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| Primeval Whirl | |
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 Car going up chain lift | |
| Disney's Animal Kingdom | |
| Location | Disney's Animal Kingdom |
| Park section | DinoLand U.S.A. - Chester & Hester's Dino-Rama |
| Coordinates | 28°21′23.05″N 81°35′15.8″W / 28.3564028°N 81.587722°W / 28.3564028; -81.587722 |
| Status | Closed |
| Opening date | March 31, 2002 |
| General statistics | |
| Type | Steel – Spinning – Wild Mouse |
| Manufacturer | Reverchon Industries |
| Designer | Walt Disney Imagineering |
| Model | Spinning Coaster |
| Track layout | Wild Mouse |
| Lift/launch system | Chain lift hill |
| Height | 42.7 ft (13.0 m) |
| Length | 1,377.9 ft (420.0 m) |
| Speed | 29.1 mph (46.8 km/h) |
| Inversions | 0 |
| Duration | 1:30 |
| Capacity | 900 riders per hour |
| G-force | 2.5 |
| Height restriction | 48 in (122 cm) |
 Fastpass+ available | |
| Primeval Whirl at RCDB | |
Primeval Whirl is a steel Wild Mouse roller coaster at Disney's Animal Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort. The ride is a spinning roller coaster purchased from Reverchon Industries. The ride is part of Chester and Hester's Dino-Rama, which is itself part of DinoLand U.S.A. It is a roller coaster in the "Mild But Wild Thrills" category. It has cars that spin in circles while traveling on tracks, permitting the ride experience to vary greatly each time it is ridden. The ride features 13 cars, each seating up to 4 riders.
Similar to Space Mountain at the Magic Kingdom, Primeval Whirl is actually two roller coasters facing opposite directions. Unlike Space Mountain, both tracks have an identical layout instead of the mirrored track.
Since June 17, 2019, the ride has been out of operation. According to Disney, the closure is due to unexpected and unscheduled maintenance.
In September 2019, it was announced that the attraction would enter seasonal operation.
The ride
The ride is themed to time travel and to the meteor which is believed to have caused the extinction of the dinosaurs. This gives the coaster a storyline very similar to that of Dinosaur, the nearby dark ride.
Incidents
See also: List of incidents at Walt Disney World § Disney's Animal KingdomOn November 29, 2007, a Disney cast member died in a hospital after falling from the Primeval Whirl ride platform and hitting her head. Four months later, Disney announced it was adding sensors that would detect if a cast member entered into areas that are off-limits and stop the movement of the ride vehicles in the immediate area.
On March 14, 2011, another Disney cast member died after suffering from head trauma while working on A dip on the ride the previous day.
See also
References
- Figueroa, Jessica (6 August 2019). "FastPass Cancellations Beyond September 28th Hint at Extension to..." WDW News Today. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- https://touringplans.com/blog/2019/09/18/primeval-whirl-seasonal-attraction/
- "Primeval Whirl". WDWHistory.com. Archived from the original on March 17, 2012.
- Powers, Scott. "Disney's Animal Kingdom ride gets added safety features". Orlando Sentinel.
- Curtis, Henry Pierson. "Disney's Animal Kingdom worker dies from injuries". Orlando Sentinel.
External links
- Official Page
- Primeval Whirl site
- WDWMAGIC Dino-Rama page - includes details about Primeval Whirl
| Disney's Animal Kingdom | ||
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| Attractions | ||
| The Oasis |  | |
| Discovery Island | ||
| Pandora – The World of Avatar | ||
| Africa | ||
| Rafiki's Planet Watch | ||
| Asia | ||
| DinoLand U.S.A. | ||
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| Roller coasters at Walt Disney World | |||||
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- Closed roller coasters
- Roller coasters introduced in 2002
- Steel roller coasters
- Spinning roller coasters
- Wild Mouse roller coasters
- Roller coasters manufactured by Reverchon Industries
- DinoLand U.S.A.
- Walt Disney Parks and Resorts attractions
- Roller coasters at Disney's Animal Kingdom
- Dinosaurs in amusement parks
- 2002 establishments in Florida