Waterford Treasures: King Of The Vikings — Attraction in Waterford

The reviews are right. It IS unexpected. And you won't really appreciate it until you try it. Right from the very beginning when you put on the VR headgear and you look around and no longer see your legs/arms but are looking around at what you believe is the viking hut that you know you're sitting in (makes more sense if you experience it yourself). It is very realistic. One review mentions that its potential isn't truly realised and I agree. There are some amazing flight sequences which really make you feel you are flying (or swimming under water) and there could be more of those. After those sequences it ends up in a room and remains there which seems kind of boring after the mind blowing flight sequences. The half hour goes...

This is a hidden gem of tourism in Ireland let alone Waterford. It is a virtual reality experience where you go into a replica of a viking longhouse, sit down and put on a VR headset and headphones. Then it becomes absolutely outstanding. You find yourself sailing along with viking ships and having viking warriors talking at and through you. You are up in space with the moon and mythical dragons floating in front of you. And you monastery libraries as they write the history of the Vikings. They can only accommodate 10 at a time so advance booking is recommended. The only recommendation I would have is move to a larger venue. Every historical site should look to...

No booking via website… we called and booked for 2pm. We arrived in Waterford at 1pm and because we knew we still would have to eat, we started calling to re-book the experience. No one picked up the phone. After 20 or 30 attempts I left a message on their answering machine around 1:30pm. No one called me back. When we finally arrived around 2:30pm they were fully booked for the day, nobody knew I had called, nobody had picked the message. They said from 1 to 2pm is their lunch time which is not mentioned anywhere. What kind of touristic...