lot of the issues with this is that VR makes most people sick. So it was obviously going to get mixed reviews. A lot of people loved how it looked, however it made them feel sick afterwards
I feel like they should rename this back to Air, now that the VR’s gone. I think they only named it Galactica because of the VR, and also, the VR pounches are sill on the trains. Do you think they’ll remove them.
Galactica has the better theme and soundtrack imo 🤷♂️
@Irish Coaster Fan
The soundtrack is ACE! If it was to stay as Galactica, they need to add some themeing to the tunnel, and a repaint.
I was looking down half the time because I was too lazy to lift me head up.
For the record I hate roller-coasters but I'd definitely want to ride this but sadly it no longer exist
Why have they taken off the rv 😫😫😫
how did you get this
i really wanted to do the VR to over come my phoiba of heights
Simple hack buy a quest 2 and play this video whilst on the ride 😎
I don’t think that would be allowed kid…
How were you able to record this while your vr. headset on?
It's actually the source file.
So... why did they end up getting rid of the VR?
Can u turn off the ground Google’s in galactica
WHY DID THEY TAKE VR OFF GALACTICA IT IS SOOO COOL
Im so upset i was never able to ride this while the VR was still inplace
Ill forever be salty people complained about the queue times
Why did they stop doing the Vr experience?
Possibly to do with running costs, reliability of the system and a drag on the hourly throughput of the ride.
@@AttractionSource oh ok
Its a shame that they got rid of the VR D: