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comment_239559

So my better half and I went on this early last week, 3 times. Once early on in the day we did it with the VR and it was okay, interesting novel concept... We then ran back to it at the end of the day and we managed to do it twice in a row. We did BOTH without the VR and I have to say in my personal opinion it was MUCH better. The light up Stargate thingy they've added is really fun to ride through and honestly the VR just looks too old school video game for me to really enjoy.

 

I made a vlog about this which I'm currently editing, I'll stick it on YouTube soon so you can see a few of the improvements if you haven't already been. I noticed toward the end of the day a lot of the riders were doing it without VR and the staff seemed quite shocked by this? I hate to say it but, maybe they should have saved the money...

 

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comment_239647

I didn't do it with VR on either of my rides - my dad did on the second go and I asked him a few questions, including the thing about the vr going out of view, he said he didnt notice it and he always had a full view of either what's meant to be happening or just space with loads of stars. So either its been fixed or he just didn't notice it.

On Saturday, August 06, 2016 at 10:45 PM, cptnmingo said:

 I noticed toward the end of the day a lot of the riders were doing it without VR and the staff seemed quite shocked by this?


 

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That's most likely because by the end of the day 3/4 of the train doesn't actually have a working headset.

comment_239655

If you know where to look it's quite easy to see the edges, one section is the inline twist over the ice as it's falling away, and another is on the approach to the breakrun, also if you look backwards at the sphere in the station, it stops to quickly which spoils the effect.  The ice section is the worst, once you've seen it, it'll stick out like a sore thumb thereafter.

 

Oh and Sam, if you can do Air, do Swarm, it's very similar in feel (apart from you are sitting, not hanging).

comment_239661

The longer that Galactica operates the more the VR aspect hangs by a thread - I don't see it making it past 2020 at most being honest, and thats being generous! 

 

Also surely the idea the phone gets hot came into the mix when in the development stage? So why on earth put it in a black pouch that will conduct the heat? That's something a 10 year old would consider...

comment_239683

I don't think anything other than "it's a cheap(ish) way to market an existing ride" was considered with Galactica in all honesty, the throughput has been crippled (going by my visit, both through slower dispatch times and seats out of operation), the headsets are having their fair share of issues, and I really can't see it lasting more than a few years given the reports of a lot of people already choosing not to use the headsets.

comment_239747

So I went to Towers today ((initially thought I was going yesterday) and despite mixed reviews of Galactica and thus dampening my hopes for it, I really enjoyed it. I really thought it was awesome. Maybe I'm just easy to please but I've never experienced anything quite like it before. My headset didn't fit that well because it's heavy and my nose is weird but it was truly a fun attraction that for me I'd like to do again. 

I used a RAP for queueing and even then that is long so I can see how the queue has been damaged by it. And even though I love it, it won't last long, most likely.

comment_239898
19 hours ago, imindetonator said:

Millennium Force, Expedition GeForce and Fury 325 say hi!

;)

 

2 hours ago, CharlieN said:

As do 300 or so other coasters which are better than Vampire! ;)

None of which I have ridden... ;)

 

Also there are 3 coasters better than Vampire because I forgot about Thirteen, and also Dragon's Fury overtook Vampire yesterday so... I still love Vampy uncontrollably, I just love the others more :wub:

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comment_240695

Went on Galactica for the first time the other day and I absolutely loved it! Had quite low expectations after reading this forum but I was blown away by how good this ride was and how well the VR is implemented. Gotta say I didn't try it without the headset on!

 

Noticed on the way out of the ride there's posters for other planets to visit 'coming soon', made me wonder if maybe they'll update the VR with something different next year say...

comment_240726

It was pretty funny to hear how many staff members preferred Air when I went to Towers with my family a few weeks back. Whether it was a case of "the customer is always right" or not, we must have had about four different staff members say that the VR isn't anything special over the course of the day.

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comment_244952

If I'm honest, I much prefer riding without the VR. I have nothing against VR at all and utterly love Derren Browns Ghost Train (when everything's working that is!!) but I just feel that the VR on this made it feel more like a glorified motion simulator rather than a pretty good flying coaster. It also felt like the VR was out of sync with the actual movements of the ride when I went on it.

comment_244959

I personally haven't experienced Galactica with VR, but judging by other people's complaints I think it needs a full revamp for 2017, and by that I mean just make it an actual 360 video instead of what you get if you use cardboard on a non-360 YouTube video.

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42 minutes ago, ChessingtonSam said:

I personally haven't experienced Galactica with VR, but judging by other people's complaints I think it needs a full revamp for 2017, and by that I mean just make it an actual 360 video instead of what you get if you use cardboard on a non-360 YouTube video.

Yes, lets see Towers waste even more money on an expensive and temperamental selection of phone monitors.

 

Personally I'd much rather they ditched the VR altogether and bring back Air. The station, portal and soundtrack can stay though as they're acceptable. 

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