The END of Galactica at Alton Towers?? 

It’s speculation time 🔥🔥

Hi- the seek the truth logo on the back of the sign was just a guest mucking around. Alton basically confirmed it when they didn't like or reply to any comments talking about it (they usually do) but did like a reply saying that it was a guest.

"A Vekoma Flyer would be too similar to Galactica," he says, while discussing a land where Nemesis was replaced with Nemesis and Ripsaw is being replaced with Ripsaw 😅

2 years before you were born....I feel old! :(

No. Galactica cannot be replaced. It’s my favourite coaster at towers. And one of my favourites in the world. Alton can retheme this coaster all they like, but they CANNOT remove it completely. Galactica still has TONS of life and popularity left in her!

I know a lot of Enthusiasts want it either gone or rethemed, but most of them seem to forget how popular it is to the general public, and its a great ride for all ages and for those who are too scared for nemesis' intensity and its darker theme. Galacticas chill and less thrilling layout and theme wouldn't compliment a new darker theme no matter how many times people say it will. Ideally, split Galactica from forbidden Valley and make it into its own little area, a more light hearted area, something more appealing for the wider audience. As beloved as Nemesis is, Galactica is easily the more popular one for Guests in general, especially when it was still air, that brand was really iconic and popular. Love to see the park bring the old name and theme back and finally complete it. Nemesis is mostly for Thrillseekers and Enthustiasts, while Galactica has a much broader appeal for all ages. I dont think the ride is going anywhere soon, last month they managed to get both stations and all 3 trains back in operation after who knows how long. Pretty evident they want to keep the ride for the foreseeable future.

Oooh new digital dan video! Great way to finish a day at thorpe park!!!

Hi Dan, thanks for covering this, i'm hoping it doesn't get removed as it's the only B&M Flying Rollercoaster in Europe, I hope it will get a full refurbishment or retrack. Cheers Peter :)

I love this ride. Its so different from anything else with being in the flying position. I really hope they don't remove it. Haveing visited the roller coaster restaurant when at alton earlier this month that's popular enough to need an extension.

Top vid, Dan. Love it!👌🏼

Love ur vidsss! I love Galactica it was my first ever rollercoaster with inversions, I was SO scared to go on it I went on it and LOVED itttt!

As Air it is my favourite ride at Alton Towers. It’s a sensation like no other.

This is a very unpopular opinion but galactica is my favourite ride and if its removed I WILL question my life (it is also my first Alton ride so its very special to me) :)

You are actually so close to 80k already!!!

We hope….. We need a Intamin Multi Launch

I don't think Towers will remove Galactica, as it was the world's first flying coaster. Too many people love the ride.

Glad you posted, but if galactica gets removed I WILL cry.

Great video Dan! i'm hoping for something like Voltron too!

reckon its getting rethemed back to air but with all the fancy rocks or whatever it was meant to have in the first place tbh

I think it would be cool if they refurbished Galactica and made it so that it launches you out of the station creating the worlds first flying coaster with a launch. Lore wise they could say that the Phalanx has taken control of the ride and turned it into a weapon to fight against the nemesis creature. Seems like a fun idea to me!

Thanks for the video Dan! I really hope that Galactica doesn’t get removed, it really is an awesome ride. Great watching your videos!

Thank you for the update !! YOUR THE BEST!!💙I hope its a new coaster because by technicality it was BIG BOB so if a new coaster then I'm driving down there straight away,maybe like volition or maybe duplo coming??

it’s probably just a retheme. you legally need land surveying anytime there’s a new structure built, so that’s what they’re getting.

All the other rides at Alton (except Rita) are all so good I completely forgot galactica existed 💀

I was at the park very recently, and it just felt like the park had no love for Galactica. All of the screens in the station were off, there was no music and obviously, the VR is long gone. It just feels like all the theming has been stripped back and it’s just really depressing.

I love your vids dan ♥

Before rita or spinball would be crazy

The phalanx torture device got me Dying😂

Digital Dan is the goat

😭If Galactica closes I would never forgive Merlin as it IS the BEST ride in the UK 😭

I’ve been building up my coaster tolerance / getting rid of my fear of coasters (I went to Paulton’s recently and rode every coaster there except Storm Chaser) and I’m a big Towers fan so my next trip I’m gonna do a few coasters (Spinball, Wickerman, Th13teen) and I really want to do Galactica because I enjoyed Flight of the Pterosaur so I actually hope it sticks around for a bit longer

Your videos are so awesome, how do you not even have 100k subs yet

AIR was designed to be the "hero" to Nemesis. I think a Vekoma Flying coaster would absolutely fit there. It has less capacity maybe, but a much faster loading and unloading of guests. You are being loaded seated and transition on your stomach after departing the station and you sit in the brakes on a seating position. So it would make sense to bring the hero of Nemesis back into the area.

i might actually cry if its galactica that was the first alton towers ride i went on and will forever be my favourite and tbh i think they should just keep all the rides and expand the park instead

Nice one

ah yes a digi daniel video to cheer up my tuesday very nice

Hey Dan! I met you on hyperia opening day and it is still my friend and my Lock Screen. Tysm

I don't reckon it'll be a 'new' coaster but I reckon they'll definitely be updating it in some sense as it really doesn't fit the theme of the area anymore

I'll be sad to see it go. I'm a wuss so I didn't dare go on Nemesis but Air, as it was at the time, was fantastic. You really felt tlike you were soaring through the air. I don't like being thrown around all over the place, so it was perfect for me. I wish there were more rides like it. And it was the first flying coaster wasn't it?

They need to build behind Galactica, the carpark is a huge space for expansion

im hoping they give it the shockwave treatment and add new sitdown trains to make the worlds first fully upside down rollercoaster

They arn't cameras. They are called total stations and are used for Surveying.

towers need another crowd cruncher. Having 2 in 1 area would be insane.

I'm going to Alton towers (for the first time) soon so Galactica is going to the top of the list in case these rumours about them removing it are true (it also looks like a really fun ride).

The statement about it by being well kept is true, it closes down do to maintenance issues quite often some days :( I hope they just refurbish and retheme the ride instead of getting rid of it, it may be old but it’s still iconic!

Could be relocated but it won’t be demolished, it’s the first B&M flying coaster and unique to towers and the UK as a whole

You know those 'cameras' you're talking about, all land surveyers use them for any surveying work, so I'd say no, it doesn't only point to there being a new coaster, it could literally be anything, a new building, a new ride (maybe even a flat one, seeing at AT needs some more) or a change to the topography of the land or all of the above 😂. But I am thoroughly enthralled to find out what.

Yo Dan! Has voltron overtaken ride to happiness in ur number 1 spot. Ride to happiness is a beast especially that launch, but voltron looks so good

I really hope it gets relocated, and the terrain doesn't make it impossible since Zambezi zinger (which was a bit of a terrain coaster with alot of tunnels, and when parc del cafe bought it they made it look like the coaster was made for that spot by adding and removing dirt where necessary

As Moulder would say. " The truth is out there" If anyone is going to delve into the myths of amusement parks and sort the wheat from the chaff, it's you DigitalFox. I beleive🤣🖖😍

bro is like, wow! 'some cameras have been placed! thats a 100% sign for a new coaster!'

Hi dan when nemesis opened i met you i wore a krusty burger jumper and you were really lovely and its a tick off my bucket list ❤

I’m going next Friday , wasn’t planning on going on it but if it’s open might have a final ride

Dang if this is the case, then I'm so glad my boyfriend and I got to ride Galatica just last week.

we can only hope!!

I personally think a re-theme would be better as this was the first ever B&M flyer and it really was very popular when it first opened. If they added lots more theming, gave it new trains, a repaint and re-did the station, I think this could be a great fit in forbidden valley!

I think Galactica will get retracked like Nemesis did instead of being completely demolished because Alton Towers has never gotten rid of a Secret Weapon rollercoaster, and I don't think that they will do it now with Galactica.

Galactica (It's still Air to me!) is my favourite coaster at Alton Towers. I really hope it isn't going.

Yeah but as it’s in Forbidden Valley it might be the new ride because when I was speaking to a member of staff they were saying something is definitely happening in forbidden valley. Personally I thing it’s Ripsaw Returns. LOVE YOUR CHANNEL ❤

Love your channel btw....to add to the 'not a camera' bandwagon 🤪 the surveying equipment could just be to check heights of land or supports, for example to check the ground isn't subsiding or that support foundations haven't moved position over the years which could cause undue stress on the coaster...(London Underground have permanent little reflector targets in some tunnels for this purpose)

I think it’s more likely Alton will revamp the ride to fit in with the new Phalanx Facility theme. The OG Nemesis looked fairly run-down before the retrack, so I expect Galactica will have some kind of takeover event at the end of the season they intend to begin work in, is closed for the season after that before opening as some new version of the ride, probably with a blue and black theme (like that Coke Freestyle booth close to the entrance.)

I absolutely love galactica, favourite in the park. And I really hope galactica doesn’t get removed, i just think galactica needs a bit of a re theme or new paint job but i love galactica and it’s a experience like no other ❤❤❤😢

As a Telecommunications engineer I can confirm that these surveys are not needed for a telephone pole. So youre good there. However it would be needed if they were installing a new mobile mast so who knows 🤷🏻‍♂️

I hope they don’t remove it there are worse rides that are better off being replaced then Galactica, a retheme done properly would be better but not a removal

The German in me wants a Red Barron flying coaster. Manfred von Richthofen, 80 confirmed air combat victories, wedgier of Herman Georing and commander of Der Filegende Zirkue. His story deserves to be told in the most emersive of all media, roller coasters. But honestly a WW1 fighter pilot themed ride, that goes over no man's land and ends with a giant drop (to signify the death of Der Rote Baron) that's simular to Oblivion (have it go through another hole), would be my favorite ride of all time.

Aww I really like Galactica, it’s nice and gentle. Saying that though I got stuck on it for half an hour in April - got a free return ticket for my troubles. It’s definitely aging badly though, they need to do something with it

A Mack Stryker would be awesome so long as it isn’t the bargain base model with minimal theming. Would bring something new and different to Towers that’s still well within the tree line.

The cameras could also be pedestrian counts as they did it in areas around my school and is shows where people walk and how many

Air is one of my favourites I love it!

There is no bad coaster in the park, so it would be a shame to see any of them go. I wish they'd just expand the park onto the car park behind Galactica and build another. Galactica just needs a decend retheme. Paint it black, cover half of it and make it dark, and chase Phalanx thru space. Pring back VR to one of the loading bays as an option. Also still hoping Project Horizon is another Coaster.

I know this is not everyone’s favourite ride but this was my first big roller coaster and will always have a special place for me

The problem with this is the fact that towers would never remove a secret weapon. We’ve never seen it happen yet. While many would like to see something new in that spot, I fear that towers would rather retrack galactica than build a new coaster there

Bro my friend Isaac met you at Thorpe park on the 16th June, and I was so jealous bro I literally cried 😢

My view is it is either a new "dark future" theme with galactic-air or a future plan for a new coaster. As much as i enjoy the flying aspect. its now 22 years old and has been a problem basically all its working life. As it is still the prototype. But that being said I dont really know what coaster would take up in that space. What ever it is that could replace it. I would want it to be a "people eater" high capacity ride.

Why it wont be removed : It cost millions. They won’t replace it for it The seek the truth logo may have been fake / someone trashing the site The cameras may be for a retheme LAST REASON I WILL BAWL MY EYES OUT AND CRY FOREVER

Could be for a new flat ride?? But I'm also sure a few months ago they was looking at a car park extension to the area.

It would be a shame to see galactica go as it is very iconic however i would love to see a striker coaster but with the smiler i dont think they will do that. Maybe a family coaster a bit like drayton manor or a stand up coaster? Merlin seem to like uk firsts and only 😂 Alton Towers PLEASE KEEP THE SOUNDTRACK from galactica for maybe another ride or something it is phenomenal. Keep up the great vids dan. ❤

I think Air fits into the theme of nemesis more than people realise. Seams they have gone back to a flying start ...

I feel like Rita is less of an addition to the park than Galactica but they can do so much more with the area of Galactica. Rita just needs a retheme to match Thirteen I think. Also the coaster I most hope to come to towers and replace it is a vekoma launched flying like F.L.Y. because that coaster at PhantasiaLand is SOO GOOODD :D

I've always loved AIR, I'll miss it when it does go.

The uks only flying coaster and the world only has a few, it’s unlikely, maybe they will re-do it and theme it to the area. Definitely not going tho

As much as it would be sad to see it or many of the current line up go, unfortunately this will eventually happen, I'd always have fond memories of riding Air/Galactica, but if it means we get something newer and better im all for it

To confirm, serveying isnt just about sight lines, its also about getting very accurate measurments between specific places.

Could be but there just basically lazer measuring tapes they use them for loads of stuff like drainage and electrics and gas works but it could be to check out the size of the site for a new ride for sure

for everyone saying that Galactica being removed would be a loss for UK flying coasters - my simple answer is just build one somewhere at Thorpe Park instead and make it a crazy layout more akin to something like Flying Dinosaur

A plopsa land ride to hapiness mack spinning coaster copy would be amazing .

i live super close to towers and go all the time only last month a member of staff told me that its getting removed and tbh everything you said is true they dont care about it anymore as it breaks down at least 3 times a day so its defo going.

Apparently it’s being re themed to ‘’A.I.R command” , there’s Easter eggs around the park

A weightless rollercoaster could be a cool new space themed ride

Well a Mack Stryker may be a little far fetched, but I'll keep high hopes 😁

love that galactica is gone and voltron is just getting taken over here if i gotta believe the thumbnail

Heresy, you can’t really remove a b&m even a bit of a mild one like Air. Manta is a good flying coaster tho. But it would have to be something decent. Mack rides are everywhere at the moment. The new duelling coaster at Epic looks a monster when it opens.

Goodbye (maybe) Galactica You were a great coaster and the only one not themed to horror lol

My friends and I were speaking to a ride host on galactica at the start of the month when it went down because station 2's floor didn't wanna pop back up. And he said it's closing in September for a retheme and it's gunna be a "base" for the protesters that we see over at nemie. So I'm guessing the cameras are for theming

Galactica is my favorite ride at Alton and I’ll be really sad if they remove it but it’s clear it’s the park’s least favoured. There is no merchandise available for the ride in the gift shop. I just wish that they replace it with another flying coaster.

AT have been considering options of moving the main entrance to that area for a number of years so it could be further work to look in to that option. The good thing about moving the entrance is it would free up the current entrance area for a new coaster so the speculation can continue 🤔 However the next new major investment is known to be Project Horizon so I feel we may have to wait some time for for a Mack Stryker 😔

IM SO EARLY! hi Dan :D

i was thinking maybe an s&s axis coaster could be a viable option as that has a launch aswell

I think Rita gets removed before Galactica does. Galactica has much more significant history for the park and industry compared to Rita

Will you be doing a defqon 1 video?