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| 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 |
| Closing date | March 15, 2020 |
| 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 was a steel Wild Mouse roller coaster at Disney's Animal Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort. The ride was a spinning roller coaster purchased from Reverchon Industries. The ride was part of Chester and Hester's Dino-Rama, which is itself part of DinoLand U.S.A. It was a roller coaster in the "Mild But Wild Thrills" category. It had cars that spun in circles while traveling on tracks, permitting the ride experience to vary greatly each time it is ridden. The ride featured 13 cars, each seating up to 4 riders. It is currently standing but not operating.
Similar to Space Mountain at the Magic Kingdom, Primeval Whirl was actually two roller coasters facing opposite directions. Unlike Space Mountain, both tracks had an identical layout instead of the mirrored track.
History
On June 17, 2019, the ride was reduced to seasonal operation, and later in September, park officials stated that the attraction would only be operating on a seasonal basis. On July 16, 2020, officials confirmed that the attraction would not re-open after various speculation. After the announcement, the ride vehicles were removed from the track.
In September 2021, construction walls were installed in the surrounding area of the attraction. Demolition of the ride began that same month with the removal of track sections.
The ride
The ride was themed to time travel and to the meteor which was believed to have caused the extinction of the dinosaurs. This gave the coaster a storyline very similar to that of Dinosaur, the nearby dark ride.
Reception
Primeval Whirl received mixed reviews from guests, as some praised the theming and dual track ride experience, but others criticized it as not being up to Disney standards. Many guests only saw a cheap carnival with off-the-shelf rides and games sitting in a cracked asphalt parking lot. In reality, it was all carefully designed and constructed to be a loving tribute to the roadside attractions between the 1940s and 1960s before the Interstate Highway System rendered the old routes obsolete. The shabby asphalt was actually carefully textured concrete.
Incidents
See also: List of incidents at Walt Disney World § Disney's Animal KingdomOn November 29, 2007, a Disney employee 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 employee died after suffering from head trauma while working on a dip on the ride the previous day.
See also
References
- Tuttle, Brittani (July 16, 2020). "Disney World permanently closes of Rivers of Light, Primeval Whirl, Stitch's Great Escape". Attractions Magazine. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
- "Primeval Whirl Ride Vehicles Now Extinct, Completely Removed from Attraction".
- "Construction Walls Installed at Primeval Whirl".
- read, Katie Francis··1 min (2021-09-23). "PHOTOS: Roller Coaster Track Removed as Demolition of Primeval Whirl Continues at Disney's Animal Kingdom". WDW News Today. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - "Primeval Whirl - Yesterland".
- "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
- WDWMAGIC Dino-Rama page - includes details about Primeval Whirl
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