here is a cool 360 degree video of the Congo River Rapids!

I think 360 degree videos and photos are going to really take off this year!

I took a couple of photos on my last visit of X-Sector, Galactica and my room at Alton Towers Hotel. Facebook is also supporting the upload of these images and videos too!

Justin wrote:

I think 360 degree videos and photos are going to really take off this year!

Good job I won a Galactica Cardboard VR headset then!

I saw that. Congratulations, I won nothing on that!

I have got a Samsung VR headset (like those used on Galactica) and love it! Especially when you can take awesome Towers photos on Google Cardboard Camera!

Galactica Cardboard Virtual Reality Glasses Review

So after winning a competition on Alton Tower's Facebook page a few weeks ago, today it finally arrived after a mix up of addresses

Here is the packaging for the Virtual Glasses:


The parts included are;
1x Glasses Lens
1x Divider
1x Strap
1x Cardboard headset
2x Magnets

Assembly was relatively easy, although I struggled to do this on my own and I think 2 people would be able to do it easier as you need someone to hold things while the other person does other things such as removing the sticker backings and securing it together.

Here are a look at the instructions:



Stages A-1 and A-2 came already assembled.

This is what the finished product looks like:





Overall, I think this is a very good idea, although the cardboard starts to hurt your nose pretty quickly, especially with a phone inside!
If ever anyone else gets their hands on this, or any other VR device, I recommend the 'Cedar Point VR' app. You get to ride Valravn from your home!

Do you have to use your phone? Also so annoyed I never won ANYTHING yet I entered so many times

ThemeParkCrafter wrote:

Do you have to use your phone? Also so annoyed I never won ANYTHING yet I entered so many times

Yes. You download a virtual reality app on your phone, or you can watch a YouTube 360 video I think. Then you put your phone in the slot as seen in the photo.

Shame that your phone really doesn't do VR justice, it lacks a high pixel density. Anyway, the Galactica Cardboard VR glasses are the same as the Mk.1 google cardboard. If you want to try it out yourself you can find, and purchase, various styles online.

My google cardboard looks terrible with my phone. You need the most up to date phone for it to look good, even not good enough

Liam.W wrote:

If ever anyone else gets their hands on this, or any other VR device, I recommend the 'Cedar Point VR' app. You get to ride Valravn from your home!

I have the Samsung VR headset and agree that this app is good!

There are some good apps out there for VR, but they are limited at the moment!

I'd recommend Zombie Shooter VR, by Fibrium, quite a good game, fairly decent graphics and a free version you can play over and over, but you can upgrade to get past a certain point.

Seems four teenagers were arrested on park yesterday following an assault which left one person having to be airlifted to hospital.

http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/four-tee ... story.html

Does anyone know why the park is so busy this week, but was dead this time last week when the weather was better?

MakoMania wrote:

Does anyone know why the park is so busy this week, but was dead this time last week when the weather was better?

School and college trips at this time of year.

owenrita121 wrote:

MakoMania wrote:

Does anyone know why the park is so busy this week, but was dead this time last week when the weather was better?

School and college trips at this time of year.

Yeah we had our school trip on Saturday! A lot busier than I have seen it in the past year

Liam.W wrote:

owenrita121 wrote:

MakoMania wrote:

Does anyone know why the park is so busy this week, but was dead this time last week when the weather was better?

School and college trips at this time of year.

Yeah we had our school trip on Saturday! A lot busier than I have seen it in the past year

Lucky! We don't get trips anywhere really.

Liam.W wrote:

owenrita121 wrote:

MakoMania wrote:

Does anyone know why the park is so busy this week, but was dead this time last week when the weather was better?

School and college trips at this time of year.

Yeah we had our school trip on Saturday! A lot busier than I have seen it in the past year

I'm going on my school trip to Alton Towers in a month from now!

I did wonder why they were searching bags at the entrance on Friday, anyone know where in the park and why this happend?

Count-Vonduel wrote:

I did wonder why they were searching bags at the entrance on Friday, anyone know where in the park and why this happend?

Maybe something to do with this: ?

Andy Mc wrote:

Seems four teenagers were arrested on park yesterday following an assault which left one person having to be airlifted to hospital.

http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/four-tee ... story.html

Sunday was well busy on park queue times not so bad but I haven't seen that many people for a while we even ended up walking to the main park instead of going on the monorail as that was a huge queue.