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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 spin 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.
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 May 20, 2001, it was announced that six new attractions would be coming to Walt Disney World, including Chester and Hester's Dino-Rama at Disney's Animal Kingdom. Chester and Hester's Dino-Rama would be located in the DinoLand U.S.A. section and feature two new attractions. These attractions include Primeval Whirl and TriceraTop Spin. Primeval Whirl would be a Reverchon spinning Wild Mouse coaster and feature two different sides. It would also be the first roller coaster at the park. While TriceraTop Spin opened on November 1, 2001, Primeval Whirl opened the following year on March 31, 2002.
The ride had been reduced to seasonal operation from June 17, 2019, 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.
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.
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
- "Dinosaurs will spin, carpets will fly, and Walt will be saluted". The Boston Globe. May 20, 2001. Retrieved November 26, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - 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". 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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