Primeval Whirl is a steel-spinning roller coaster at Disney's Animal Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida.
☀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 with identical layouts, but facing opposite directions.
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 Kingdom
On 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.[1][2]
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.[3]
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External links[]
- Official Page
- WDWMAGIC Dino-Rama page - includes details about Primeval Whirl